CONTENTS. lii 



Art. XVII. Proceedings of the British Association at Bristol in 



August 1836, - - 319 



Section A — Mathematical and Physical 



Science, . . 319, 335, 360, 356, 366 



B — Chemistry and Mineralogy, 325, 335, 350, 359, 367 

 C — Geology and Geography, 326, 335, 351, 359, 367 

 D — Zoology and Botany, . 329, 342, 353, 363 



E.— Anatomy and Medicine, 334, 346, 354, 365, 368 

 F — Statistics, . . . 334, 346, 355, 366 



G.— Mechanical Science, . . . 334, 347 



Evening Meetings, .... 347, 366, 358 



XVIII. Scientific Intelligence, - - - 369 



GEOLOGY AND HYDROGRAPHY. 



1. Subsidence of the Coast of Greenland, . . 369 



2. Quantity and Proportion of the constituent parts of 

 Atmospheric Air in Water, . . . 370 



3. Use of Nicol's Calcareous Spar Prism in discovering 



Shoals in the Ocean, ... ib« 



4. Thermal Springs in the Columbia Territory, . 371 



5. Discovery of Carbonate and Sulphate of Lithia in a 



Spring, . . . . . 372 



6. Siliceous Sinter of Iceland, ... ib. 



7. Native Mercury in Granite, . . ib. 



8. Fall of part of the Dent du Midi, ... ib. 



9. Trade in Chromate of Iron, . . . 374 



10. Ehrenberg's new Discovery in Palaeontology 



Tripoli composed wholly of Infusorial Exuviae, ib. 



11. Dinotherium giganteum, . . . 375 



12. Mass of Green Malachite of extraordinary size, 376 



13. The Coal Formation of the United States, . ib. 



14. Difference of Temperature between Granite and 

 Slate in the Cornish Mines, . . . ib 



15. The Uniformity of the Form of Mountain Slopes in 

 the Higher Alps, with an attempt to explain the 

 facts, and an exposition of the resulting conse- 

 quences, ..... 377 



16. On the Chalk and Calcaire grossier of Meudon, 378 



BOTANY. 



17. Delightful Smell on approaching tropical Idndsfrom 



18. Extract of a Letter from JM. Gay to M. de Bkin- 



37flF 



