November 1827 



No. 11. 



^ Published the First Day of every Month. — Price 2s. 6d. 



THE 



PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE 



AND 



ANNALS OF PHILOSOPHY: 



COMPREHENDING 



THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE, THE LIBERAL 



AND FINE ARTS, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, 



AND COMMERCE. 





NEW SERIES. 



N" 11.— NOVEMBER 1827. 



WITH A PLATE, 

 To illustrate Professor Hansteen's Observations on the Polar Lights. 



RICHARD TAYLOR, F.S.A. F.L.S. M. Astr. S. &c. gj 



AND 



RICHARD PHILLIPS, F.R.S. L. & E. F.L.S. &c. ^ 



HouDon : 



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