RECREATIVE SCIENCE," No. 8, will be Published February 29th, 1860. 



Conttitts 



Of No. 7. 



PACK 



The Common House Spider. By .Tas. Samuelsok 217 

 The Conjunctiok oe the Planets Jtjpiteb 



AND Venus, on the Morning of July 21, 



1859. By THE Hon. Mes. Ward 222 



Notes on the Eland. By II. Noel HuMniBETS 224 

 The Balance of Life and Death — A Teachino 



of the Aquarium. By Shirley Hibbekd... 22G 

 The Anecdote History of Photography — 



Collection II. By Chas. Maybury Archer 231 

 The Geology of the Fireside— Coal. By S. J 



Mackie 233 



Studies of Colour. By Godfrey Turner 238 



Eaphides; or, Microscopic Plant Crystals. 



By TuFFEN West 242 



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OUR LETTER-BOX. 



A Catalogue of all the Comets whose orbits 



HAVE hitherto BEEN COMPUTED. By GeORGE 



F. Chambeus 



Meteorology of February. By E. J. Lowe . . . 

 Astronomical Observations foe February, 



18G0. By E. J.Lowe 



Things of the Season — February 



Mr. Noteworthy's Corner 



Optical Phenomenon 



Hunt's Cinephantic Colour-top 



The New Intra-Meecueial Planet 



Stereoscopic Phenomenon 



A Cheap Telescope 



English Coppee Coinage 



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