ProceedlngR oJ the Royal Soctely of Edmhnrgli, 
A notice by Dr Brewster was read, On the Structure and 
properties of a vegetable membrane^ Icnown by the name of 
Rice Paper, 
On the same evening a notice was read, of Mr Barlow's 
discoveries respecting the Magnetis m of Red Hot IronP 
The following Works have been recently presented to the 
Society : 
18 Volumes of the Memorie della Societa Italiana, By his 
Royal Highness the Archduke Maximilian. 
18 Volumes of the Memoires de T Academic des Sciences.' 
By the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris. 
36 Volumes of the Tramsactions of the Society qf Arts. 
By the Society for the Encouragement of Arts and Ma- 
nufactures in London. 
20 Volumes of the Memorie della Reale Accademie delle 
Scienze di Torino. From the Academy of Turin. 
A complete set of the Transactions of the Literaiy and 
Philosophical Society of Utrecht. From the Society. 
The Asiatic Researches. From the Society. 
Several Numbers of the Flora Batava. From the King 
of the Netherlands. 
Delambre's Histoire d'Astronomie A7icienne, 2 Volumes 4to. 
From the Author. 
‘ ‘ Delambre's Traite Astronomic^ 3 Volumes. From the 
Author. 
Dr Hibberfs Description of the Shetland Islands. From 
the Author. 
' Memoirs of the Americaii Academy of A^is aiid Sciences^ 
Vol. IV. Part II. From the Society. 
M.' Ampere’s Memoir on Electro-Magnetism. From the 
Author. 
Prof. Schumacher’s Astronomische Hulfstafeln for 1821. 
From the Author. 
A Sanscrit MS. By James Macpherson, Esq. of Belleville. 
Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society^ Vol. I. 
From the Society. . 
Dupin’s Voyages dans la Grande BretagnCy 3 vols. From 
the Author. 
Boue’s Essai Geologique. From the Author. 
Degerando’s Visiteur des Pauvres. From the Author. 
