468 New Books. — Hoyal Society. 



of the Wernerian Natural History Society is in the press, 

 and will appear early in the ensuing year; and also that 

 Dr. Charles An;lcrson of Leiih, the learned translator of 

 Werner's classical work on Vein?, has now in the press a 

 translation of the celebrated Von Buch's mineralogical 

 description of the county of Landcck in Silesia. Dau- 

 buisson, a distinguished pupil of the illustrious Werner, 

 sometime ago published an excellent description of the 

 f'loetz-trap formation of Bohemia ; and it gives us pleasure 

 to announce that a translation of that work, by a member 

 of the Wernerian Society, Ik nearly iinished, and will ap- 

 pear early in the ensuing spring. 



LXX. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



KOVAL SCCIETV. 



INov. 30. — This being St. Andrew's Day, the Societr 

 held their anniversary meeting at their apartments in So- 

 merset place, when the President, the right hon. Sir Joseph 

 Banks, Bart. K. B. in the name of the society, presented 

 the gold medal (called Sir Godfrey Copley's) to Mr. Ed- 

 ward Troughton, for the account of his method of divid- 

 ing astronomical instruments, printed in the last volume 

 of the Philosophical Transactions. In the president's address 

 on delivering the medal, he took occasion to observe, that 

 since the last anniversary a new Society had been instituted 

 for the purpose of *' improving animal chemistry ;" that 

 this society considered itself as a child of the Royal Socie- 

 ty, to which it looked up as a patron and protector; that 

 all the papers communicated by its members, or others, were 

 to be pu!)niitted to the council of the Koyal Society, and if 

 approved of to be read and published in the Philosophical 

 Transactions y and finally, iliat whilst the Royal Society 

 continued to be the channel by which such papers were 

 widely circulated, the advantage of forming select bodies 

 for the investigation of particular subjects must contribute 

 to extend our '.knowledge in alj the various branches of 

 science, and carry them ;aj)id!y to a state of perfection to 

 which the isolated labours of individuals could hot hope to 

 attain. 



Afterwards the Society proceeded to the choice of the 

 council and officers for the ensuing year ; when, on ex- 

 amining the ballots, it appeared that the following gentle- 

 men were elected of the council : — 



Of 



