1826.] Neto Patefits. 471. 



papers represent the country as absolutely burnt up. The ther- 

 mometer of Fahrenheit was daily as high as 90°, even in cool 

 parts of the city, and was in many places between 90° and 100° 

 throughout the day. The waters of the river Seine vjere 

 extremely low indeed. — (American Journal of Science.) j'\^ '.'"'' 



Article XIV. 

 NEW SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. 



PREPARING FOR PUBLICAl'ION. 



Earlv in December will be published the Zoological Journal, No. IX. 

 consisting of papers in various departments of Zoology, with some 

 Accountof the Life, and Writings, and Contributions to Science, of 

 the late Sir T. S. Raffles, Knt. FRS. &c. President of the Zoological 

 Society. 



Mr. Faraday has in the press an octavo volume, entitled, *' Chemical 

 Manipulation," containing Instructions to Students in Chemistry rela- 

 tive to the Methods of performing Experiments. 



Mathematical and Astronomical Tables, for the Use of Students in 

 Mathematics, Surveyors, Engineers, Navigators, &c. : by W. Gal- 

 braith, MA. 



JUST PUBLISHSD. 



Geological and Historical Observations on the Eastern Valleys, of 

 Norfolk ; by J. G. Robberds, jun. 8vo. 45. ,,,. , ,,, 



Dewhurst's Dictionary of Anatomy. 8vo. Parti. 55.6c^v x »| jtr 

 Hamilton's Outlines of Midwifery. 8vo. 7*. 6d, l»i^ 



Burrow's Conchology. 8vo. 165. plain, or 1/. II5. 6d. colourei^ ' ], 

 Lamarck's Conchology illustrated. Part IV. lLlls,6d. plain, dir 

 Si. 35. coloured. 



Illustrations in Ornithology; by Sir W. Jardine, Bart. FRSE. &c, 

 and Prideaux John Selby, FLS. &c. Part I. '^ 



Daubeny's Description of Vol canos. 8vo. I65. 

 Phillips's Outlines of Mineralogy and Geology. 8vo. 85. 6fi?. ; ; 

 Memoirs of the London Astronomical Society, Vol. II. Part II. 30s. 



Article XV. :.; 



, NEW PATENTS. f^ 



B. Newmarch, Cheltenham, for improvements on fire-arms.«— Nov, 7. 



E. Thomason, Birmingham, goldsmith and silversmith, for improve- 

 ments in the construction of medals, tokens, and coins.-^Nov. 9. 



H. C. Lacy, Manchester, coach -master, for an apparatus on which »to 

 suspend carriage bodies. — Nov. 18. ' 



B. Woodcroft, Manchester, silk manufacturer, for his improvements 

 in wheels and paddles for propelling boats and vessels.— Nov. 18. * '* 



