CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII. 



NUMBER XIX. 



Art. I. Review of Chambers's Ancient Sea Margins, with Obser- 



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EC. Mineralogical Description of the Island of Banka ; by 

 Thomas Horsfield, Esq., M.D., - 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



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vations on the study of Terraces ; by James D. Dana, - 1 

 II. On a New Formula for Interpolations ; by J. H. Alex- 

 ander, Esq., 14 



I III. On the Fossil Remains of Birds collected in various parts of 



\ New Zealand by Mr. Walter Mantell, of Wellington ; by 



| Gideon Algernon Mantell, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., - - 28 



[ IV. Parallelism of the Paleozoic Formations of North America, 



with those of Europe ; by Ed. de Verneuil, ... 46 

 V. The Dodo and its Kindred, or the History, Affinities and Os- 

 [ teology of the Dodo, Solitaire and other extinct Birds of the 



\ Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon ; by H. E. 



°>V Strickland, and A. G. Melville, ----- 52 



m VI. On Single and Double Vision produced by viewing objects 



with both eyes: and on an Optical Illusion with regard to 

 the distance of objects ; by John Locke, ... 68 



VII. Analysis of the Bittern of a Saline on the Kiskiminetas 

 River, near Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania ; by 



M. IL Boye, M.D., A.M., 74 



VIII. On the Comparative Value of different Kinds of Coal for 

 the purpose of Illumination; and on Methods not hitherto 

 practised for ascertaining the Value of the Gases they af- 

 ford ; by Andrew Fyfe, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.S.S.A., - 77 





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Chemistry and Physics. — An Inquiry into the Amount of Inorganic Constituents 

 contained in Ale and Porter, by Thomas Dickson, 102— On a New Method 

 for the Detection of Bromine and Iodine, by Dr. G. L Cantu : Researches on 

 the Compounds of Titanium, by G. M. Ebelman, 106.— On some Volatile Pro- 

 ducts resulting from the decomposition of Albumen, Fibrine, Caseine and Gela- 

 tine, by oxydizing agents, by Dr. G. Guckelbebger, 107.— Phosphorus, 111. 

 Observations on Marina, by J. StettxNkr, 119. 



Mineralogy a ?id Geology.— Analysis of Ehlite, by R.Rhodjus : Analysis of Bran- 

 disite, by von Kubell : On Volknerite, a new Mineral, by M. Hermann \ Ce- 



