OR, MAGAZINE OF

CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, MECHANICS,

NATURAL HISTORY,

AGRICULTURE, AND THE ARTS.

BY THOMAS THOMSON, M.D. F.R.S. L. & E. F.L.S. &c.

MEMBER OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, OF THE WERNERIAN SOCIETY, AND OF THE
IMPERIAL MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL ACADEMY OF PETERSBURGH,

VOL. VI.

JULY TO DECEMBER, 1815.

TOR LIBRARY

NEW-YORK

London:

Printed by C. Baldwin, New Bridge-street;

FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY,

47, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

BOLD ALSO BY

W. BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH; AND J. CUMMING, DUBblin.

1815.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

NUMBER XXXI.—JULY, 1815.

Some Account of the late Mr. Smithson Tennant..

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Page

1

13

Of a Toad found in the Trunk of a Beech. By T. L. Dick, Esq....... 11

On the Red Sand-stone Formation. By Professor Jameson

On the Method of illuminating the Streets by Coal Gas. By Mr. Accum 16

Remarks on the Older Floetz Strata of England. By Dr. Prichard .... 20

Sketch of a General Theory of the Intellectual Functions of Man and

Animals. By Mr. Walker ....

On the Uses of the Dorsal Vessel.

26

By M. Marcel de Serres, concluded 34

An Essay on the Rents in the Earth. By Mr. Longmire, continued.... 43

Extract of a Letter from Dr. Berzelius to Professor Gilbert

Astronomical and Magnetical Observations. By Col. Beaufoy..

Recovery of the Aachen Mass of Native Iron......

47

51

53

55

Critical Analysis of the Transactions of the Geological Society, Vol. II. 56

Notice of a new Index to the Anatomical and Medical Papers in the Phi-

losophical Transactions.

Proceedings of the Royal Society, May 25, June 1, 8, and 15

Linnæan Society, June 6 and 20.......

66

.ibid.

Table of Passengers, Waggons, Coaches, &c. that pass over Blackfriars

Extract of a Letter from M. Van Mons, of Brussels...

NUMBER XXXII.-AUGUST.

Account of the late Mr. Smithson Tennant, concluded

81

Page

Observations on Crystallization. By Dr. John Redman Coxe

Experiments on the Draught of Carriages. By Mr. Edgeworth ......

On Accidents in Coal Mines..............

101

106

108

Account of the Sunderland Lime-stone Formation. By Dr. Reid Clanny 115

Sketch of a Theory of the Intellectual Functions of Man and Animals.

By Alex. Walker, concluded

Memoir on Iodine. By M. Gay-Lussac, continued

118

124

132

Magnetical Observations at Hackney Wick, By Col. Beaufoy.........

Critical Analysis of the Philosophical Transactions for 1814, Part II..... 134

Proceedings of the Geological Society, May 19 and June 2..

Wernerian Society, Jan. 21, Feb. 4, 25, March 11

140

On the Extraction of the Cube Roots of Binomials. By Mr. Lockhart ..ibid.

Explosion at the Isabella Coal Mine, at Newcastle...

Of Nickel-Antimonerz

a New Curve

Nature of Fatty Bodies ..

Accident to M. Vauquelin in a Chemical Experiment

New Patents

Meteorological Table and Observations, May 31 to June 28

153

154

...ibid.

156

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NUMBER XXXIII.-SEPTEMBER.

Biographical Account of M. Parmentier. By M. Cuvier

161

Origin of the Carbureted Hydrogen Gas of Coal Mines. By Mr. Longmire 172

Connexion between the Vascular and Extra-vascular Parts of Animals. By

Further Observations on Fluxions. By Mr. Alex. Christison

Memoir on Iodine. By M. Gay-Lussac, concluded

Experiments on Tungsten. By Professor Bucholz

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Description of an Elementary Galvanic Battery. By Dr. Wollaston.... 209

Objections to Sir H. Davy's Theory of Chlorine. By Dr. Berzelius

Essay on the Rents in the Earth. By Mr. Longmire, continued.

Magnetical Observations at Hackney Wick. By Col. Beaufoy....

Critical Analysis of the Philosophical Transactions for 1815, Part I..... 219

Buchanan's Treatise on the Management of Fuel, &c. 222

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