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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,

FOR

JANUARY......APRIL 1820.

CONDUCTED BY

DR BREWSTER AND PROFESSOR JAMESON.

TO BE CONTINUED QUARTERLY.

VOL. II.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY.

1820.

Aug. 11, 1939

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CONTENTS

OF

No. III.

ART. I. History of the origin of Mr Watt's Improvements on

the Steam-Engine. Contained in a Letter from the

late JAMES WATT, LL.D. F. R. S. &c. &c. to Dr

Brewster,

II. Account of some remarkable Ripples observed near

the northern entrance of the Straits of Malacca,

III. On the Colour of the Greenland Sea. By WILLIAM

SCORESBY junior, F. R. S. E. & M. W. S.

IV. On Poppy-Oil. By JOHN YOUNG, Fellow of the

Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh,

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V. Account of a new Style of Engraving on Copper in

alto relievo, invented by Mr W. LIZARS,

VI. On the Application of a new Mode of Analysis to the

Theory and Summation of certain extensive Classes

of Series. By J. F. W. HERSCHEL, Esq. F. R. S. &c.

VII. On the Application of Oars to Steam-Boats. By Mr

RICHARD WHYTOCK, Edinburgh,

VIII. On Peat. By JOHN MACCULLOCH, M. D. M.G. S.

Lecturer on Chemistry to the Board of Ordnance,

IX. Account of a peculiar Modification of Vision. By

JOHN GILLIES, M. D. & M. W. S.

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X. Description of a new Atmometer, invented by ADAM

ANDERSON, Esq. A. M. Rector of the Academy,

Perth,

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XI. Sketch of the Distribution of Rocks in Shetland.

By SAMUEL HIBBERT, M. D. M. W. S. &c.

XII. Account of a Subterranean Glacier at Fondeurle, con-

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taining regular crystals of Ice,

XIII. Observations on the Natural History of the Sertularia

gelatinosa of Pallas. By JOHN FLEMING, D. D.

F. R. S. E. & M. W. S.

XIV. Account of a Map of the Countries subject to the

King of Ava, drawn by a Slave of the King's Eldest

Son. By FRANCIS HAMILTON, M. D. F. R. S. &c. 89