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INQUIRIES CONCERNING THE MODE OF THE PROPAGATION OF 

 HEAT IN LIQUIDS 274 



[Read before the National Institute of France, June 9, 1806.] 



EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE ADHESION OF THE 

 PARTICLES OF WATER TO EACH OTHER .... 290 



[Read before the National Institute of France, June 16, 1806.] 



CONTINUATION OF EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE 

 ADHESION OF THE PARTICLES OF LIQUIDS TO EACH OTHER . 300 



[Read before the National Institute of France, March 9, 1807.] 



OF THE SLOW PROGRESS OF THE SPONTANEOUS MIXTURE OF 

 LIQUIDS DISPOSED TO UNITE CHEMICALLY WITH EACH OTHER 318 



[Read before the National Institute of France, March 29, 1807.] 



OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE TO THE MEANS OF INCREASING THE 

 QUANTITIES OF HEAT OBTAINED IN THE COMBUSTION OF 

 FUEL. . . 345 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW BOILER, CONSTRUCTED WITH A VIEW 

 TO THE SAVING OF FUEL 352 



[Read before the National Institute of France, October 6, 1806.] 



EXPERIMENT ON THE USE OF THE HEAT OF STEAM, IN PLACE 

 OF THAT OF AN OPEN FlRE, IN THE MAKING OF SOAP . . 359 



[Read before the National Institute of France, October 20, 1806.] 



ACCOUNT OF SOME NEW EXPERIMENTS ON WOOD AND CHAR- 

 COAL .... 362 



[Read before the National Institute of France, December 30, 1811.] 



RESEARCHES UPON THE HEAT DEVELOPED IN COMBUSTION AND 

 IN THE CONDENSATION OF VAPOURS 370 



[Read before the National Institute of France, February 24, and No- 

 vember 30, 1812.] 



