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Table of the thermometric degrees, at which some remark-able chemical phenomena occur, - - cxlviiTable of freezing mixtures, - - - cl. Tables of simple affinity, - - cliiRelative attractions, - - - civCases of mutual decomposition, - - - ib.Cases of disposing affinity, 7 - clviTable of incompatible salts, - - - ib.Table of the specific heats of equal weights of some bodies

compared with water, - - - clvii

Metallic precipitates, - - clviii

Table of the solubility of different substances in water, clix

Table of the solubility of different substances in alkohol, clxi

Table of the proportion of oil and suets in various fats, clxii

Table of the absorption of gases, - - clxiii

Table of efflorescent and deliquescent salts, - ib.

Table of the weight of ultimate particles or atoms of bodies, clxivTable of chemical equivalents, ... clxx

Composition of some organic bodies, - - clxxiii

Pharmaceutical calendar, - - clxxiii

Explanation of the plates, ... clxxiv

PART II.

MATERIA MEDICA.

General observations, - 1

Natural, Medical and Pharmaceutical History of the differentArticles contained in the Pharmacopoeias of London, Dub-lin, and Edinburgh, arranged chiefly according to the no-menclature of the Edinburgh College, - -2

APPENDIX.NO. J[. Concise account of some substances contained insome of the best foreign Pharmacopoeias, but notreceived into the lists of any of the British Col-leges, ....II. List of animals which furnish articles of the MateriaMedica, arranged according to Cuvier's system,

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