INDEX. 
Fire-damp, explosions of it will not pass through very fine 
wire sieves or wire-gauze, - - 
■ — ~ description of a lamp so constructed as to prevent 
the explosion of it, - 
— experiments on the burning of a flame in atmos- 
pheres containing it, 
— - — to prevent explosions of it in coal mines, it is only 
necessary to use air-tight lanterns, 
— — — - breathing an atmosphere containing a certain mix- 
ture of fire-damp near or even at the explosive point is 
not attended with any bad consequence, 
— after an explosion of it, miners are sometimes found 
alive ; and the reason of this explained, 
an account of an invention for giving light in 
explosive mixtures of fire-damp in coal mines by consum- 
ing the fire-damp, _ 
Flame of combustible bodies , the nature of it considered, 
Fossil remains of an animal , some farther account of those of 
which a description was given to the Society in 1814, 
Fringes , on those produced by rectangular plates, 
• —— on those produced by square pieces of glass, 
— — on those produced by cylindrical pieces of glass, 
Functions , an essay towards their calculus, 
— — — — — the doctrine of them applicable to every part of 
mathematical enquiry, 
Functions , exponential , on their developement ; together with 
several new theorems relating to finite differences, 
. irrational, on their fluents. 
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318 
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103 
103 
179 
256 
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335 
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Glass, the sapphire, ruby, and some other substances have 
the power of cutting it for a short time with a clean fissure, 
268 
Gout, an appendix to a paper on the effects of the colchicum 
autumnale on that disease, - - 262 
H 
Hatchett, Charles, Esq. Some communications of his 
on the yelk of eggs, - 306 
Heat , on new properties of it, as exhibited in its propagation 
along plates of glass, - 
• on the transient effects exhibited during its propaga- 
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