CONTENTS of the TWELFTH VOLUME, 



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N account of the measurement of an Arc on the Meridian, com- 

 prehended between tfee Latitudes 8* 9' 33' 39" and 10° 59' 4 8" 93'" 

 • North, being a continuation ©f the grand meridional Arc commenc-* 

 ed in 1804, and extending to 14° 6' ID" North. j — By Lieutenant 



Colonel William LAmEj-ON,. His Majesty's 33d Regiment of Foot* 1 



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On the Malay u- Nation, with a translation of its Maritime Institutions; 

 -—By Thomas. Raffles, Esq. .... ...^ .......' .... h'ihl 101 



III. 

 On the early History of Algebra.— By Eiwarb- Strachey, Esq. .... 158 



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An account of the funeral ceremonies of a Burman Priest. —-Communi- 

 cated by the Reverend William Carey, D. D. .—i .,■-■-- ..—.- 18(5 



V. 

 An account of observations taken at the Observatory near Fori SL 

 George in the East Indies, for determining the Obliquities of the 

 Ecliptic in the months of December 1809, June and Beeernber 1810. 

 —By Captain JpaN Warren,. His Majesty's 33d Regiment of Foot, 192 



On the notions of the Hindu Astronomers* concerning the precession 

 ©fthe Equinoxes and. Motions of the Planets.— By H. T. Colb- 

 Bi&ooKE, E?q.. >r : ...- .--' » -«— «--». •*-"•*: """" ■""■"'*' 



