74 New Books. — Royal Society, 



.Af'PI^ndix. — INIeleorological Journal kept at the Apart- 

 ments of the Royal Society, by Order of the Presitienl and 



Council. 



A new System of Chemical Philosophy. Parti. By John 

 Dalton, Svo. pp. 220. 



The intention of this small but interesting volume is to 

 exhibit and elucidate the author's ideas relative to those pri- 

 mary laws which seem to obtain in regard to heat, and to 

 chemical combinations. Some of the doctrines which he 

 maintains will occasion discussion and investigation, but 

 they are of so interesting a nature as to promise an ample 

 recompense in the elucidation of chemical truths, which 

 may be expected to be the result. — The author expects to 

 -publish Part II. in 'about a year hence. 



In the course of next month will be published, a supple- 

 mentary volume of Birds, to Barr's Edition of BufTon. — The 

 proprietors of that work have engaged a literary gentleman 

 to collect all that has been discovered in ornithology of an 

 interesting nature since the death of the illustrious BufTon ; 

 and for that purpose procured the splendid edition of his 

 works lately published by Sonnini, in 114 volumes. From 

 this has been selected every article of importance, or of cu- 

 riositv, from the additions of Sonnini and J.J. Virey. 



Several new plates will accompany the volume; the con- 

 tents of which will bring down the sera of discovery in this 

 interesting branch of natural history to the present day. 



Mr. Accurn, lecturer on operative chemistry and niine- 

 ralogv, &C.J has in the press A System of Mineralogy and 

 Mineralogical Chemistry, with applications to the Arts. The 

 work will be-formed chictly after Haiiy and Brongniart, and 

 will be published in three octavo volumes, with fifteen cop. 

 per plates. 



XIV. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



ROYAL SOCIETV. 



June 2 and 16. The president in the chair. — The continu- 

 ation of Messrs. Allen and Pepys's paper on Respiration, 



occupied 



