CONTENTS. 



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 Art. X. On the Physiognomy of Scandinavia. By Pro- 

 fessor Hausmann, - - _ 73 

 XI. Life of Linn^us. By A. L. A. Fee, - 85 

 XII. Tables of the Sun's Mean Right Ascension. By 

 William Galbraith, A. M. Communicated by 

 the Author, - - - > 97 



XIII, Summary of the Rain, &c. at Geneva, and at the 

 Elevated Station of the Pass ^of Great St Ber- 

 nard, for a series of Years. From the Biblio- 

 theque Universelle for March 1828. With Ob- 

 servations on the same. By John Dalton, 



F. R. S. - - - - - 101 



XIV. Observations on Competitions among Working 



Tradesmen. By William Grierson, Esq. of 

 Garrock, W. S., Member of the Society of Arts. 

 Abridged from a Paper read before the Society 

 10th April 1833, and by their Committee recom- 

 mended to be printed. Communicated by the 

 Society, - - - - - 105 



XV. Some Account of the Northern Light-houses. 



Communicated by the Author, - - 108 



XVI. On the Ground-Ice or the Pieces of Floating 

 Ice observed in Rivers during Winter. By M. 

 AitAGo, ----- 123 

 XVII. On the Advantages of a Short Arc of Vibration 

 for the Clock Pendulum. By Mr Edward Sang. 

 Read before the Society for the Encouragement 

 of the Useful Arts in Scotland, 6th February 

 1833. Communicated by the Society, - 137 



XVIII. On Dwarfs and Giants. By M. Geoffroy St 



HiLAIRE, - - - - - 142 



XIX. On the Hot Springs of the Cordilleras of the 



Andes, _ - - - . 151 



XX. Proceedings of the late Dr Alexander Turn- 

 bull Christie in India, — as stated in a letter 

 dated Madras, September 1832, - - 153 



XXI. Results of Experiments on the Economical and 

 Medical Uses of the Oxides and Salts of Chrome. 

 By Professor Jacobson of Copenhagen. Com- 

 municated to the Editor, - - - 157 



