CONTENTS 
OF 
No. XIV. 
Page 
Art. I. On Black Lead from Cast-Iron. In a Letter to Dr 
Brewster from J. MacCulloch^ M. D. and F. R. S. 
&c. Communicated by the Author, - 197 
'II. Account of a Man who lived Ten Years after having 
Swallowed a number of Clasp-Knives. By Alexan- 
der Marcet, M. D. F. R. S. late Physician to Guy’s 
Hospital, 204* 
III. On the Use of the Thermometer in Distillation, as an 
Alkohometer. By M. F. Groening,- - 214 
IV. Additional Observations on the Chinese Lusus Naturae. 
By John Livingstone, Esq. Surgeon to the British 
Factory, China. Communicated by the Author, 21 6 
V. Some Account of those Manuscripts in Great Britain, 
which contain the Greek Text of the Mathematical 
Collections of Pappus. By S. P. Rigaud, Esq. M. A. 
F. R. S. Savilian Professor of Geometry, and Professor 
of Experimental Philosophy in the University of Ox- 
ford, &c. &c. Communicated by the Author. (Con- 
cluded from p. 64.) - - 219 
VI. Catalogue of the Declination of 36 Fixed Stars for 1820, 
according to the Observations of Professor Bessel. 
Communicated by Professor Tralles of Berlin, 22 J 
VI L Abstract of a Paper on the Electrical Phenomena pro- 
duced in Vacuo. By Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. 
P, R. S. &c. &c. - - - 220 
VIII. An Account of a Map of the Vicinity of Paukgan, or 
Pagan. By Francis Hamilton, M. D. F. R. S. & 
F. A. S. L. & E., &c. Communicated by the Author, 230 
IX. Abstract of a Paper on the Anomalous Magnetic Action 
of Hot Iron, between the White and Blood-red Heat. 
By Peter Barlow, Esq. of the Royal Military Aca- 
demy, 
239 
