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THE
ANNALS
OF
PHILOSOPHY..
NEW SERIES.
JULY TO DECEMBER, 1822.
TOR LIBRARY
NEW-YORK VOL. IV.
AND TWENTIETH FROM THE COMMENCEMENT.
London:
Printed by C. Baldwin, New Bridge-street;
FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1822.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
NUMBER I.-JULY.
On the Fundamental State of the Magnetic Phenoniena of the Electrical
Connecting Wire. By M. Prechtel, Director of the Polytechnic Insti-
tution in Vienna. (With a Plate.)..
Account of the Weather during the Three Winter Months of 1821, and
1822, kept at Jasmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. By N. J. Winch, Esq.
Meteorological Register kept in St. Petersburgh from 1772 to 1792, and
1818 and 1819. By Mr. Longmire
....
On the Crystalline Form of Diaspore. By W. Phillips, Esq. FLS. &c.
(With a Plate.)....
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On the Differences in the Annual Statements of the Quantity of Rain fall-
ing in adjacent Places. By H. Boase, Esq. (With a Plate.)
On Finding the Sines of the Sum and Difference of Two Arcs. By Mr.
James Adams. (With a Plate.)...
1
6
13
17
18
21
On the Use of Tincture and Brazil Wood in distinguishing several Acids.
By M. P. A. de Bonsdorff....
23
Astronomical Observations. By Col. Beaufoy, FRS.
27
Method for finding the Sum of all the Coefficients in the Expansion of a
Multinomial. By Mr. S. Jones
On the Specific Gravity of Gases. By Charles Sylvester, Esq........
Extracts from the Journal of a Survey to explore the Sources of the Rivers
Ganges and Jumna. By Capt. J. A. Hodgson......
53
On certain Substances which have been supposed to act as Acids and as
Alkalies. By R. Phillips, FRS. L. & E. FLS. &c.
Analytical Account of Mr. Partington's History of the Steam Engine.... 56
Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical So-
ciety, for 1822. Vol. I. Part II. ...
64
Proceedings of the Royal Society, June 6, 13, and 20...
64.
Geological Society, April 19, May 3, 17, and June 7 66
Definition of a Straight Line.
71
Black Urine.
Remarkable Phenomenon, which occurred at Juvinas June 15, 1821