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CONTENTS. 
Page. 
IV. Report of the Committee appointed by the Council of the Royal Society, to 
consider the subject referred to in Mr. Stewart’s Letter, relative to Mr. Bab- 
bage's Calculating* Engine, 
V. Statistical Account of Anupsheher, 
VI. Notice regarding the male and female Orang-outang, in the possession of 
George Swinton, Esq. of Calcutta, 
VII. Miscellaneous Notices. 
1. Crocodile of the Nile, and Gharidl of the Ganges. 2. Method of Preserv- 
ing* Oranges from one season to another. 3. iVladras Astronomical Ob- 
servations, 
No. 16. APRIL. 
96 
99 
101 
102 
I. On the Polarization of Light, 
II. Particulars of a visit to the Siccim Hills, with some account of Darjiling. By 
Captain J. D. Herbert, D. S. G. ( concluded, ) 
III. Further Remarks on the Property of enduring Drought, and the Carnivorous 
Propensities of a Species of Paludina y 
IV. On the Climate of the North-Western Mountains, 
V. On Shading Mountain Land, 
VI. On the Rent of Land, 
VII. On the Temperature of Wells, 
VIII. On the Climate of Bareilly, 
IX. Miscellaneous Notices. 
1. Description of a Circular Saw, worked by the foot. 2. Explanation of 
Plate VII. and VIII. in Vol. I. of the Gleanings. 3. Missions subservi- 
ent to the progress of Science. 4. Chinese Rice Paper. 5. Rent of Land. 
6. Rain in Calcutta. 7. Col. Lambton’s Tomb. 8. Nepaul Paper, 
X. Proceedings or Societies. 
1. Medical and Physical Society. 2. Agricultural and Horticultural So- 
ciety, 
105 
114 
125 
126 
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129 
131 
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134 
135 
137 
143 
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151 
155 
156 
No. 17. MAY. 
I. On Sensible Temperature, 
IT Sketch of the Geology of the Bhartpur District, 
III. On the Measure of Temperature, and the Laws which regulate the communi 
cation of Heat. By M. M. Dulong and Petit, 
IV. On the Longitude of Benares, as determined by a series of Lunar Transits 
V. On Raising Water, 
VI . On the Velocity of the Wind, 
VII. Observations on the Sand-stones of the Qnarries near Agra, and Results of 
ir,T, E TT e " tSm r detbere0n ' L ieut. J. T. Boileau, of Engineers ' 158 
VIII. On the Art of Taxidermy, S ers » 158 
IX. Description of the Rumford Grate, 
X * ° r n ,I h r„ ACC T lati r ° f Dil ™ ium or Gravel in the Vallies which border the 
Great Hunmalaya System of Formations. By Captain J. D. Herbert Li S C 161 
XI. Miscellaneous Notices. ruei t, it. &. G. Ib4 
1. Progress of Science in India 2 Chino _ 
Gas Light into Eo-ypt 4 New Ecn.il 1 v G ^?P er * 3. Introduction of 
ing in Lithography, Esculent Vegetable. 5. Method ofEffac- 
XII. Proceedings of Societies 
U ' 163 
XIII. Notices of Books, 
No. 18 . JUNE. 
1- Xi:i;t:^ reans and Air b >^ * rf Ga „ e e, s 
" *«*•». - of its inhabitants, the 
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