THE

Edinburgh

JOURNAL OF SCIENCE,

EXHIBITING

NATURAL

A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY

PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, GEOLOGY, BOTANY,
ZOOLOGY, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, PRACTICAL MECHANICS, GEOGRAPHY,
NAVIGATION, STATISTICS, ANTIQUITIES, AND THE FINE AND USEFUL ARTS.

CONDUCTED BY

DAVID BREWSTER, LL.D.

F.R.S. LOND. SEC. R.S. EDIN. F.S. S. A.

CORRESPONDING member of THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL
IRISH ACADEMY; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES;
AND OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCIENCES OF DENMARK, &C. &C.

VOL. VII.

APRIL-OCTOBER.

JOHN THOMSON, EDINBURGH:

AND T. CADELL, LONDON.

M.DCCC.XXVII.

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EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE.

No. XIII.

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ART. I. Memoir of the Life of M. LE CHEVALIER FRAUNHOFER, the Cele-
brated Improver of the Achromatic Telescope, and Member of the Aca-
demy of Sciences at Munich,

II. Remarks on Mount Vesuvius. Communicated by a CORRESPONDENT,

III. On Mesole. By WILLIAM HAIDINGER, Esq. F.R. S. E. &c. Com-
municated by the Author,

IV. Some Account of a Society lately established in Germany, of which

the object is to send out Botanical Collectors to the most interesting

parts of Europe; together with a recommendation to the Naturalists of

other Countries, and especially those of Great Britain, to unite with it.

Communicated by W. JACKSON HOOKER, LL. D. F. R. S. F. L. S.

F. A. S. and Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow,

V. Views of the Process in Nature by which, under particular circumstances,

vegetables grow on the bodies of Living Animals. By Dr SAMUEL L.

MITCHILL of New York, F. R. S. E. With remarks by a Correspon-

dent,

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VI. On the Dew-Point Hygrometer formerly described in this Journal, vol. iv.

p. 127. By Mr JOHN FOGGO, Junr. Communicated by the Author, 36

VII. Description of a Plant of the order of Guttiferæ, which Dr Roxburgh

called Garcinia pedunculata. By FRANCIS HAMILTON, M. D. F.R. S.

and F. A. S. Lond. and Edin. Communicated by the Author.

VIII. Contributions to Physical Geography,

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1. Description of the Cavern of Adelsberg in Carniola,

ib.

2. Account of the Subterraneous Sounds heard at Nakous in Arabia

Petræa. By M. SEETZEN,

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3. Account of the Granite Quarries at Assuan. By the Honourable

C. L. IRBY, and James Mangles, Esq. Commanders in the Navy, 53

4. Account of Hot Springs and Volcanic Appearances in the Himalaya

Mountains,

5. Account of the Brahma Kund. By CAPTAIN BEDFORD,

6. Notice of the Phoonga Caves in Junk Ceylon. By CAPTAIN Low, 57

7. Notice of the Cavern of the Sagat Rock, upon the Sagat Strait of

the Sanloon or main river of Martaban,

8. Account of the Floating Island of Newbury Port. By Mr AMOS

PETTINGALL Jun.

IX. Notice respecting the Vanderon Monkey, or the Guenon à face pour-

pre of Buffon. By FRANCIS HAMILTON, M. D. F. R. S. and F. A. S.

Lond. and Edin. Communicated by the Author,

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X. Description of a New Safety-Tube for Chemical Apparatus. By JAMES

KING, Esq. Communicated by the Author,

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