CONTENTS. 



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Art. X. Pliysiological Investigations arising from tlie Meclia- 

 nical Effects of Atmospherical Pressure on the 

 Animal Frame. By John Dalton, F. R. S. 90 



XI. On the Uniform Permeability of all known Substances 

 to the Magnetic Influence, and the Application 

 of the fact in Engineering and Mining, for the 

 Determination of the Thickness of Solid Sub- 

 stances not otherwise Measurable. By the Rev. 

 William Scoresby, F. R.S. L. & Ed., Correspon- 

 dent of the Institute of France, &c. &c. Com- 

 municated by the Author, - - _ - 97 

 XII. A Register of the date of various Natural Appear- 

 ances, kept at Treveroux Farm, in the Parish of 

 Limpsfield in Surrey. By Henry Cox, Esq. 

 Communicated by W. Jacob, Esq. F. R. S. - 133 



XI II. ^Earliest Knowledge of Gold and Silver. — Hesiod. — 

 Scandinavian Museum. — The Patriarchs. — The 

 Book of Job. — Accumulation of Wealth with the 

 Hebrew Nation. — Accumulations in Syria and 

 Persia ; in Greece ; in Rome, - - - 136 



XIV. On the Origin and Composition of Basalt, - - 150 



XV. On the Cholera Animalcule, - - - 155 



XVI. On the Crystallization of Ice, and of Veins of Ice in 



Ice. By Professor Hessel, - - - 158 



XVII. Account of the Introduction of the Wood-Grouse or 

 Capercailzie (Tetrao Urogallus) to the Forest of 

 Braemar. By James Wilson, Esq. F. R. S. E., 

 M. W. S., &c. Communicated by the Author, 16O 

 XVIII. Catrine Works Meteorological Register for 1831, - I66 



XIX. Description of several New or Rare Plants which 

 have lately flowered in the neighbourhood of 

 Edinburgh, and chiefly in the Royal Botanic 

 Garden. By Dr Graham, Professor of Botany 

 in the University of Edinburgh, - - 1 67 



XX. Celestial Phenomena from July 1. to October 1. 1832, 

 calculated for the Meridian of Edinburgh, Mean 

 Time. By Mr George Innes, Astronomical Cal- 

 culator, Aberdeen, - - - - 174* 



XXI. Scientific Intelligence, - - - - 177 



meteorolooy. 

 1. First View of Sierra Leone. 2. Description of an African 



