as a Body, upon any subject, either of Nature or Art, that comes before them. And therefore the thanks, which are frequently proposed from the Chair, to be given to the authors of such papers as are read at their accustomed meetings, or to the persons through whose hands they received them, are to be considered in no other light than as a matter of civility, in return for the respect shown to the Society by those communications. The like also is to be said with regard to the several projects, inventions, and curiosities of various kinds, which are often exhibited to the Society; the authors whereof, or those who exhibit them, frequently take the liberty to report, and even to certify in the public newspapers, that they have met with the highest applause and approbation. And therefore it is hoped, that no regard will hereafter be paid to such reports and public notices; which in some instances have been too lightly credited, to the dishonour of the Society. CONTENTS. I. An Account of the Construction of a Fluid Lens Refracting Telescope of eight inches aperture, and eight feet and three quarters in length, made for the Royal Society by GEORGE DOLLOND, Esq. F.R.S. By PETER BARLOW, Esq. F.R.S. F.R.A.S. M.C.P.S. Cor. Mem. Inst. France, II. On the extensive Atmosphere of Mars. In a Letter to His Royal Highness the DUKE OF SUSSEX, K.G., President of the Royal Society. By Sir III. Note on the Tides. By J. W. LUBBOCK, Esq., V. P. and Treas. R.S. 19 IV. Experimental Researches in Electricity.-Third Series. By MICHAEL FARADAY, D.C.L. F.R.S. M.R.I. Fullerian Prof. Chem. Royal Insti- tution, Corr. Mem. Royal Acad. of Sciences, Paris, Petersburgh, &c. V. On the Relation which subsists between the Nervous and Muscular Systems in the more perfect Animals, and the Nature of the Influence by which it is VII. On the Existence of Four Distinct Hearts, having regular pulsations, con- nected with the Lymphatic System, in certain Amphibious Animals. By JOHN MÜLLER, M.D. Professor of Physiology in the University of Bonn. its Intensity in different Metals. By S. HUNTER CHRISTIE, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. M.C.P.S. Soc. Philom. Paris. Corresp. &c. X. Notice of the remains of the recent Volcano in the Mediterranean. By JOHN DAVY, M.D. F.R.S. Assistant Inspector of Army Hospitals. . 143 XI. Essay towards a First Approximation to a Map of Cotidal Lines. By the Rev. W. WHEWELL, M.A. F.R.S. Fellow of Trinity College, Cam- Meteorological Journal kept at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by order ADJUDICATION of the MEDALS of the ROYAL SOCIETY by HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS the PRESIDENT and COUNCIL. A Copley Medal, for the year 1832, to MICHAEL FARADAY, Esq. D.C.L. F.R.S. Fullerian Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution of Great Britain, for his discovery of Magneto-Electricity, as explained by him in his " Experimental Researches in Electricity," first and second series, published in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1832. A Copley Medal, for the year 1832, to the Baron SIMEON DENIS POISSON, of Paris, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, for his Work, entitled, "Nouvelle Théorie de l'Action Capillaire." The Rumford Medal, for the biennial period ending in the year 1832, to JOHN FREDERIC DANIELL, Esq. F.R.S. Professor of Chemistry in King's College, London, for his paper, entitled, "Further Experiments with a new Register Pyrometer, for measuring the Expansion of Solids," published in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1831. The Royal Medal, in the department of Astronomy, for the year 1833, to Sir JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL, K.H. F.R.S., for his paper, "On the Investigation of the Orbits of Revolving Double Stars," inserted in the fifth volume of the Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. The Royal Medal, in the department of Physiology, for the year 1833, to Professor AUGUSTE PYRAME DE CANDOLLE, of Geneva, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, for his discoveries and investigations in vegetable physiology, as detailed in his Work, entitled, "Physiologie Végétale," and published in the year 1832. |