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INTELLIGENCE, 



AND 



MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. 



MINERALOGTCAL SOCIETY OF JENA. 



In the public fitting of the Mineralogical Society of Jena, 

 held on the a6th of May at the Ducal Palace, Mr. Bodo, 

 from Hungary, read a paper to prove that organifation can- 

 not be denied to any natural body, and that the dlvifion 

 into organifcd and unorganifed is confequently inadmiffible. 

 M. Stark, the fecretary, read a paper fent in by M. Mihalik, 

 of Doplchau in Hungary, on the following queftion : Whe- 

 ther mineralogy coidd exiit as a fcience without the help of 

 chemlftry ?— Dr. Bonzel propofed, that various minerals 

 now arranged under one general name, fhould m future, on 

 account of their peculiar marks of difference, be feparated 

 in the fyftem, and be diftinguifhed by particular names. 

 Thus, for example, that the red zeolite, from Faffa in the 

 Tyrol, (liould be called Faffa'ite, to dlftinguini it from the 

 real Icelandic zeolite; and that the fchorl, from Oifans ia 

 Daupliinc, fhould be called Oijanite, to diftinguilh it from 

 that of Thum in Saxony. 



LITERARY NEWS. 



That moft learned, indefatigable, and amiable cultivator 

 of fcience, R. Kirwan, Eiq. is now in London, where he has 

 been for the laft three months. With fmcere pleafure we 

 can announce that this revered veteran is printing and pre- 

 paring for the prefs three valuable works : — 



I. A Treatife on the Analyfts of Mineral Waters : a moft 

 difficult and nice fubjecl, and which will require all Mr. 

 Kirwan's mental powers and knowledge to treat of fuccefs- 



fidly. 



