CONTENTS. iii 



Art. XX. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, I90 

 XXI. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History So- 

 ciety, - - - - - 191 



XXIir Scientific Intelligence. 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Meteors seen in India. 2. Water-spouts in the Irish Chan- 

 nel. 3. Winds in the Polar Regions, - 191-193 



CHEMISTRY. 



4. The presence of animal and vegetable matter, or emanations 

 from them, not necessary for the formation of Nitre. 

 5. Phosphorus in Kelp, - - - 193, 194? 



GEOLOGY. 



6. Geognostical Structure of the Country around Darwar. 

 7. Account of Libellulite found at SolenhofFen. 8. Beds 

 Sea-shells, nearly in a fresh state, 200 feet above the le- 

 vel of the Sea. 9. Green-sand formation in Sweden. 

 10. Coal of Hoganas. 11. Hill of Magnetic Iron-Ore. 

 12. Hyaena Cave, - - - 19^-197 



MINERALOGY. 



13. Crystallizations of Sulphate and Carbonate of Lead ob- 

 served by M. Hartmann. 14. Geognostic Position of 

 Platina in America. 15. Jet discovered in Wigtonshire. 

 16. Geognostical Distribution of Gold in the Uralian 

 Mountains. 17. Geognostic situation of the Siberian 

 Platina. 18. Cordierite found in Norway. 19- Magni- 

 ficent Crystals of Sulphate of Iron, or Green Vitriol. 

 20. Iserine and Iron-sand in Cheshire. 21. Bismuth 

 Cobalt-Ore. 22. Selenium in Red Copper-Ore, 197-201 



HYDROGRAPHY. 



23. Discovery of a New Substance in Sea Water. 24. Iodine 

 and Lithion in the Mineral Springs of Theodoreshall at 

 Kreutznach. 25. Thickness of Salt Water Ice, 201, 202 



ZOOLOGY. 



26. Sword Fish found in the Frith of Forth. 27. Discovery 

 of the Circulation of the Blood in Insects. 28. Turf* 



