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Dr. Falconer, i8o ; 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. JoifN 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 vSystem, 230. 



X. Intermediate Epoch 233 



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

 Meteorological Conjectures, 237 ; John Kennedy, 240; Peter 

 Evi^art, 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 

 Appendix B — Manchester Academy . 



Appendix C — E. W. Binney 



Appendix D— Dr. Lucas on Oxygen and Silver . 

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