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Show WORI{S ON SCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY, PUBLISHED BY MR. MURRAY. I. VIEW OF 'fHE MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES. With a popular INTRODUCTION. By MRs. S 0 M E R V I L L E. 8vo. 30s. II. ON THE RECIPROCAL CONNEXION OF TilE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. By Mns. SOMER VILLE. BeinO' the substancP- of the Preliminary Essay prefixed to the " Mech~ uism of the Heavens,'' enlarged and adapted for the general and unscientific reader, in one small volume. "WC' have, indeed, no hesitation in saying, that we consider the Preliminary Dissertation hy far the best condensed view of the Newtonian philosophy which has yet appeared.''-Qua1·terly Review. III. FIRST AND SECOND REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, At YORK, in the year 1831, an1l at OXFORD in 1832. In one vol. Svo. CoNTENTS :-PART I. 1. Rev. WILLIAM VERNON HARCOURT. Exposition of the OBJECT anrl PLAN of the ASSOCIATION. 2. DETAILED ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS at YORK, in Septembe1·, I83l. PART II. REPORTs read to the SOCIETY at OXFORD, June, 1832, viz.- 1. PROFF.SSOR AIRY, F.R.S., on the State and Progress of PHYSICAL .ASTRONOMY. 2. J. W. LUBBOCK, Esq., on the TIDES. 3. J. D. FORBES, Esq., F.R.S., on the Present State of METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCE. 4. Sir DAVID BREWSTER, F.R.S. L.& E., on the Progress of OPTICAL SCIENCE. 5. Rev. R. WILLIS, on the PHEi'\OMENA of SOUND. 6. Rev. PROFESSOR POWELL, on the PHENOMENA of HEAT. 7. Rev. PROFESSOR COMMING, on THERMO-ELECTRICITY. 8. F. W. JOHNSTONE, Esq ., on the Recent Progress of CHEMICAL SCIENCE. 9. Rev. PROFESSOR WHEWELL, M.A., F.R.S., on the State and Progress of MINERALOGICAL SCIENCE. 10. Rev. W. CONY BEARE, M.A., F.R.S., . F.G.S., on the Recent Progress, Present State, and Ulterior Development of GEOLOGY. Together with a.n Account of the Public Proceedings of the Society, and of the Daily TransactiOns of the Sub-Committees during the period of the meetina, Will be published in a few days. t> |