220 Notices respecting New Books. 
Dollond, Esq.—Observations made at Bushey Heath (north 
latitude 51° 37! 44-3; west longitude, in time, from Green- 
wich, 0" 1™ 205-93), from May 17, 1816, to December 7, 1824. 
By Colonel Beaufoy.—On astronomical and other refractions; 
with a connected inquiry into the law of temperature in dif- 
ferent latitudes and at different altitudes. By Henry Atkin- 
son, Esq.—A report on the properties and powers of a new 
3-feet altitude and azimuth circle, lately fixed at the Rectory- 
house of South Kilworth in the county of Leicester: con- 
structed by Edward Troughton, and divided by T. Jones. 
Drawn up by the Rev. William Pearson, LL.D.—Observa- 
tions made at Paramatta, in New South Wales, by Major- 
general Sir Thomas Brisbane. To which are annexed, Obser- 
vations made by Mr. C. Rumker, at Stargard, New South 
Wales, on the comet which appeared in July 1824.—Astro- 
nomical observations: 1. Observation of an eclipse of the 
moon, taken at Chouringhy, near Calcutta, in the year 1798; 
and, 2. Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter’s satellites, taken 
at Chouringhy, in the years 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 
and 1803. By the late Colonel R. H. Colebrooke; 3. Ob- 
servations of the eclipses of Jupiter’s satellites, taken at 
Chouringhy, in the years 1821, 1822, and 1823. By Captains 
Hodgson and Herbert; 4. Observations of the occultations 
of the Pleiades by the moon, in July and October 1821. By 
the Rey. W. Pearson, LL.D.—Report, lists of presents, mem- 
bers, associates, and officers: Appendix, containing a part of 
the tables (mentioned in our last Number, p. 138) for deter-_ 
mining the apparent places of nearly 3000 principal fixed stars: 
with a treatise on their construction and use, drawn up at 
the request of the council, by the president, F. Baily, Esq. 
Just published. 
The Narrative of a Tour through Hawaii or Owhyhee; 
with an account of the geology, natural productions, volca- 
nos, &c. history, superstitions, traditions, manners and cus- 
toms of the inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands; a grammatical 
view of their language, with specimens. The account given of 
the death of Captain Cook by the natives, and biographical 
notices of the late king and queen who died in London. B 
W. Ellis, missionary from the Society and Sandwich Islands. 
The Tanner’s Key to a New System of Tanning Leather 
quicker and cheaper than usual.—Price 5s. 
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