Vol. 66. 



September 1825. 



No. 329 . 



Published the Last Day of every Month. — Price 2s. 6d. 



THE 



PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE 



AND JOURNAL: 



COMPRKHENDING 



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AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, 



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NUMBER CCCXXIX. 

 Fo}^ SEPTEMBER 1825. 



By RICHARD TAYLOR, F.L.S. 



MEHBEKOF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OP LONDON; OP THE METSOftOLO- 

 GICAL society; and OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY 

 or GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



LONDON 



miNTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR, SIIOE-t.AKK : 



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