IV CONTENTS. 



Pciffe. 



XIV. A Description of the Mineralogy and Geolog-y of a 

 part of Nova Scotia; by Charlks T. Jackson and 

 Francis Alger. Continued from vol. xiv. p. 330, 132 

 Obituary Notice of William Phillips, - 160 



INTELLIGENCE AND MISCELLANIES?. 

 I. Foreign. 



1. A Summai-y of an " Account of an Oran^ Outang", from 



the Island of Sumatra. Communicated by Dr. 

 Brewster, - - - - i6I 



2. Observations on the temperature of Man, and other Ani- 



mals; by John Davx, M. D., F. R. S. - 164 



3. East Coast of West Greenland, formerly inhabited by 



Europeans, - - - - 166 



4. Dr. Trail on the Preservation of Zoological Specimens 



from the depredations of Insects, - . 167 



5. 6. Falling' Stars — Comparative durability of Marble and 



Granite, - _ . _ ^gg 



7, 8, 9, 10. On the Iron in the Cruor or red part of the 

 Blood — Manufacture of Paper from Marine Plants 

 — Manufacture of a paper which has the property 

 of removing Rust from articles of Iron and Steel — 

 On the Poisoning of Plants, - - 169 



11, 12, 13. Raining Trees — Phosphorescent Plants — In- 

 struction in Geography, - - - 170 



14, 15. Homage rendered by Power to Genius — Society of 



Christian Morals at Marseilles, - - 171 



16. Figure of the Earth, - - . _ ijo 



17. Pi'emiums by the Society of Encouragement at Paris, 173 



18. Action of the Moon on the Atmosphere, - 174 



19. Helvetic Society of Natural Sciences, - - 176 



20. 21. Necrology — Sideroscope, - - 177 

 22, 23. Purity of Tin — Prussian Blue, - - 178 

 24, 25. Saltpetre — Evaporation of water l"rom hot surfaces, 180 



26. Contents of rain water, ■ - - 181 



27, 28. Presence of Ammonia in Argillaceous Minerals — 



Magnetism, - - . _ i82 



29, 30. Artificial Spider's Web for Micrometers — Analysis 



of Potteries, - . _ . jgS 



31. On the measure of the Intensity of Light, - 184 



32, 33, 34, 35. Impurity of rain water — Sulphur in Assafoe- 



tida — Incompatible Salts — Steam Engines in Great 

 Britain, - - - - - 185 



