PRINTED, BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL,
From the Journal Book of the Society.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
MDCCCXXXIII.

CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

1815.

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ADDITIONAL Observations on the Optical Properties and Structure of

heated Glass and unannealed glass Drops. By David Brewster, LL.D.

F.R.S. Edin. and F.S.A. Edin.

Description of a new Instrument for performing mechanically the In-

volution and Evolution of Numbers. By Peter M. Roget, M.D.

Experiments on the Depolarization of Light as exhibited by various

mineral, animal, and vegetable Bodies, with a Reference of the Phe-

nomena to the general Principles of Polarization. By David Brewster,

LL.D. F.R.S. Edin. and F.S.A. Edin.

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On an ebbing and flowing Stream discovered by boring in the Harbour

of Bridlington. By John Storer, M.D.....

On the Effects of simple Pressure in producing that Species of Cry-

stallization which forms two oppositely polarized Images, and ex-

hibits the complementary Colours by polarized Light. By David

Brewster, LL.D. F.R.S. Edin. and F.S.A. Edin.

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Experiments made with a View to ascertain the Principle on which the

Action of the Heart depends, and the Relation which subsists be-

tween that Organ and the nervous System. By A. P. Wilson Philip

Experiments to ascertain the Influence of the Spinal Marrow on the

Action of the Heart in Fishes. By Mr. William Clift

Some Experiments and Observations on the Colours used in Painting

by the Ancients. By Sir Humphry Davy, LL.D. F.R.S.

On the Laws which regulate the Polarization of Light by Reflection

from transparent Bodies. By David Brewster, LL.D. F.R.S. Edin.

and F.S.A. Edin.

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On some Phenomena of Colours, exhibited by thin Plates.

Knox, Esq.

Some farther Observations on the Current that often prevails to the

Westward of the Scilly Islands. By James Rennell, Esq. F.R.S.... 17

Some Experiments on a Solid Compound of Iodine and Oxygen, and on

its Chemical Agencies. By Sir Humphry Davy, LL.D. F.R.S.

On the Action of Acids on the Salts usually called Hyperoxymuriates,

and on the Gases produced from them. By Sir Humphry Davy,

LL.D. F.R.S.

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