CONTENTS. 
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Page. 
137 
140 
III. On the Expediency of introducing- Machinery into India, 
IV. Proceedings of Societies. 
1. Asiatic Society. 2. Horticultural Society. 
V. Scientific Intei, licence, Miscellaneous Notices, &c. 
1 Library ofTJseful Knowledge. 2. Notice of some Tin Ore from the Coast of 
Tenasserim. 3. Captain Franklin. 4. Antilope Hodgsomi (the Chiru, or 
Unicorn.) 5. Geology of the Himmaluya. 6. Geology of Udayapur, 14o 
V. Analyses of Books. 
1. Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1828. Ft. 1. 145 
No. 6. JUNE. 
I. On Colouring Matter, 159 
II. Details of several Borings made in Calcutta in search of a Spring of Fresh 
Water, 167 
III. On the General Employment of Steam Tugs for Inland River Navigation, 170 
IV. On the Varnish used by the Burmese, and its probable Identity with that of 
the Chinese Lackered-ware, 172 
V. Proceedings op Societies. 
1. Asiatic Society. 2. Agricultural Society. 174 
VI. Scientific Intelligence. 
1. MechanicaJArrangementin No. 2. 2. New Coal Mine. 3. Artificial Diamonds. 178 
VII. Analyses of Books. 
Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Vol. II. Part 3, 1828. 179 
No. 7. JULY. 
I. On Hygrometry. — No. 2, 189 
II. Proposal for the Establishment of an Agricultural Institution for the general 
Improvement of tko Country, 194 
III. Inquiry into the Causes of Light and Colour, 197 
IV. Remarks on Adie’s Sympiesometer, 201 
V. On the Firs of the Casiya Range, and the Possibility of transporting them into 
the Brahmaputra, 202 
VI. Comparatve Value of different Methods of Raising Water, 204 
VII. Proceedings of Societies. 
1. Asiatic Society. 2. Medical and Physical Society. 3. Agricultural Society. 206 
VIII. Scientific Intelligence, Miscellaneous Notices, &c. 
1. TheDugoug. 2. Radiation of Caloric. 3. Brittle Pens. 4. Royal Clarence 
Sextant. 5. Nepal Paper. 210 
IX. Analyses op Books. 
1. Asiatic Researches ; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal for 
inquiring into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature 
of Asia, vol. xvii. part 1. 
No. 8. AUGUST. 
I. Results of a Second Series of Experiments on the Elasticity and Transverse 
Strength of the principal Indian Woods. By Captain H. C. Baker, Super- 
intendent Iron Suspension Bridges, 231 
II. On the Measure of Labour in India, 237 
III. On Cooling Wines, 242 
IV. Proceedings of Societies. 
1. Asiatic Society, 245 
V. Miscellaneous Notices. 
1. On an Acid Secretion in a Species of Beetle. 2. On the Production of Cancar. 
3. Analytical Examination of different Waters. 4, Atmospheric Tides, 248 
