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L.R.I THE etrinimrgfi JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY MINERALOGY, GEOLOGY, BOTANY, IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, MECHANICS, GEOGRAPHY, ZOOLOGY, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, PRACTICAL FINE AND USEFUL ARTS. NAVIGATION, STATISTICS, ANNUITIES, AND THE CONDUCTED BY DAVID BREWSTER, LL.D. F.R.S. LOND. SEC. R. S. EDIN. F.S.S.A. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SWEDISH HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY; OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCIENCES OF DENMARK, &C. &C. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES j AND VOL. III. APRIL—OCTOBER. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH AND T. CADELL, LONDON. M.DCCC.XXV. PRINTED BY JOHN STAKK. — CONTENTS OF THE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. No. V. Page Art. I. Abstract of Experiments on the Consolidation of the Strata of the Earth, made by Sir James Hall, Bart. F. R. S. Lond. and Edin., with Notices of his former Writings on Geological Subjects, . 1 II. pn some Phenomena of Vertical and of Lateral Mirage, observed at King George's Bastion, Leith/ An Extract of a Letter to the Editor, from Henry Home Blackadder, Esq. Surgeon, Med. Staff, H. P. - 13 III. Account of the Circumstances connected with the Discovery of the Fossil Elk in the Isle of Man, which prove that this Animal is not Antediluvian, as many Naturalists and Antiquaries have supposed. By Samuel Hib- bert, M. D. F. R. S. E. and M.G. S. Secretary to the Society of Scot- tish Antiquaries, - - - - - - 15 IV. Observations relative to the Fossil Elk of the Isle of Mann ; being the Abstract of a Letter from H. R. Oswald, Esq. F. S. S. A. &c. addressed to"the Loud Bishop of Sodor and Mann, in Reply to certain Queries instituted by Professor Btjckland relative to the circumstances under which the Fossil Elk is discovered, 28 V. An Account of the Frontier between Ava and the Part of Bengal adjacent to the Kamaphuli River. By Francis Hamilton, M. D. F. R. S. and F. A. S. Lond. and Edin. Communicated by the Author, - 32 VI. Account of an Improvement on the" Odometer," which, without increas- ing its size, multiplies its power upwards of One Hundred Fold. By James Hunter, Esq. of Thurston, F. R. S. E. Communicated by the - - Author, - - - - - 44 VII. On a Singular Detached Block of Stone occupying the summit of a Hill at Dunkeld. By John MacCulloch, M. D. F. R. S. F. L. S. and M. G. S. Chemist to the Board of Ordnance, and Professor of Chemistry in Addiscombe College. Communicated by the Author, - 46 VIII. Notice of some of the Rarer Atmospherical Phenomena observed in 1824. Communicated by the Author, - - - - - 49 JX. On the Regular Composition of Crystallized Bodies. By William Haidinoer, Esq. F. R. S. Edin. Communicated by the Author - ( Continued from Vol. II. p. 93.) - - - M 11 CONTENTS. Page X. Facts relating to the Formation of Dew. By George Hakvey, Esq. F. R. S. Lond. & Edin. Communicated by the Author, - 69 XI. Astronomical Observations made at the Observatory of Paramatta in 1824. Communicated by his Excellency Sir Thomas Brisbane, K. C. B. F. R. S. Lond. & Edin. ..... 72 XII. Account of a Stickleback that was found with a Leech alive in its Intes- tines, July 1818. By Mr John Ramage, Aberdeen. Communicated by the Author, ...... 74 XIII. Observations on the Temperature of Springs, Wells, and Mines in Corn- wall. By John Davy, M. D. F. R. S. Communicated by the Author, 7a XIV. Observations on the Flints of Warwickshire. By Edward Grimes, Esq. R. N. Communicated by Thomas Allan, Esq. - 77 XV. Observations on the Habits of the Hyaena. By Robert Knox, M. D. F. R. S. E. Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology, and Conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. Communicated by the Au- thor, -...-- 80 XVI. Account of the Explosion of Oil Gas which took place at Edinburgh, on the 23d March 1825, with Observations on the Safety of Gas, - 83 XVII. Description of a Machine applied to a Gig, for Measuring Distances. By William Edgeworth, Esq. C. E. and M. R. I. A. Communicat- ed by the Author, .... - - 93 XVIII. A Description of Fan-Gate Sluices, Invented and Constructed by Mr J. Blanken, Jun. Counsellor of State, Inspector-General of Public Works in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. By Dr G. Moll, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Utrecht. Communicated by 95 the Author, ....,-- XIX. Table of the Rise of the Tide at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, in April and May 1822, and January 1823. Communicated by his Ex- cellency Sir Thomas Brisbane, K. C. B. F. R. S. L. & E. &c 100 XX. On the Application of the Expansive Power of Liquids to produce a Reci- procating Rectilinear Motion. In a Letter to the Editor, - 101 XXI. Additional Observations on Leslie's Photometer, &c. By William Ritchie, A. M. Rector of the Academy at Tain. In a Letter to Dr Brewster, .....-- 104 XXII. Account of a Remarkable Explosion of Gas in a Well near Leith Fort By Mr John Coldstream. In a Letter to Dr Brewster, - 108 XXIII. Notice of a Remarkable Variety of Boracite. By William Hai- dinger, Esq. F. R. S. E. Communicated by the Author, - 110 XXIV. On a Dike of Serpentine cutting through Sandstone in the County of Forfar. By Charles Lyell, Esq. Secretary to the Geological Society of London, F. L. S. Communicated by the Author. With a Plate, 112 XXV. Notice of a Remarkable Occurrence of Serpentine at the Junction of Sienite with the Dolomite of the Tyrol. By J. F. W. Herschel, Sec. R. S. Lond. and F. R. S. Edin. Communicated by the Author, 126 XXVI. Notice of the remains of an Animal resembling the Scandinavian Elk, re- cently discovered in the Isle of Man ; with Suggestions on the Importance of distinguishing this Animal fiom the Fossil Irish Elk. In a Letter to Dr Brewster, from Samuel Hibbert, M. D. F. R. S. E. and M. G. S. Secretary to the Society of Scottish Antiquaries, - - 129 CONTENTS. m Page XXVII. Notice of Mr Christie's Discoveries respecting the Effect of Rotation on the Magnetic Forces, - - - . - 135 XXVIII. Analysis of a Mica from Cornwall. By Edwahd Turner, M. D. F. H. S. E. &c. Lecturer on Chemistry, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Communicated by the Author, - 137 XXIX. ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS, - - - 143 1. Conybeare on the Plesiosaurus. 2. Discovery of the Megalosaurus. 3. Gigantic Fossil Coral. 4. Enormous Orang-Outang found in Su- matra. 5. Aranea Domestica, possessed of a Natural Diving Bell to assist It in Crossing Water. 6. Mode of Catching Fish by Diving, pe- culiar to the Gulf of Patrasso. 7- Rapidity of the Effects of the Poison of some of the New Holland Snakes. 8. On Changing the Residence of Fishes. 9. Structure of the Hind-Foot of the Walrus, 143 146 XXX. DECISIONS ON DISPUTED INVENTIONS AND DISCO- VERIES, 14C I. The Rediscovery of the Comet of Encke due to Mr Rumker, and not to Mr Dunlop. 2. The Composite Structure of the Bipyramidal Sulphate of Potash not discovered by Mr Brooke. 3. The apparent Immobility of Spectral Impressions ; their Singleness by Distorted Vision ; and the Reference of the Phenomena of Vision to Voluntary Muscular Action, first discovered and proposed by Dr Wells, and not by Mr Charles Bell. 4. Professor Leslie's Hygrometer, invented by the late Dr James Hut- ton, - . .... 146—149 XXXI. HISTORY OF MECHANICAL INVENTIONS AND PRO- CESSES IN THE USEFUL ARTS, - - ]49 1. British Invention and Discovery Association, - - ib. 2. Mr Bryce's Stomach or Moveable Branch Syphon, - . ib. 3- Mr Shiells' Triangle for Elevating the Jet of Fire Engines, . 150 4. Account of an improved Hydropneumatic Lamp, which can be con- structed at a small expence. By William Dyce, M. D. F. R. S. Ed. 151 5. On the Use of Granite for Railways. In a Letter from John Gibb, Esq. Civil Engineer, to John Robison, Esq. F. R. S. E. - 152 6. Description of a Single Valve Sluice, invented by Robert Thom, Esq. Rothsay, . - _ - 154 7. Description of a Chain Sluice, invented by Robert Thom, Esq. Rothesay, - . -155 8. Description of a Breathing-Pump, invented by William Van Hou- ten, Junior, Rotterdam, - - - . 150 9. Professor Amici's Improved Camera Lucidas, - . 157 XXXII. ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS AND MEMOIRS, 159 I. The English Flora. By Sir James Edward Smith, President of the Linnean Society. 2 vols. 8vo. - - - - ib. II. On the Effects of the Density of Air on the Rates of Chronometers. By George Harvey, Esq. F. R. S. E., &c. From the Philosophical Transactions for 1824, Part II. - ... 170 It CONTENTS. Page XXXIII. PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES, ... 175 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, - - ib- XXXIV. SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE, - - 17« I. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Astronomy 1. Pastorff on the Solar Spots and Clouds. 2. Comet seen on the Sun's Disk. 3. Singular Appearances in the Comet of 1824. 4. Encke's Hyperbolical Elements of the Comet of 1824. 5. Comet of 1824 discovered at Paramatta. C. Sir Thomas Brisbane's Catalogue of the Stars in the Southern Hemisphere. 1. Mr Herschel and Mr South on Double Stars. 8. Miss Caroline Herschel's Catalogue of Stars. - 176—178 Optics 9. Lateral refraction. 10. Mr Dunlop's Reflecting Speculum, 178 Magnetism.— 11. Effects of Temperature on the Magnetic Forces. 12. Di- urnal Variation of the Terrestrial Magnetic Intensity. 13. Influence of Copper on the Oscillations of Magnetic Needles. 1 4. Effect of Copper in Motion on a Magnetic Needle, - - - - 178, 179 Meteorology.—15. Daniell's Improvement on the Barometer. 16.