CONTENTS. 
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Ar,t. XXIL Historical Account of Discoveries respecting tlie 
Double Refraction and Polarisation of Light. 
(Continued from Vol. IX. p. 152.) 
Sect. V, Account of the Experiments of Dr Wol- 
laston, " - 328" 
Sect. VI. Account of the Investigations of the Mar- 
quis de La Place, - - 329' 
XXIIT. Observations on Double Stars.- By M. Struve of 
Dorpat. (Continued from p. 109.) - 331 
XXIV. Observations on the Comparative Anatomy of the 
Eye. By Robert Knox, M. D. F.R. So E. &c. 338‘ 
XXV. Appendix to the Essay on the Influence of Mag- 
netism on the Rates of Chronometers, published 
in No. XIX. By George Harvey, Esq. F. R. S. E. 
&c. - - - - - S42' 
XXVI. Analysis of the Transactions of the Royal Society 
of Edinburgh, Vol. X. Part I. - 346 
XXVII. Celestial Phenomena, from April 1. to July 1. 
1824, calculated for the Meridian of Edinburgh, 
Mean Time. By Mr George Innes, Aberdeen, 352" 
XXVII I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
(Continued from p. 170.) - - 353 
XXIX. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History 
Society. (Continued from p. 172.) - 355 - 
XXX. Proceedings of the Society of Scottish Antiquaries, 357 
XXXI. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical So- 
ciety for 1823. (Continued from p. 177*) 359 
XXX 1 1. Scientific Intelligence, - - S6I 
I. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 
Astronomy. 1. Struve’s Observations on the Parallax of the 
Fxed Stars. 2. Elements of the Comet of 1822, 1824. 3.- 
Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter’s Satellites, made 
at the Royal Observ^ory, Greenwich. 4. New Tide- 
Gauge, - - - - - 361-363' 
Optics. 5. Unusual Parhelia seen at the Cape. 6. Large 
Achromatic Telescopes in Finance. 7* Purple Colour of 
Glass increased by Light, » „ - 363, S64' 
Acoustics. 8. Influence of Sounds on the Elephant and Lion, 364 
Meteorology. 9- Remarkable Waterspout in France in 1823. 
10. Waterspout near Genoa in 1823. 11. Aurora Borea- 
lis, - - » = 365-366^ 
