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XXV. Notices respecting New Booh. 

 Recently published. 



TJEBER 7ieu-etitdeckte merkwUrdige Eigenschaften des Pla- 

 ti?is, &c. — On the newly discovered remarkable Properties 

 of Platinum, &c. By J. W. Dcebereiner. Iena, 1823. The fol- 

 lowing remarks on this work are given by Professor Schweig- 

 ger, on the wrapper of his Journal for November : " We direct 

 the reader's attention to this brief but instructive treatise. 

 Whoever is desirous of making practical use of Dcebereiner's 

 discovery, so remarkable in a theoretical point of view, either 

 for the purposes of eudiometry, or for its commodious appli- 

 cation to a pneumatic apparatus for producing fire, will find 

 in its pages the necessary instruction." 



A Translation of the New Pharmacopoeia of the Royal Col- 

 lege of Physicians of London; with a specification of the doses 

 of each article, and the diseases for the cure of which they are 

 employed, a table of the new names, a copious index, 8cc. &c. 

 By a Scotch Physician residing in London. 



In the Press. 



Dr. T. Forster is preparing for the press, " Observations on 

 the local and casual Variations of the reflective, refractive, and 

 dispersing Properties of the Atmosphere, in order to illustrate 

 the necessity of having different tables of refraction for each 

 particular observatory; together with an attempted analysis of 

 the variously composed light of different fixed stars, consi- 

 dered as rendering necessary still further corrections for each, 

 in order to ascertain their real place by the observance of that 

 of their spectra; together with other prismatic experiments, 

 and rules for igniting various metallic and other substances, 

 in order to imitate different coloured starlight." 



British Galleries of Art, now first arranged in one volume. 

 By Charles W T estmacott, author of the " Annual Critical Ca- 

 talogue to the Royal Academy." Published by Authority. 

 This work will contain a critical and descriptive Catalogue 

 to each Collection, with a History of the choicest Treasures 

 of the Fine Arts, ancient and modern, in the possession of His 

 Majesty and other noble and distinguished persons; includ- 

 ing the Dulwich Gallery and British Museum. Illustrated 

 with interior views of the principal galleries, drawn and en- 

 graved by Cattermole, Finlay, and Le Keux ; with eight ele- 

 gant engraved portraits of illustrious and noble patrons and 

 academicians, by Wageman, Hawksworth, and Philips. 



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