No. I.

SKETCH of the Life of the late Samuel Parkes, Esq.

On the Distribution of the Royal Society's Honours

Essays and Gleanings on Naval Architecture and Nautical Eco-

nomy, reviewed

On the Division of Labour as applied to Literature and Science

Mr. J. Lindley on the Orchideous Plants of Chile.

A Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy. By William Campbell

Ottley, reviewed

M. Gimbernat on the Mode of Extracting the Nutritious Portion of

Bones

Hints respecting the Construction of Warm Baths

Dr. Fyfe's Manual of Chemistry, reviewed

Dr..Harwood on the Structure and Habits of the Seal

Dr. Goring on Artificial Cobwebs for Micrometers

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11

18

37

43

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57

62

70

On the Importance of Preserving Facts connected with the Natural

History of Animals. By William Swainson, Esq.

Outlines of Human Phisiology. By Mr. Herbert Mayo, reviewed. 91

Professor Renwick's Report on the Subject of Weights and Mea-

sures, made to the Commissioners for revising the Laws of the

State of New York

On the Manufacture of Dies for Medals and Coinage. By Profes-

sor Brande

ASTRONOMICAL AND NAUTICAL COLLECTIONS.

i. Table of the Depression of Mercury in the Tube of a Baro-

meter

ii. Remarks on the Change of Inclination of the Dipping

Needle

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iii. Experiments on the Effect of the direct White Light of the

Sun in making Steel Magnetic. By M. A. Baumgärtner, of

Vienna

The Life of Dr. Jenner, reviewed

Illustrations of the Elementary Principles of the Structure of

Language

An Account of the Arcs perpendicular to the Meridian, which are

now measuring on the Continent of Europe

On the probable Decomposition of certain Gaseous Compounds of
Carbon and Hydrogen, during sudden Expansion

Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain

Proceedings of the Horticultural Society