CONTENTS. 



October to December, 1828. 



Page 



Facts towards a History of Eating, Drinking, and Sleeping. By 

 William Wadd, Esq., F.L.S. 237 



A Geological and Geographical Sketch of the Island of St. Chris- 

 topher. Communicated by I. C. Lees, Esq. . . • 256 



Remarks on the Discovery of some Fossil Bones in France. By 

 John Ranking, Esq. 267 



Of the Junction of Granite and Sandstone in Sutherland, and on 

 the Lignite Formation of that District. By J. Mac Culloch, 

 M.D., F.R.S. &c. 274 



Observations on the Existence of Chlorine in the Native Per- 

 oxide of Manganese, &c. By Robert John Kane, Esq. . 286 

 On the Inland Navigation of the United States. Part III. . 29i2 



Illustrations of the Manupeda, or Apes and their Allies ; being 

 the arrangement of the Quadrumana or Anthropomorphous 

 Beasts indicated in Outline. By G. T. Burnett, Esq. . . 300 



On the Organic Remains of the Diluvium in Norfolk. Com- 

 municated by C. B. Rose, Esq. . . . .308 



Reply to Mr. James Ivory's Answer in No. XXIII. of the Philo- 

 sophical Magazine and Annals of Philosophy . . . 315 



Remarks on the Stowage and Sailing of Ships and Vessels. By 

 Commander John Pearse, R. N. .... 320 



On the Elevation of Water by the momentive Force of that Fluid 

 in the Suction Pipe of a Pump. By R. Addams, Esq. . . 332 



Remarks on some Remains of Elephants, lately found on the 



American Shore in Behring's Straits. By J. Ranking, Esq. 334 



Practical Comparison of different Tables of Mortality. In a 



Letter to Sir Edward Hyde East, Bart. M.P., F.K.S. . . 342 



A General Description of Lake Erie. Communicated by John 

 J. BiGSBY, M.D., &c. &c 358 



Account of a Luminous Animalcule. By Captain Home, R.N., 

 F.R.S., &c., in a Letter to the Editor .... 383 



The Newly-discovered Temple at Cadachio, in the Island of 

 Corfu, illustrated by William Railton, Architect . . . 385 



Astronomical and Nautical Collections. 



L Elementary View of the Undulatory Theory of Light. 



By Mr. Fresnel 389 



ii. Remarks on Mr. Henderson's Improvement on Dr. 

 Young's method of computing the Longitude from the 

 observed occupation of a fixed Star by the Moon : 

 with Mr. Henderson's Answer . . . .407 



iii. Approximate Table of Equinoxes. H.J. . . . 417 



iv. Principal Lunar Occultations of the Fixed Stars in 

 the months of February and March, 1829, calculated 

 for the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. By Thomas 

 Henderson, Esq. 418 



v. Computation of Longitudes on a Spheroid . . . 418 



