CONTENTS. 
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Art. XXI. Some Account of the School of Arts of Edinburgh, 203 
XXII. List of Rare Plants which have Flowered in the 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during the last 
three months. Communicated by Dr Graiiam, 
Regius Professor of Botany in the University of 
Edinburgh, - - 205 
XXIII. Celestial Phenomena from July 1. to October I. 
1824, calculated for the Meridian of Edinburgh, 
Mean Time. By Mr George Innes, Aberdeen, 207 
XXIV. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
(Continued from Vol. X. p. 353.) - 209 
XXV. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History 
Society. (Continued from Vol. X. p. 357.) 210 
XXVI. Scientific Intelligence, - - ib. 
ASTRONOMY. 
1. Planets Venus and Mars. 2. The Moon, 210, 211 
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 
3. Perkins’ Steam-Engine, - 211-213 
' HYDROGRAPHY. 
4. Marobia. 5. Mediterranean, - 213, 214 
MINERALOGY. 
6. Mountain Tallow. 7. Natural Carbonate of Soda. 
8. Rare Minerals found in the vicinity of Edin- 
burgh, - - - 214, 215 
GEOGNOSY. 
9. Cave discovered near Kiilin. 10. Ferussac’s Edi- 
tion of the Epoques de la Nature. 1 1. Pre vast’s 
Journey to England. 12. Supposed Salt Forma- 
tion above Shell Limestone. 13. Bone’s arrange- 
ment of Tertiary Rocks, - - 215, 215 
CHEMISTRY, 
14. Discovery of Selenium in the Volcanic Rocks of 
Lipari. 13. Iodine and Phosphorus, 215,217 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
3 5. Races of Men. 37. Colour of the Negro, 217-219 
ZOOLOGY. 
18. Seal and Walrus. 19- Notice in regard to a Fos- 
sil Whale discovered in Dunmore Park. 20. Ha- 
bits of the Whale, - „ 210, 220 
