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Art. XIII. On the Fossil Plants found in Amber. By Pro- 

 fessor Go ep pert, . . . .365 



XIV. Scientific Intelligence : — 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Climate of Finmarken. 2. Proposed Meteor- 

 ological Survey, . . . . 369 



HYDROGRAPHY. 



3. Amount of pressure borne by Animal Life 

 in profound depths. 4. Sea Pressure. 5. 

 The colour of the Ocean. 6. Admiral Smyth 

 on the Temperature of the Ocean. 7. Cap- 

 tain Allen's proposal of converting the Dead 

 Sea into a north-eastern extension of the 

 Mediterranean. 8. Arctic Glaciers. 9. Al- 

 pine, Norwegian, Himalayan, Snowdon, Cam- 

 brian, and Highland Glaciers. 10. Dove on 

 Oceanic Currents, . . . 369-373 



MINERALOGY. 



11. On the supposed new metal Aridium. 12. 

 Density of Selenium. 13. Dolomite. 14. 

 Crystallized Furnace Products. 15. Purifi- 

 cation of Graphite for Lead Pencils. 16. 

 Arctic Minerals, .... 373-375 



GEOLOGY. 



17. The Lower Silurian Rocks of the United 

 States. 18. Nature of the Coral-Reefs be- 

 tween the coasts of Florida and Mexico. 19. 

 Geological conclusions in regard to the Rus- 

 sian Interior Seas. 20. On the probable depth 

 of the ocean of the European Chalk Deposits. 

 21. Professor Rogers' objections to Professor 

 Forbes' deep-sea genera. 22. Mr Ayres' 

 objections to Professor Forbes' deep-sea 

 genera. 23. Artificial Silicification of Lime- 

 stone. 24. How to render Sandstone and other 

 porous materials impervious to Water. 25. 

 Employment of Quick Lime in High Fur- 

 naces,, instead of Limestone, by C. Montefior 



