CONTENTS. XV 



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VIII. Notes in Natural History. By Lieut. T. Hutton, S^th N. I. 



1. Ova of the Spider, .. .. .. .. .. .. 474 



2. The Scorpion, . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ib. 



3. Fresh-water Crab, . . . . . . . . . . .. ib. 



IX. Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



1. Roman Coius in Upper India, . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 



2. Spontaneous Combustion of Coal, . . . . . . . . . . . . ib. 



3. Transit of Mercury observed in England, . . . . . , .. ib. 



4. Rain at Chirra Punji, . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 



5. Electric Spark from the Magnet, . . . . . . . . ,. ib. 



No. 11.— NOVEMBER. 



I. Notice of the peculiar Tenets held by the followers of Syed Ahmed, taken chiefly 



from the " Sirat ul Mustaqim," a principal Treatise of that Sect, written by 

 Moulavi Mahommed Ismail, . . . . . . . . 479 



II. Description of an Instrument for trisecting Angles. By Lieut. T. S. Burt, Engi- 



neers, . . . . . . . . . . 499 



III. On the Trisection of Angles. By Mr. W. Masters, Verulam Academy, . . 501 



IV. Note on Indiaa Saline Deposits. By Mr. Henry Harpur Spry, Bengal Medical 

 Service, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 



V. Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, .. .. .. .. 504 



VI. Abstract of Observations of the Temperature, Pressure, and Hygrometrical 

 states of the Air in the vicinity of Delhi. By Major Oliver, .. .. 506 



VIT. Proceedings of the Society, . . . . . . . . 512 



VIII. Scientific Intelligence, .. .. .. ..514 



IX. Progress of Geological Science, . . . . . . . . 515 



X. Progress of Mechanical Science. 



1. Iron Suspension Wheels, . . . . . . . . 529 



No. 12.— DECEMBER. 



I. Analysis of the Vayu Purana. By H. H. Wilson, Sec. As. Soc. . . . . 535 



II. Extracts from a Journal kept by Mr. J. Emmott, Master Attendant at Mergui, 



whilst visiting the Sapan Forests, . . . . . . . . 544 



HI. Some additional Observations on the quantity of Earthy Matter brought down 

 by the Ganges, its depth and velocity, made during the rainy season of 1832, at 

 Ghazipur. By the Rev. R. Everest, . . . . . . . . 549 



IV. Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, . . . . . . . . 550 



V. Description of the Anglometer, an Instrument for working Lunar Calculations. 



By Captain C. Cowles, . . . . . . . . . . 551 



VI. On the Indications of the Pulse according to the Hindus, . . . . 553 



VII. Notes in Natural History. By Lieut. T. Hutton, 37th N. I. . . . 554 



VIII. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, . . . . . . . . 559 



IX. European Scientic Intelligence. 



1. New Nautical Almanac, . . . . . . . . 568 



2. Heated Air and Uncoked Coal for Smelting Iron Ore, . . . . 571 



3. Price as measured by Money, . . . . . . . . 572 



