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Dr. Falconer, 180 ; Force of Steam,, by John Sharpe, 183 ; 

 Vis Viva, by John Gough ; Rev. George Walker, 185 ; Fasting, 

 187 ; Perception of Colour among the Ancients, 188 ; Prehis- 

 toric Cremation in Scotland, 191; Meteorological Tables, 192; 

 A Universal Written Character and Visible Speech, 193 ; &c. 



IX. JOHN DALTON 198 



Sketch of some Atomic Theories before Dalton, with notes, 

 207 ; Wenzel's Attempts to solve the Problem of Proportions 

 in Chemical Compounds, 213; Bryan and William Higgins, 

 223 ; Richter, 224 ; Proust, 226 ; Dalton's System, 230. 



X. INTERMEDIATE EPOCH 233 



James Watt and Smoke-burning, 236 ; Benjamin Franklin, 

 Meteorological Conjectures, 237 ; John Kennedy, 240 ; Peter 

 Ewart, 242 ; Sir William Fairbairn, 257 ; Eaton Hodgkinson, 

 258 



XI. WILLIAM STURGEON AND OTHERS 266 



J. F. Ekman, 287 ; Mr. John Moore, 288 ; The Potato Dis- 

 ease, 291 ; Mr. J. C. Dyer, 298 ; Introduction of Steam 

 Navigation, by J. C. Dyer, 299; Life, by his Son, 311; 

 Richard Roberts, 325 ; John Blackwall, 329 ; J. A Ransome, 

 329 ; Thomas Tarrold, 330. 



XII. DR. JOULE 331 



XIII. THE PRESENT TIME 349 



Supplementary to Chapter XIII., 358. 



XIV. MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF THE SOCIETY . . . 367 



Constitution, with Rules, &c., 373. 



XV. OFFICERS IN 1881 396 



Officers and Members from 1781 ; Presidents, 397 ; Vice- 

 Presidents, 400 ; Secretaries, 405 ; Treasurers, 408 ; Ordinary 

 Members, 413 ; Honorary, 435 ; Corresponding, 442. 



APPENDIX A Marat and the Warrington Academy . , . 443 



APPENDIX B Manchester Academy ....... 445 



APPENDIX C E. W. Binney 447 



APPENDIX D Dr. Lucas on Oxygen and Silver 465 



INDEX 467 



