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CONTENTS.

ART. I. Biographical Memoir of Sir HUMPHRY DAVY. BY

II. Facts relating to Diluvial Action in America. By

the Hon. WILLIAM THOMPSON,

III. On a Gradual Elevation of the Land in Scandi-

navia. By JAMES F. W. JOHNSTON, A. M.,

F. R. S. E., &c. &c. Communicated by the

IV. Some Observations on Phosphorus. By JOHN

DAVY, M. D., F. R. S., Assistant Inspector of

Army Hospitals. Communicated by Sir JAMES

MACGRIGOR, Director-General of the Army Me-

V. On the Characters and Affinities of the Genus

Codon. By DAVID DON, Esq. Librarian of the

Linnean Society. Communicated by the Author, 53

VI. On American Steam-Boats. By Mr C. REDFIELD

VII. Lion-Hunting in South Africa. By LEWIS Leslie,

Esq. 45th Regiment. Communicated by the

VIII. On the Connexion which subsists between the

Calyx and Ovarium in certain Plants of the Order

Melastomaceæ. By DAVID DON, Esq. Libr. L. S.

&c. &c. Communicated by the Author,

IX. Experiments upon the Solidification of Raw

Gypsum. By JOHN P. EMMET, Professor of

Chemistry in the University of Virginia,

69

Art. X. On the Physiognomy of Scandinavia. By Pro-

XI. Life of LINNEUS. By A. L. A. FEE,

XII. Tables of the Sun's Mean Right Ascension. By

WILLIAM GALBRAITH, A. M. Communicated by

XIII, Summary of the Rain, &c. at Geneva, and at the

Elevated Station of the Pass of Great St Ber-

nard, for a series of Years. From the Biblio-

theque Universelle for March 1828. With Ob-

servations on the same. By JOHN DALTON,

XIV. Observations on Competitions among Working

Tradesmen. By WILLIAM GRIERSON, Esq. of

Garrock, W. S., Member of the Society of Arts.

Abridged from a Paper read before the Society

10th April 1833, and by their Committee recom-

mended to be printed. Communicated by the

XV. Some Account of the Northern Light-houses.

Communicated by the Author,

XVI. On the Ground-Ice or the Pieces of Floating

Ice observed in Rivers during Winter. By M.

XVII. On the Advantages of a Short Arc of Vibration

for the Clock Pendulum. By Mr EDWARD SANG.

Read before the Society for the Encouragement

of the Useful Arts in Scotland, 6th February

1833. Communicated by the Society,

XVIII. On Dwarfs and Giants. By M. GEOFFROY ST

XIX. On the Hot Springs of the Cordilleras of the

XX. Proceedings of the late Dr ALEXANDER TURN-
BULL CHRISTIE in India,- -as stated in a letter
dated Madras, September 1832,

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XXI. Results of Experiments on the Economical and

Medical Uses of the Oxides and Salts of Chrome.

By Professor JACOBSON of Copenhagen. Com-

municated to the Editor,

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Art. XXII. On the Specific Gravity of Different Solid Parts

of the Human Body,

XXIII. Eloge of Baron GEORGE CUVIER, delivered in the

Chamber of Peers on the 17th December 1832.

By Baron PASQUIER, President of the Chamber

of Peers. (Concluded from former volume,

XXIV. Characters of New or little known Genera of

Plants. By ROBERT WIGHT, Esq. M. D. F. L. S.

Hon. E. I. C. S., and G. A. WALKER ARNott,

Esq. A. M. F. R. S. E. and L. S. Communicated

by the Authors,

XXV. Description of several New or Rare Plants which

have lately flowered in the neighbourhood of

Edinburgh, and chiefly in the Royal Botanic

Garden. By Dr GRAHAM, Professor of Botany

in the University of Edinburgh,

XXVI. Celestial Phenomena from July 1. to October 1.

1833, calculated for the Meridian of Edinburgh,

Mean Time. By Mr GEO. INNES, Astronomical

Calculator, Aberdeen,

XXVII. Scientific Intelligence,

1. Influence of the Moon on Rain. 2. The supposed

Influence of the Moon on Vegetation.. 3. Influ-

ence of the Moon on Diseases,

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189-192

4. Instances of Ground Ice. 5. Avalanches in Grusia

6. Hoffmann's Discovery in regard to Carrara

Marble. 7. Fish-bones and Scales in the Coal

Formation. 8. Specific Gravity of some British

Rocks. 9. Chemical Composition of some Secon-

dary Rocks. 10. Inflammable Matter in Carne-

lian. 11. Fossils in Granite. 12. Geological

Maps. 13. Plan in Relief of Wurtemberg, 194-198

14. Hermaphrodism.

15. Vomiting in Ruminant

Art. X. On the Physiognomy of Scandinavia. By Pro-

fessor HAUSMANN,

XI. Life of LINNEUS. By A. L. A. FEE,

XII. Tables of the Sun's Mean Right Ascension. By

WILLIAM GALBRAITH, A. M. Communicated by

XIII, Summary of the Rain, &c. at Geneva, and at the

Elevated Station of the Pass of Great St Ber-

nard, for a series of Years. From the Biblio-

theque Universelle for March 1828. With Ob-

servations on the same. By JOHN DALTON,

XIV. Observations on Competitions among Working

Tradesmen. By WILLIAM GRIERSON, Esq. of

Garrock, W. S., Member of the Society of Arts.

Abridged from a Paper read before the Society

10th April 1833, and by their Committee recom-

mended to be printed. Communicated by the

XV. Some Account of the Northern Light-houses.

Communicated by the Author,

XVI. On the Ground-Ice or the Pieces of Floating

Ice observed in Rivers during Winter. By M.

XVII. On the Advantages of a Short Arc of Vibration

for the Clock Pendulum. By Mr EDWARD SANG.

Read before the Society for the Encouragement

of the Useful Arts in Scotland, 6th February

1833. Communicated by the Society,

Page

XVIII. On Dwarfs and Giants. By M. GEOFFROY ST

XIX. On the Hot Springs of the Cordilleras of the

XX. Proceedings of the late Dr ALEXANDER TURN-

BULL CHRISTIE in India,-as stated in a letter

dated Madras, September 1832,

XXI. Results of Experiments on the Economical and

Medical Uses of the Oxides and Salts of Chrome.

By Professor JACOBSON of Copenhagen. Com-

municated to the Editor,

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