ART. XIII. Notice of the Remains of a Fish found connected

with a Bed of Coal at Clackmannan. In a Let-

ter to Professor JAMESON from Dr FLEMING, Pro-

fessor of Natural Philosophy in King's College,

Aberdeen. With a Plate,

XIV. Remarks on Certain Statements of Mr Faraday,

contained in the Fourth and Fifth Series of his

"Experimental Researches on Electricity." By

JOHN DAVY, M. D., F. R. S. Communicated by

the Author,

XV. On the Temperature of some Fishes of the genus

Thynnus. By JOHN DAVY, M. D., F. R. S.,

Assistant-Inspector of Army Hospitals. Com-

municated by the Author,

XVI. Professor AGASSIZ on the Arrangement and Geology

of Fishes,

XVII. Notice of Plants new to the British Flora, or rare in

Scotland, observed during the last Twelve Months,

in various Excursions from Edinburgh. Com-

municated by Dr GRAHAM,

314

317

325

331

348

XVIII. The British Association at Dublin, in August 1835, 353

SECTION A. MATHEMATICS AND GENERAL PHYSICS, 352.-1. Professor Whe-

well on the application of Mathematical and Dynamical Principles to

Magnetism, Electricity, Heat, &c. 2. Mr Snow Harris's description of

a new instrument for measuring Electrical Forces. 3. Professor Powel

on Radiant Heat. 4. Dr H. Hudson on the Radiation of Heat. 5. Cap-

tain Ross on a new theory of the Aurora Borealis. 6. Mr R. Mallet on

an economic application of Electro-Magnetic Force to manufacturing

purposes. 7. Professor Whewell on Heat. 8. Dr Allmann on the forms

of the Cells of Plants. 9. Dr Reid on Sound. 10. Mr S. Harris on the

nature of Electrical Attraction. 11. Mr J. S. Russel on the laws of the

motions of Floating Bodies. 12. Mr Pritchard's Experiments on Polar-

ization. 13. Mr S. Harris on the use of the Proof, Plain, and Torsion

Balance of Coulomb and others. 14. Captain Sabine on Hansteen's Re-

searches on Terrestrial Magnetism. 15. Professor Wheatstone on the

Light formed by the Voltaic Spark between Charcoal Points. 16. Rev.

Mr M'Gauley on the application of Magnetism as a Moving Power.

17. Mr R. W. Fox on a new Dipping Needle.. 18. Mr Hamilton on the

19. On an

theory of Logologues, and other numbers of higher orders.

apparatus by which Figures may be seen, or Sentences read, as distinctly

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when revolving at a high velocity, as when in a state of quiescence.

20. Mr Baily on the Aberdeen Standard Scale of 3 feet. 21. Mr S.

Harris on Thermometric Observations. 22. Mr G. Jerrard on the so-

lution of Algebraic Equations. 23. Mr Phillips on the Fall of Rain.

24. Colonel Sykes on Measuring Heights by the Thermometor.

Mr M'Cullagh on Reflection and Refraction of Polarized Light at

the surfaces of Crystals. 26. Mr M'Gauley on Magnetism. 27. Pro-

fessor Apjohn on the Dew Point. 28. Professor Hamilton on Mr Challis's

results respecting the simultaneous vibrations of a Cylindrical Tube, and

the Column of Air contained in it. 29. Professor Wheatstone on Speak-
ing Machines. 30. Mr Whewell on a new Anemometer. 31. Profes-
sor Lloyd's Magnetic Observations. 32. Mr Hamilton on the theory of
Varying Orbits. 33. Mr Kane on the Interference of Sound.

MECHANICAL SCIENCE APPLIED TO THE ARTS, 368.-1. Mr Hodgkinson on

the Collision of Beams and Piles. 2. Mr Mallet on the Fracture of Bars

of Cast Iron. 3. Mr Ettrick on a new Compass. 4. Mr Pritchard on an

Achromatic Microscope. 5. Mr Russell on the Solids of least resistance,

in reference to Steam-Vessels. 6. Mr John Taylor on the quantity of

Coal required for Steam-Engines, &c. 7. Dr Lardner on Rail-Roads.

8. Mr Ettrick on certain improvements in Steam-Engines, &c. 9. Mr

Cheverton on the Sculpture of Busts by Machinery. 10. Mr Grubb on

an improved model for mounting an Equatorial Instrument. 11. Lieut.

Denham on the Vibratory effects of Rail-Roads. 12. Mr Stevelly on a

new Self-Registering Barometer.

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SECTION B. GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY, 372.—1. Mr Griffith on the Geology

of Ireland, accompanied with a geologically coloured map. 2. Dr West on

the Geography of some parts of Greenland. 3. Archdeacon Verschoyle

on a system of Trap-Dikes passing through the counties of Mayo and

Sligo. 4. Mr Phillips on Fossil Astacidæ. 5. Lieutenant Stotherd on

the Granite in the county of Cavan. 6. Mr Griffith on the Unstratified

Rocks of Ireland. 7. Professor Phillips on the Geological Distribution

of Belemnites. 8. Lieutenant Denham, R. N., remarks on a Map illus-

trative of the Estuaries of the Dee and Mersey. 9. Mr Williams on the

Fossil Plants collected in the coal districts of Devonshire and Pembroke-

shire. 10. M. Agassiz on the general results obtained from the inspec-

tion of the greater part of the collections of Fossil Fishes in Great Bri-

tain, and his remarks on a Fossil Fish exhibited by Captain Portlock.

11. Dr Traill on the Geology of Spain, and Mr Greenough on the con-

nexion of the Alps and Pyrenees. 12. Mr Smith on some Fossils found

in a quarry near Glasgow. 13. Mr Whewell on various points in Phy-

sics connected with Geology. 14. Mr Hartop on the faults in the South-

ern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 15. Mr Murchison and

Professor Sedgwick on the Older Rocks of England and Wales. 16. Dr

Jacob on Fossil Madrepores. 17. Mr Phillips on a Tertiary Deposit near

Burlington, on the north coast of England. 18. Mr Lyell on the Fos-

sils of the Crag.

SECTION C. CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY, 391.-1. Mr Davy on the Corro-

sion of Iron by Sea Water. 2. Mr Ettrick on an Improvement in Davy's

Safety Lamp. 3. Mr Kane on Pyroxylic Spirit. 4. Mr Fox on the

effect of Melted Iron upon the Magnet. 5. Dr Turner's Report on the

Opinion of the Committee appointed at last Meeting to take into consi-

deration the adoption of a uniform Set of Chemical Symbols for this

Country. 6. Mr Davy on the Preservation of Tin-Plate by the Agency

of Zinc. 7. Mr Graham on the Constitution of Salts. 8. Mr Johnston on

the Optical Properties of Chabasite. 9. Dr Daubeny on the Sublimation

of Carbonate of Magnesia by Volcanic Action. 10. Dr Dalton on the

Distilled Liquors from Caoutchouc. 11. Mr Mallet on the Holes in

Lamps for the Passage of Gas. 12. Mr Connell's Analysis of Fossil

Scales. 13. Mr Kane on two Compounds of Tin and Platinum. 14. Mr

Snow Harris on a Modified Electrometer. 15. Dr Newbigging on the Co-

lour of Arterial Blood. 16. Mr Hartop on the use of the Air Blast in the

Manufacture of Pig-Iron. 17. Colonel Colby on the Ordnance Survey

of the County of Londonderry. 18. Dr Apjohn on a Method of De.

termining the Specific Heats of Gases. 19. Dr Dalton on Chemical

Symbols. 20. Mr Mallet on a White Material fitted for the Manufac-

ture of Paper prepared from Turf. 21. Mr Davy on the relative Values

of Virginian and Irish Tobacco. 22. Mr Scanlan on a New Fluid, Pre-

pared from Pyroligneous Acid. 23. Mr Moor on the Corrosion of Lead

Pipes. 24. Dr Barker on a New Mode of Separating the Peroxide of

Iron by means of Acetate of Potash. 25. Dr Geoghehan on the Em-

ployment of the Double Salt of Iodide of Potassium and Bicyanide of

Mercury, for the purpose of detecting Muriatic Acid in Prussic Acid.

26. Mr Johnston on the Iodides of Gold. 27. Dr William Barker on
the Passage of Electricity along a Platinum Wire. 28. Mr Scanlan on
Crystallized Hematine.

SECTION D. ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, 400.-1. Mr Niven on a Natural Ar-

rangement of Plants for a Botanical Garden. 2. Mr Bell on Pentacrinus

europæus and Beroe ovatus, in a Living State from Howth. 3. Notice

of some Rare Plants found in Scotland. 4. Mr Mackay on Bog Timber

from the County of Westmeath. 5. Colonel Sykes on certain Species of

Birds common to India, the Cape, and Europe. 6. Mr Nicol on the

Structure of the Horizontal Branches of the Natural Family of Coniferæ.

7. Dr West on the Bog Yew. 8. Dr Jacob on the Infra-Orbital Cavities

or Larmiers of French Authors. 9. Dr Daubeny on the Circumstances

affecting the Exhalation of Moisture from the Leaves of Plants. 10.

Dr Neill on a Land-Rail found in a Torpid State. 11. Mr Drummond

on the Zoology of the Island of Rathlin, on the Coast of Antrim. 12.

Observations on Bog-Tallow. 13. On the Disappearance of many Fishes

from the Coasts of Antrim and the Firth of Forth. 14. Mr Sturge on

a Live Toad found in a Solid Mass of Red Sandstone. 15. Dr Barry

on the Colour of the Sky, as seen from the Summit of Mont Blanc. 16.

Mr Hamilton on a Yew found in a Bog in Queen's County. 17. Mr

Mackay's List of Plants peculiar to Ireland. 18. On the Localities of

Plants. 19. Mr Saunderson on Yew-Trees in the North of Ireland. 20.

Rev. C. Mayne on Echini and Asteria. 21. Professor Agassiz on the Principles of Classification in the Animal Kingdom, and among the Mammalia in particular.

SECTION E. MEDICAL SCIENCE, 408.-1. Dr Graves on Chloride of Soda in Fever. 2. Dr Houston on certain peculiarities of the Circulating Organs in Diving Animals. 3. Report of the Dublin Committee on the Motions and Sounds of the Heart. 4. Dr M'Donnell on the Pulse and Breathing in early life. 5. Professor Harrison on the small Bones found in the Hearts of certain Ruminantia. 6. Dr Houston on Hydatids. 7. Professor Harrison on the Entozoa found in the voluntary Muscles of the Human Subject. 8. Dr Roe on the case of a living Leech discharged from an Abscess opened in the Leg of a Boy. 9. Dr Collins on an Abstract of a Registry of seven years in the Lying-in Hospital of Dublin. 10. Dr Roupell on Poisons. 11. Dr Alison on Arteries leading to Inflamed Parts. 12. Dr Whatton on Amputation of the Foot. 13. Dr Stokes on Diseases of the Chest. 14. Dr E. Kennedy on the Treatment of Ophthalmia in Children. 15. Mr Hart on a successful case of Cæsarean operation, communicated by Mr Knowles. 16. Dr Perry on Typhus Fever. 17. M. L'Estrange on an improved Drill Catheter for Calculus- 18. Mr Hawkins on his Patent Electriser. Dr O'Bierne on the Functions and Diseases of the Digestive Organs. 20. Dr Osborne on the effects of Cold on the Human Body. 21. Dr Hutton on a Congenital Dislocation of the Hip. 22. Mr Adams on Aneurism by Anastomosis. 23. Dr Handyside on the different offices of Lacteals, Lymphatics, and Veins, in the Function of Absorption. SECTION F. STATISTICS, 412.-1. Dr Mansell on the Statistics of the Dublin

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Foundling Hospital. 2. Dr Cleland on Prison Discipline. 3. Colonel Sykes on the new Colony of Australia. 4. Mr Langton on the Report of the Manchester Statistical Society on the state of Education in Manchester. 5. Mr Greg on the social Statistics of the Netherlands. 6. Mr Halsewell on the effects which well-managed Houses of Correction have in repressing Crime. 7. Dr Cleland on the Glasgow Bridewell. 8. Colonel Sykes on Wages in the Deccan. 9. Mr Babbage on Co-operative Shops, for the purpose of supplying Workmen with Necessaries. 10. Dr Mansel on the number of Infanticides in the province of Leinster, drawn up by Dr Vignolles. 11. Colonel Sykes on the state of Education in the Deccan. 12. Rev. E. Stanley on the Religious Attendances and State of Education in the parish of Alderley, in Chesshire. 13. Dr Reid's Views upon a Plan tried in Edinburgh for the extension of the study of Physics. 14. Mr Babbage on the Ordnance Survey of the city of Londonderry and parish of Templemore. 15. Dr Jones on the Statistics of Lunacy. 16. Mr Fox on the Punishment of Death in Russia, Norway, Belgium, and Brunswick.

EVENING MEETINGS IN THE ROTUNDO, 416.-1. Sir Thomas Brisbane's Address. 2. Dr Lloyd's Address. 3. Professor Hamilton's Address. 4. Professor Whewell's Address. 5. Mr Harcourt's Address. 6. Banquet at the University.

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PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL.

Physico-Geognostic Sketch of the Island of Oahu, one of the Sandwich group. By MEREDITH GAIRDNER, M. D., Medical Resident on the Columbia River. Communicated by

the Author. *

THIS island is the fifth of the group of eight islands, which form the Sandwich cluster, reckoning from Hawaii, the most south-eastern. It is separated by a channel twenty-four miles wide from the island of Monokai on the south-east, and by one sixty-seven miles broad from Tawai on the north-west. It is the third in rank in point of superficial extent, yielding only to Hawaii and Maui, and nearly of the same extent as Tauai, but is superior even to the largest of them in the proportional quantity of cultivable land.

Its extreme length, from Koko on the south-east to Keinna on the north-west, is forty-five miles. A straight line joining

Dr Gairdner, who communicates the above Sketch, is author of the excellent treatise, entitled, "Essay on the Natural History, Origin, Composition, and Medicinal Effects of Mineral and Thermal Springs." Before leaving the University of Edinburgh, he had already distinguished himself by great acuteness, sound judgment, and extensive range of knowledge. Meteorology and general physics were with him favourite pursuits;—to geology and zoology he was enthusiastically attached,—and the charms of botany were far from being unknown to him. Fortunately he was too late for the Landers' expedition to Africa; but having resolved to explore some other country, he accepted the appointment of medical resident on the Columbia River. In that remote region, the presence of such a man cannot but prove advantageous to science, and also to the interests of the Hudson's Bay Company, under whose auspices he is placed. The liberal and enlightened members of that bcdy, we doubt not, will find it to be their interest to encourage and give every facility to Dr Gairdner.-EDIT.

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