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Of the Effects of Heat and of Cold, and of hot and of 



cold winds, on the human body in sickness and in 



health. 



Of the Effects of breathing vitiated and confined air. 

 Of the Means that may be used to render Dwelling-houses 



comfortable and salubrious. 

 Of the Methods of procuring and preserving Ice in 



Summer, and of the best principles for constructing 



Ice-houses. 

 Of the Means of preserving Food in different seasons and 



in different climates. 

 Of the Means of cooling Liquors in hot weather, without 



the assistance of ice. 

 Of Vegetation, and of the specific nature of those effects 



that are produced by Manures, and of the Art of com- 

 posing Manures and adapting them to the different 



kinds of soil. 

 Of the nature of those changes that are produced on 



substances used as food in the various processes of 



cookery. . 



Of the nature of those changes which take place in the 



Digestion of Food. 

 Of the Chemical Principles of the process of Tanning 



Leather, and of the objects that must particularly 



be had in view in attempts to improve that most 



useful art. 

 Of the Chemical Principles of the art of making Soap, 



of the art of Bleaching, of the art of Dyeing, and 



in general of all the Mechanical Arts, as they apply to 



the various branches of manufacture. 



OF THE FUNDS OF THE INSTITUTION. 



It is proposed to raise the money necessary for defraying 

 the expense of forming this Institution, and also for the 

 future expense of keeping it up, in the folio wing manner : 



