CONTENTS.

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ART. I. Historical Eloge of the late Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Ba-

ronet, President of the Royal Society. By Baron

CUVIER,

II. Remarks and Experiments relating to Hygrometers

and Evaporation. By Mr HENRY MEIKLE. Com-

municated by the Author,

III. On Coloured Shadows.

TRESCHEL junior,

By Messrs ZCHOKKE and

IV. Notice regarding the Little Andaman Island in the

Bay of Bengal. Communicated by Cornet J. E.

ALEXANDER, H. M. 13th Light Dragoons. With a

Plate,

V. Some particulars relative to the Tides in the upper

part of the River Thames, and of the obstructions

caused by the present London Bridge. By P. BAR-

LOW, F. R. S. Mem. Imp. Acad. Petrop., &c. Com-

municated by the Author,

VI. On the Affinities of the Empetreæ, a natural Group of

Plants. By Mr DAVID DON, Libr. L. S. &c.

municated by the Author,

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22

32

43

49

Com-

59

64

VII. Establishment of Vegetation at the Surface of the

Globe,

VIII. Observations made during a Visit to Madeira, and a

residence in the Canary Islands. By Baron LEO-

POLD VON BUCH. (Continued from former Volume,

p. 380.),

IX. Observations on the Arctic Sea and Ice, and the in-

tended Expedition of Captain Parry to the North

Pole. By THOMAS LATTA, M. D. Communicated

by the Author,

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86

ART. X. General Observations on the former and present Geo-

logical Condition of the Countries discovered by

Captains Parry and Ross. By Professor

AMESON, 104

XI. Remarks tending to explain the Geological History

of the Earth. By Professor ESMARK,

XII. Observations on the Structure and Functions of the

Sponge. By R. E. GRANT, M.D. F.R.S. E. F.L.S.

M.W.S. Honorary Member of the Northern Insti

tution, &c. Communicated by the Author. Con-

duded from the preceding Volume, p. 351. With

a Plate

XIII. Enumeration of the Instruments requisite for Me-

teorological Observations; with Remarks on the

mode of conducting such Observations. By Pro-

fessor LESLIE

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XIV. Description of the Eruption of Long Lake and Mud

Lake, in Vermont, and of the desolation effected

by the rush of the waters through Barton River,

and the lower country, towards Lake Memphre-

magog, in the summer of 1810, in a Letter to Prof.

Silliman. By the Rev. S. EDWARDS Dwight.

With a Plan of the Lakes,

107

121

141

146

XV. Information regarding the Overland Arctic Expe-

dition,

161

XVI. On the Luminousness observed in the Eyes of Hu-

man Beings, and also in those of Cats, Dogs,

Horses, and Sheep. By Dr CHARLES LUDWIG

ESSER,

164

XVII. Account of the Habits of the Turkey Buzzard (Vul-

tur aura), particularly with the view of exploding

the opinion generally entertained of its extraordi-

nary power of Smelling. In a Letter to Professor

JAMESON, by JOHN J. AUDUBON, Citizen of the

United States,

172

184

XVIII. List of Rare Plants which have Flowered in the

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during the

last three months; with Descriptions of several

New Plants. Communicated by Dr GRAHAM,

XIX. Celestial Phenomena from January 1. to April 1.

1827, calculated for the Meridian of Edinburgh,

Mean Time. By Mr GEORGE INNES, Aberdeen, 188

ART. XX. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,

XXI. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History So-

190

191

XXII. SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

METEOROLOGY.

1. Meteors seen in India. 2. Water-spouts in the Irish Chan-

nel. 3. Winds in the Polar Regions,

CHEMISTRY.

191-193

4. The presence of animal and vegetable matter, or emanations

from them, not necessary for the formation of Nitre.

5. Phosphorus in Kelp,

GEOLOGY.

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193, 194

6. Geognostical Structure of the Country around Darwar.

7. Account of Libellulite found at Solenhoffen. 8. Beds

Sea-shells, nearly in a fresh state, 200 feet above the le-

vel of the Sea. 9. Green-sand formation in Sweden.

10. Coal of Hoganäs. 11. Hill of Magnetic Iron-Ore.

12. Hyæna Cave,

MINERALOGY.

194-197

13. Crystallizations of Sulphate and Carbonate of Lead ob-

served by M. Hartmann. 14. Geognostic Position of

Platina in America. 15. Jet discovered in Wigtonshire.

16. Geognostical Distribution of Gold in the Uralian

Mountains. 17. Geognostic situation of the Siberian

Platina. 18. Cordierite found in Norway. 19. Magni-
ficent Crystals of Sulphate of Iron, or Green Vitriol.
20. Iserine and Iron-sand in Cheshire. 21. Bismuth
Cobalt-Ore. 22. Selenium in Red Copper-Ore,

HYDROGRAPHY.

197-201

23. Discovery of a New Substance in Sea Water. 24. Iodine

and Lithion in the Mineral Springs of Theodoreshall at

Kreutznach. 25. Thickness of Salt Water Ice,

ZOOLOGY.

201, 202

26. Sword Fish found in the Frith of Forth. 27. Discovery

of the Circulation of the Blood in Insects. 28. Turf-

Leech. 29. Notice of two new species of British Sponges.

30. South African Museum, (1st Series). 31. Ditto (2d

Series). 32. Narcotic Spider. 33. Power of the Sto-

mach of Birds. 34. Vulture shot in Somersetshire.

Gigantic Orang Outang,

BOTANY.

36. Irish Furze, Broom, and Yew,

ARTS.

37. Easy mode of Cutting Glass,

ART. XXIII. NEW PUBLICATIONS.

35.

201-207

1. Mathematics practically applied to the Useful and Fine

Arts; by Baron CHARLES DUPIN, Member of the Insti-

tute, of the Academy of Sciences, &c. &c. Adapted

to the State of the Arts in England; by GEORGE

BIRKBECK, Esq. M. D. President of the London Me-
chanics' Institution,

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2. AUDUBON'S great Work on the Birds of the United States

of America,

3. The Aberdeen, Leith and London Tide Tables for the

year 1827; by GEORGE INNES, Astronomical Calcula-

tor, Aberdeen,

207

ib.

208

210

211

XXIV. List of Patents granted in England from 18th

September to 18th November 1826,

211

XXV. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 9th

September to 8th November 1826,

212

CONTENTS.

ART. I. Biographical Memoirs of CHARLES BONNET and Ho-

RACE BENEDICT DE SAUSSURE. Read to the Royal

Institute of France by Baron CUVIER,

II. A Description of some appearances of remarkable

Rainbows. By the Reverend WILLIAM SCORESBY,

F. R. S. Lond. & Edin. M. W. S. &c. Communi-

cated by the Author. (With a Plate),

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III. Tour to the South of France and the Pyrenees, in

1825. By G. A. WALKER ARNOTT, Esq. A.M. F.L.S.

& R. S. E. &c. In a letter to Professor JAMESON.

(Continued from the preceding Volume),

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213

235

241

IV. Account of a Visit to the Glaciers of Justedal, and to

the Mantle of Lodal. By Mr G. BOHR, of Bergen, 255

V. Observations on Serpentine and Diallage Rocks. By

Dr A. BOUE'. In a Letter to Professor JAMESON.

Communicated by the Author,

VI. Observations on the Natural History of the Alligator.

In a Letter to Sir WILLIAM JARDINE, Baronet, and

PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY, Esq. By JOHN J. AUDU

BON, Esq. Member of the Wernerian Natural His-

tory Society, &c.

VII. Observations and Experiments on the different kinds

of Coal. By M. KARSTEN,

VIII. Considerations regarding the shining of the Eyes of

the Cat, and several other Animals. By M. BENE-

DICT PREVOST,

IX. Remarks on the Rhubarb of Commerce, the Purple-

coned Fir of Nepal, and the Mustard Tree. By Mr

DAVID DON, Librarian of the Linnean Society,

Member of the Imperial Academy Naturæ Curio-

sorum, of the Wernerian Society, &c. Communi-

cated by the Author,

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270

280

297

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