11 CONTENTS. 



History of the World 4. The Sacred Narrative. 



5. Difficulties in interpreting the Sacred Narrative. 



6. Such Difficulties inevitable. 7. Science tells us 

 nothing concerning Creation. 8. Scientific views, 

 when familiar, do not disturb the authority of 

 Scripture. 9. When should old Interpretations be 

 given up 1 10. In what Spirit should the change 

 be accepted 1 11. In what Spirit should the change 

 be urged 1 12. Duty of Mutual Forbearance. 13. 

 Case of Galileo. 



VI. On some Phenomena of £he Diluvian Epoch. By 



M. Studer, .... 274 



VII. Description of an Improvement on Rutherford's 

 Registering Thermometer. By Mr John Dunn, 

 Optician, Curator to the Society of Arts. Com- 

 municated by the Society of Arts, . . 279 



VIII. On the Glaciers which anciently covered the south- 

 ern side of the Mountain-chain of the Vosges. By 

 M. Renoir, . . . . 280 



IX. On the Origin of Granite, and on the application of 

 the Huttonian Theory to the present state of Geo- 

 logy. By M. B. Studer of Berne. In a Letter 

 to Professor Bronn, . . . 296 



X. Physical and Chemical Examination of Three In- 

 flammable Gases which are evolved in Coal-Mines. 

 By Dr Gustav Bischof, Professor of Chemistry 

 in the University of Bonn. Communicated by the 

 Author, . . . . . 309 



Physical Relations of the Inflammable Gaseous Exha- 

 lations in the Coal-pits of Scaarbriicken, . 310 



Chemical Analysis of the Pit-gas from the Welles- 



weiler Mine, . . . . .316 



§ 1. Examination for Oxygen Gas, . 316 



§ 2. Examination for Carbonic Acid Gas, . 317 



§ 3. Examination for Olefiant Gas, . . 317 



§ 4. Pit-gas and Chlorine exposed to the light, 318 



§ 5. Examination for Carbonic Oxide Gas, . 320 



§ 6. Effects of exposure to a red heat on Inflammable 



Pit-gas, . . . . .322 



