CONTENTS. Ill 



ART. PAGE 



XXI. Miscellaneous Intelligence 445 



I. Mechanical Science. 



1. Prize Questions in Agriculture and the Arts. 2. Re- 

 medy for Mildew in Wheat. 3. Yeast as a Manure. 

 4. Reaping of Corn. 5. Spade Husbandry. 6. Ripening 

 Wall-fruit. 7. Protection of Fruit from Wasps. 8. Dry Rot. 

 9. Preservation of Eggs. 10. Le Bateau Roulant. 11. Whale 

 Torpedoes. 12. Terrestrial Globe in Relief. 13. Light- 

 houses. 14. Mathematical Prize Question 445 



ir. Chemical Science. 

 1. On the Application of Chromate of Lead to Silk, Wool, 

 and Cotton, 2. Sulphuret of Chrome. 3. Preparation of 

 the Oxide of Chromium. 4. Chromate of Potash. 5. Me- 

 tallographical application of Fusible Metal. 6. Reduction 

 of Chloride of Silver. /. Sulphate of Platinum a Test for 

 Gelatine. 8. Spontaneous Combustion of Oatmeal, p. Eflects 

 produced by Time on Wood buried in the Ground. 10. Test 

 infusion of Violets. 11. Wodanium. 12. On Iodine and 

 its existence in Sponge. 13. Cantharadin. 14. Prepa- 

 ration of Specimens of Animals. 15. Observations made 

 during the late Solar Eclipse. l6. On the Dip of the 

 Needle and Intensity of the Magnetic Force. IJ. On the 

 Coe Fire of Derbyshire. 18. Discharge of Lightning through 

 a bad Conductor. I9. Sea-salt in Vesuvius. 20. Meteoric 

 Stones. 21. On the Chromate of Iron in the Shetland 

 Islands. 22. On rendering Cloth incombustible. 23. On an 

 Improvement in Gas-Illumination 45 1 



III. Natural History. 



1. Medical Prize Questions. 2. Meadow Saffron. 3. On 

 the Vitality of Plants. 4. Luminous Ph'denomena produced 

 by a Flower. 5. The Potato. 6. Geology of the Himalaya 

 Mountains. 7. On the Tape-Worm in the Pointer and 

 Spaniel , . 465 



IV. General Literature. 



1. Classical Manuscripts. 2. The Black Prince. 3. Prize 

 Question. 4. Cleopatra's Needle. 5. Island rent asunder. 

 6. Mr. Salt; Information from Egypt, — African origin 

 of the Potatoe 473 



XXII. Meteorological Journal for September, October, and 

 November , 477 



Quarterly List of New Publications 478 



Index 484 



