4(50- Nolices respecting New Books. 



with some Account of Bituminous Substances, and Remarks on 

 Coal. By J. MacCiilloch, M.D.F.L.S. Chemist to theOrdnance, 

 and Lecturer on. Chemistry at the R. Military Academy at Wool- 

 wich, and Vice-President of the Geological Society. — 2. Minera- 

 logicai Account of the Isle of Man. By J. F. Berger, M.D. 

 Member of the Geological Society. — 3. On the Granite Tors of 

 Cornwall. By J. ISIacCuIloch,' M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the 

 Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military 

 Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological 

 Society. — 4. Notes on the Mineralogy of the Neighbourhood of 

 St. David's, Peml)rokeshire. By .lohn Kidd, M.D. Professor of 

 Chemistry in the University of Oxford, and Member of the Geo- 

 logical Society. — 5. Account of the Brine Springs at Droitvvich. 

 By Leonard Horner, Esq. F.R.S. and Member of the Geological 

 Society. — 6. On the Veins of Cornwall. By William Phillips, 

 Esq. Member of the Geological Society. — 7. On the Freshwater 

 Formations in the Isle of Wight, with some Observations on the 

 Strata over the Chalk in the South-east Part of England. By 

 Thomas Webster, i^sn. Member of the Geological Society. — 

 8. Remarks on the Vitrified Forts of Scotland. By J. Mac- 

 Cullocli,-^.i>. F.L.S. Chemist to the Ordnance, and Lecturer 

 on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and 

 Vice-President of the Geological Society. — 9. On the Sublima- 

 tion of Silica. By J. MacCulloch, M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the 

 Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military 

 Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the GeologicEil 

 Society. — 10, Observations on the Specimens of Hippurites from 

 Sicily, presented to the Geological Society by the Hon. Henry 

 Grey Bennet. By James Parkinson, Esq, Member of the Geo- 

 logical Society, — 1 1 . An Account of the Coalfield at Bradford, 

 near Manchester. By Robert Bakewell, Esq, communicated to 

 the Society by Dr, Roget, Member of the Geological Society, — 

 12. Some' Account of the Island of Teneriffe. By the Hon. 

 Henry Grey Bennet, M,P, F.R.S, and President of the Geological 

 Society. — 13. On the Junction of Trap and Sandstone, at Stir- 

 ling Castle. By J. MacCulloch, M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the 

 Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military 

 Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological 

 Society,— 14. On the (Economy of the Mines of Cornwall and 

 Devon, By John Taylor, Esq. Member of the Geological So- 

 ciety. — IS. On the Origin of a remarkable Class of Organic Im- 



tn have drawn liis infprrnce merely from tlic cirfnmstnn(;o<; mentioned, it 

 can hn\e little force, except fiomtlic autliority of tho nithur; to which 

 imy be oi'popcfl an equal authority, not less than that of liiripocralrs him- 

 self: he says, in his fou -trentli apliorisni, " (Juw'crescunt phuiinuni habent 

 calidi iniiatl: senibus atiiem paucus calor." 



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