Contents

pp iii-xii

LIST OF PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

pp xiii-xiv

Series I - EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE MECHANICAL POWERS OF ELECTRO-MAGNETISM, STEAM, AND HORSES. (Joint paper with Rev. Dr. Scoresby.)

pp 1-11

ON ATOMIC VOLUME AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY. (Joint papers with Sir LYON PLAYFAIR.)

SECTION I - Salts with a large proportion of Water

pp 11-39

SECTION II - Sulphates with a small proportion of Water of Hydration, Anhydrous and Double Sulphates

pp 40-57

SECTION III - Nitrates, etc

pp 57-63

SECTION IV - Chlorides, Bromides, and Iodides

pp 64-74

SECTION V - Chromates

pp 75-81

SECTION VI - Carbonates

pp 81-83

SECTION VII - Oxalates

pp 83-90

SECTION VIII - Subsalts and Ammoniacal Salts

pp 90-116

Series II - ON THE RELATION IN VOLUMES BETWEEN SIMPLE BODIES, THEIR OXIDES AND SULPHURETS, AND ON THE DIFFERENCES EXHIBITED BY POLYMORPHOUS AND ALLOTROPIC SUBSTANCES

INTRODUCTION

pp 117-119

SECTION I - Metallic Elements

pp 119-144

SECTION II - Oxides of the Metals

pp 144-154

SECTION III - Sulphurets

pp 154-158

SECTION IV - Non-metallic Elements and their Oxides, and the Oxides of Metals of unknown specific Gravity

pp 158-160

SECTION V - Dimorphism and Polymorphism

pp 160-172

Series III - ON THE MAXIMUM DENSITY OF WATER

pp 173-180

Series IV - EXPANSION BY HEAT OF SALTS IN THE SOLID STATE

pp 180-203

Series V - ON THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE VOLUME OF THE ACID, AND IN SOME CASES OF THE VOLUME OF THE BASE, IN THE CRYSTALS OF HIGHLY HYDRATED SALTS

pp 203-215

ON THE THERMAL EFFECTS EXPERIENCED BY AIR IN RUSHING THROUGH SMALL APERTURES (Joint Paper with Sir WM. THOMSON)

pp 216-230

ON THE THERMAL EFFECTS OF FLUIDS IN MOTION. (Joint Papers with Sir WM. THOMSON)

pp 231-245

ON THE THERMAL EFFECTS OF ELASTIC FLUIDS

pp 245-246

ON THE THERMAL EFFECTS OF FLUIDS IN MOTION.— Part II

pp 247-299

ABSTRACT OF THE ABOVE PAPER

pp 299-302

ON THE THERMAL EFFECTS OF FLUIDS IN MOTION

pp 303-304

ON THE THERMAL EFFECTS OF FLUIDS IN MOTION

pp 304-312