Of the Combustion of Inflammable Bodies, and the relative quantities of Heat producible by the different substances used as fuel. Of the Management of Fire and the Economy of Fuel. Of the Principles of the Warmth of Clothing. Of the Effects of Heat and of Cold, and of hot and of cold winds, on the human body in sickness and in health. Of the Effects of breathing vitiated and confined air. Of the Means that may be used to render Dwelling-houses comfortable and salubrious. Of the Methods of procuring and preserving Ice in Summer, and of the best principles for constructing Ice-houses. Of the Means of preserving Food in different seasons and in different climates. Of the Means of cooling Liquors in hot weather, without the assistance of ice. Of Vegetation, and of the specific nature of those effects that are produced by Manures, and of the Art of composing Manures and adapting them to the different kinds of soil. Of the nature of those changes that are produced on substances used as food in the various processes of cookery. Of the nature of those changes which take place in the Digestion of Food. Of the Chemical Principles of the process of Tanning Leather, and of the objects that must particularly be had in view in attempts to improve that most useful art. Of the Chemical Principles of the art of making Soap, of the art of Bleaching, of the art of Dyeing, and in general of _all the Mechanical Arts_, as they apply to the various branches of manufacture. OF THE FUNDS OF THE INSTITUTION. It is proposed to raise the money necessary for defraying the expense of forming this Institution, and also for the future expense of keeping it up, in the following manner: 1st. By the sums subscribed by the original founders and sole _proprietors_ of the Institution, at _fifty guineas each person_, to be but once paid. 2dly. By the sums contributed by those who shall subscribe _for life_, at _ten guineas_ each person, to be but once paid. 3dly. By the sums contributed by the _annual subscribers_ at two guineas _per annum_ for each person. 4thly. By the particular donations and legacies that may be expected to be made for the purpose of extending and improving so interesting and so useful an Institution; and, Lastly. By the sums that shall be received at the door from strangers who shall visit the repository of the Institution, or who shall obtain leave to frequent the philosophical lectures. PRIVILEGES OF THE ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS OR PROPRIETORS OF THE INSTITUTION.