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.

London:

Printed by C. Baldwin, New Bridge-street;

FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY,

47, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

SOLD ALSO BY

W. BLACKWOOD, EdinburGH; AND J. Cumming, Dublin.

1815.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

NUMBER XXXI.-JULY, 1815.

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Some Account of the late Mr. Smithson Tennant..

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

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

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

Animals. By Mr. Walker

On the Uses of the Dorsal Vessel.

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By M. Marcel de Serrés, concluded 34

By Mr. Longinire, continued........

An Essay on the Rents in the Earth.

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....

Explosion at the Success Coal-pit, near Newbottle

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Critical Analysis of the Transactions of the Geological Society, Vol. II. 66

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

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...ibid.

Linnæan Society, June 6 and 20.....

Prize Question of the Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh

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..

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