Vol. 58. t^hilosophical Magazine. Nov. It 



Contents of Mumber 283. 



LXXI. Observations on the present State of Nautical 

 Astronomy ; with Remarks on tlie Expediency of promot- 

 ing a more general Acquaintance with the modern Improve- 

 ments in the Science among the Seamen in the British Mer- 

 chant Service. By Edward Riddle, late Master of the 

 Trinity-House School, Newcastle ; now Master of the Up- 

 per School, Royal Naval Asylum, Greenwich. - Page 



iiXXII. An Account of the Comparison of various Bri- 

 tish Standcirds of linear Measure. ByCapt. Henry Ka- 

 TER, F.R.S. &c. ..... 



LXXIII. On Mayer's Formula for the astronomical 

 Refraction. By James Ivory, M.A. F.R.S. 



LXXIV. Account of the Native Copper on the Southern 

 Shore of Lake Superior, with historical Citations and mis- 

 cellaneous Remarks, in a Report to the Department of War. 

 By Mr. Henry R. SchoClcrajt. • - - 



LXXV. Observations and Experiments on the Rose of 

 Jericho; with brief Notices of its History. By James Mil- 

 lar, M. D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and 

 Lecturer on Natural History and Chemistry, Edinburgh. 



LXXVI. Concessions to Mr. Ivory. In a Letter to the 

 Editor. ..... 



LXXVII. The second Portion of a Catalogue of ISOO 

 zodiacal Stars, for the Epoch of January 1, 1800 ; from the 

 Works of Herschel, Piaizi, Bode, and others, with illus- 

 trative Notes. Selected and arranged by a Member of the 

 Astronomical Society of London. - - - 



LXXVIII. On the Decomposition of Metallic Salts by 

 the Magnet. By Mr. J. Murray. . . - 



LXXIX. Notices respecting New Books, 



LXXX. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



LXXXI. J :.ielligence and Miscellaneous Articles : — 

 Rabies canina — Calculous Diseases, &c.— The Diamond 

 — Phosphorus in Ether— Magnetism — Steam Drying 

 Rooms — Polar Expedition — Arctic Land Expedition — 

 Alabaster Sarcopha- us — Obelisk of red Granite — Meridians 

 of Greenwich and Paris — African Geography — Shirt Trees 

 Patents — Barometrical Observations -sind Meteorological 

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