CONTENTS. m 



Art. XIX. On the Employment of Heated Air in the Smelt- 

 ing of Iron, - • « - 18^ 



XX. 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, - 186 



XXI. Celestial Phenomena from January 1. to April I. 



1832, calculated for the Meridian of Edinburgh, 

 Mean Time. By Mr George Innes, Astrono- 

 mical Calculator, Aberdeen, - « 188 



XXII. Proceedings of the Wemerian Natural History 



Society. (Continued from preceding Volume, 



p. 1750, . - . « 191 



XXIII. Scientific Intelligence. 



ZOOLOGY. 



1. The Arabian Horse and Camel, - » ■ 192 



GEOLOGY. 



2. Subterranean Temperature. 3. On the Fossil Deer of Ire- 



land ; by Mr Hart. 4. New Volcanic Isle in the Medi- 

 terranean. 5. Fossil Forest discovered at Rome. 6. 

 ' Geognostical and Geographical Distribution of Mine- 

 rals, - - - - , 194-200 



STATISTICS. 



7. Glasgow Statistics, 1831. 8. Russian Gold and Platina, 200-203 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



1 . Memoirs of the Wemerian Natural History Society, 204 



2. An Introduction to the Atomic Theory. By Dr Daubeny. 



8vo. Pp. 147. 1831, - - - . 205 



3. A System of Chemistry of Inorganic Bodies. By Professor 



Thomson of Glasgow. 2 vols, 8 vo. 1831, - ib. 



4. Elements of Practical Chemistry. By Dr D. B. Reid, 206 



Art. XXIV. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 21st 



September to 26th November 1831, • ib. 



