CONTENTS. 



Ill 



Decomposition, &c. of Airs . . Priestley . 



Page 



Pneumatics. 



55 



Page 



6. Optics, &c. 



Obsen-at'ons on Vision Young 318 Experiments on the Eye 



Light from Luminous Bodies Thompson.. 359 



On Coloured Shadows Thompson . . 374 



Observations on Vision Hosack 403 



Structure of Bird's Eyes 

 On his 40-feet Telescope 



, Home , 

 , Smith . 

 , Herschel. 



Inflect. &c. of Light and Col. Brougham 

 7. Electricity, Magnetism, Thermometry. 



Atmospherical Electricity Read 52, 20/ Electrical Experiments and 1 „ , 



Experiments on Heat Thompson . . 135 Obseivations J '^^^^ 



New Magnetic Needle, &c. . Bennet 142 Linseed Oil taking Fire Humfries . 



Discovery of Galvanism Volta 285 Galvani's Exper. on the Muse. Wells 



Class III. Natural History. 



On the Chermes Lacca Roxburgh 



Double-homed Rhinoceros . . Bell 



1. Zoology. 

 . . 62 Species of Choetodon in India. Bell. 



282 



2. Mineralogy, 



The Production of Ambergris Fawkener . . 6 



Affinityof BasaltesandGranite Beddoes 8 



Cast and Malleable Iron Beddoes ..4,7, 209 



Chalk-pit found in Ruthind . . Barker 74 



Weight acquired by Calcined "I p^^dyce .... 245 



Metals J ' 



Caves at Bayreutli . . Marg. of Auspach 437 



Fossilogy, &c. 



The Fossil Bones in the same. . J. Hunter . 

 The Mineral Strontionite .... Sclimeisser. 



Eruption of Vesuvius Hamilton . 



On Welding Cast Steel Frankland . 



On Indian Wootz, Steel, & Iron Pearson .. . 

 On the Irish Gold Mine .... J. Lloyd . . . 

 On the same Mills 



3. Geography, and Topography. 



Measuring the Meridian and 1 pjj,fgj 34, 



Parallel at Geneva J 



Rate of Camels' Travelling . . Rennel .... 38 



4. Hydrology. 

 On Hygrometry De Luc . . 1,111 On the Kilburn- Wells Water Schmeisser , 



Measure of a Base in India . . Topping . . 

 On the Tides at Naples .... Blagden . , 

 The Curr. near the Scilly Isles Rennel. . . 



453 

 5^57 

 593 

 725 



423 



449 

 548 



28i 



440 

 446 

 492 

 572 

 580 

 677 

 679 



146 

 318 

 325 



149 



Class IV. Chemical Philosophy. 



1. 



Decomposition of Fixed Air. . Tennant . . 1, 

 Decomposition of diflferentAirs Priestley .... 



Exper. on Human Calculi. . . . Lane 



Composition of James's Powd. Pearson .... 



Chem. Exper. on Tabasheer. . Macie 



The Production of Light . . Wedgwood 128, 

 On the Kilburn-Wells Water Schmeisser . . 



Change of Flesh to Fat Matter Sneyd 



Decomposition of Fixed Air, . Pearson .... 



Chemistry. 



1 1 1 Weight acqu. by Calc. Metals 



55 Excise on Spirituous Liquors. . 



6 1 Appendix to the same 



87 Ice-making at Benares 



101 Change of Flesh to Fat Matter 



215 Mixtures of Spirits and Water 



1 49 On the same 



192 On Linseed Oil taking Fire . . 



22 1 Production of Artificial Cold . 



Fordyce .... 245 

 Blagden .... 263 



Gilpin 272 



Williams 294, 305 

 Gibbes . . 389, 544 



Gilpin 426 



Blagden ibid 



Humfries . . 44^9 

 Walker 560 



2. Meteorology. 



On H) grometry De Luc. ...1,111 On the same Royal Soc. 38, 19C 



Meteorological Register Barker 28, 74, 3u6', 389, 535, 752 



242, 335-, 392, 613 Earthquake in Lincolnshire . . Tumor 22O 



