iv CONTENTS. 



HYDROGRAPHY. 



3. Silica in Springs is dissolved by means of Carbonic Acid, SpSf 



ZOOLOGY. 



4. Tit-Lark caught at Sea. 5. Egyptian Antiquities in Liver- 



pool Museum. 6. Notice regarding the Common Star- 

 fish, Asterias rubens, - - - 393, 394, 



BOTANY. 



7. Conclusions of M. Bureau de la Malle's Inquiries respecting 

 the Ancient History, Origin, and Native Country of the 

 Cereales, and especially Wheat (Triticum hibernum and 

 aestivum), and Barley (Hordeum vulgare and hexastichon). 

 8. Instructions for Collecting and Preparing Fungi for 

 Herbariums, and for Preserving them from the Attacks 

 of Insects and their Larvae. 9* Effects of certain Manures 

 on the qualities of Plants, - - _ 395^397 



ARTS. 



10. New mode of applying Graphite, or Black Lead, in Draw- 

 ings. 11. On Etching and Dyeing at once figures on 

 Ivory; by Mr J. Cathery, - - - 398,399 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



1. Essay on the Theory of the Earth. By Baron George Cu- 



viER ; with Geological Illustrations by Professor Jame- 

 son. Fifth edition. Translated from the last French 

 edition, with numerous additions by the Author and 

 Translator. Eleven Plates. Blackwood, Edinburgh ; 

 Cadell, London. 14s. - - - 400 



2. Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, containing a general 



view of the Geological relations of the South Eastern part 

 of England ; with Figures and Descriptions of the Fos- 

 sils of Tilgate Forest. By Gideon Mantell, Esq. F. R.S. 

 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, F.L.S. M.G.S. 

 &c. One volume quarto, - - . 402? 



3. Mathematical and Astronomical Tables for the use of Stu- 



dents of Mathematics, Practical Astronomers, Surveyors, 

 Engineers, and Navigators. By William Galbraith, 

 M. A. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh. 9s. - 404 



Art. XXXIII. List of Patents granted in England, from 8tb 



December 1826 to l6th January 1827, 407 



XXXIV. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 13th 



December \S26 to 24th February 1827, 409 



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