Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. INTRODUCTION III
3. LIST OF THE OFFICERS XXVIII
4. CONTENTS XXXVI
5. CONJECTURES ON THE FORMATION OF THE EARTH 1
6. THEORY OF LIGHT AND HEAT 6
7. PROCESS IN MAKING PAPER THE CHINESE MANNER 9
8. CONJECTURES ON MAGNETISM AND THEORY OF THE EARTH 11
9. A SINGULAR PHENOMENON 13
10. OBSERVATIONS ON THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE 25
11. OBSERVED AT LAKE-ERIE 62
12. AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUGAR MAPLE TREE 64
13. MARITIME OBSERVATIONS 82
14. REMARKS ON THE BITE OF THE RATTLE-SNAKE 100
15. MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS 115
16. EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING 119
17. EXPERIMENTS ON EVAPORATION 125
18. POSTSCRIPT 134
19. NEW NOTATION OF MUSIC 139
20. OBSERVATIONS ON THE THEORY, OF WATER MILLS 144
21. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS 150
22. POWERS OF THE SINES 155
23. INDEX FLORAE LANCASTRIENSIS 157
24. IMPROVED BY J.RUMSEY DR. BARKER'S MILL 185
25. THERMOMETRICAL JOURNAL 194
26. MEMOIR ON THE PLANTS-called CRYPTOGAMICK 202
27. REMARKS ON THE ANCIENT WORKS OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY 214
28. AN ACCOUNT OF SOME INDIAN DIES 222
29. REMARKS ON THE REMARKS ON THE CASSIA 226
30. AN ACCOUNT OF THE BURSTED-HILL 231
31. REMARKS ON THE EFFECTS OF THE CICUTA VENENOSA 234
32. DESCRIPTION OF A MACHINE 239
33. INQUIRY CONCERNING THE HONEY-BEE 241
34. CADMUS 262
35. ON TEACHING THE DEAF AND DUMB, TO SPEAK 310
36. OBSERVATIONS ON THE THEORY 319
37. IMPROVEMENT ON LIGHTNING-RODS 321
38. ABRIDGEMENTS OF SUNDRY COMMUNICATIONS 324
39. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW STANDARD FOR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 328
40. DESCRIPTION OF A SPRING BLOCK 331
41. A BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PODOPHYLLUM DIPHYLLUM LINN 334
42. OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSRUCTION OF HOSPITALS 348
43. DONATIONS 351
44. ADVERTISEMENT 366