Vill CONTENTS. 
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Rev. P. Keith on the Conditions of Germination, in Reply to 
MaDeGandolle sates. 3.50. ccc). ils coe ee eee obots lle ater 491 
Dr. R. Kane’s Experiments on the Action of Ammonia on the 
Chlorides and Oxides of Mercury, and on the Composition 
of White Precipitate’. >...) kyips slgade.s six's «IES. a ateseia lee 495 
Mr. Tovey’s Researches in the Undulatory Theory of Light, 
in continuation of former Papers..............+++- e006. 500 
Mr. Beke on the former Extent of the Persian Gulf, and on the 
Non-identity of Babylon and Babel; in Reply to Mr. Carter 506 
Prof. Young on the Theory of Vanishing Fractions --...... 515 
Mr. Faraday on the History of the Condensation of the Gases, 
in Reply to Dr. Davy, introduced by some Remarks on that 
of Electro-magnetic Rotation ....... 056. ccec0. scien 521 
SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER. 
Mr, Charlesworth on the Crag of Suffolk, and on the Fallacies 
connected with the Method now usually employed for ascer- 
taining the relative Age of Tertiary Deposits ............ 529 
Sir W. R. Hamilton’s Theorem respecting Algebraic Elimina- 
tion, connected with the Question of the Possibility of re- 
solving in finite Terms the general Equation of the Fifth 
WSR WER I tet Wieds eae a) fo wien posto alba dent 1s hake APRS ofa /u 0 Bisbee. sh 538 
New Books :—Webster’s Principles of Hydrostatics; and 
Theory of the Equilibrium and Motion of Fluids........ 544 
Proceedings of the Royal Society 22.02.20 0..0.. sete ol 545 
a Geological Society ........ satel Bec ee 553 
Sa SS ean OcIeey. iio heee Oa oc Shee 580 
On the Properties of Liquid Carbonic Acid................ 583 
Ataalrama|tion of Zin’ Piatesety .! 70245 ciao Hah tie ola Bom 585 
Crystallized Oxichloride of Antimony..............06..4- 585 
M. Guérin-Vary on Potatoe Starch ................000.5- 586 
Artificial Camphor or Camphogene...................00- 588 
NEW 4ACIO. OL STGIBIOE 7. co. 4.0. ic:e-s aternn' =o reels aE o.. Riblale s 588 
Observations on the Eclipse of May 15, 1836.............. 589 
Figeite ne Panett aso rye Aw pela ants aye ocala MnRe os, «e's = coe oan 591 
Note respecting certain controversial Communications lately 
sent for insertion in this Journal ...................... 591 
Meteorological Observations............-... 202. eeeeee 592 
Pndexty.'\o-uimyme es is Se A ee ee ets oe 594 
PLATES. 
I. A Plate illustrative of Mr.'T. Warton Jones’s Paper on the Eye of 
the Sepia Loligo. 
IJ. A Plate illustrative of Sir D. Brewsrer’s Paper on the Crystalline 
Lenses of Animals, and of Prof. Wacner’s Observations on the 
Compound Eyes of Insects. 
ILI. A Plate illustrative of Mr. C.Fox’s Paper on the Construction of 
Skew Arches. 
IV. A Plate illustrative of Prof, Fonszs’s Paper on the Gothic Pendent. 
