CONTENTS. ' HI 



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 XXVI. ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS AND MEMOIRS, 336 



I. A Brief Account of Microscopical Observations on the Particles con- 

 tained in the Pollen of Plants ; and on the general Existence of Ac- 

 tive Molecules in Organic and Inorganic Bodies. By Robert 

 Beowk, F. R. S. Hon. M. R. S. E. and R. I. Acad. V. P. L. S. &c. ib. 



II. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. xi. Part 

 First, pp. 234, 9 Plates, - - - 346 



XXVII. SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE, , - - 353 



I. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 



Astronomy 1. Remarkable Double Stars in the Southern Hemisphere. 2. 



Curious Phenomenon in Saturn's Ring. 3. Reappearance of the new Variable 



Star in the Serpent. 4. Length of the Seconds Pendulum at Paramatta, 353 — 354 

 Meteorology 5. Shower of Ice in Staffordshire. 6. Meteor of a Green 



Colour. - - - - 354 



Electricity. — 7« Influence of Electricity on the Emanation of Odours. 8. 



On the production of Fulminary Tubes by Electricity. - 355 



II. chemistry. 

 9. Sulphuret of Aluminium. 10. Phosphuret of Aluminium. 11. Seleniuret 

 of Aluminium. 12. Arseniuret of Aluminium. 13. Alloy of Tellurium and 

 Aluminium. 14. On the presence of Uric Acid in the urine of the Lion and 

 Tiger. 15. On a Gaseous Fluoride of Manganese. By Dr Wohler. 16. 

 Preparation of Pure Malate of Lead. 17. Decomposition of Selenious Acid 

 by Metals. By Prof. Fischer of Breslau. 18. Bromine in the Water of the 

 Baltic. 19. On a New Sulphate of Potash. By Mr R. Phillips. 20. 

 Preparation of Pure Oxide of Zinc. By M. Hermann. - 355 — 360 



III. NATURAL HISTORY. 



Mineralogy — 21. On Herderite, a New Mineral Species. By W. Haidin- 

 ger, Esq. F.R.S.E. 22. Fahlunite. 23. Diallage — 1. Metalloidal from the 

 Baste,— 2. From Salzburg, — 3. From Florence, — 4. Crystallized from the 

 Baste, — 5. Bronzite from the Stempel, — 6. From the Tyrol, — 7- Hyper- 

 sthene. 24. Nickel-glance. 25. Pektolite. 26. Mineralogical Literature. 

 27. Chloropheite discovered in Northumberland. 28. Two New Minerals, 

 consisting of Biseleniuret of Zinc and Sulphuret of Mercury, - 360 365 



Botany — 29. Flora Danica. 30 Epilobium Alpinum found in England, 365, 366 



iv. general science. 

 31. On the pressure of the Sea at great depths on Empty Bottles. By Dr Ja- 

 cob Green. 32. Account of the Earthquake at Bogota, and in the Cordil- 

 lera, between Bogota and Popayan, 16th November 1827. By Colonel P. 

 Campbell. 33. Medal adjudged to Miss Caroline Herschel. 34. Medal 



adjudged to Mr Dunlop, - 366 369 



XXVIII. List of Patents granted in Scotland since June 20, 1828. 369 



XXIX. Celestial Phenomena, from October 1st 1828, to January 1st, 1829, 370 

 XXX. Summary of Meteorological Observations made at Kendal in June, 

 July, and August 1828. By Mr Samuel Marshall. Commu- 

 nicated by the Author, - 372 

 XXXI. Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain-Gage, kept at 



Canaan Cottage. By Alex. Adie, Esq. F. R.S. Ed. - 374 



