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order to precipitate the vvliole gold from a solution into which 

 an excess of alkali has heen put, we must add acid and super- 

 saturate again with alkali, we may easily explain hy tiiis circum- 

 stance tlie results of Messrs. Vauquelin and Oberkampf, for they 

 did not think of the process employed by M. Figuier. In short, 

 we have such a confused idea of thii process, that although we 

 do not doubt its efficacy^ we should like to see it repeated by 

 other chemists. 



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XLVIII. Notices respecting New Books. 



OL, James Capper has lately published, at Cardiff in South 

 Wales, a work of considerable merit, entitled " Meteorological 

 and Miscellaneous Tracts, applicable to Navigation, Gardening, 

 and Farming, with Calendars of Flora for Greece, France, Eng- 

 land, and Sweden." The following subjects constitute the 

 most interesting part of the work: 



Observations on the cause and consequences of the tempe- 

 rature in different latitudes; and observations on the aurora 

 borealis, and the frequent occurrence of tempests al)out twenty- 

 four hours after its a'ppearance. There are also some cmious 

 remarks on the hmar influence on terrestrial bodies, and some 

 very useful and interesting observations on the local varieties of 

 temperature in different parts of Great Britain. 



According to the German papers, a clergyman of Iceland, 

 named Johnson, has recently translated into Islandic verse The 

 Paradise Lost of Milton. 



A gentleman at Cardiff is about to publish A Translation into 

 the Welch Language of Mr. Arthur Young's Farmers' Calendar. 



Mr. Forster has just published a work entitled " Flora Ton- 

 brigiensis ; or, A Catalogue of Plants growing in the Neighbour- 

 hood of Toniuidge Wells. 



Messrs. Netlam and Francis Giles, of New Inn, London, are 

 now making arrangements for A Trigonometrical Survey (founded 

 on the basis of Col. Mudge's and Capt. Coleby's Triangles) for 

 A New Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster, on a scale of 

 one inch to the mile ; to be dedicated by permission to His 

 Royal Highness the Prince Regent : and to be published by 

 subscription, at four guineas in sheets, or five guineas on can- 

 vass and roller, or half-bound in atlas. 



The survey is couunenced, and will be carried on with ddi- 

 fctiicc. ' P 3 



