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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal

The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal

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Author
Various
Title
The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. XLIX April-October 1850
Credits
Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Carol Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
Q: Science
Subject
Science -- Periodicals
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42128
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42128
Release Date
February 18, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE EDINBURGH NEW — PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL, — EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE — PROGRESSIVE DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS — IN THE — SCIENCES AND THE ARTS. — CONDUCTED BY
  2. 2.ROBERT JAMESON, — EDINBURGH: — THE — EDINBURGH NEW — PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL. — Geographical Distribution of Animals. — Additional Illustrations of the Geographical Distribution of Animals. — I.— Geographical Distribution of Sturgeons. [2] — II.— Fishes of Lake Superior compared with those of the other great Canadian Lakes. — III.— General Observations; all Fresh-water Fishes of North America different from those of Europe—Lake Superior and the Lakes north of it constitute a distinct Zoological District—These Fishes have been created where they now live—Deductions from this fact. — On the Geography and Geology of the Peninsula of Mount Sinai, and the adjacent Countries. — Synopsis of Meteorological Observations made at the Observatory, Whitehaven, Cumberland, in the Year 1849. — Form, &c. of Instruments. — Remarks on the Weather in 1849. — The Completed Coral Island. — Biographical Notice of Leopold Pilla, the Geologist. — On the Chronological Exposition of the Periods of Vegetation, and the different Floras which have succeeded each other on the Earth's Surface. — Glacial Theory of the Erratics and Drift of the New and Old Worlds . [45] — Description of the Marine Telescope. — Experimental Investigations to Discover the Cause of the Change which takes place in the Standard Points of Thermometers. — Observations on the Discovery, by Professor Lepsius , of Sculptured Marks on Rocks in the Nile Valley in Nubia; indicating that, within the historical period, the river had flowed at a higher level than has been known in Modern Times . — The Physical Geography of Lower Nubia. [56] — Of the Breadth, Depth, and Velocity of the Nile, in Nubia. — Geological Structure of Lower Nubia. — On the Salmon Tribe (Salmonidæ.) — Results of Observations made by the Rev. F. Fallows , at the Cape of Good Hope, in the years 1829-30-31 . — Discovery of the Great Lake Ngami of South Africa. — A Brief Sketch of the Geology of the West Indies, from Dr Davy's Lectures on the Study of Chemistry, drawn up chiefly from the Author's own Observations . [88] — On the Differences between Progressive, Embryonic, and Prophetic Types in the Succession of Organized Beings through the whole Range of Geological Times. — On a new Analogy in the Periods of Rotation of the Primary Planets discovered by Daniel Kirkwood of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. — SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. — List of Patents granted for Scotland from 22d March to 22d June 1850. — Transcriber's Notes:

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