396 Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



Dr. Ure. — Chilian. 

 Combustible, organic and volatile saline matter, containing 



2£ per cent, ammonia 2250 



Water 24 



Silex -50 



Phosphate of lime 53 



100 

 Dr. Colquhoun. — Chilian (the same parcel as above). 

 Urate of ammonia, ammoniacal salts, and decayed animal 



matter 17'4 



Phosphate of magnesia and lime ; oxalate of lime 48* 1 



Fixed alkaline salts 10*8 



Stony matter 1*4 



Moisture 223 



100 

 E. F. Teschemacher. — African. 



Volatile ammonial salts, viz. oxalate, phosphate and humate 

 of ammonia, and organic animal matter, containing 5 per 



cent ammonia 25 



Fixed alkaline salts, consisting of muriate, sulphate and 



phosphate of potash 11 



Phosphate of lime and phosphate of magnesia 32 



Water 30 



Earthy matter 2 



100 

 The above contains 4 per cent, humic acid. 



RATIO OF THE DRACHM AND GRAIN, AVOIRDUPOIS. 

 In the British Almanac, from the year 1330, a drachm, avoirdu- 

 pois weight, is stated to be equal to 27^4 grains. What can this 

 notation mean? The weight of a drachm is 27*34375 grains, and 

 if from this "33334, or ^ grain be deducted, there remains of the de- 

 cimal part •01041, the relation of which to the fraction \ is not ob- 

 vious. From a Correspondent. 



FESTIVAL IN HONOUR OF BERZELIUS. 



We have been favoured by a correspondent with the following 



not i ce - Stockholm, 14th Nov. 1843. 



Last Saturday we had a festival here of no ordinary interest. A 

 quarter of a century having just elapsed since our celebrated coun- 

 tryman Baron Berzelius was appointed Hon. Secretary of the Royal 

 Academy of Science at Stockholm, which most distinguished situation 

 he still continues to occupy, the leading members of the Academy, 

 being anxious to give a public acknowledgement of the great honour 

 which the name of Berzelius has reflected upon the Academy, and 

 also the immense services, never to be forgotten, which he during 

 this long period has rendered to their interests as a scientific body, 

 resolved that this jubilee should be celebrated within the Academy 

 in an appropriate manner, due to his illustrious name in the world 

 of science and literature, not less than to his high rank in society. 



