Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester

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A brief comparison of some of the principal arguments in favour of public and private education
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 1
A plan for the improvement and extension of liberal education in Manchester
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 16
Proposals for establishing in Manchester a plan of liberal education for young men designed for civil and active life, whether in trade, or in any of the professions
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 30
On orichalcum
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 47
Remarks on the origin of the vegetable fixed alkali, with some collateral observations on nitre
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 67
Some account of the life and writings of the late Professor Gregory
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 80
Remarks on the knowledge of the ancients respecting glass, with a sketch of its history down to later times
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 95
On the different quantities of rain which fall at different heights over the same spot of ground; with a letter from Benjamin Franklin
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 122
Speculations on the perceptive power of vegetables
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 130
An experimental inquiry into the cause of the permanent colours of opake bodies
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 147
Experiments and observations on ferments, and fermentation; by which a mode of exciting fermentation in malt liquors, without the aid of yeast, is pointed out; with an attempt to form a new theory of that process
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 273
On the origin of alphabetical characters
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 294
An essay on crimes and punishments
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 309
On the pursuits of experimental philosophy
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 342
Observations on the influence of fixed air on vegetation; and on the probable cause of the difference in the results of various experiments made on that subject
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 357
Observations on a thigh bone of uncommon length
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 366
Meteorological imaginations and conjectures
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 373
A short account of an excursion through the subterraneous cavern at Paris
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 377
A description of a new instrument for measuring the specific gravity of bodies
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 386
Memoirs of the late Dr. Bell
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 397
A translation of Dr. Bell's thesis, de Physiologia Plantarum
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 410
Some observations on the phenomena which take place between oil and water
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 435
Facts and queries relative to attraction and repulsion
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 445
Extracts of two letters from Dr. Wall of Oxford to Dr. Percival, in reply to the foregoing queries concerning attraction and repulsion
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 455
On voluntary power which the mind is able to exercise over bodily sensation
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 467
A narrative of the sufferings of a Collier, who was confined more than seven days, without sustenance, and exposed to the choak-damp, in a coal-pit not far from Manchester: with observations on the effects of famine; on the means of alleviating them; and on the action of foul air on the human body
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 483
Result of some observations made by Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of chemistry in the University of Philadelphia, during his attendance as physician general of the military hospitals of the United States in the late war
Ser 1, Vol 2, Page 522

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Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.

London Printed for T. Cadell [1789-1796]

1789

Natural History Museum Library, London

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