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CONTENTS. 



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On the same, in answer. Ellis. . . R. . .'^ w 181 



Sea Alga with broad leaves. Peyssonel, ... 241 



The Plants called Lichen, Watson 246 



Manchenille Apple, Peyssonel 284 



Cinnamon, Cassia, or Canilla, White 313 



Halesia and Gardenia, Ellis 508 



Paga 



Hemlock of Dr. Storke, Watson 530 



On SchaefFer's Fungi, Hudson 6l5 



The Gardenia Plant, Solander 669 



Species of Ophrys, Ehrit 701 



New Peruvian Plant, Ehrit 708 



Copper Springs in Pennsylvania, Rutty. 



A Remarkable Fossil, Wright 



On the Orthoceratiles, Wright 



Subterraneous Trees, Borlase , 



Peat-pit near Newbury, Collet 



Examination of Platina, Lewis 



Impression of Plants on Slates, Dacosta. 



Fossil Bodies at Shepey, Parsons 



Large Fossil Thighbone, Piatt 



Alligator's Fossil Bones, Chapman , 



Rare kind of Orthoceratites, Himsel 



Mineralogy. 



3 Fossil Skeleton at Whitby, Wooler 289 



10 Fossil Wood in Hesse, &c, Hollmann .... 435 



ibid The Bovey Coal, Milles 438 



80 Asbestos in France, Needham 494 



86 Analysisof the Bovey Coal, Miller 512 



S7 Causeway at Dunbar, Bp. of Ossory 533 



123 Causeways in Scotland, Dacosta 535 



165 Burning Rock and Flaming Well, Wood. . 6OO 



204 Gems like the Tourmalin, Wilson 606 



259 Observations on Sand Iron, Home ..... 689 

 261 



4. Geography J and Topography. 

 Plan of Peking in China, Graubil •„•••• ^^^ ^^ Norwood's Meas. of the Earth, Raper 593 



North-west of America, KashennicofF. 



Agitation of the Sea, Prime 



The same at Dartmouth, Holdsworth 



The same at Antigua, Affleck 



Agitation of the Waters, Rutherforth. . . . 

 Carlsbad Waters in Bohemia, Watson. . . . 



On the same. Miles 



The Malveni Waters, Wall 



New Well near Moffat, Walker 



Distilling Fresh from Sea Water, Chapman 

 On Mineral Waters, Rutty 



432 On the same, Delalande , . , 595 



5. Hydrology. 



1 On Vitriolic Waters, Rutty 429 



, . . ibid Hot Baths of Vinadio, Bruni 495 



9 Motion of Waters, &c. Borlase 601 



16 Tides in Gibraltar Straits, More 607 



. . . 56 Agitation of the Sea, &c. Mason 6l4 



. . . 68 On the same, Borlase 62 1 



. . ibid The Tides at St. Helena, Maskelyne 647 



. . . 87 Compressibility of Water, Canton 665 



243 Decrease of a River, Milbourne 678 



692 



Class ly. Chemical Philosophy. 

 1 . Chemistry, 



Carlsbad Waters in Bohemia, Watson. ... 56 



On the same. Miles 68 



Malvern Waters, Wall ibid 



Distillation to the Steam Engine, Fitzgerald 81 



New Well near Moffat, Walker 87 



Examination of Platina, Lewis gi 



Distilling Fresh from Sea Water, Chapman 243 

 On Mineral Waters, Rutty 392 



2 Meteorology. 



Figures of Snow Crystals, Nettis 1 



The Weather in Dublin, Simon 41 



People Buried in Snow, Bruni 42 



Earthquakes, &c. Trembley . . 83 



Thunder-storm, Dyer, Milles 86 



Storm at Wigton, Tomlimon 112 



Effects of Lightning on a Steeple, Smeaton 113 



Nocturnal Solar Iris, Edwards 1 37 



Shower of Black Dust, Mitchell 1 38 



Earthquake at Sumatra, Perry 182 



Earthquake in CornwaJl, Borlase 196 



Hail-storm in Virginia, Frauquier 273 



Thunder-storm at Norwich, Cooper 327 



The Weather in Maryland, Brooke 333 



Of a Fiery Meteor, Pringle 377, 388 



Storm of Thunder, Van Rixtei. 393 



On the same, Mountaine 



On the same. Knight 



On a Fiery Meteor, Forster, Colebrooke. 



On the same Dution 



A Remarkable Halo, Barker 



A Meteor and Whirlwind, Winthorp . . . 



On an Anthelion, Swinton 



Meteor seen at Oxford, Swinton 



Uncommon Phenomenon, Stephens 



Aurora Borealis, Bartram, Franklin 



Aurora Borealis in Sweden, Bergman 



On a Fiery Meteor, Gabry 



The Quantity of Riain, Arderon 



Mild Weather and Rain, Borlase 



Great Darkness in America, Stirling 



393 

 394 

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 514 

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