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The Croonian Lecture. On the Conversion of Pus into Granulations or New Flesh. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V.P.R.S. page 103
On the Laws which regulate the Absorption of Polarized Light by Doubly Refracting Crystals. By David Brewster,LL.D. F.R.S. L.& E. 104
Observations sur la Decomposition de 1'Amidon a la Temperature Atmospherique par l'Action de l'Air et de l'Eau. Par Theodore de Saussure 105
On Corpora Lutea. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V.P.R.S. 106
Remarks on the Probabilities of Error in Physical Observations, and on the Density of the Earth, considered, especially with regard to the Reduction of Experiments on the Pendulum. By Thomas Young, M.D. For. Sec. R.S. 106
On the Anomaly in the Variation of the Magnetic Needle as observed on Ship-board. By William Scoresby, jun. Esq. 108
On the Genus Ocythoë; being an Extract of a Letter from Thomas Say, Esq. of Philadelphia, to William Elford Leach, M.D. F.R.S. 108
On Irregularities observed in the Direction of the Compass Needles of H.M.S. Isabella and Alexander, in their late Voyage of Discovery, and caused by the Attraction of the Iron contained in the Ships. By Captain Edward Sabine, F.R.S. 109
Some Observations on the Formation of Mists in particular Situations. By Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. F.R.S. V.P.R.I. 110
Observations on the Dip and Variation of the Magnetic Needle, and on the Intensity of the Magnetic Force; made during the late Voyage in search of a North-west Passage. By Captain Edward Sabine, F.R.S. F.L.S. 110
On the Action of Crystallized Surfaces upon Light. By David Brewster, LL.D. F.R.S. L.& E. 111
On the Specific Gravity and Temperature of Sea- Waters, in different Parts of the Ocean, and in particular Seas; with some Account of their Saline Contents. By Alexander Marcet, M.D. F.R.S. 111
An Account of the Fossil Skeleton of the Proteo-Saurus. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V.P.R.S. 113
Reasons for giving the name Proteo-Saurus to the Fossil Skeleton which has been described. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V.P.R.S. 113
Some Observations on the Peculiarity of the Tides between Fairleigh and the North Foreland; with an Explanation of the supposed Meeting of the Tides near Dungeness. By Captain James Anderson, R.N. 113
On the Ova of the different Tribes of Opossum and Ornithorhynchus. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V.P.R.S. 114
The Results of Observations made at the Observatory of Trinity College, Dublin, for determining the Obliquity of the Ecliptic, and the Maximum of the Aberration of Light. By the Rev. J. Brinkley, D.D. F.R.S. M.R.I.A. 114
On some New Methods of investigating the Sums of several Classes of Infinite Series. By Charles Babbage, Esq. A.M. F.R.S. 115