CONTENTS OF THE VOLUME. 



No. I. 



Sketch of the Life of the late Samuel Parkes, Esq. . . , l 

 On the Distribution of the Royal Society's Honours . . .11 

 Essays and Gleanings on Naval Architecture and Nautical Eco- 

 nomy, reviewea 18 



On the Division of Labour as applied to Literature and Science . 37 

 .Mr. J. Lindley on the Orchideous Plants of Chile . ... ,43 



A Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy. By William Campbell 



Ottley, reviewed . * . . . . . . .54 



M. Gimbemat on the Mode of Extracting the Nutritious Portion of 



Bones . .57 



Hints respecting the Construction of Warm Baths . . .62 



Dr. Fyfe's Manual of Chemistry, reviewed 70 



Dr. .Harwood on the Structure and Habits of the Seal . . .71 

 Dr. Goring on Artificial Cobwebs for Micrometers . . .81 



On the Importance of Preserving Facts connected with the Natural 



History of Animals. By William Swainson, Esq. . . .83 

 Outlines of Human Phisiology. By Mr. Herbert Mayo, reviewed . 91 

 Professor Renwick's Report on the Subject of Weights and Mea- 

 sures, made to the Commissioners for revising the Laws of the 



State of New York 101 



On the Manufacture of Dies for Medals and Coinage. By Profes- 

 sor Brande . 116 



Astronomical and Nautical Collections. 



i. Table of the Depression of Mercury in the Tube of a Baro- 

 meter . . . 122 



ii. Remarks on the Change of Inclination of the Dipping 

 ' Needle 207 



iii. Experiments on the Effect of the direct White Light of the 

 Sun in making Steel Magnetic. By M. A. Baumgartner, of 

 Vienna 125 



The Life of Dr. Jenner, rm^z^^ec? , 141 



Illustrations of the Elementary Principles of the Structure of 



Language 163 



An Account of the Arcs perpendicular to the Meridian, which are 



now measuring on the Continent of Europe . . .171 



On the probable Decomposition of certain Gaseous Compounds of 



Carbon and Hydrogen, during sudden Expansion . . 204 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 207 



Proceedihgisof the Royal Institution of Great Britain . . .209 

 Proceedings of the Horticultural Society . . . . .217 



