SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 15^ 



SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 

 Werneriim Natural History Society. 



j\.T the meeting of this Society, on Saturday, the 2lst of Antilunar 

 July last, Mr. Campbell of Carbrook read some observa- '■' *''" 

 tions on the cause of tlie anti?unaror inferior tide, impugn- 

 ing the Newtonian theory on that subject; and Dr. Thomas 

 Thomson read a paper on natural carburetted hidrogen Carburettedhi- 

 'gasses, showing, that they contain different quantities of Jj^fg'^nooxi^en!, 

 carbon, but no oxigen. 



Preface to the Encyclopedia Britannica, 



Dr. Kivby has sent me a printed copy of a letter from Preface to the 



himself to Dv. Millar, editor of the 4th edition of the Encyclopedia 



Britannica. 

 Encyclopedia Britannica, which has been inserted in most 



of the Edinburgh newspapers. Dr. Kirby complains, that 

 injustice both of omission and assertion has been done him 

 as one of the composers of that work, one tenth part at 

 least having been either written Or revised by him. Dr« 

 Millar replies, by admitting the errours of the preface, 

 which he condemns iu the strongest terms, and states, that 

 he was not permitted, to draw it up, because he refused to 

 have his preface revised and corrected by persons he consi- 

 dered as very incompetent. I am sorry, that for obvious 

 reasons I am prevented from giving more than this abridged 

 statement of a business, in which the interests of science ap- 

 pear to be materially concerned. 



St. George's Hospital^ and George Street, Hanover Square. 



The latter end of the first week of October, the usual Medic-at lao- 

 courses of lectures on the practice of physic, therapeutics, ^"''^^■ 

 and chemistry, will recommence in George Street; viz. the 

 medical lectures at 8, and the chemical at Q in the morn- 

 ing : by George Pearson, M.D., F.R.S., senior physician 

 of St. George's Flospital; of the College of Physicians, 

 &c. 



Note. Clinical lectures ar^ givt^n on cases of patients in 

 St. George's Hospital, as usual. 



