17 ART. XV. METEOROLOGICAL DIARY for the Months of June, July, and August, 1819, kept at EARL SPENCER'S Seat at Althorp, in Northamptonshire. The Thermometer hangs in a North-eastern Aspect, about five feet from the ground, and a foot from the wall. 21, ALBEMARLE-STREET. THE LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS ON CHEMISTRY, Delivered in the Laboratory of the Royal Institution, BY PROFESSOR BRANDE, Commence on the first Tuesday in October, at nine in the morning, and are continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Two Courses are given during the Season, which begins in October, and terminates in June. The subjects comprehended in the Courses are treated of in the foling order : DIVISION I. Of the Powers and properties of Matter, and the General Laws of Chemical Changes. § 1. Attraction-Crystallization Chemical affinity-Laws of Combination and Decomposition. § 2. Heat-Its influence in art and nature. §3. Electricity-Its Laws and connexion with Chemical phænomeua. § 4. Radiant Matter. 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