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28. On the effects produced in the rates of Chronometers, by 
the proximity of masses of iron, by Peter Barlow, Esq. Commu- 
nicated by John Barrow, Esq. 
July 5. Some positions respecting the effect of the Voltaic 
Battery in obviating the effects of the division of the 8th pair of 
nerves, by A.P, Wilson Philip, M.D. Communicated by B. C. 
Brodie, Esq. 
On the Magnetic Phenomena produced by Electricity, and 
their relation to Heat occasioned by the'same agent. By Sir 
Humphry Davy, Bart. F.R.S. 
12. An investigation of some Theorems relating to the Theory 
of the Earth, and the principle of Equilibrium in Fluids, by M. 
Hoéne Wronski. Communicated by John Pond, Esq. Astr. Roy, 
On the peculiarities that distinguish the Manatee or Dugong 
of the West, from that of the East Indies, by Sir Everard Home, 
Bart. V.P.R.S, 
On a new compound of Chlorine and Carbon, by Richard 
Phillips and Michael Faraday, Esq. Communicated by the Presi- 
dent, 
On the Nerves, giving an account of some experiments on 
their structure and functions, which lead to a new arrangement 
of the System, by Charles Bell, Esq. Communicated by the Pre- 
sident. } —- 
EDINBURGH SCHOOL OF ARTS. 
A school of arts has been established in Edinburgh, for the in- 
struction of mechanics in such branches of science as are of prac- 
tical application in their several trades. Lectures on practical 
mechanics and practical chemistry will be delivered twice a week, 
during the winter season. A library containing books on popular 
and practical science has already been established. The insti- 
tution is conducted under the direction of a committee of fourteen, 
haying a clerk and librarian. 
FRENCH ASIATIC SOCIETY. 
A number of learned men have united to form, at Paris, an 
Asiatic Society, the object of which is to encourage, in France, 
the study of the principal languages of Asia. It is their intention 
to procure oriental MSS. ; to circulate them either by means of 
printing or lithography ; to have extracts or translations made of 
them ; and to join in the publication of grammars and dictionaries, 
This new institution will correspond with other societies which 
devote themselves to the same object, and with learned men who 
apply to the study of the oriental languages. —25 francs per annum 
is to be the subscription ; and many learned men are enrolled. 
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