CONTENTS. Vll 



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 three Lectures on that Subject delivered at the Gresham In- 

 stitution during Michaelmas Term 1826 [continued) 370 



Mr. R. Phillips on the Chlorides of Lime and Soda 376 



New Books: — Dr. Turner's Elements of Chemistry, including 



the recent Discoveries and Doctrines of that Science 379 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 385 



Linnaean Society 386 



Geological Society 386 



Astronomical Society 390 



'■ — Horticultural Society 391 



Zoological Society 391 



Royal Institution of Great Britain 392 



. London Mechanics' Institution 394< 



Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris .... 394< 



M. Serullas on Bromine 395 



Cyanuret of Bromine 396 



New Theory of Crystallization — New Patents 397 



Meteorological Observations 398 



• by Mr. Howard near London, 



Mr. Giddy at Penzance, Dr. Barney at Gosport, and Mr. 

 Veall at Boston 400 



NUMBER VI.-JUNE. 



Mr. W. Phillips on the Crystalline Form of Sillimanite 401 



An Engineer's Remarks on Mr. J. Taylor's Paper on the Ex- 

 plosion of Steam-Boilers 403 



Mr. Kenwood's Remarks on Mr. J. Taylor's Paper on the Ac- 

 cidents incident to Steam-Boilers 408 



Rev. J. B. Emmett on the Physical Construction of Solids and 



Liquids 411 



Mr. Smith on retaining Water in Rocks for Summer Use. ... 415 

 Dr. Spurgin's Outlines of a Philosophical Inquiry into the Na- 

 ture and Properties of the Blood; being the Substance of 

 three Lectures on that Subject delivered at the Gresham 

 Institution during Michaelmas Term 1826 (contmued) .... 418 

 Mr. R.C.Taylor on the Geology of East Norfolk; with Remarks 

 upon the Hypothesis of Mr. Robberds, respecting the former 



Level of the German Ocean 426 



Mr. W. Swainson's Synopsis of the Birds discovered in Mexico 



by W. Bullock, F.L.S. and H.S., and Mr. Wm. Bullock, jun. 433 

 Mr, Airy on some Passages in Mr. Ivory's Remarks on a Me- 

 moir by M. Poisson relating to the Attraction of Spheroids 442 

 Mr. A. Levy on a new Mineral Substance, proposed to be 



called Murchisonite 448 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 452 



Linnsan Society 454 



Astronomical Society 455 



Horticultural Society 466 



. Zoological Society 466 



, . Royal Institution of Great Britain 467 



