Vill CONTENTS. 
MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 
M. Fauvextz on a new method of Boring for Artesian Springs..... PO - Baek 105 
Mr. Lams on Mechanical Apparatus employed for the purpose of preventing 
Incrustationtofipsteam: Boilers... v.e0as ¢-sendaacwep sss saeoesns-00%s .ainssyouescepdesse 106 
Mr. W. Farrparrn’s Experiments on the Tubular Bridge proposed by Mr. 
Stephenson for crossing the Menai Straits ..........-.s...+++ cond: sescenqaumncteces 107 
Mr. E. Hopexinson’s Experiments on the Tubular Bridge proposed by Mr. 
Stephenson for crossing the Menai Straits.........--.ssssssecsesecseeeseeesereseneees 108 
Mr. Scorr Russet on the Law which governs the Resistance to Motion “ 
Railway Trains at High Velocities.....-.....-..ssscossseaseaseescvssedarovensconcocees 109 
Rev. T. R. Roprnson’s Modification of Dr. Whewell’s Anemometer for mea- 
suring the velocity of the Wind.........scecsccseeceseessesececscrenceees ito seagate 111 
Dr. Purpps on the sailing powers of two Yachts, built on the Wave Principle.. 112 
Mr. Brockepon on Vulcanized Caoutchouc...........+. suslase'la « «v's sespe eee eaametster 113 
Mr. M. Ricarpo on a Machine for registering the Velocity of Railway Trains. 114 
Mr. J. SHarp on the Comparative Value of the different kinds of Gas Meters 
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ETHNOLOGY. 
Mr. J. Breve Juxes’s Notice on the Aborigines of Newfoundland..............- 114 
———— Notes on the three Races of Men inhabiting the Islands 
of the Indian and Pacific Oceans........scececssececsesessevece Becca eee eantaeern eae 114 
Dr. Larnam on a Vocabulary of the Bethuck Indians of Newfoundland.......+. 115 
Dr. Twin1ne on the Nekrasowzers of Bessarabia.......... Sdhadeeee acobiacesaanumets 115 
Mrs. Suort on the Natives of Timor and Macassar.............0+e00. Sedawepeaveseen 115 
Dr. LarHam on the present state of Ethnological Philology ...........- Deaecetans LOD 
Professor Von MippenporrrF on certain Races of Siberia...........+sseeseererenss 115 
Professor Rerzius on the Ethnographical Distribution of Round and Elongated 
Crantarindcccrnoactanetsands acs aiaidaisiine sida Noises Nase’ vahia seas ee ommemaners casio waag esata ae 116 
W. Botraert, Esq. on the Comanche Indians..........-s2.sseeeseessresereeeeeeees - 116 
— on the Indian Tribes of Texas...........sceeeseeevee SS ecane LLG 
Dr. Latuam on a Comanche Vocabulary.............++ Sbetiebs's vs co ciccute kien eeaere eewae 117 
Mr. G. Finuay on the Origin of the Modern Greeks ..............cseeeeeeeneees weaset LLM 
Mr: Hi B: Davirs’on ‘the Pasmaniams sscssccseetressne00000+eccscm on sueneceneakebanar 117 
Captain Brian on the Africans of the neighbourhood of Bonny..............+ bel, BOF 
Rey. J. Frremman on the Inhabitants of Prince’s Island............ssesseseeseeoeeees 117 
Mrs. Suort on the Inhabitants of Port Essington............scccsessceseeeeseeereees 117 
' Mr. Cuartzs Lyexton the Delta and Alluvial Deposits of the Mississippi, and 
other points in the Geology of North America, observed in the years 1845-46 117 
