Contents. v 



Ox THE CAPACITY FOR HEAT OR CALORIFIC POWER OF VARI- 

 OUS LIQUIDS 425 



[Read before the National Institute of France, 1812.] 



INQUIRIES RELATIVE TO THE STRUCTURE OF WOOD, THE SPE- 

 CIFIC GRAVITY OF ITS SOLID PARTS, AND THE QUANTITY OF 

 LIQUIDS AND ELASTIC FLUIDS CONTAINED IN IT UNDER VA- 

 RIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES ; THE QUANTITY OF CHARCOAL TO BE 

 OBTAINED FROM IT; AND THE QUANTITY OF HEAT PRODUCED 

 BY ITS COMBUSTION . . 435 



[Read before the National Institute of France, September 28, and Oc- 

 tober 5, 1812.] 



OF CHIMNEY FIREPLACES . . . . . . 484 



, [Essay IV.] 



SUPPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING CHIMNEY FIRE- 

 PLACES . ... 559 



[Essay XI.] 



