1 72 Miscellaneous Iiile/figeiice. 



rium. These combinations are frequently formed, even by the 

 analytical processes, and embarrass the operation. I have found, 

 nevertheless, that, by means of the long-continued action of 

 concentrated muriatic acid, it is dissolved. I obtained from the 

 euclase, 



Silex 43.22 



Alumine 30.55 



Glucine 21.78 



Oxide of iron 2.22 



Oxide of tin 7 



98.47 

 M. Berzelius afterward, by comparing the quantity of oxygen 

 in the earths, found them to be in the glucine, alumine, and silex, 

 nearly as 1,2, and 3 ; and then, according to the laws which he 

 assumes to be established, conceives the correct composition of 

 the euclase to be as follows : 



Silex o 44.33 



Alumine 31.83 



Glucine 23.84 



100.00 

 Thus represented, GS + 2 AS. 



3. Skeleton of a Whale. — On Monday, August 19th, while 

 some workmen were employed in making improvements upon 

 the estate of Airthry, the property of Sir Robert Abercromby, 

 Bart., about 300 yards south from the east porter's lodge, which 

 leads to Airthry-castle, they came upon a hard substance, which 

 proved to be the skeleton of a large-sized whale, dimensions 

 nearly as follows : 



Ft. III. 



Head, or crown-bone, in breadth ,. 8 5 



length 5 



There are nine vertebrge, some of winch are in dia- 

 meter, independent of the processes 1 8 



breadth, with the processes 3 6 



Two bones of the swimming paws, 1 of them in length 5 4 



