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DR. BREWSTER'S PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL

On Friday, the 31st. will be published. No. 111., with Three
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rrIIE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE,
1 exhibiting a View of the Progress of Discovery in Natural
Philosophy. Chemirory, Mineralogy, fee. &c.
Conducted by DAVID BREWSTER. Lb.!). F.R.S. London.
See. R.S. Edinbingh, det. &.c.
With the salaam of Dr. Macculloch, Dr. Hooker, Rev. Dr.
Fleming, William Haidinger, Esq., Dr. Knox, mid 1)r. Hibbert.
CONTENTS :—I. Dr. Brewster on the Violent)** Impressions on
the Retina—lL Dr. Hamilton on a Plant of the Genus Piper—
111. lie. Knox on the Theory of a Sixth Sense in Fishes—lV. Dr.
Govan on the Physical Geography of the Himalayah Mountains_
V. Account of the First Steam Engine—Vl. Dr. Illseeulloch on
Splitting Rocks by Fire—Vll. lie. Hamilton on the Frontier
between Bengal and Ava—Vl 11. Mr. Murray on the Culture of
the Silk Worm in Italy—lX. Mr. Ilaidinger on the Sppeeccitfic
gravity of Minerals—X. sir Thomas Brisbane on Meteamlogical
Tables—Xl. Mr. Foggo on the Eehinodencata of the Frith of
Forth--X H. Dr. Davy 's Hydrographical Observations in • Voyage
from the Cape to St. Ilelena--X 111. Mr. Fogg* on an Insect from
the Wood of a Table—X IV. Mr. Haidinger on the Composition
of Crystals--XV. Mr. Skene on the Emigration of Caterpillars—
XVI. On a Black Lead Mine In Inverness-shire—X% IL Dr.
Brewster on Single Microscopes from the Lenses of Fishes.-.
XVIII. Mr. Thom on new Self-acting Sluices—XlX. Account
of an extraordinary Paritelion—XX. Dr. Hooker on American
Botany—XXl. Professor Mitacherlia on Chrystah produced by
Hcat—XXll. Mr. Ilaidinger on Euchroite, a new Mineral_
XX 111. Contributions to Popular Science—Structure of Rice
Paper--Convergence of Solar Manors--X XI V. History of the Mass
of Native Iron from Louisiana—XXV. On the Existence of Sili-
ceous Solution in Crystalline Cavities—XXVl. Controversial
Communieutions—Deasions on Disputed Inventions—Leslie's
Differential Thermometer—DanieWs Pyrometer--Mill's Pyre-
meter—XXVll. Mechanical Inventions and Processes in the
Arts—XX VIII. Analyses of Books—Walden's Monte Hose—
Manchester Memoirs—Savaison's Account of the Bell Hock
Light-house—Acta Academia Neter. Curiosorum, Tom. xii—
XX IX. Proceedings of Societies--Royal So.lety—Wernerian
Society —Society of Arts—XXX. Scientific Intelligence—XXX I.
and XXXII. English and Scotch Patents.—XXXllL Celestial
Ph enoto ens-- XXXI lileteserolngisal Tables.
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