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Circle at Paramatta, 1824. By His Excellency 

 SIR THOMAS BRISBANE, K. C. B. F. R. S. Lond. 

 & Edin. 330 



XXIV. Observations on Two Comets discovered at Para- 

 matta in 1824, by Mr RUMKER and Mr DUN- 

 LOP. Communicated by his Excellency Sir TH o- 

 MAS BRISBANE, K. C. B. F. R. S. Lond. & Edin. 

 in a Letter to Dr BREWSTER, Sec. R. S. Edin. 

 To which are added the Elements of their 

 Orbits, calculated by Mr GEORGE INNES, and 

 Mr JAMES GORDON, A. M. Aberdeen, - 332 



XXV. On the Construction of Meteorological Instruments, 

 so as exactly to determine their Indications dur- 

 ing Absence, at any given instant, or at successive 

 intervals of Time. By HENRY HOME BLACK - 

 ADDER, Esq. Surgeon, MED. STAFF H. p. - 337 



XXVI. An Examination of Dr PARR'S Observations on 

 the Etymology of the word Sublimis. By GEORGE 

 DUNBAR, A. M. F. R. S. E. Professor of Greek in 

 the University of Edinburgh, - 349 



XXVII. Results of the Thzrmometrical Observations made 

 at Leith Fort, every Hour of the Day and Night, 

 during the whole of the Years 1824 and 1825. 

 By DAVID BREWSTER, LL.D. F. R. S. Lond. & 

 Sec. R. S. Ed. Corresponding Member of the 

 Academy of Sciences of Paris, &c. 362 



XXVIII. A Historical and Critical Introduction to an In- 

 quiry into the Revival of the Greek Literature in 

 Italy, after the Dark Ages. By PATRICK 

 FRASER TYTLER, Esq. F. R. S. E. & Sec. Lit. 

 Class, 389 



