80485

OF THE

LITERARY

AND

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

OF

Manchester.

SECOND SERIES.

VOLUME III.

PRINTED FOR GEORGE WILSON,

Successor to R. Bickerstaff, and Bookseller to the Royal Society of Antiquaries,)
Corner of Essex-street, Strand, London,

BY THE EXECUTORS OF S. RUSSELL, MANCHESTER,

CONTENTS.

Experiments and Observations on Phosphoric

Acid, and on the salts denominated Phosphates.

By Mr. John Dalton.

Experiments and Observations on the combi-

nations of Carbonic Acid and Ammonia. By Mr.

John Dalton......

Memoirs of the late Charles White, Esq.

Page

1

19

F. R. S. &c. with reference to his Professional Life

and Writings. By Thomas Henry, F. R. S. &c. ... 33

Remarks tending to facilitate the Analysis of

Spring and Mineral Waters. By Mr. John Dalton. 52

Account of the Floating Island in Derwent

Lake, Keswick. By Mr. Jonathan Otley.

.... 64

On the Refractive Powers of Muriatic Acid

and Water, separate and in a state of mixture.

By Mr. Henry Creighton.....

An Essay on the origin of Alphabetical Cha-

racters. By the Rev. William Turner, jun. A. M. .....

Observations on the Rise and Progress of the

Cotton Trade, in Great Britain, particularly in

Lancashire and the adjoining counties. By John

Kennedy, Esq.....

Memoir on a new system of Cog or Toothed

Wheels. By James White, Engineer.

70

77

115

138

On the Flexibility of all Mineral Substances;

and the cause of Creeps and Seats in old Coal

Mines. By Mr. John B. Longmire..........

Page

161

Account of the Black-Lead Mine in Borrow-

dale, Cumberland. By Mr. Jonathan Otley......... 168

Account of a White Solar Rainbow. By the

Rev. R. Smethurst.

Remarks, chiefly Agricultural, made during a

short excursion into Westmoreland and Cumberland,

in August 1815. By John Moore, jun. Esq.

176

......... 179

A Tribute to the Memory of the late President

of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Man-

chester. By William Henry, M. D. F. R. S. &c.

An Essay on the Signs of Ideas; or the means

of conveying to others the Knowledge of our Ideas.

By Edward Carbutt, M. D.....

Account of some Remarkable Facts observed in

the deoxidation of Metals, particularly Silver and

Copper. By Samuel Lucas, Esq.

204

241

... 271

Observations upon the Callous Tumour. By

Mr. Kinder Wood......

On the Possibility of reconciling the Scrip-

tural and Profane accounts of the Assyrian Mo-

narchy. By the Rev. John Kenrick, A. M,

A descriptive Account of the several processes

which are usually pursued in the Manufacture of the

article known in Commerce by the name of Tin-

plate. By Samuel Parkes, F. L. S. &c.

275

298

347

The Laws of Statical Equilibrium analytically

investigated. By Mr. John Gough.

Experiments on the Gas from Coal, chiefly

with a view to its practical application. By

William Henry, M. D. F. R. S. &c. ......

An Inquiry into the Effects produced on Society

by the Poor-Laws. By John Kennedy, Esq.

Memoir on Sulphuric Ether. By Mr. John

Dalton........

Observations on the Barometer, Thermometer,

Page

381

391

430

446

and Rain, at Manchester, from 1794 to 1818 inclu-

sive. By Mr. John Dalton.

483

ERRATA.

Page 383. line 23, for SC, read AC.

389. line 4, for "PI draw P", read "P draw PI”.

line 6, for IK, read IR.