THE

EDINBURGH

PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL,

EXHIBITING A VIEW OF

THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,
CHEMISTRY, NATURAL HISTORY, PRACTICAL MECHANICS,
GEOGRAPHY, NAVIGATION, STATISTICS, AND THE FINE
AND USEFUL ARTS,

FROM

OCTOBER 1. 1823 TO APRIL 1. 1824.

CONDUCTED BY

DR BREWSTER AND PROFESSOR JAMESON.

TO BE CONTINUED QUARTERLY. ·

VOL. X.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO. EDINBURGH;

AND HURST, ROBINSON & CO. LONDON.

1824.

P. NEILL, Printer, Edinburgh.

CONTENTS

OF

No. XIX.

Page

ART. I. Remarks on the Influence of Magnetism on the Rates of

Chronometers. By GEORGE HARVEY, Esq. M. G. S.

M. A. S., &c. &c.

II. Description of the Whirlwind at Scarborough on the

24th June 1823. By JOHN DUNN, Esq. Fellow of

the Royal College of Surgeons, London,

III. Observations on the Heights of the Himalaya Moun-

tains, with the Measurements of Lieut. A. GERARD,

and Mr J. GERARD. BY WILLIAM LLOYD, Captain

of the Bengal Army,

Corrected TABLE of the Heights of the Snowy Peaks of the

Himalaya Mountains,

IV. Observations on Bees, and particularly on the conver-

sion of the Larvæ of Working-Bees into Queen-Bees.

By the Reverend Mr DUNBAR of Applegarth,

V. On the Refractive and Dispersive Power of different

Species of Glass, in reference to the improvement of

Achromatic Telescopes, with an Account of the Lines

or Streaks which cross the Spectrum. By JOSEPH

FRAUENHOFER of Munich. Concluded from Vol. IX.

p. 299.

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VI. On Rock Formations. By Baron ALEXANDER Hum-

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BOLDT,

VII. Description of a simple, cheap, and accurate Method of

experimenting on small quantities of Gases, by means

of Bent Tubes. By Mr WILLIAM Kerr,

VIII. Account of the Earthquake which happened in Chili,

on the 19th of November 1822,

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IX. Account of two Maps of Zænmæ or Yangoma. By

FRANCIS HAMILTON, M.D. F.R.S. & F.A.S. Lond.

& Edin. With a Plate,

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ART. X. Observations on M. Beudant's Opinions regarding the

Crystalline Rocks of the Red Sandstone Formation,

as expressed in the 3d volume of his "Voyage en

Hongrie," from p. 194. to p. 206. By AIME' BOUE',

M. D. Member of the Wernerian Society, &c.

XI. Journal of a Tour to the Coast of the Adriatic Sea,

and to the Mountains of Carniola, Carinthia, Tyrol,

Saltzburg, and Bohemia. By Dr DAVID HENRY

HOPPE and Dr HENRY HORNSCHUCH. (Continued

from Vol. XI. p. 353.)

XII. Account of Captain BASIL HALL'S and Mr HENRY

FOSTER'S Experiments with an Invariable Pendu-

lum, made near the Equator, and on the Coasts of

Mexico and Brazil,

XIII. Gleanings of Natural History, during a voyage along

the Coast of Scotland in 1821. By the Rev. JOHN

FLEMING, D.D. F. R.S. E. M. W. S. &c. (Concluded

from Vol. IX. p. 254.)

XIV. Observations on Double Stars. By M. STRUVE of

Dorpat. (Continued from Vol. IX. p. 341.)

XV. Observations on a new Natural Family of Plants, to

be called Cobeaceæ. By Mr DAVID DON, Assistant-

Secretary to the Linnean Society, Corresponding

Member of the Wernerian Natural History Society,

&c.

XVI. Observations on the Low Temperature of particular

Caverns,

XVII. Tables of the Variation of the Magnetic Needle in

different parts of the Globe. (Continued from

Vol. IX. p. 447.)

XVIII. Description of a Monochromatic Lamp for Micro-

scopical and other purposes. By DAVID BREWSTER,

LL.D. F.R.S. Lond. & Sec. R. S. Edin. &c.

XIX. Biographical Notice of Mary Noble of Penrith, Cum-

berland, who is (1823) in the 107th Year of her

Age, with some Remarks on Longevity. By THO-

MAS BARNES, M. D.

XX. Notice respecting some New Electro-Magnetic Phe-

nomena. By Major-General Baron VAN ZUYLEN

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n the Anatomical Structure of the Cas-

ew Holland (Casuarius Nova Hollan-

y ROBERT KNOX, M. D. F. R. S. E.

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ÁRT. XXII. Additional Observations on the Structure of the

-Trachea in the Cassowary Emeu of New Hol-

land. By Dr KNOX,

XXIII. On the Series of Crystallisation of Apatite. By

. WILLIAM HAIDINGER, Esq.

XXIV. Account of some remarkable and newly discovered

Properties of the Suboxide of Platina, the Oxide

of the Sulphuret, and the Metallic Powder of

Platina. By Professor DÖBEREINER of Jena,

XXV. Account of a Journey across the Island of New-

foundland, by W. E. CORMACK, Esq. In a Let-

ter addressed to the Right Hon. Earl BATHURST,

Secretary of State for the Colonies, &c. &c.,—

with a Map of Mr CORMACK's Journey across

the Island of Newfoundland,

XXVI. Remarks on the Vegetation of the Danish Pro-

vinces. By Professor HORNEMAN,

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XXVII. Celestial Phenomena, from January 1. to April 1.

1824, calculated for the Meridian of Edinburgh,

Mean Time. By Mr GEORGE INNES, Aberdeen, 167

XXVIII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

(Continued from Vol. IX. p. 192.)

XXIX. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History

Society. (Continued from Vol. IX. p. 390.)

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170

XXX. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical So-

ciety for 1823. (Continued from Vol. VIII.

p. 388.)

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XXXI. SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE,

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I. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

ASTRONOMY. 1. Southern Motion of the Fixed Stars, with Dr

Brinkley's Tables. 2. Comet of September 1822, observed

at Paramatta. 3. Anomaly in the Figure of the Earth.

4. Reported Inaccuracy of M. Bessel's Catalogue. 5. Ano-

maly in the Observations at Arbury Hill. 6. Sir Thomas

Brisbane's Experiments on the Pendulum,

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182, 183

ACOUSTICS. 7. Experiments on the Velocity of Sound,

MAGNETISM. 8. Magnetism of Titanium, Cobalt and Nickel.

9. Experiments of Mr Barlow and Mr Christie on the

Diurnal Variation of the Needle,

ELECTRICITY. 10. Electricity produced by separation of parts.

11. Professor Cumming's Table of Thermo-Electrics,

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