TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



NUMBER I.— JANUARY. 



Page 



Dr. Thomson's Answer to Dr. Ure's Review 1 



General Field on the Origin of Ergot 14 



Dr. Thomson's Analysis of the Ore of Iridium 17 



Mr. Harvey on Naval Architecture 20 



M. Berzelius on some Mineral Species 23 



Rev. Mr. Emmett on finding the Longitude at Sea 24 



Mr. Nixon on the Measurement of Heights by One Barometer, with the 



requisite Tables 33 



Col. Beaufoy's Astronomical Observations 43 



M^. Faraday on new Compounds of Carbon and Hydrogen, &c 44 



Analytical Account of a Treatise on Volcanos 50 



Proceedings of the Royal Socieiy 65 



Linnean Society 62 



Astronomical Socieiy 6'2 



Notice of Dr. Thomson's New Work 68 



Discovery of Lilhia in the Mineral Waters of Bohemia 69 



Chemical Examination of Peridot 69 



Comparative Analysis of the Elastic Bitumen of England and France .... 70 



On the Species or Varieties of the Human Race 7I 



On the Plumage of the Oyster Catcher 71 



On the Change in the Weight of Eggs during Incubation 72 



Weights and Measures 72 



Mode of securing Anatomical Preparations 74 



Medical Matriculation at Edinburgh 74 



Proportion of Male and Female Children 74 



Pouilleton Atmospheric Electricity 74 



New Scientific Books 77 



New Patents 78 



Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal 79 



NUMBER II.— FEBRUARY. 



Mr. Horner on a Theorem of Fermat 81 



Col. Beaufoy's Astronomical Observations 83 



Mr. Nixon on the Measurement of Heights by One Barometer, with the 



requisite Tables (^concluded) 84 



Col. Beaufoy's Meteorological Table for 1825 94 



