Extracts from Berzelius's Annual Report for 1843. 187 



been called, has been found in England. In structure this animal re- 

 sembled the fallow deer, but was larger. The remains of a cervus, 

 not differing from the red deer, were frequently found with the mam' 

 moth and other animals. Remains also of the roebuck, and the goat 

 and sheep, had been found associated with those of the mammoth. Re- 

 mains of the aurocks or European bison, had been found in various 

 parts of England, and also of Ireland. According to Mr. Ball, these 

 remains should be looked upon as those of an extinct species. In con- 

 eluding his Report, Prof. Owen stated, that he never should have com- 

 menced these labors, nor could he have continued them, but for the 

 suggestions and assistance of the British Association. 



Art. XIII. — A Notice of some of the more important Articles contain- 

 ed in Berzelius's Rapport Annuel Sur les Progree de la Chimie ; 



presented to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, March 

 31, 1843.* 



•Are the Atomic Weights multiples of the equivalent of Hydrogen 5 



is known that the opinion advanced by Prout, that the atomic weights 



°* all simple bodies are entire multiples of the equivalent of hydrogen, 



was abandoned when Turner arrived at a negative result after a se- 



ries of experiments, with which he had been charged by the British 



Association for the Advancement of Science. It is also recollected 



at "*• Dumas revived this opinion by his experiments to determine 



e e xact atomic weight of carbon, having found it exactly twelve 



lmes that of hydrogen. M. M. Erdman and Marchand have repeated 



confirmed his experiments. In waiting farther research, it would 



a PPear that M. Dumas's experiments confirmed by the German chem- 



^ ts ^ve not been executed with all the care requisite, and that proba- 



y a certain agreement between the experiments and a preconceived 



Opinion °f the authors, had blinded them somewhat to certain minute 



Precautions necessary in the process. One might almost believe that 



. ' Furnas has tried by a single dash of the pen to cast a suspicion of 



Accuracy upon all the careful and arduous researches of those who 



ave danced a different opinion concerning the atomic weight of 



• essrs. Editors, — This is but a hasty notice of some of the important articles 



airied in the Report of Bezelius, and given in almost all cases in the words of 



Wo \a r ' t * lose °f your readers who have an opportunity to refer to it I 



j, . recor nmend them to do so. A tolerably complete sketch is given of what 



the 6en d ° ne Upon t,!0 suo ject of atomic weights, which goes to show that Prout'a 

 eor y is as doubtful as ever. Yours, J. L. S. 



