Ti CONTENTS. 



NOVEMBER, 1809. 



Engravings of the following Subjects: 1. Luminous Meteors, seen during 4 

 Thunderstorm, by James Staveley, Esq: 2. Diagrams to illustrate the Theory 

 of Aerial Navigation, by Sir George Cayley, Bart. : 3. A Machine that will 

 ascend into the Air of itself by Mechanical Means : 4. A Machine with which 

 a Man may raise himself into the Air. 



I. Account of some luminous Meteors seen during a Thunderstorm. In a Letter 

 from James Stav el ey, Esq. - - - - lo'l 



II. On Aerial Navigation. By Sir George Cayley, Bart. - 104 



HI. On Electro-Chemical Experiments. By Mr. G. J. Singer - 174 



JV. Extract of a Letter from Mr. J. B. Van Mons to Mr. Sue, on different 

 Subjects relating to Galvanism and Electricity. - - 179 



V. Description of the Process employed to ascertain the Existenceof Alumine 

 "in Meteoric Stones, by B. G. Sage, Member of the French Institute, Founder 

 and Director of the First School of Mines - - 190 



VI. Letter from Mr. Rampasse, formerly Officer in the Corsican Light Infantry, 

 to Mr. Cuvier, on a Calcareous Breccia containing fossile Bones found in 

 Corsica. - - - - - *93 



VII. Extract of a Letter from Professor Picot, of Geneva, to the Editors of the 

 Bibliotheque Bsitannfcme, on Comets. - - - 197 



VIII. On the Influence the Shape of a Still has on the Quality of the Product of 

 Distillation : by Mr. Curaudau, Member of the Pharmaceutical and several 

 other Societies. - - - - - 201 



IX. On Vegetable Astringents. By John Bostock, M. D. Communicated by 

 the Author. 204 



X. Question on the Preparation of Cork for modelling.' In a Letter from a 

 Correspondent. - * 222 



XI. On the Dusodile, a New Species of Mineral ; by Mr. L. Cordier 223 



XII. Memoir on the Triple Sulphuret of Lead, Copper, and Antimony, or 

 Endellion. By M. le Comte de Bournon, F. R. and L. S. - 225 



XIII. On Detonating Silver. By Mr. Descotils. - - 237 



XIV. Process for making a Fine Lake. 238 



XV. On the Blue Wolfsbane, by Philip Antony Steinacher. - 23S 

 Scientific News. - 233 

 Meteorological Table. 240 



DECEMBER. 



