■'^'^ CONTENTS 



OF THE 



EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 

 No. IV. 



NEW SERIES. 



Page 

 Art I. A Visit to Berzelius. By James F. W. Johnston, A' M. Com- 

 municated by the Author, . •. 189 

 II. Account of the apparatus and Incombustible Dresses invented by M. - 

 Aldini for Preserving the Body from the Action of Fire, . 207 



III. Chemical Examination of Wad. By Edw,ard Tub^ner, M. D., 

 F. R. S. E., Professor of Chemistry in the University of London. 

 Communicated by the Author, * ^. , 213 



IV. Account of a remarkable case of Spectral Illusion,' in which both the 

 Eye and the Ear were influenced. In a Letter to the Editor, 218 



V. Distinctive properties of Thorina and its Salts. Communicated by the 



Translator, . . . .223 



VI. On the Magnetic Influence of the Solar Rays. By MM. P. Riess 



and L. Moser, . . . 225 



VII. On the Influence of Electricity on Animal Putrefaction. By Charlies 



Matteucci, . . , . 230 



VIII. Memoir on an Analogy which exists between the propagation of Light 

 and that of Electricity, or on the constancy of the effects of electric 

 currents forced to traverse spaces already traversed by other electric 

 currents. By Dr Et. Marianini, Professor of Natural Philosophy 

 at Venice, . . . 232 



IX. Account of an Excursion to the Diamond district in the governments 



of Bahia atid Minas Gheraes in Brazil. By MM. Martius and Spix, 241 

 X. Notice of the performance of Steam-Engines in Cornwall for October, 

 November, and December 1829. By W. J. Kenwood, F. G. S., 

 Member of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Communi- 

 cated by the Author, . . . 247 

 XI. Abstract of Meteorological Observations made in the Isle of Man, 

 from 1826 to 1829, inclusive. By Robert Steuart, Esq. Re- 

 ceiver-General of the Isle of Man. Communicated by Dr Hibbert, 249 

 XII. On IsD-geothermal Lines, or the distribution of the Mean Tempera- 

 ture of the Ground. By M. KuPFFER of Casan, . 251 

 XIII. Contributions to Physical Geography, . 261 

 1. Account of the Discovery of Diamonds in Russia. In a Letter 

 from St Petersburgh, .,^ .^......^j, . • ib. 



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