390 Ruyal Sociely, 



to those in particular who have travelled therein in search of 

 Mineral information ; is about to publish a very improved and 

 neat " Map of all the Lalies in Cumberland, Westmorland and 

 Lancashire;" which, embracing the Coast from Lancaster to 

 Workington, will show the heights of the principal Hills, and 

 many other matters (useful or interesting to persons making 

 the Tour of the Lakes) that have not hitherto been inchuled in 

 any Map. The scale is four miles to an inch, and the size 13 

 by 10| inches. 



Fkarmacopoeia Medici Practici Universalis, siste7is Medira- 

 menta Pr^eparata et Composita, cum eorum Usu et Dnsibus ; 

 et Pharmacopoeia Ckirurgica, sistens Medicamejita Prae- 

 parata et Cnmposiia, Usui externn et Morlis prcecipue cx- 

 ternis curaiidis dicala. AuctoreY. Swediaur, M.D. Jt/xla 

 AuclorisTextum recusa. Editionis Curarngessit, Additamevtis 

 locupletnvit, et Nutis elucidnvit J. B. Van Mons, M.D. in 

 Regia Universilale Lovanie?isi Professore PuhL. &c. 2 vols. 

 duodecimo. 



Medical science is much indebted to M. Van Mens for this 

 new edition of Swediaur's excellent work, which had of late 

 become rather scarce. The notes show a perfect acqnaiutaiicc 

 Vvith all the other Pharmacopcrias of repute, such as the London, 

 Edinburgh, Berlin, Danish, &:c. from which many valuable il- 

 lustrations and corrections have been drawn ; and tlie whole 

 work is edited in a manner whicli does credit to the v.ell-knowu 

 ingenuity and diligence of the learned Professor. 



Sir Humphry Davy has just published an interesting volume 

 on the Safety Lamp for Coal Miners, with some Researches on 

 Flame. 



LXVL Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



ROVAL SOCIETY. 



May 7. — A. cojTMUNiCATiON was read from Mr. Bevaii, of the 

 result of a series of meteorological observations made at Kes- 

 wick in Cumberland. 



14. No meeting, 



21. Read a paper, by Col. W. Lambton, containing a va- 

 riety of deductions from the calculation of an arc of the meri- 

 dian taken in India. Read another paper, by Mr. Fond Astro- 

 nomer Royal, on the best mode of making a Catalogue of the 



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