Additions to an Account of the Anatomy of the Squalus maximus, con- 

 tained in a former Paper,; with Observations on the Structure of the 

 Bronchial Artery. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. F.R.S page 471 



Some further Observations on a new detonating Substance. In a Letter 

 from Sir Humphry Davy, LL.D. F.R.S. V.P.R.J. to the Right 

 Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. P.R.S 472 



Experiments on the Production of Cold by the Evaporation of the Sul- 

 phuret of Carbon. By Alexander Marcet, M.D. F.R.S 473 



On a saline Substance from Mount Vesuvius. By James Smithson, 

 Esq. F.R.S 474 



Some Experiments and Observations on the Substances produced in dif- 

 ferent chemical Processes on Fluor Spar. By Sir Humphry Davy, 

 LL.D. F.R.S. V.P.R.1 475 



Catalogue of North Polar Distances of Eighty-four principal fixed 

 Stars, deduced from Observations made with the Mural Circle at 

 the Royal Observatory. By John Pond, Esq. F.R.S 477 



1814-. 



A Synoptic Scale of Chemical Equivalents. By William Hyde Wol- 



laston, M.D. Sec. R.S .' page 477 



Methods of clearing Equations of quadratic, cubic, quadrato-cubic, and 



higher Surds. By William Allman, M.D 478 



Analysis of a new Species of Copper Ore. By Thomas Thomson, M.D. 



F.R.S. L. and E 479 



The Bakerian Lecture : on some new Electro-chemical Phenomena. 



By William Thomas Brande, Esq. F.R.S. Prof. Chem. R.I 480 



An Account of some new Experiments on the fluoric Compounds; 



with some Observations on other Objects of Chemical Inquiry. By 



Sir H. Davy, LL.D. F.R.S. V.P.R.1 481 



Some Experiments and Observations on a new Substance which be- 

 comes a violet-coloured Gas by Heat. By Sir Humphry Davy, Knt. 



LL.D. F.R.S i 483 



An Account of a Family having Hands and Feet with supernumerary 



Fingers and Toes. By Anthony Carlisle, Esq. F.R.S 486 



Experiments and Observations on the influence of the Nerves of the 



eighth Pair on the Secretions of the Stomach. By B. C. Brodie, Esq. 



F.R.S 486 



On a fossil human Skeleton from Guadaloupe. By Charles Konig, 



Esq. F.R.S 487 



A new Method of deducing a first Approximation to the Orbit of a 



Comet from three geocentric Observations. By James Ivory, A.M. 489 

 On the Affections of Light transmitted through crystallized Bodies. By 



David Brewster, LL.D. F.R.S. Edin. and F.S.A. Edin 490 



On the Polarization of Light by oblique transmission through all Bodies, 



whether crystallized or uncrystallized. By David Brewster, LL.D. 



F.R.S. Edin. and F.S.A. Edin 492 



Further Experiments on the Light of the Cassegrainian Telescope 



compared with that of the Gregorian. By Captain Henry Kater... 493 

 Astronomical Observations relating to the sidereal part of the Heavens, 



and its Connexion with the nebulous part ; arranged for the purpose 



of a critical Examination. By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. ... 491 



