404 SCIENTIFIC NEWS. ^ 



Various publl- '^^ Observations on the Bfiell of the Sea Worm found ott 

 cations. the Coast of Sumatra, proving it to belong to a Specie? 



of Teredo ; with an Anatomy of the Teredo Navalis. 

 By Evcrard Home, Esq. F. li. S. 5. On the inverted 

 Action of the alburnous Vessels of Trees. By A. Knight, 

 Esq. F.R.S. 6. A new Demonstration of the Binomial 

 Theorem, when the Exponent is a positive or negative 

 Fraction. By the Rev. Abram Robertson, A.M. F.R.S. 

 Savilian Professor of Geometry in the University of Ox- 

 ford. 7. New Method of computing Logarithms. By 

 Thomas Manning, Esq. 8. Description of the mineral 

 Bason in the Counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan, Bre- 

 con, Carmarthen, and Pembroke. By Mr. Edward Mar- 

 tin. 9. Observations on the Permanency of the Variation 

 of the Compass at Jamaica. By Mr. James Robertson. 

 10. Observations on the Camel's Stomach, respecting the 

 Water it contains, and the Reservoirs in which that Fluid 

 is enclosed, &c. By Everard Home, Esq. F.Pt.S. 1 1. 

 Observations on the Variation and on the Dip of the 

 Magnetic Needle between 1786 and 1805 inclusive. By 

 Mr. George Gilpin. 12- On the Declinations of some 

 of the principal fixed Stars, with a Description of an 

 Astronomical Circle, and some Remarks on the Con- 

 struction of circular Instruments. By John Pond, Esq. 

 12. Observations and Remarks on the Figure, the Cli- 

 mate, and the Atmosphere of Saturn and its Ring. By 

 William Herschell, LL, D. F.R.S. &c. 



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