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which they occur is not always a proof of that to which the 

 fresh water has been elevated. These are the most exten- 

 sive. 



The other, of a coarser texture, resulting from the abra- 

 sion and washing of the surface of the rock, is formed by 

 means of sediment at the bottom of still waters into which 

 they have bpen carried. They are much less diffused, less 

 pure, and may contain remains of marine bodies. A part 

 of the Limagne of Auvergne, the fresh water formation of 

 the Swiss Molasse, and probably the plastic clays and lig- 

 nites are of this formation. 



5. JVew Atmometer, — Mr. Anderson, of Scotland, has in- 

 vented a new Atmometer, or Evaporometer, for measuring 

 the evaporation from water, in any given time. It is said 

 to be superior to those heretofore invented by Mr. Leslie, 

 and to equal in simplicity and accuracy the method employ- 

 ed by Mr. Dalton to discover the evaporation from the 

 ground. 



6. Turquois and Lazulite. — Berzelius announces the ca- 

 laite or Turquois to be composed of phosphate of alumina, 

 phosphate oi lime, silica, oxide of iron, and oxide of cop- 

 per. The Lazuiite is a compound of phosphate of alu- 

 mina, phosphate of manganese, and of phosphate of iron and 

 oxide of iron. 



7. Translation on Natural History. — Mr. J. S. Miller 

 has published a prospectus of his intended translation of the 

 " Natural History of Alcyonia, Spongia, Corallina, Sertu- 

 larii, Eschara, and Corals, from the French of Lamark." 

 Mr. Miller is well known by his work of the Crinoidea. 



8. West or Lost Greenland. — The indefatigable Capt. 

 Scoresby is about publishing his discoveries on the coast of 

 West Greenland. Since the setting in of the Polar ice in 

 1406, the fate of near 300 villages or plantations, with 16 

 churches, 2 convents, &c., has remained in obscurity, as all 

 attempts to reach the coast have been unavailing. The 

 perseverance of Capt. Scoresby, however, has enabled him 

 to land several times in different places, in nearly all of 



