Vol.63. Philosophical Magazine. May 1824 



Contents of Number 313. 



LIII. Descriptions of several new Species of Ascidia. By C. A. 

 Lesueur page 32 



LIV. Dissection of a Batrachian Animal in a living State. By 

 Richard Harlan, M.D. Professor of Comparative Anatomy to 

 the Philadelphia Museum 32. 



LV. On the Dispersive Power of the Atmosphere, and on the 

 Peculiarities of Stars. By Dr. T. Forster 32l 



LVI. Remarks on the Theory of the Figure of the Earth. By 

 J. Ivory, Esq. M.A. F.R.S 3 



LVII. Examination of the Divisions of Reichenbach's Circle 

 at the Observatory of Kbnigsberg. By M. Bessel 34-f 



LVIII. On Mr. Babbage's new Machine for calculating and 

 printing Mathematical and Astronomical Table*. From Francis 

 Baily, Esq. F.R.S. and L.S 35.' 



LIX. A brief Account of some Electro-magnetic and Galvanic 

 Experiments. By Robert Hare, M.D. Professor of Chemistry 

 in the University of Pennsylvania 36' 



LX. On the Circle. By John Walsh, Esq. 36S 



LXI. On a Method of finding the Limits of the Roots of the 

 higher Powers of Numerical Equations. By Mr. J. Rowbotham. 36$ 



LXII. On the Application of the Term " Infinite." 37' 



LXIII. Two Lines from the Nautical Almanac, addressed to 

 Mr. Ivory 374 



LXIV. Notices respecting New Books: — Analysis of Periodical 

 Works on Natural History. 37£ 



LXV. Proceedings of Learned Societies: — Royal Society ; Lin- 

 naean Society ; Horticultural Society ; Geological Society ; Astro- 

 nomical Society; Meteorological Society; Imperial Society of Na- 

 turalists of Moscow ; Imperial Agricultural Society of Moscow. 378 — 391 



LXVI. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles : — New Tables of 

 Precession, Aberration and Nutation ; Nautical Magnetic Premium ; 

 Steam Navigation to India; Steam Vessels in the Netherlands; 

 Canals for uniting the Black Sea to the Baltic ; Meteor ; Earthquake 

 felt at Sea ; Earthquakes ; Sinking of the Earth ; Statistics ; Educa- 

 tion in Denmark ; South America ; Cancer ; Calendar of Flora, 

 Fauna, and Pomona, at Hartfield in Sussex ; Obituary — Baron 

 Maseres ; List of New Patents ; Meteorological Table, &c. . . 392 — 400 



%* Communications for this Work, received by the Editors, 

 38 Shoe-Lane, will meet with every attention. 



RICHARD TAYLOR, PRINTER, SHOE-LANE, LONDON. 



