390 Bitburg Meteoric Iron. — List of New Patents. 



Leay, " has been able to give so connected and symmetrical 

 an outline of what he considers to be the natural distribution 

 of Fungi, as, at least in my opinion, to merit the careful atten- 

 tion of zoologists as well as botanists." In the 14th volume 

 of the Linnaean Transactions, Mr. MacLeay has successfully 

 proved the same laws to be applicable to the natural distribu- 

 tion of insects ; and more recently, in the same Transactions, 

 Mr. Vigors has extended them, in an able manner, to the 

 orders and families of birds. 



In the present work, M. Fries confines himself to the ge- 

 nera ; which he intersperses with numerous and valuable ob- 

 servations. The first part, recently published, contains 448 

 genera of Fungi, Lichens, Byssacece, and Algee ; four great 

 groups, which he arranges in two classes, Fungi, and Alg#:. 

 The Lichens he considers as aerial Algce. — Edin. Journ. of 

 Science. 



BITBURG METEORIC IRON. 



This iron, described in our lxvth volume, page 401, has 

 lately been re-examined by Dr. John, with the following re- 

 sults. 



Essential constituents : , 



Iron . 78,82 



Sulphur 4,50 



Nickel . 8,10 



Cobalt 3,00 



Selenium traces. 



Accidental constituents derived from the smelting. 



Silicium 0,08 1 combined with 



Carbonaceous matter . . traces J the iron. 

 Silica, alumina, and oxide 1 - -„ 



of iron J ' 



100,00 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



To Benjamin Newmarch, of Cheltenham, esquire, for his 

 improvements on fire-arms. — Dated the 7th of November 

 1826. — 6 months allowed to enrol specification. 



To Edward Thomason, of Birmingham, goldsmith and 

 silversmith, for improvements in the construction of medals and 

 coins. — 9th of November. — 2 months. 



To Henry Charles Lacy, of Manchester, coach-master, for 

 a new apparatus on which to suspend carriage bodies. — 18th 

 of November. — 6 months. 



To Bennett Woodcroft, of Manchester, silk manufacturer, 

 for improvements in wheels and paddles for propelling boats 

 and vessels. — 18th of November. — 6 months. 



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