Vol. 4. 



October 1828 



No. 22. 



Published the First Day of every Month. — Price 2s. 6d. 



THE 



PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE 



AND 



ANNALS OF PHILOSOPHY: 



COMPREHENDING 



THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE, THE LIBERAL 



AND FINE ARTS, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, 



AND COMMERCE. 



NEW SERIES. 



No 22.— O C T O B E R 1828. 



BY 



RICHARD TAYLOR, F.S.A. F.L.S. M. Astr. S. &c. 



AND 



RICHARD PHILLIPS, F.R.S. L. & E. F.L.S. &c. 



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