CONTKNTS. V 



Piige 



The British Museum. — Mr. Good wyn's Manuscripts 232 



Important Work on Conchology 233 



Electrical Conducting Power of Melted Resinous Bodies 234 



Lectures on the Phenomena and History of Igneous Meteors and 



Meteorites 234 



New Scientific Books 235 



New Patents 235 



Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal 239 



NUMBER IV.— APRIL. 



Prof. Sedgwick on the Origin of Alluvial and Diluvial Formations 241 



Mr. South's Corrections in Right Ascension of 37 Principal Stars 258 



Mr. Moyle's Meteorological Register for 1 824 , 264 



Prof. Berzelius on the Oxide of Uranium and its Combinations 266 



Mr. Whatton on a Safety Hood and Mouth-piece, invented by John 

 Roberts, for enabling Persons to enter Apartments in Cases of Fire, to 

 effect Measures for its early Extinction, and for the Removal of Goods, 



Papers, &c 281 



M. Chevreul's Chemical Examination of two Specimens of the Soil of the 

 Cavern of Kiihloch. To which is prefixed an Account of the Cave 



from the Reliquias Diluvianac 284 



Sir H. Davy's Additional Experiments and Observations on Copper 



Sheathing 297 



Mr. Horsfall on Copper Sheathing ^. 300 



Col. Beaufoy's Astronomical Observations 302 



Mr. Badams on a Scarlet Sub-chromate of Lead, and its Application to 



Painting, and Calico Printing 303 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 306 



— — ^— — — Astronomical Society 307 



. Geological Society 310 



. ■ Medical Society of London 312 



Condensation of a Mixture of Hydrogen and Oxygen by pulverulent Pla- 

 tinum 313 



Sodali te 314 



Notice respecting the Discovery of a Black-lead Mine in Inverness-shire, . 315 



New Work on Fossils 315 



On the Structure of Rice Paper 3l6 



New Scientific Books 317 



New Patents 318 



Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal 319 



NUMBER V._MAY. 



Biography of Baron Abraham Nicolaus Edelcrantz 321 



Dr. Prout's Description of an Instrument for ascertaining the Specific 

 Gravity of the Urine in Diabetes and other Diseases 334 



