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XI. William Oakes, the American Botanist, . . 276 



XII. On the Geological Structure of the Alps, Carpathians, 

 and Apennines, more especially on the Transition 

 from Secondary to Tertiary Types, and the exist- 

 ence of vast Eocene Deposits in Southern Europe. 

 By Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, F.R.S., 

 V.P.G.S., &c., Mem. Imp. Ac. Sciences of St 

 Petersburg, Corresp. Member of the Academies 

 of Paris, Berlin, Turin, &c. Communicated by 

 the Author, with Corrections and Additions, 280 



XIII. On the Action of Chloroform on the Sensitive Plant 



(^Mimosa pudica). By Professor Marcet of Ge- 

 neva, .,..-.. 293 



XIV. On a Passage in a recent History of the Royal So- 



ciety, relative to the late Sir Humphry Davy. In 

 a Letter addressed to Professor Jameson, by 

 John Davy, M.D., F.R.S., ... 296 



XV. On the Relations of Trap-Rocks with the Ores of Cop- 

 per and Iron, and the similarity of the Schalstein 

 of Dillenburg, the Blatterstein of the Harz, and 

 the Gabbro of Tuscany : — 



1. The Relations of Trap-Rocks with Ores of Copper 



and Iron, ...... 298 



XVI. The Albanians. By Henry Skene, Esq. Commu- 

 nicated by the Ethnological Society, . . 307 



XVII. On the Early History of the Air-Pump in England. 

 By George Wilson, M.D., F.R.S.E., Lecturer 

 on Chemistry, Edinburgh. Communicated by 

 the Author, 330 



XVIII. On Marine Dredging, with Notes and Observations, 

 the result of Personal Experience during the Sum- 

 mers of 1848 and 1849. By Robert M'An- 

 DREW, Esq., F.L.S., .... 366 



