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(liluviimi, below the foundation of the great Roman Wall, near 

 Walton in Cumberland ; and Mr Torrie, Assistant-secretary, 

 read Dr Barry's Narrative of his Ascent to the Summit'of Mont 

 Blanc in September last. There were also communicated to the 

 meeting, analyses, by Dr Gregory and Mr Walker, of coprolites 

 from Wardie and from Fife, in which these chemists detected 

 flouric acid ; on which occasion, Professor Jameson made remarks 

 illustrative of his early discovery of fossil fishes in the secondary 

 strata of the middle district of Scotland. 



Proceedings of' the Society of Arts for Scotland. 



The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts com- 

 menced its sittings for session 1834-35, in the Royal Institution, 

 on Wednesday, the l!2th November 1834, at eight o'clock p. m. 

 The following communications were read and exhibited during 

 the month of November. 



Nov. 12 I. Second Essay on the Useful Arts, preliminary to 



the Series of Annual Reports regarding new Inventions and Im- 

 provements in the Arts throughout Europe : ordered by the So- 

 ciety. By Edward Sang, Esq. Teacher of Mathematics, and Lec- 

 turer on Natural Philosophy, Edinburgh, Member of Society of 

 Arts. 



2. Additional Observations on the Construction of Public Build- 

 ings, in relation to the Theory of Sound. By Dr D. B. Reid, 

 Lecturer on Chemistry, and Member of the Society of Arts. 



3. Specimens of Ivory Turning, and notice of a Fruit Gatherer, 

 or Fruit Shears. By Mr Alexander Robertson, Peterhead. 



4. There was exhibited a Drawing for an Engraved Map of the 

 Levels of Edinburgh, and its Environs, shewing the relative Alti- 

 tudes of the principal Public and other Edifices, &c. &c. in and 

 around Edinburgh and Leith, above the level of the high-water 

 mark of the sea, carefully constructed from actual siu-vey, and in- 

 tended to be engraved and published by subscription. By Mr Wil- 

 liam Moffat, surveyor, 8. Middle Row, Knightsbridge, London, 

 presently residing at 3. Chapel Street, Edinburgh. 



Nov. 26 — 1. Model, Description, and Drawings of some altera- 

 tions on his plan of 1830, relating to Steam Navigation on Canals, 

 by means of a Chain, &c. By Mr James Clark, 35. Hutchinson 

 Street, Glasgow. • 



2. Description and Drawings of a Double Screw-Press, for 

 packing goods, &c. By Mr Divon Vallance, Liberton, Lanarkshire. 



3. Specimens were exhibited of Paper made in France from va- 

 rious Materials not generally used in this Manufacture. With a 

 Catalogue. Communicated by John Robison, Esq. Sec. R. S. E. 

 and Vice- Proses Soc. of Arts. 



