CONTENTS 



OF THE 



EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 

 No. III. 



NEW SERIES. 



7Z 



Art. I. Historical Eloge of Louis Francois Elisabeth Baron Ra- 

 MOND, Honorary Counsellor of State, Commander of the Legion of 

 Honour, Chevalier of St Michel, Member of the Academy of Sciences, 

 of the Academy of Medicine, and of several other learned Societies. 

 By M. Le Baron Cuvieh, Perpetual Secretary to the Academy of 

 Sciences, . . ' . 1 



n. Description of a New Steam-Engine without a Boiler. By Alex- 

 ander Scott, Esq. Communicated by the Inventor, . 21 



in. Account of the Natural Productions of Staten Island and Cape Horn. 

 By Captain W. H. B. Webster, R. N. In a letter to John Bar- 

 row, Esq. F. R. S., &c. . . 26 



IV. Description of a new Anemometer. By James D. Forbes, Esq. 



Communicated by the Author, . . 31 



V. List of the Number of Patents granted for Inventions in England, 

 from the year 1675 to 1829, inclusive; also a List of Patents in force 

 1815-1829, ... 43 



VI. On a new series of periodical colours produced by the grooved surfaces 

 of metallic and transparent bodies. By David Brewster, LL.D. 

 F. R. S. L. and E. . . . 46 



VII. On the Mullets of Europe. By Baron Cuvier, . 61 



VIII. Account of the new genus Melanorrhcea, or the Burmese Varnish 

 Tree, with remarks on each of the Genera to which it approaches. By 

 N. Walltch, M. D. F. R. S. Ed. F. L. S., &c. Superintendant of 

 the Botanic Garden Calcutta. Communicated by the Author, 66 



IX. Physical Notices of the Bay of Naples. No. VI. On the District 

 of the Bay of Baja. By James D. Forbes, Esq. Communicated 

 by the Author, , . .7.5 



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

 August, and September 1829. By W. J. Kenwood, F. G. S., Mem- 

 ber of the Royal Geological Seciety of Cornwall. Communicated by 

 the author, . . . 102 



