. Annals of Philosophy. 284 Analyses of Books, [April, Observations made by Mr. C. Riimker, at Stargard, New South Wales, on the Comet which appeared in July, 1824. Observation of an Eclipse of the Moon, taken at Chouringhy, near Calcutta, in the Year 1798. By the late Col. R. H. Cole- brooke. Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, taken at Chouringhy, in the Years 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1803. By the late Col. R. H. Colebrooke. Observations of the Eclipse"; of Jupiter's Satellites, taken at Chouringhy, in the Years 1821, 1822, and iS23. By Captains Hodgson and He
. Annals of Philosophy. 284 Analyses of Books, [April, Observations made by Mr. C. Riimker, at Stargard, New South Wales, on the Comet which appeared in July, 1824. Observation of an Eclipse of the Moon, taken at Chouringhy, near Calcutta, in the Year 1798. By the late Col. R. H. Cole- brooke. Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, taken at Chouringhy, in the Years 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1803. By the late Col. R. H. Colebrooke. Observations of the Eclipse"; of Jupiter's Satellites, taken at Chouringhy, in the Years 1821, 1822, and iS23. By Captains Hodgson and Herbert. Observation^ of the Occultations of the Pleiades by the Moon, in July and October, 1821. By the Rev. W. Pearson. Report of the Council to the Fifth Annual General Meeting. List of Presents, 6)C. S)X. With an Appendix, On the Construction and Use of some new Tables for determining the apparent Places of nearly 3000 prin- cipal Fixed Stars. Drawn up by Francis Baily, It is with great pleasure we observe the rapidity with which the continental naturalists describe and even figure their disco- veries ; for in less than two years after the return of the travellers sent to collect the subjects of natural history in the forests of South America, by the King of Bavaria, Dr. Spix has been enabled, by the excellent state of the continental museums, to write monographs on the reptiles and birds which were found in his travels. In the part of the reptiles (the snakes) he was cer- tainly assisted by Dr. Wagler, a most enthusiastic erpetologist, •who'is engaged on a history of this order of animals. The work is published in a size worthy of the royal auspices, under which it is produced; for although it is not quite so large as the "large work on Egypt," the large paper copies are not much inferior. The figures are lithographic, and do great credit to the talent of the artist; for the general accuracy of their outline and the minuteness of their detail, and indeed as
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