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MISCELLANIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. 



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1. Fifth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 347 



2. Report of the fourth meeting of the British Association, - - 355 



3. Lyeirs Geology, - - - - - - - " " 



4. Notice of a new mode of preserving animal bodies ; by Mr. H. N. Day, 359 



5. 6. Remains of birds in the strata of Tilgate Forest — Specimens from Dr. 



Mantell. - - - - -.- -- 



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7, 8. Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles — Gradual rising of parts of Swe- 

 den, and of other countries around the Baltic, - ... 363 

 9. Notice of a Plesiosaurus and other fossils, and of remarkable human re- 

 mains, &c. *.'." 

 10, 11, 13. Volcanic eruption— Diamond, matrix of, &c. — Proceedings of the 



fifth meeting of the British Association, 

 13, 14. Mr. Hawkins' collection of Saurian remains — Obser^^ations on a dia- 



affecting the leaves of the vine, and on a new species of Mucedinea, 367 



15. On Mercaptan, - -- 



16. Experiments upon the chemical action of electrical currents produced by 

 the influence of terrestrial magnetism and electro-dynamic magnets, &c. 369 



17. New compounds of nitrogen, « - - - . . " 



18. 19, 20, 21. Depth of mines — Topaz in Ireland — Roasting of copper ores 



The best method of assaying the ores of manganese, - - 374 



22. Jahresbericht der Konigi. Schwedischen, &c. - - - 375 



23. On the cause of the meteors of Nov. 13th, 1833 j by Prof. D. Olmsted, 376 



24. Observations upon the facts receutlv presented by Prof. Olmsted, in rela- 

 tion lo the meteors seen on the 13th of Nov. 1834 ; by Prof- A. D. Bache, 383 



25. Aurora Borealis of Nov. 17th, 1835, ----- 388 



26. 27. Transactions of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania — Mr. Con- 



rad's new work on American conchology, - - - - 391 



28. Valuable cabinet of minerals for sale, ----- 392 



29, 30. Botanical specimens wanted— Fossil Flora of North America, - 393 

 31, 32, 33, 31, 35. History of the Americas — Prodromus herbarium Rafines- 



quianum— Autiken Botanikon— Diamonds in N. America— Obituary, 394 



36. List of new publications, 



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ERRATA. 



P. 22, hot. 1. dele " Walhouding or" and insert "the."— p. 27, 1. 15 fr. top, for 

 "shells," read « shales."— p. 38, 1. 8 fr. bot. for « Monongahela," read "Maxahala," 

 —p. 40, 1. 15 fr, bot. for " leaves," read " covers."— p. 50, 1. 4 fr. top, for *• Another," 

 read " Descriptions."— p. 71, 1. 6 fr. top. dele "or Walhouding."— p. 102 1. 10 fr. 

 top, for " poles," read « polls."— p. 274, 1. 4 fr. top, and 1. 10 fr. bot. for " 28," read 

 "27." — p. 315, 1, 12 fr. hot. for "optcr and 'ft;^vo(j," read "opycj and ix^o$J* 



Dr. Hildreth does not consider it as quite certain, although highly probable, that 

 the rock which he has called Lias, is identical with that of England ; the opinion, 

 that they are geologically identical, is ably maintained by another gentleman, whose 

 observations will appear in our next number. — Ed. 



Vol. xxviii, p. 111,1, 6 fr. top, for«W. 'W.,"read"F.H."— p.118, I. 5 fr. top, 

 for « 10.63," read " 1068 grs,"— p. 378, 1. 7, 10, 16, 27, and contents p. 7. I. 8 fr. top, 

 for " Brown,'^ read " Bronn." 



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