WORKS 
ON 
SCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY, 
PUBLISHED BY MR. MURRAY. 
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VIEW OF THE MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES. 
With a popular INTRODUCTION. 
By Mrs. SOMERVILLE. 8vo. 30s. 
II. 
ON THE RECIPROCAL CONNEXION OF THE PHY- 
SICAL SCIENCES. 
By Mrs. SOMERVILLE. 
Being- the substance of the Preliminary Essay prefixed to the " Me- 
chanism of the Heavens," enlarged and adapted for the general and 
unscientific reader, in one small volume. 
" We, have, indeed, no hesitation in saying, that we consider the Preliminary Disser- 
tation by far the best condensed view of the Newtonian philosophy which has yet 
appeared." — Quarterly Review. 
III. 
FIRST AND SECOND REPORT OP THE 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF 
SCIENCE, 
At YORK, in the year 1831, and at OXFORD in 1832. In one vol. 8vo. 
Contents : — PART I. 
1. Rev. WILLIAM VERNON HARCOURT. Exposition of the OBJECT and PLAN 
of the ASSOCIATION. 
2. DETAILED ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS at YORK, in September, 1831. 
PART II, 
Reports read to the SOCIETY at OXFORD, June, 1832, viz.— 
1. PROFESSOR AIRY, F.R.S., on the State and Progress of PHYSICAL 
ASTRONOMY. 
2. J. W. LUBBOCK, Esq., on the TIDES. 
3. J. D. FORBES, Esq., F.R.S., on the Present State of METEOROLOGICAL 
SCIENCE, 
4. Sir DAVID BREWSTER, F.R.S.L.&E., on the Progress of OPTICAL SCIENCE. 
5. Rev. R. WILLIS, on the PHENOMENA of SOUND. 
6. Rev. PROFESSOR POWELL, on the PHENOMENA of HEAT. 
7. Rev. PROFESSOR CUMMING, on THERMO-ELECTRICITY. 
8. F. W. JOHNSTONE, Esq., on the Recent Progress of CHEMICAL SCIENCE. 
9. Rev. PROFESSOR WHEW ELL, M.A., F.R.S., on the State and Progress of 
MINER ALOGICAL SCIENCE. 
10. Rev. W, CON YBEARE, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., on the Recent Progress, Present 
State, and Ulterior Development of GEOLOGY. 
Together with an Account of the Public Proceedings of the Society, and of the Daily 
Transactions of the Sub-Committees during the period of the meeting. 
Will be published in a few days. 
