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Anxerican Journal of Science and Arts. Vol. XIII., No. 37. 8vo. 



— From the Editors. 

 Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. Vol. III., 



Part 5. 8vo. — From the Society. 

 Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Scotland. Vol. II., 



Part 2. 8vo. — From the Institute. 

 Journal of Agriculture, and Transactions of the Highland and 



Agricultural Society of Scotland. N.S. No. 36. 8vo. — 



From the Society. 

 Astronomical and Magnetical and Meteorological Observations made 



at the Koyal Observatory, Greenwich, in the year 1850. 4to. 



— From the Royal Society. 

 Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 



Mathemat. Natur. Classe. Bd. VII., StUck 1 & 2. 8vo. — 



From the Academy. 

 Flora Batava. No. 167. 4to. — From the King of Holland. 

 Guide to Northern Archaeology, by the Boyal Society of Northern 



Antiquaries of Copenhagen. Edited by the Bight Hon. the 



Earl of Ellesmere. 8vo. — From the Editor. 

 Papers on Railway and Electric Communications, &c., &c. By 



Walter White. 12mo. — From the Author. 

 Rules and Regulations, and List of Members, of the Athenseum. 



12mo. — From the Athenceum. 



Monday y 15th March 1852. 



Right Reverend BISHOP TERROT, Vice-President, in 



the Chair. 



The following Communications w^ere read : — 



1. On the Analysis of some Scottish Minerals. 

 By Dr A. J. Scott, H.E.I.C.S. 



In this paper, the author detailed the analysis of some minerals 

 which were placed at his disposal through the kindness of Dr Ander- 

 son, in whose laboratory they were examined by him. 



Pectolite. — The first of the series was a mineral found at Storr, 

 in the Island of Skye. It bears a great resemblance to dysclasite 



