Tjn CONTENTS. 



NUiMBER XVIII.— JUNE. 



Biographical Account of M. le Comte Lagrange, concluded 401 



Contributions to the Chemical Knowledge of Manganese. By Dr. Joha, 



concluded 413 



Mineralogical Observations in Galloway. By Dr. Grierson 420 



On Iodine, Chlorine, Fluorine, &c. By M. Van Mods 429 



On the dreadful Efi'ects of the Explosion of Carbureted Hydrogen in Coal- 



Mines 432 



Singular Case of a Man who voided a urinous tasted Liquid. By Dr. W. 



Keid Clanny 436 



On the Distribution of tbe Inhabitants of Russia. By C. T. Hermann. . 438 



Outline of Dr. Berzelius's Chemical Nomenclature. By the Editor 450 



Astronomical and Magnetical Observations. By Col. Beaufoy 454 



Critical Analysis of Dr. Brewster's Treatise on New Philosophical Instru- 

 ments for various Purposes in the Arts and Sciences, with Experiments 



on Light and Colours , 456 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, April 28, May 5, 12, and IQ 462 



Linnaean Society, May 3 and 54 463 



VVernerian Society, March 5, &c 464 



' Imperial Institute of France 465 



Method of graduating Glass Tubes 467 



On the term Fluid Ounce 469 



Antilunar Tide ibid. 



Prize Essay of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh 470 



On the Method of preserving Ships ibid. 



Query respecting Nails 471 



New Patents ibid. 



Scientific Books in hand 472 



Meteorological Table, April 1 2 to May 10 473 



Index 475 



PLATES IN VOL. IIL 



Plates I'agc 



XV. XVI. Nautical Experiments by Col. Beaufoy, &c 46—48 



XVIL Map of the Ochil Hills 118 



XVIII. Geological Map of Galloway 420 



XIX. Scale of the Barometer and Therinometer at Plymouth and 



Chelsea — Jamiary, 1814 274 



