444 



Analyses of Books. 



[June, 



Magnetical Observations continued. 



1815. 



.April. — The variation of the weather this month has been 

 equalled by the uncommon variation of the needle. \ 



_ . - ,, (Between noon of the 1st Apr.) ,.-he • «l 



Rain fallen < ,, . f .u i . ml, f 1 735 inch. 



I Between noon of the 1st May ^ 



Evaporation during the same period 1*90 



Article X. 



Analyses of Books. 



Transactions of the Geological Society, Volume 2d. London, 

 William Phillips, 1814. 



This volume contains 24 papers, and is accompanied by ajvolume 

 of plates. 



I. On certain Products obtained in the Distillation of Wood, 

 with some Account of Bituminous Substances, and Remarks on 

 Coal. By J. Macculloch, M.D. F.L.S., Chemist to the Ord- 

 nance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy 

 at Woolwich, and Vice President of the Geological Society. — 



