464> New Books. — Royal Society. 



considered a great astronomer because he can observe a transit or measure 

 a zenith-distance correctly." 



[To be continued.*] 



Scientific Works in the Press, and shortly to be published. 



The Internal Structure of Fossil Vegetables described and illustra- 

 ted j containing minute Descriptions and numerous Figures of all the 

 Fossil Plants, retaining traces of organic structure, hitherto found in 

 the various sedimentary deposits from the old red sandstone to the 

 chalks. With Remarks on the Nature and Origin of Coal. By Henry 

 Thornton Maire Witham, Esq., F.R.S.E., F.G.S., &c. 



A new and improved edition, being the thirteenth, of the Chemical 

 Catechism. By the late Samuel Parkes, F.L. & G.S., &c. &c. 

 Revised, and adapted to the present state of Chemical Science, by 

 E. W. Brayley, jun., A.L.S. ; of the London Institution. 



Remarks on the Mineralogy and Geology of the Peninsula of Nova 

 Scotia, accompanied by a coloured Map illustrative of the Structure 

 of the Country, and by several Views of its Scenery. By Charles 

 T. Jackson and Francis Alger. Cambridge, United States. 4to, 

 1832. — This work is now on sale in London. 



LXXX. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



ROYAL SOCIETY. 



1832. A PAPER was read, entitled, "On the extensive 

 Dec. 13. — <**- atmosphere of Mars." In a Letter to His Royal 



Highness the President. By Sir James South, Knt. F.R.S. 



A paper was also read, entitled, " On the Law which connects the 



various Magneto-electric Phenomena lately discovered by Dr. Fara- 



* Our limits rendering it necessary to reserve the continuation of the 

 above review for our next Number, we think it right again to remind our 

 readers and the cultivators of science generally, that the time fixed for 

 the Association to assemble at Cambridge, is Monday the 24th of the pre- 

 sent month, (June). For this Meeting, we learn from the Preface already 

 quoted, the following Reports, among others, have been promised : On the 

 principal Questions debated in the Philosophy of Botany, by Prof. Lindley ; 

 On the Question of the Permanence of the relative Level of the Sea and Land, 

 by Mr. Stevenson ; On the State of our Knowledge respecting the Magnetism 

 of the Earth, by Mr. Christie ; On the State of our Knowledge of Hydraulics, 

 considered as a Branch of Engineering, by Mr. George Rennie ; On the 

 State of our Knowledge of the Strength of Materials, by Mr. Barlow ; On the 

 State of our Knowledge respecting Mineral Veins, by Mr. John Taylor; and On 

 the State of Zoological Knowledge, by Mr. Vigors. From the contents of this 

 volume and the announcements given in it, as well as from what we have 

 heard from other sources, we are convinced that the interest of the ensuing 

 proceedings at Cambridge, will not only indicate a still further advance in the 

 attainment of all the objects of the Association, but also, if possible, will 

 render it still more delightful to every lover of knowledge and the uses of 

 knowledge, than even those which took place at Oxford last year. 



