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Aug. 11, 1939
Scot.
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PRINTED BY NEILL & COMPANY,

OLD FISHMARKET.

CONTENTS.

ART. I. On Terrestrial or Epigeic Deposits on the surface of

the Morea,

Page 1

II. Observations on the Hurricanes and Storms of the

West Indies and the Coast of the United States.

By W. C. REDFIELD, of New York,

III. Critical Notices of various Organic Remains hither-

to discovered in North America. By RICHARD

HARLAN, M. D.

Saurian Genera-Crocodilus, Plesiosaurus, Basilosaurus,

Ichthyosaurus, Mosasaurus, Geosaurus, Sauroce-

phalus Coprolites — Cartilaginous Fishes-Fishes

proper,

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IV. On the Chemical Composition of the Crystallized

Oxychloride of Antimony. By JAMES F. W.

JOHNSTON, A. M., F. R. S. E., F. G. S., Reader in

Chemistry and Mineralogy in the University of

Durham. Communicated by the Author,

V. Observations upon the Salmonidæ met with during

an Excursion to the North-west of Sutherland-

shire, in June 1834. By Sir WILLIAM JARDINE,

Bart., F. R. S., M. W. S., &c. &c.

Communicated

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40

41

by the Author,

1. Salmo salar or Common Salmon,

2. Salmo Trutta or Sea Trout,

3. Salmo albus or Herling,

4. Salmo eriox or Grey,

46

ib.

49

50

ib.

VI. Memoir on the Inquiry, Whether any Terrestrial

Animals have ceased to exist since Man's creation;

and whether Man was cotemporaneous with Spe-

cies which are now lost, or which at least do not

appear to have representatives now upon our

globe. By M. MARCEL DE SERRES. (Concluded

from vol. xvii. p. 285),

III. On the different Animals and Vegetables which

are represented upon the Mosaic on the Pavement

of the Temple of Fortune of Palestrine.

I. Terrestrial Mammalia-1. Quadrumana; 2. Fe-

ræ; 3. Pachyderma ; 4. Solidungula; 5. Ru-

minantia. II. Birds-1. Gallinæ ; 2. Grallæ ;

3. Palmipedes. III. Reptiles-1. Chelonia ;

2. Sauria; 3. Ophidia.-Recapitulation.

VII. On the History of Fossil Vegetables. By M. ALPH.

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DE CANDOLLE,

81

1. Historical Introduction,

81

2. On the best Mode of Ascertaining, Naming, and

Classifying Fossil Vegetables,

83

3. An Abridged History of the Vegetable Kingdom, at

different Epochs, and Geological Periods,

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86

4. Respecting the Alliances among the Vegetables of

the different Regions at each Epoch,

5. On the Connection between the Vegetables of the

several Epochs and the successive Periods,

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95

99

6. On some Consequences which result from the Study

of Fossil Vegetables,

VIII. On the Quantity of Solid Matter suspended in the

Water of the Rhine. By LEONARD HORNER, Esq.

F. R. S. L. & E., and F. G. S. Communicated by

the Author,

IX. Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, 16th-18th of

9th Month (September 1834). By MARTIN BAR-

RY, M. D. With two Plates. Communicated by

the Author,

102

106

X. On the Teredo navalis and Limnoria terebrans, as at

present existing in certain localities on the Coasts

of the British Islands. By WILLIAM THOMPSON,

Esq., Vice-President of the Natural History So-

ciety of Belfast. Communicated by the Author, 121

XI. Audubon's "Birds of America," and "Ornitholo-

gical Biography,"

XII. Meteorological Observations made at Castle Toward,

in Argyllshire,

131

144

General Monthly Results for the Years 1829, 1830,

1831, 1832, and 1833,

145

Daily Observations from 1st January to 30th Septem-

ber 1834,

147

XIII. On the Application of Electrico-Magnetic Power to

Mechanics. By M. J. D. BOTTO, Turin,

XIV. On the Vegetation and Temperature of the Faroe

Islands. By W. C. TREVELYAN, M. W. S. Com-

municated by the Author,

151

154

XV. Analysis of Coprolites. By Dr WILLIAM GREGORY

and Mr R. WALKER. Communicated by the Au-

XVI. Answer to Professor T. S. Davies's complaints re-

specting his paper on the Hour Lines of the An-

tique Sun-dials. By WILLIAM CADELL, Esq.,

F. R. S. L. & E., M. W. S., &c.,

XVII. Second Essay, preliminary to the Series of Reports

on the Progress of the Useful Arts, ordered by

the Society of Arts for Scotland,

XVIII. On a New Classification of Fishes, and on the Geo-

logical Distribution of Fossil Fishes. By Profes-

sor AGASSIZ of Neufchatel,

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167

176

XIX. Prodromus Flora Peninsula India Orientalis. By

ROBERT WIGHT, M. D., F. L. S., &c., and G. A.

WALKER-ARNOTT, A. M., F. L. S., &c. &c. Vol. I. 178

XX. New Genera of Indian Grasses. By Prof. CH. G.

XXI. List of Rare Plants which have Flowered in the

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during the last

three months. Communicated by Dr GRAHAM,

180

186

XXII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,

189

XXIII. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History So-

ciety,

199

XXIV. Proceedings of the Society of Arts for Scotland,

203

Notice to the Readers of the Edinburgh New Phi-

losophical Journal,

204

Errata in Dr Davy's Paper on the Combination of Carbonic Acid and Ammonia

(Journal of April 1834.)

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