152 Book Notices: 
season. es specimens are much more highly crystallized than those 
of Mr. Alliso 
I would alia say that a specimen of bismuth, said to be from the 
Province, has been shown me recently, but the facts of its occurrence have 
not yet been definitely ascertained. I am very truly _— 
a 
2. Prof. H. A. Ward's Geological Museum.—Rocuester Unive 
is fortunate in having found friends to contribute twenty honceindl ‘ollars 
for the purchase and donation to them of Prof. Ward’s well known col- 
lections in geology and mineralogy. The aggregate of specimens is stated 
at about 40,000. Hon. Levi Ward, of Roe hester: an uncle of Prof. W. 
eserves honorable mention for the enlightened zeal and appreciation of 
science which led him to advance the funds necessary to obtain the col- 
sae during the six years of wanderings which were spent by Prof. W. 
in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The collections are now being 
placed in suitable apartments in the Usiveniy buildings. 
IX. BOOK NOTICES. 
1. Sur la Physique du Globe, par A. Quetelet, —— del’ ioe 
toire royal de Belgique, Bruzelles, 1861, 436 pp. 4to.—This volume con- 
tains the results of the experimenta researches a other contribution» 
n he earth 
II. of the electricity of the air; Chap. ILI. of terrestrial magnetism 
Chap. IV. of shooting stars; Chap. V. periodical phenomena of plants 
and linimnala Chap. VI. phenomena of the tides 
The one table shows the result of Mr. Quetelet’s observations on 
the temperature of the earth at different depths, from 1834 to 1847. 
‘The pe are expressed in degrees of Fahrenheit 
; 3 ) Depth 12, D 
| Month. vepeereey gets ‘ Pr rect Pte, | Fr. feet. Oy eet ag 
; ° ° ° ° 
JaHUAYY, LESS C SS 36°12 Ei 39°94 42°44 52°30 54:02 
rowel il See caw 36:30 36 39°7 41°92 50°56 53°53 
oecvecewes 38:86 39°96 40'37 42: 49°21 52 ry, 
April, vscseceacer 44°42 44:08 3:30 44:80 48°69 5 
Ma Lge us ewes tes 52°36 50°47 48-65 4960 49°14 51°84 
une, 58°91 56-32 54:32 55-00 50°65 I 
July, ...ssceeeeee 61-05 8 fg 57 20 58-06 52°66 | 51°80 
AUZUBE, 6 ovens es 60°60 588 58:28 we 54°72 52°29 
September, .....+ 56-39 | 5576 | 5659 | 58-46 | 55-94 | 52°94 
ober, 4984 | 506. 5274 55-26 | 5648 | 53-49 
ovember, d at 44:69 47-43 50°24 55°87 54:00 
December, .......| 37°33 40°28 43-27 46:36 54:16 
Year, vis vcnt ATOF 47°95 48°49 50:32 52°56 5292 | 
The mporecoante of temperature below the surface of the aglow eg 
by this table, are very remarkable and full of interest. The 
perature at 24 feet | is but 1°-38 higher than the mean angus sal the 
