IV CONTENTS. 



ASTRONOMY. 



4. Calorific Power of the Light of the Moon. 5. The 



Central Sun, 376-378 



MINERALOGY. 



6. Cryptolite. 7. Amalgamation of Wrought Iron, Cast 

 Iron, and Steel, so as to prepare them for Fine Gild- 

 ing. 8. Xylite, a new Mineral. 9. Antimoniate of 

 Lead. 10. Loxoclase. 11. Native Tin. 12. Ara- 

 gonite and Calc-spar. 13. On lolite, . 378-380 



GEOLOaY. 



14. Cocoa Trees in Stratified Sand. 15. Eruption of 

 Mount Hecla. 16. Observations on the petrification 

 of Shells in the Mediterranean. 17. On Slaty Clea- 

 vage, 380-382 



BOTANY. 



18. On the Production of Vanilla in Europe. 19. Phos- 

 phorescent Fungus. 20. The Chirimoya (Anona tri- 

 petala), the most delicious of fruits. 21. Effects of 

 Datura sanguinea, .... 382-384 



22. On the Flight of the Flying Fish. 23. Osteography, or 

 Iconographic description of the Skeleton and Dental 

 System of the Five Classes of Vertebrate Animals. 

 24. The Condor of the Cordillera. 25. Anatomical 

 Researches on the Brilliancy of the Eyes in Certain 

 Vertebrata. 26. Memoir Illustrative of the History 

 of the Lamentins of America. 27. Memoirs on the 

 Capra Pudu and Equus Bisulcus of Molina, 381-391 



XXVI. List of Patents granted for Scotland from 23d Decem- 

 ber 1846 to 22d March 1847, . . 391 



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