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l»atle of the kind last detailed, a very few only gave distinct 

 indications of the production of any earthy matter; and in 

 cases when earthy matter did appear, the quantity was such, 

 as rendered it impossible to decide on the species. 



Had I been so fortunate as to have obtained more certain 

 evidences on this subjec.*, and to have procured the metallic 

 substances I was in search of, I should have proposed for 

 them the names of siiicium, alumium, zirconium, and glu. 

 dum. 



(To be concludedin our 7i€xt,) 



SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 

 Wernerian Natural History Society. 



JrkT the meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society Wemerian 

 on the 12th of November, the Rev. Andrew Jameson, mi- Society. 

 nister of St. Mun^o, Dumfriesshire, read a paper entitled 

 Observations on Meteorological Tables, with a description 

 of a new Anemometer. After some general observations MetKoroIogical 

 on the importance of meteorological observations, and on o°*"vatioiii). 

 the merits and defects of registers of the weather, &c., he 

 pointed out what he considered to be the best form of a me- 

 teorological journal, and then described the external form 

 and internal structure of an extensive and complete meteor. 

 ologic«l observatory, and enumerated about twenty differ- 

 ent instruments, which ought to find a place in every esta- 

 blishment of that kind. He remarked, that a daily exami- 

 nation of the changes which take place in those instruments, 

 joined with a careful record of the external appearances in 

 the atmosphere, will afford a constant and fascinatifig em- 

 ployment to the most zealous observer, and will in time en- Their ucc 

 able us to form a just theory of meteors; to prognosticate 

 with considerable accuracy the nature of the coming wea- 

 ther; and, lastly, enable us to ascertain the climate of dif. 

 ferent countries, with the view of determining the influence 

 it exerts on organic bodies. He next described an Anemo- 

 meter, which, by a very simple and ingenious arrangement 

 of parts, will enat)le the most common observer to ascer- 

 tain the velocity of the wind with perfect accuracy. 



At the same meeting, the Rev. John Fleming, F. A. S. Mineralogy of 

 minister of Bressay in Shetland, who has been for some^j^^' '"'^ *" 



time . 



