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The Quarterly Journal, Volume 8

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John Murray, 1820

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Table of Contents

Index

Contents

Investigation of the Corrections of the Places of	21

Journal of the Proceedings of Mr BURCKHARDT	28

Observations on the MedicoChemical Treatment	66

Some Observations relating to the Agency of Galvanism	72

View of the Progress of Astronomy in Germany	84

On the Mammoth or Fossil Elephant found in	95

On the Figure of the Earth By M de LAPLACE	108

On the Preparation of Oxygenated Water By M	114

Art Page	205

Description of a Differential Thermometer By	219

Account of a Portable Gas Lamp	233

On the Progress of Steam Navigation in Britain	240

A Letter relating to Mr WATTs Remarks on Cap	259

On a Substance produced during the distillation	287

Art Page	295

Proceedings of the Royal Society	337

Description of Messrs TAYLORS and MARTINEAUS	120

Some Account of the Character and Merits of the late	124

Biographical Memoir of the late Mr JAMES	136

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE	151

On Oxygenated Water by M Thenard 2 Delphine	157

Latitude of Trees in Sweden 2 Simultaneous existence	174

Meteorolite	175

Medical Benevolent Society 2 Effects of Cinchona	187

Meteorological Diary for the Months of June July	197

Miscellaneous Intelligence	345

2 Medicine Anatomy	358

Preparation of Nitric Ether by M Bouillon Lagrange	369

Uric Acid in Calculi by Dr Gaspar Brugnatelli 6 Pur	376

On Gluten and its Action on Guaicum 10	386

GENERAL LITERATURE	393

Index	403

199	410

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Bibliographic information

Title	The Quarterly Journal, Volume 8
Contributor	Royal Institution of Great Britain
Publisher	John Murray, 1820
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	13 Mar 2008

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