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LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES,
Northumberland-court,
1. Narrative of a Journey from Egypt to the Western Coast of
Africa, by MAHOMED MISRAH. Communicated by an
Officer serving in Sierra Leone
II. Extract of a Letter from George Poulett SCROPE, Esq. to
Mr. Brande, respecting the Geology of the Paduan, Vicentine,
and Veronese Territories
HI. Conjectures respecting the Greek Fire of the Middle Ages.
By J. MAC CULLOCH, M.D. F.R.S., &c.
IV. An Account of some Observations made with Mr. Daniell's
Hygrometer in Brazil, and on the Equator. By ALEXANDER
CALDCLEUGH, Esq. (With a Plate).
V. A Table of Prime Equivalent Numbers, for the Use of the
Chemical Students in the Royal Institution
1
16
22
41
49
64
86
VI. Lamarck's Genera of Shells. (With Plates).
VII. Experiments on the Oxides and Salts of Uranium
VIII. A Review of some of the General Principles of Physiology,
with the Practical Results to which they have led. By A. P.
W. PHILIP, M.D., F.R.S. Edin.-(concluded)
IX. Meteorological Observations in a Voyage across the Atlantic.
By H. T. COLEBROOKE, Esq.
91
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115
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ART.
X.
ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS.
PAGE.
i. Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales, with an intro-
ductory Compendium of the General Principles of that Science,
and comparative Views of the Structure of Foreign Countries,
illustrated by a coloured Map and Sections. By the Rev. W. D.
CONYBEARE, F.R.S., M.G.S., &c.; and WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
F.L.S., M.G.S, &c.
142
ii. Conversations on Mineralogy, with Plates, engraved by Mr.
and Miss Lowry, from Original Drawings. In 2 vols., 1822 154
iii. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London,
for the year MDCCCXXII. PART I.
iv. Treatise on Meteorology, by JOHN LESLIE, Esq., Professor
of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, and cor-
responding Member of the Royal Institute of France.
XI. ASTRONOMICAL and NAUTICAL COLLECTIONS.
No. XI.
i. A Catalogue of the Polar Distances of Thirty-nine principal
Stars. By the Rev. JOHN BRINKLEY, D.D., &c. &c.-ii. Polar
Distances of the Thirty-nine Stars, from different Catalogues.—
iii. Elements of a Table of Refraction, deduced from Observation
only.-iv. Remarks on the Astronomical Measurements of the
Ancients
. 160
. 172
. . 186
XII. Corrections in Right Ascension of Thirty-six principal Stars.
By JAMES SOUTH, F.R.S..
XIII, PROGRESS OF FOREIGN SCIENCE
XIV.
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIgence.
I. MECHANICAL SCIENCE.
1. On the Fabrication of Artificial Magnets. 2. Retrograde
Movement of the Magnetic Needle. 3. Comparison of British
and French Canals, by M. Huerne de Pommeuse, Member of
the Chamber of Deputies. 4. Description of a Ductilimetre, or
an Instrument for Comparing the Ductility of different kinds of
Lead, Tin, &c. 5. On the Application of Machinery to the pur-
pose of Calculating and Printing Mathematical Tables. 6. Strength
of Cast Iron. 7. Steam-Engine. 8. Steam-Engine Chimneys.
9. Bridge of the SS. Trinità over the Arno at Florence . . 220
II. CHEMICAL SCIENCE.
1. Tincture of Brazil Wood, as a re-agent, by Mr. P. A. de
Bonsdorf. 2. The Manufacture of Wine improved by Chalk.
3. Analysis of Verdigris. 4. Black Enamel obtained from Plati-
num. 5. Test for Magnesia. 6. On the uses of Sulphate of
Lead in the Arts. 7. Green Fire. 8. Composition of Tutenag,
or Chinese White Copper. 9. Effect of Voltaic Electricity upon