The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volumes 7-8

Thomas Clark, 1827

EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE	1

Remarks on Mount Vesuvius Communicated by a CORRESPONDENT	11

On Mesole By WILLIAM HAIDINGER Esq F R S E c Com	18

Views of the Process in Nature by which under particular circumstances	30

On the DewPoint Hygrometer formerly described in this Journal vol iv	36

Description of a Plant of the order of Guttiferæ which Dr Roxburgh	45

Notice respecting the Vanderon Monkey or the Guenon à face pour	60

Abstract of the Journal of the Proceedings of Lieutenant Wilcox	63

On a new Phosphate of Soda By Mr THOMAS CLARK Lecturer	311

121	314

On a peculiar Defect in the Eye and a mode of correcting it	322

Notice regarding the Structure and Mode of Generation of the Virgu	330

On the Permanency of Achromatic Telescopes constructed with Fluid	336

Mineralogical Notices communicated by Dr CHARLES HARTMAN	342

On the Permeability of Transparent Screens of extreme tenuity	348

ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS	354

Account of the Habits of the Sea Elephant By M PERON	73

59	76

Account of the Discovery of an almost entire Skeleton of the Fossil	80

On the Systems of Double Stars which have been demonstrated to	88

Observations on the properties of some FishOils and on the utility	97

Page	111

Account of Halos and Parhelia observed in America	113

On the existence and uses of Ciliæ in the young of the Gasteropodous	121

Account of the Diamond Workings and Diamonds of Sumbhulpore	134

Description of a Stereometer By JAMES ALEXANDER VENTRESS	143

On the Atomic Weight of Nickel By THOMAS THOMSON M D	155

ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS	162

ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS AND MEMOIRS	174

PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES	182

SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE	183

GEOLOGY 21 Dr Hibberts System of Geology 22 Mr Scropes Memoir	192

Summary of Meteorological Observations made at Kendal in March	198

Historical Notice of the Life and Works of M BREGUET BY	201

Description of a remarkable Bronze Relic found on the Sand Hills	214

On Sternbergite a New Mineral Species By WILLIAM HAIDINGER	242

Remarks on the Climate of Naples and its Vicinity with an Account	263

Account of the Periodical Comet of 1819 that revolves within the orbit	273

Observations on Caverns containing Bones with an account of the Grotto	279

Observations on the History of the Developement of Magnetism by	287

York	290

On the Pyrophosphate of Soda one of a new class of Salts produced	298

HISTORY OF MECHANICAL INVENTIONS AND PRO	359

PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES	370

OPTICS 6 M Cauchoixs New Achromatic Telescope	376

125	390

EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Register of the Barometer Thermometer and RainGage kept at

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS

Concerning Coloured Spectra from Flame Moon and Starlight	7

On the Fœtus of a Polydactylous Horse having the Toes separated	25

On the probable cause of the NorthEast Winds which occur in	39

XXIX Notice of some Remarkable TwinCrystals of Phillipsite By BARON	48

Account of the Cave of Booban near Punduah in the Cossyah Moun	54

On the Mean Temperature of the Equator as deduced from Observa	60

A Metallurgic Memoir on the Nature and History of the Argillaceous	67

Description of the new Fluid Telescope recently constructed by Messrs	93

Account of the Poisonous Qualities of the Vegetable Varnishes from	100

93	140

159	159

SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE	166

CHEMISTRY	173

NATURAL HISTORY	180

Discovery of a Remarkable Structure in the Kneejoint of the Echidna	183

96	188

the Meteorological Journal which he has sent If he has no objection we shall	191

100	221

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Title	The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volumes 7-8
Contributor	Royal Society of Edinburgh
Publisher	Thomas Clark, 1827
Original from	Michigan State University
Digitized	13 Sep 2013

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