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long it will obtain a place in every statistical, and even every general, library. It 

 ought also to become a standard book in every manse. True, we may be told, that 

 the ministers of Scotland are in general poor, and cannot afford to enjoy the satis* 

 faction of possessing a copy of the Statistical Account, but we would suggest to those 

 parishes who take an interest in their minister — and where do they not take a deep 

 interest in their minister ? — to offer for his acceptance a copy of a work so important' 

 ly useful to him, and so creditable, too, to the Clergy of Scotland. 



17. Archiv fur Naturgescliichte. Von Dr W. F. Erichson. Up to 

 Eilfter Jahrgang, Viertes Heft. 



18. Archiv Scandinavischer Beitr.ige zur Naturgeschichte. Heraus- 

 gegeben von Professor C. Fr. Hornscliuch. 1, 2, and 3d Heft ; Greifs- 

 wald. Verlag von C. A. Koch. 1845. 



19. Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Herausgegeben zu Berlin von 

 J. C. Poggendorff. Up to No. 2. 1846. 



20. American Journal of Science and Arts, conducted by Messrs Sil- 

 liman, — has reached us up to January 1846. 



21. Bibliotheque Universelle de Geneve. Up to No. 119. November 

 1845. 



22. Comptes Rendus de I'Academie des Sciences. Up to the end of 

 the 1st Seniestre of 1845. 



23. L'Institut. Up to 28th January 1846. 



24. The Physical Atlas ; a series of Maps illustrating the Geographi- 

 cal Distribution of Natural Phenomena. By Dr Berghaus and Alex. 

 Keith Johnston, F.G.S., &c. Part III. Folio. 



The present Part contains a valuable account of the Glacier System of the Alps 

 and Qlacial Phenomena in general, by Professor James Forbes, with beautiful col- 

 oured maps ,• also two sections on Zoological Geography ,• and a Physical Chart 

 illustrative of the Navigation of the Pacific, its Currents and Temperature. 



25. On Horizontal Water- Wheels, especially Turbines or Whirl- 

 Wheels. By Moritz Riihlman. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, 

 by Sir Robert Kane. 2to, with Plates. 1846. Dublin: Hodges 

 and Smith. 



This Work we particularly recommend to those interested in the construction of 

 Turbines or Whirl- Wheels, the more especially as there is every prospect of this kind 

 of water-wheel being extensively introduced into this country. Indeed, at the moment 

 we are writing this notice, we learn from Mr Tod, Secretary to the Royal Scottish 

 Society of Arts, that a paper had just been read to that Society by Mr Sttuirt of 

 Balgonie Mills, giving an account of a Turbine Water- Wheel which had been erected 

 there at his own risk and expense, and which has answered every expectation. 



List of Patents granted for Scotland from 22d December 1845 

 to 22d March 1846. 



1. To John Field junior, of West Brixton, in the county of Surrey, 

 gentleman, being a communication from abroad, '* improvements for 

 ascertaining the alcoholic strength of liquids." — 26th December 1845. 



2. To Hknry Watson, brass-founder, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 



