758 Proposals for Forming 



Of the Effects of breathing vitiated and confined air. 



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

 able 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 assist- 

 ance of ice. 



Of Vegetation, and of the specific nature of those effects that are pro- 

 duced by Manures ; and of the Art of composing 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 Afe- 

 chanical Arts, as they apply to the various branches of manu- 

 facture. 



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 following manner : 



ist, By the sums subscribed by the original founders and sole 

 proprietors of the Institution, at fifty guineas each person, to be but 

 once paid ; 



2dly, By the sums contributed by those who shall subscribe for 

 life at ten guineas each person, to be but once paid ; 



3dly, By the sums contributed by the annual subscribers, at two 

 guineas per annum for each person ; 



4thly, By the particular donations and legacies that may be 

 expected to be made for the purpose of extending and improving so 

 interesting and so useful an Institution ; and, 



Lastly, By the sums that shall be received at the door from 

 strangers who shall visit the repository of the Institution, or who 

 shall obtain leave to frequent the philosophical lectures. 



