CONTENTS. \\{ 



Art. XIX. On the Spontaneous Combustion of the Human 



Body, - - - . - 164 



XX. Description of several New or Rare Plants, which 

 have flowered in the neighbourhood of Edin- 

 burgh, chiefly in the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 during the last three months. By Dr Graham, 16.9 

 XXI. Celestial Phenomena from July 1. to October 1. 

 1828, calculated for the Meridian of Edinburgh, 

 Mean Time. By Mr George Innes, Aberdeen, 176 



XXII. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History So- 



ciety. Continued from former Number, p. 398. 1 79 



XXIII. Scientific IntelligencIj. 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. On the Comet of 1832, which some predict is to destroy 



our Earth, . i - - . - 180 



meteorology. 



2. An Account of the Accident to the Packet-Ship the New 



York, from Lightning. By T. S. Traill, M.D. of 

 Liverpool. Communicated by Henry Brougham, Esq. 

 M.P. F.R.S. 3. On the Diurnal Course of the Ther- 

 mometer. 4. Comparison of Winds, and the different 

 heights of the Sea at Copenhagen. 5. Comparison of 

 Winds with the Currents in the Sea near to Copenha- 

 gen. 6. Temperature of common Perennial Springs. 

 7. Account of a Hurricane^ •* - 183-187 



NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 



8. Relations between Electricity and Heat. 9. Cuvier's 

 explanation of accidental Colours. 10. Motions of the 

 Magnetic Equator. 11. Compressibility of Water, I88-I9I 



CHEMISTRY. 



12. Method of detecting the presence of Potash before the 

 blowpipe, by means of Oxide of Nickel, - 191 



MINERALOGY. 



13. Strontian in Aphrite. 14. Calcareous Heavy-spar, or 



Curved Lamellar Heavy-spar. 15. Calaite or Mine- 

 ral Turquois discovered in Lower Silesia. I6. Cry* 

 soprase and Chromate of Iron. 17. Datolite discover* 

 ed at Andreasberg. 18. Haytorite. 19. On the Elec- 



