THE EDINBURGH NEW PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL, EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE PROGRESSIVE DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SCIENCES AND THE ARTS. EDITORS. THOMAS ANDERSON, M.D., F.R.S.E., REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW; SIR WILLIAM JARDINE, BART., F.R.S.E. ; JOHN HUTTON BALFOUR, A.M., M.D., F.R.SS. L. & E., F.L.S., REGIUS KEEPER OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND BOTANT, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. FOR AMERICA, HENRY D. ROGERS, LL.D., Hon. F.R.S.E., F.G.S., STATE GEOLOGIST, PENNSYLVANIA; PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK. LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS, LONDON. MDCCCLXI. |