NOTICE. 



X HIS volume will be found uncommonly rich In new 

 and important scientific facts. It will not probably be 

 often our lot to include so great a number in so small a 

 compass. This is partly owing to the sudden opening 

 of the Continent, which has enriched the historical 

 article commencing the volume with a vast number of 

 new facts, many of them of great importance. The 

 two most prominent papers in a scientific point of view 

 are, 1. The experiments by Berzelius on the composi- 

 tion of organized bodies. It brings a new kingdom 

 under the dominion of chemistry ; while the uncommon 

 accuracy of Berzelius has given a degree of perfection 

 to his labours that could hardly have been expected. 

 2. Gay-Lussac's paper on Iodine. It proves to be a 

 very interesting body ; and the new views which its 

 properties lay open greatly increase the interest which 

 the scientific chemist must talvc in these investigations. 



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