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CONTENTS. v 
NUMBER, LXII. 
Arr. XVIII. On a Specimen of Native Iron from Liberia, Atic; = 
by Dr. A. A. Haves, - . - - - 153 
XIX. On the Telescopic sige of Sirs with a Se 
Telescope; by the Rev. W. R. Dawes, -~— - - 158 
- On a new and advantageous mode of Re Pay Atainistyiel ; 
by Prof. H. Ross, . - 164 
XXI. On a new Species of Unio; a T. A. ‘ales i 
- XXIL lena on Binocular Vision; by Professor Wi1LLIAM 
B. - - 173 
XXIIl. ee of a cee eal Journfal bea at Marit 
Ohio, for the year 1855; by S. P. Hinpreru, - 189 
XXIV. Supplement to the ee of J. D. Dana; by aie Wis 
thor.—Number II, ae 
XXV. On a new locality of Sloheaste he in a pia River 
Country, South Africa, and a supposed new locality of the 
same, in Mexico; by Cuartes Urnam SHEPanp,M.D., - 213 
XXVI. On the Theory which attributes the Zodiacal Light to a 
Nebulous Ring Beprnting the Earth; PY Prof. F. A. P. 
Barnarp, LL.D e . » Biz 
_XXVII. On the Scam Enaien of Sti Loa; by ‘ie T. Coan, 237 
_ XXVIIL On Volcanic action at Mauna Loa; by James D. Dana, 241 
1 RAIX, Investigations on the Properties of Telluramyl and Selen- 
methyl; by F. Wouter and Joun Dean, . - 245 
- Correspondence of M. Jerome Nicxiis.—Death of M. 
Sturm: Death of Adrien Chenot, 254.—Universal Exposi- 
tion, 256.—Telegraph across the Mediterranean, 257.— 
Aluminium and Silicium, 258.—Alcohol; new mode of 
manufacture, 259.—Bibliography, 261. 
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
Chemistry and Physics.—On the Effect of Chlorine in Coloring the Flame of Burning 
Bodies, by D. Forsss, F.G.S., F.C.S., A.LC.E.: On some points of Magnetic Philoso- 
phy, by Prof. Farapay, D.C.L., F.R S., 262. 
| Geology, —Description of the Fossils and Shells collected in California, by Wm. P. 
Blake, ee the Relations of the Crystalline Rocks of the North Highlands to 
the Old R, ed Sandstone of that Region, and on the Recent Fossil Discoveries of Mr. 
C. Peach, by Sir Ropericx I. Morcuison, 276.—Description of the c 
Cabinet of the Garden of Plants at Paris, by M. J.-A. Hucarp, 280.” 
