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Recent Contributions to the History of Detonating Agents, by
Professor Abel, C.B.,, F.R.S. ccceiirriernectnssrenaracerionns 187
End-on Illumination in Private Spe&roscopy, and its Applications
to both Blowpipe Flames and Eleétric lllumined Gas-vacuum
Tubes, by Piazzi Smyth. uu..eieeiiaianiiirirorciosernnoaress 188
Rxtinguishing Fires in Tar Distilleries, &c., by Watson Smith,
F.C.S., F.LC.iiuiovetsusacnnenraianscanciansnsesccsnnssvanees 190
On a New Form of Wash-bottle, by F. R. Mallet.c.voieiacansess 170
Explosions in Flour Mills, by H. W. Langbeck .......0c0000see. 191
Conversazione at the Royal Society..cveeeicers- veeansaosseass ICI
PHYSICAL SOCIETYuiseseresnarseresvacsssansessssssorsssasresss 192
CoRRESPONDENCE.—New Forms of Apparatus—Loss of Nitre in
Vitriol Manufadtire.eiceascnescasssescssssnasscrasncssnsossss 193
“HEMICAL NOTICES PROM FOREIGN SOURCES ...- -aa 103
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