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Solids , on the attraction of such as are terminated by planes, 
and those of greatest attraction, - - - 247 
— — on the attraction of any whatever, that are bounded 
by planes, » - - - 257 
— of the attraction of some not terminated by planes 269 
— — - of those of greatest attraction, - - 283 
Spheroids, of every description. On the grounds of the 
method which Laplace has given for computing the 
attractions of, - - - - 1 
■ — * on the attractions of an extensive class of, - 46 
— investigation of the attractions of a particular kind of, 60 
Stannane , the name given to a compound of chlorine and tin, 177 
its properties and composition, - 17 7 , 179 
Stannanea , the name given to a compound of chlorine and tin, 177 
its composition, - - - 179 
Sublimate , corrosive , its effects on the animal system, - 222 
— " — on a rabbit, - - 223 
‘ — on a cat, - - 224 
Sulphur , of some combinations of, - •> 412 
Svanberg, M. His memoir relative to the measurement of 
an arc of the meridian in Lapland noticed, - 325 
Swan, (Anas Cygnus), on its solvent glands, - 398 
T. 
Tartar Emetic , its effects on the animal system analogous to 
those of arsenic and muriate of barytes, - 22*1 
Theorem , a remarkable one proposed, relating to solids of 
greatestattraction , - - - 301 
Tjllard, S. Esq,. His narrative of the eruption of a volcano 
in the sea off the Island of St. Michael, - - 152 
Tin, on its combinations with chlorine, 8cc. - - 1 76 
- — - oxides of, their composition, - - - 194 
— — - submuriat of, its properties, - - 180 
Turkey (Meleagris Gallipavo), on its solvent glands, - 399 
Y. 
Vine, the effects of light on its tendrils, * - 317 
Volcano , a narrative of the eruption of one in the sea off 
the Island of St. Michael, - - 152 
W. 
Water, its relation to the composition of many bodies worthy 
of being studied, - 
414 
