C Vi 3 
VIII. Some new experiments and observations on the combustion 
of gaseous mixtures , with an account of a method of preserving 
a continued light in mixtures of inflammable gases and air 
without flame. By Sir Humphry Davy, F. R. S. LL. D. 
V.P.R.I. - - - - 77 
IX. De la structure des vaisseaux Anglais , consideree dans ses 
derniers perfectionnements. Far Charles Du pin, Correspon- 
dent de VInstitut de France , &c. Communicated by the Right 
Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G. C. B. P. R. S. - 86 
X. On a new fulminating Platinum. By Edmund Davy, Esq. 
Professor of Chemistry, and Secretary to the Cork Institution . 
Communicated by Sir H. Davy, LL. D. F. R. S. V. P. R. I. 
136 
XI. On the parallax of the fixed stars. By John Pond, Esq. 
Astronomer Royal, F.R.S. - - - 158 
Appendix to Mr. Pond’s Paper on Parallax. - 173 
XII. An Account of some fossil remains of the Rhinoceros, disco- 
vered by Mr. Whitby, in a cavern inclosed in the lime-stone 
rock, from which he is forming the Break-water at Plymouth. 
By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. - 1 76 
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