CONTENTS. vii 



VI. An Accoimt of certain Motions which fmall lighted 

 Wicks acquire^ when Jwimming on a Bafon of Oil. 

 By Patrick Wilfon, F. R. S. Edin. and ProfeJJor of 

 FraEtical Ajlronomy in the Univerftty ofGlafgoiv, Page 163. 



Vn. Account of a Singular Halo of the Moon. By William 



Hall, Efq; of Whitehall, F. R. S. Edin. - 174. 



VIII. A New Series for the ReBification of the Elllpfis, with 

 Obfervations on the Evolution of a certain Algebraic 

 Formula. By James Ivory, A. M. - 1 77. 



IX. Mineralogical Defcription of the Mountain of Gibral- 

 tar. By Major Imrie. - - 191. 



X. Defcription of a ^Thermometer, which marks the great- 



ejl Degree of Heat and Cold from one 'Time of Ob- 

 fervation to another. By Alexander Keith, Efq; 

 F. R. S. & F. A. S. Edin. - - 203. 



XI. Defcription of a Barometer which marks the Rife and 



Fall of the Mercury from two different Times of Ob- 

 fervation. By Alexander Reith, Efq; F. R. S. & 

 F. A. S. Edin. _ _ _ 209. 



XII.' Meteorological Abjlradi for the Tears 1794, I795, 



1796, - - - 213. 



II. 



Papers of the Literary Class. 



I. On the Origin and Principles of Gothic ArchiteSture. By 



Sir James Hall, Bart. F. R. & A. S. S. Edin. - 3. 



II. M. Chevalier's Tableau de la Plaine de Troye illu- 



Jl rated and confirmed from the Obfervations of fub- 

 fequent Travellers and others. By Andrew Dalzel, 

 M. A. F. R. S. Edin. Profejfor of Greek in the 

 Univerfity of Edinburgh, - - 29. 



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