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dren, Esq. F.R.S. &c. &c. Communicated by the Society for 

 promoting Animal Chemistry. — IV. On the concentric Ad- 

 justment of a triple Object-glass. By WiUiam Hyde WoUas- 

 ton, M.D. V.P.R.S. — V. On a new Species of Rhinoceros 

 found in the interior of Africa, the Skull of which bears a close 

 Resemblance to that found in a Fossil State in Siberia and other 

 Countries. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V.P.R.S.— VI. Ex- 

 tract of a Letter from Captain Basil Hall, R.N. F.R.S. to 

 William Hyde Wollaston, M.D. V.P.R.S. containing obser-^ 

 vations of a Comet seen at Valparaiso. — VII. Elements of 

 Captain Hall's Comet. By J. Brinkley, D.D. F.R.S. and 

 M.R.I.A. and Andrew's Professor of Astronomy in the Uni- 

 versity of Dublin. In a Letter addressed to W. FI. Wollas- 

 ton, jNI.D. V.P.R.S. — VIII. On the electrical Phsenomena 

 exhibited in vacuo. By Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. P.R.S.^ 

 — IX. Croonian Lecture. On the anatomical Structure of 

 the Eve ; illustrated bv microscopical Drawings executed by 

 F. Bauer, Esq. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V.P.R.S. — 

 X. A Letter from John Pond, Esq. Astronomer Royal, to 

 Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. President of the Royal Society, re- 

 lative to a Derangement in the Plural Circle at the Royal Ob- 

 servatory. — XL On the finite Extent of the Atmosphere. By 

 WiUiam" Flyde WoUaston, M.D. V.P.R.S.— XII. On the Ex- 

 pansion in a Series of the Attraction of a Spheroid. By James 

 Ivory, M.A. F.R.S. — XIII. On the late extraordinary De- 

 pression of the Barometer. By Luke Howard, Esq. F.R.S. 

 — XIV. On the anomalous magnetic Action of hot Iron be- 

 tween the white and blood-red Heat. By Peter Barlow, Esq. 

 of the Royal Military Academy. Comnumicated by Major 

 Thomas Colby, of the Royal Engineers, F.R.S. — XV. Obser- 

 vations for ascertaining the Length of die Pendulum at Madras 

 in the East Indies, Latitude 13° 4' 9",1 N. with the Conclu- 

 sions drawn from the same. By John Goldingham, Esq. 

 F.R.S. — XVI. Account of an Assemblage of Fossil Teeth and 

 Bones of Elephant, Rhinoceros, Flippopotamus, Bear, Tiger, 

 and Hyaena, and Sixteen other Animals ; discovered in a Cave 

 at Kirkdale, Yorkshire, in the Year 1821 : whh a comparative 

 View of five similar Caverns in various Parts of England, and 

 others on the Continent. By the Rev. Wm. Buckland, F.R.S. 

 F.L.S. Vice-President of the Geological Society of London, 

 and Professor of Mineralogy and Geology in the University of 

 Oxford, &c. &c. Sec. — XVII. Communiaition of a curious Ap- 

 pearance lately observed upon tlie Moon. By the Rev. Fearon 

 Fallows. In a Letter addressed to Jolm Barrow, Esq. F.R.S. 

 — XVIII. On the Difference in the Appearance of the Teeth 

 and the Shape of the Skull in flifferent Species of Seals. By 

 Sir Everard Home, Bart. V.P.R.S. The 



