CONTENTS. 
of the Hyperbola : among which the great Advantage of descend- 
ing Series over ascending Series, in many Cases, is dearly 
shown ; and several Methods are given for computing the con- 
stant Quantity by which those Series differ from each other. By 
the Rev. John Hellins, B. D. F. R. S. and Vicar of Potter’s- 
Pury, in Northamptonshire. 
Being an Appendix to his former Paper on the Piectification of the 
Hyperbola, inserted in the Philosophical Transactions for the 
Tear 1802. Communicated by Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F.R.S. 
Astronomer Royal. p. 110 
VII. On a Combination of Oxymuriatic Gas and Oxygene Gas • 
By Humphry Davy, Esq. LL. D. Sec. R. S. Prof. Chem. 
R. I. p. 255 
VIII. Experiments to prove that Fluids pass directly from the 
Stomach to the Circulation of the Blood, and from thence into 
the Cells of the Spleen, the Gall Bladder, and Urinary Bladder , 
without going through the Thoracic Duct. By Everard Home, 
Esq. F. R. S. p. 163 
IX. On the Composition of Zeolite. By James Smithson, Esq. 
F. R. S. P-i 7 i 
X. Experiments and Observations on the different Modes in which 
Death is produced by certain vegetable Poisons. By Mr. B. C. 
Brodie, F. R. S. Communicated by the Society for promoting 
the Knowledge of Animal Chemistry. p. 178 
APPENDIX. 
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