THE

EDINBURGH NEW

PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL,

EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE

PROGRESSIVE DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS

IN THE

SCIENCES AND THE ARTS.

EDITORS.

THOMAS ANDERSON, M.D., F.R.S.E.,

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW;

SIR WILLIAM JARDINE, BART., F.R.S.E.;
JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR, A.M., M.D.,
F.R.S., SEC. R.S. EDIN., F.L.S.,

REGIUS KEEPER OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND BOTANY,
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

FOR AMERICA,

HENRY D. ROGERS, LL.D., Hon. F.R.S.E., F.G.S.,

STATE GEOLOGIST, PENNSYLVANIA; PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

JANUARY ... APRIL 1862.

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VOL. XV. NEW SERIES.

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CONTENTS.

1. On the Chemical Geology of the Malvern Hills. By

the Rev. J. H. TIMINS, M.A. of Trinity College,

Cambridge, Vicar of West Malling, Kent,

2. On Nerve Force. By H. F. BAXTER. (Continued from

Vol. XII. p. 39), .

3. Observations on the Natural History of the Enemies of

the Coffee-Tree in Ceylon. By J. NEITNER, Esq.,

Ceylon,

4. Further Remarks on Lightning Figures, &c. By CHARLES

TOMLINSON, Lecturer on Science, King's College

School, London. (Plate I.),

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46

5. On the Aqueous Origin of Granite. By ALEXANDER

BRYSON, F.R.S.E.,

52

6. Organic Method in Zoology. By HUGH DOHERTY,

M.D.,

63

7. On the Inapplicability of the New Term "Dyas" to the

"Permian" Group of Rocks, as proposed by Dr

GEINITZ. By Sir RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON,

F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D., &c., Director-General of the

Geological Survey of Britain,

71

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8. Address delivered at the Opening of the Session of the

Royal Society of Edinburgh, on Monday, 2d De-

cember 1861. By the Very Rev. Dean RAMSAY,

LL.D., Vice-President of the Society,

79

REVIEWS:-

1. Report of the Commissioners appointed to Inquire into

the Condition and Management of Light Buoys and

Beacons, with Appendix. Presented to both Houses

of Parliament by command of her Majesty. London,

1861.

Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures

of Edinburgh (Incorporated by Royal Charter) to the

Board of Council for Trade, &c. 1861,

2. Medical Climatology; or, a Topographical and Meteoro-

logical Description of the Localities resorted to in

Winter and Summer by Invalids of various Classes

both at Home and Abroad. By R. E. SCORESBY-

JACKSON, M.D., F.R.S.E.

Churchhill:

London,

113

1862. 8vo. Pp. 509,

3. Footnotes from the Page of Nature; or, the First Forms

of Vegetation. By the Rev. HUGH MACMILLAN.

Cambridge, 1861. Macmillan and Co. 12mo. Pp.

294,

4. Scripture and Science not at Variance; with Remarks

on the Historical Character, Plenary Inspiration, and

Surpassing Importance of the Earlier Chapters of

Genesis. By JOHN H. PRATT, M.A., Archdeacon of

Calcutta. 4th Edition. London: T. Hatchard.

1861. 8vo, pp. 158,

.

118

. 123

126

5. God's Two Books; or, Nature and the Bible have one

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Author. By THOMAS A. G. BALFOUR, M.D. 12mo.

London. 1861. James Nisbet and Co. Pp. 132, 127

6. A Manual of the Sub-Kingdom Cælenterata. By JOSEPH

REAY GREENE, B.A., Professor of Natural History in

the Queen's College, Cork. London, 1861. Long-

man & Co. 12mo, pp. 271,

129

1. Coal. 2. Fossil Plants in Coal-Beds of Arkansas. 3.

Sub-Himalayan Rocks. 4. Ichthyosaurus Nor-

manniæ,

145-160

BOTANY.

5. Umbelliferæ of Australia and Tasmania-By Dr FER-

DINAND MUELLER. 6. Formation of Wood. 7.

Calluna vulgaris and Aira Caryophyllea in the

United States. 8. Aira caryophyllea,

CHEMISTRY.

160-163

9. Venom of the Rattlesnake (Crotalus.) 10. Habits of

the Rattlesnake (Crotalus),

163-166