CONTENTS. 
xvii 
Page. 
XI. Miscellaneous Notices. 
1. Volcano iu the Himinalaya. 2. Syphon Hydrometer. 3. On making Ice. 4. 
Table of the Comparative Tensions of Aqueous Vapour. 5. Notice of a 
Whirlwind. 6 . Tabasheer. 341 
XII. Proceedings of Societies. 341 
1. Asiatic Society. 2. Medical and Physical Society. 342 
XIII. Scientific Intelligence. 
1. Novelties in Science. 1. Figure of the Earth. 2. New System of Water 
Power. 3. Mr. Motley’s Arch Suspension Bridge. 4 Anti-convulsion Sys- 
tem of Geology. 5. Improvement of the Value of Life. 6 . Proportion of 
Sickness. 7. Constant of Aberration. 346 
2. Miscellaneous Notices. 1 . The Atlas of India, published by the East 
India Company. 2. Survey of the Heavens. 3. Platina Coinage. 4. Geo- 
graphical Society of Paris. 347 
3. New Patent. 1. Mr. Langley’s Improved method of fixing the Compass on 
Board Ship. 348 
4. New Publications. 1. Elements of Mechanical Philosophy. 2. A new Sys- 
tem of Geology. 348 
No. 12. DECEMBER, 1829. 
I. On the Introduction of the Iron Chain Suspension Bridge into the Himinalaya 
Mountains, 349 
II. On some Petrified Shells found in the Gawilgerh Range of Hills. By W. H. 
Voysey, Esq. 356 
III. On the Measure of Temperature, and the Laws which regulate the Com- 
munication ofHeat. By M. M. Dulong and Petit, 359 
IV. Observations on the Occurrence of Fresh Water Testacea in temporary Pools 
formed by Rain, 
V . Remarks on Cancar, 
VI . Omission in the Remarks on “ Arnott’s Elements of Physics,” 
VII Table shewing the market price of Grain, &c. in lower Bengal, from the year 
1700 to 1813, By G. llerklots. Esq. b ’ ' 
VIII. On the Calculation of Heights from Observations of the Barometer, 
IX Corrections of, and Additions to, an Article on Ampullaria, in the Second 
Number of the Gleanings, 
X. Miscellaneous Notices. 
1. Further Notice of the Beetle, described in No. 8 . 2 . Manner of Hunting in 
District Daiuujpur. 3. Diminution of Intensity of Sound. 4. Jasper from the 
Casia Hills. 5. Population of Gorucpur. 6 . Quantity ofWater raised by the 
Denci. J 
XI. Proceedings of Societies. 
363 
365 
368 
368 
370 
372 
375 
1 . Asiatic Society. 2 . Medical and Physical Society. 3. Agricultural and 
Horticultural Society. 
Xll. Scientific Intelligence. 
1 . Analyses of the Tourmaline. 2. Specific Gravities. 3. Expansion of Air. 
4. On the use of Plumbago. 
