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Taylor & Francis, 1799

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preparing it By Profeffor BECKMANN
278
Comparison between the Human Race and that of Swine
284
Account of the Method of making Sugar from Beet Roots
291
Fourth Communication from Dr THORNTON Phyfician
299
Remarkable Inftance of a Turkey Cock batching Eggs
309
Report on the Travels of C OLIVIER and C BRU
337
Process of making Attar or Effential Oil of Rofes
347
Defcription of the Lacfba or Lac Infect By Mr W Rox
367
On a New Kind of Sympathetic Ink By M MEYER
375
Hiftory of Aftronomy for the Year 1798 Read in the College
381
Defcription and Ufe of a new Portable Inftrument for afcer
394
Account of a Red Subflance obferved on the Surface of
397
Report made to the French National Inftitute by C GUYTON
400
Extract of a Report made by C PICTET of Geneva to
408
A new eafy and cheap Method of impregnating Water with
416
CONTENTS
499
ON the Poffibility of Cafual Mutilations in the Bodies
1
Method of preparing the Dutch Turnfol Blue 17
17
Hiftory of Aftronomy for the Year 1798 Read in the College
23
Progress of Dr MITCHILLS Mind in investigating
35
On the Ufe of Calcareous Stones in the Manufacturing
43
Account of Bugs found in bollow Trees with Obfervations
57
Agenda or a Collection of Obfervations and Refearches
68
On the Method of preparing Tallow Candles with Wooden
79
Defcription of an Apparatus in the Teylerian Muſeum for
83
Sixth Communication from Dr THORNTON Phyfician
95
DECANDOLLE 96
105
Letter from Dr CARMICHIEL SMYTH to the Editor of
105
On the Longitudinal Vibrations of Strings and Rods with
113
Observations on the true Origin of the Goffamer By J M
119
On the Metallic Particles contained in the Afbes of Vegeta
211
Geographical Defcription of the Isles of France and Bourbon
211
Obfervations on the Property afcribed to Oil of calming
225
Communication from Dr MITCHILL of NewYork fhew
233
An Account of Mr BROWNs Travels through Egypt
241
On the different Kinds of Cadmia and particularly thofe
250
Agenda or a Collection of Obfervations and Reſearches
259
Obfervations on the different Inducements to the Eating
265
Obfervations on the Tones produced by an Organpipe in dif
275
Letter from E PEROLLE of the Academy of Turin formerly
283
On a Submarine Foreft on the East Coast of England
287
275
275
Profeffor of Anatomy and the Practice of Medicine at Tou
283
On an Epidemical Difeafe among Cats By J F BLU
297
Defcription of HUMBOLTs New Portable Barometer 304
304
A Statement of the Progress in the Vaccine Inoculation
312
Query refpecting the natural Boundaries between Europe
327
On the gradual Changes in Temperature and Soil which take
337
Obfervations on the Vibration Nodes of Mufical Strings
347
Account of a large Tree in India By Col IRONSIDE 359
359
Singular Cure of a young Woman effected by expelling from
366
On the Effects of Oil in Cafes of the Bite of Serpents
375
On the Affaying of Ores by Fufion By Mr DAVID
380
On the Comparative Height of the Mountains of the Earth
393
Obfervations on the fingular Sagacity of the Rock or Ice
402
On the Disappearance of Swallows in Autumn in a Letter
414
Obfervations on Pumice Stone and the Places where found
433
Eighth Communication from Dr THORNTON Phyfician
435
Intelligence and Mifcellaneous Articles 103 216 312 419
435

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305. oldal - A quantity of frefli rofes (for example, forty pounds,) are put in a ftill with fixty pounds of •water, the rofes being left as they are with their calyxes, but with the ftems cut clofe. The mafs is then well mixed together with the hands, and a gentle fire is made under the ftill. When the water begins to grow hot, and fumes to rife, the cap of the ftill is put on, and the pipe fixed : the chinks are then well luted with pafte, and cold water put on the refrigeratory at the top.
187. oldal - It would have been impossible for any of these trees and shrubs to vegetate so near the sea, and below the common level of its water : the waves would cover such tracts of land, and hinder any vegetation. We cannot conceive that the surface of the ocean has ever been lower than it now is ; on the contrary, we are led by...
264. oldal - Pen-knife sharpen'd as keen as a Razor, I cut a piece of it off, and thereby left the surface of it exceeding smooth, then examining it very diligently with a Microscope, me thought I could perceive it to appear a little porous ; but I could not so plainly distinguish them, as to be sure that they were pores, much...
90. oldal - There is nothing in gypfum injurious, if it be free from lime ; it will foon become very dry and light, and the limb may be bathed with fpirits, which will penetrate through the covering. Spirits may be ufed inftead of water, or mixed with it (or vinegar) at the firft making of the plafter.
86. oldal - Virgil calls this fourth day a very sure prophet. If on that day the horns of the moon are clear and well defined, good weather may be expected ; but if they are dull, and not clearly marked on the edges, it is a sign that bad weather will ensue. When the weather remains unchanged on the fourth, fifth, and...
236. oldal - A want, or too great a quantity of dew, being a mark of a strong evaporation, announces rain ; the case is the same with thick, white, hoar frost, which is only dew congealed. J2. The winds which begin to blow in the day time, are much stronger, afld eiv...
136. oldal - This bird, after it was caught, was shut up in a large hen-coop ; and the next morning M. Cronstedt found a young partridge lying dead before the door of the coop.
330. oldal - Fifthly, that the dissolution of sulphureous bodies is made by a substance inherent, and mixt with the Air, that is like, if not the very same, with that which is fixt in Salt-peter, which by multitudes of Experiments that may be made with Saltpeter, will, I think, most evidently be demonstrated.
330. oldal - ... till it be precipitated. Seventhly, That as there is one part that is dissoluble by the Air, so are there other parts with which the parts of the Air mixing and uniting, do make a Coagulum, or precipitation, as one may call it, which causes it to be separated from the Air, but this precipitate is...
329. oldal - Thirdly, that this action of dissolution, produces or generates a very great heat, and that which we call Fire...

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