ii CONTENTS. 



VII. Theory of Granite, and the other Massive Rocks, to- 

 gether with that of Crystalline Shite ; proposed in 

 Lectures on Geology, in the University of Chris- 

 tiania in Norway, in the year 1836. By B. M. 

 Keilhau, Professor of Mineralogy. (Continued 

 from Vol. XXIV. p. 403.) . . 80 



VIII. On the Manufacture of Glass, Porcelain, and False 

 Stones as known to the Ancient Egyptians. With 

 Illustrative Figures, . . 101 



IX. An Attempt to ascertain Characters of the Botani- 

 cal Alliances. By Sir Edward Ffrench Brom- 

 HEAD, Bart. M. A., F. R. S. L. & E. Communi- 

 cated by the Author. (Continued from vol. xxiv. 

 p. 420), . . . .123 



X. Hourly Meteorological Observations for thirty -seven 

 successive hours ; place Drachenfels, 88 feet below 

 the Summit, 822 feet above the Rhine ; Lat. 30° 

 40' N. ; Long. 7° 12' E. from Greenwich, 135 



XL Hourly Meteorological Observations for thirty-seven 

 hours ; place Heriot Row, Edinburgh, 175 feet 

 above the Sea ; Lat. 55° 57' 20" ; Long. 3° 10' 30". 136 

 XII. Address to the Geological Society, at the Anniver- 

 sary on the 16th of February 1838. By the Rev. 

 William Whewell, M. A., F. R. S., President 

 of the Society, . . .140 



1. Delivery of the Wollaston Medal to Professor Richard 



Owen lor his general services in Fossil Zoology, 140 



2. Biographical Sketches of deceased Members of the 



Geological Society : — 



1. Dr E. Turner, . . 142 



2. Professor William Farish of Cambridge, 143 



3. Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Esq., Member of 



the Supreme Council of Calcutta, . 143 



4. K. E. A. Von Hoff, the celebrated Author of , 



the important work, entitled *' The History 

 of those Natural Changes in the Earth's 

 Surface which are proved by Tradition, 144 



6. Accounts of Von Hoff 's Work, . 145 



3. Descriptive Zoology. 



1. Additions made during the past Session to 

 North European Geology, by Sedgwick, 

 Murchison, Weaver, Strickland, Prestwicb, 

 &c., . . .146 



