CONTENTS OF No. VII. 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 



INTO WHICH THE 



EDINBURGH NEW PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL 



IS NOW MERGED. 



JULY, 1865. 



ORIGINAL ARTICLES. H 



PAGB 



The Planet Mars. By John Phillips, M.A. Oxon., F.K.S. With 



Chart of Mars by Lowry ; and Six Woodcuts 369 



On the Predisposing Causes of Pestilence 381 



American Contributions to Spectrum- Analysis. By Henry Draper, 

 M.D., Professor of Natural Science in the University of New 

 York 395 



Zoophytes : the History of their Development. By the Kev. Thomas 

 Hincks, B.A. With Two Page Plates 401 



On the New Bed Sandstone as a Source of "Water Supply for the 

 Central Towns of England. By Edward Hull, B. A., F.G.S. Of 

 the Geological Survey. With Two Woodcuts .... 418 



The Depredations of Insects, and the Protective Value of Small 

 Birds. By Professor James Buckman, F.L.S., F.G.S. With 

 Two Woodcuts 429 



CHRONICLES OF SCIENCE. 



I. Agriculture 432 



II. Astronomy, and the Proceedings of the Eoyal Astronomical 



Society With Woodcut 437 



III. Botany and Vegetable Physiology (Microscopic and Fossil) . 448 



