TRANSACTIONS
OF THE
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 13, 1807.
VOLUME THE SECOND.
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Novum Organum, Præfatio.
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LONDON:
PRINTED AND SOLD FOR THE SOCIETY BY WILLIAMS PHILIPS, GEORGE YARD, LOMBARD STREET.
1814.
OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
ELECTED FEBRUARY 4, 1814.
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OFFICERS | |
PRESIDENT | |
The Hon. HENRY GREY BENNET, M.P. F.R.S. | |
VICE-PRESIDENTS, | |
WILLIAM BLAKE, Esq. F.R.S. | GEORGE BELLAS GREENOUGH, Esq. F.R.S. |
Sir HENRY ENGLEFIELD, Bart. F.R.L, & A.S. | JOHN MacCULLOCH, M.D. F.L.S. |
SECRETARIES, | |
ARTHUR AIKIN, Esq. | HENRY WARBURTON, Esq. F.R.S |
FOREIGN SECRETARY, | |
SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq, F.R.S. | |
TREASURERS, | |
WILLIAM HASLEDINE PEPYS, Esq. F.R.S. | SAMUEL WOODS, Esq. |
COUNCIL, | |
The Hon. LORD COMPTON, M.P. | PETER ROGET, M.D. |
SAMUEL DAVIS, Esq. F.R.S. | SMITHSON TENNANT, Esq. F.R.S Prof. Chem. Camb. |
ROBERT FERGUSON Esq. F.R.S. | |
JAMES LAIRD, M.D. | SAMUEL TURNER, Esq. |
ALEXANDER MARCET, M.D. F.R.S. | JOHN WHISHAW, Esq. |
THOMAS MURDOCH, Esq. F.R.S. | WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, M.D. Sec. R.S. |
JAMES PARKINSON, Esq. | |
KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM AND DRAUGHTSMAN | |
Mr. THOMAS WEBSTER |
TRUSTEES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
GEORGE BELLAS GREENOUGH, Esq. |
Sir ABRAHAM HUME, Bart. M.P. |
FRANCIS HORNER, Esq. M.P. |
WILLIAM BABINGTON, M.D. |
ROBERT FERGUSON, Esq. |
DAVID RICARDO, Esq. |
SAMUEL WOODS, Esq. |
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE Editors of the Transactions of the Geological Society are directed to make it known to the Public, that the Authors alone are responsible for the facts and opinions contained in their respective papers.
- Geological Society,
- September 1, 1814.
ERRATA,
Some of which it will be necessary to correct, as materially affecting the sense of the passages, where they occur.
Page | 9, | Line | 14, | for | difficulty | read | difficultly |
69, | 11, | iconocolasts | iconoclasts | ||||
152, | 4, | two chanels | one channel | ||||
163, | 21, | Pl. 9. | Pl. 11. | ||||
167, | 6, | found | formed | ||||
16, | has | have | |||||
169, | 9, | petrefactions | petrifactions | ||||
187, | 4, | dele | (;) after Agglestone | ||||
213, | 14, | for | may | read | might | ||
438, | 4, | after | Fig. 3 insert Plate 32, Fig. l. | ||||
440, | 6, | after | the word figures, insert Pl. 31, left hand figure at top. |
The Papers referred to in pages 475, 476, and 478, were intended to be included in the present volume, when those pages were printed: their publication has been deferred to the 3d Volume of the Society's Transactions.
In the list of Donations to the Collection of Maps, insert 12 Copies of a new Map of England, in 4 Sheets, from A. Arrowsmith, Esq.
CONTENTS
I. | On certain Products obtained in the Distillation of Wood, with some account of Bituminous Substances, and Remarks on Coal. By J. Mac Culloch, M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological Society | p. 1 |
II. | Mineralogical Account of the Isle of Man. By J. F. Berger, M.D. Member of the Geological Society. | p. 29 |
III. | On the Granite Tors of Cornwall. By J. Mac Culloch, M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological Society. | p. 66 |
IV. | Notes on the Mineralogy of the Neighbourhood of St. David's, Pembrokeshire. By John Kidd, M.D. Professor of Chemistry in the University of Oxford and Member of the Geological Society. | p. 79 |
V. | Account of the Brine Springs at Droitwich. By Leonard Horner, Esq. F.R.S. and Member of the Geological Society. | p. 94 |
VI. | On the Veins of Cornwall. By William Phillips, Esq. Member of the Geological Society. | p. 110 |
VII. | On the Freshwater Formations in the Isle of Wight, with some Observations on the Strata over the Chalk in the South-east part of England. By Thomas Webster, Esq. Member of the Geological Society. | p. 161 |
VIII. | Remarks on the Vitrified Forts of Scotland. By J. Mac Culloch, M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological Society. | p. 255 |
IX. | On the Sublimation of Silica. By J. Mac Culloch, M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological Society. | p. 275 |
X. | Observations on the Specimens of Hippurites from Sicily, presented to the Geological Society by the Hon. Henry Grey Bennet. By James Parkinson, Esq. Member of the Geological Society. | p. 277 |
XI. | An Account of the Coalfield at Bradford, near Manchester. By Robert Bakewell, Esq. communicated to the Society by Dr. Roget, Member of the Geological Society. | p. 282 |
XII. | Some account of the Island of Teneriffe. By the Hon. Henry Grey Bennet, M.P. F.R.S. and President of the Geological Society. | p. 286 |
XIII. | On the Junction of Trap and Sandstone, at Stirling Castle. By J. Mac Culloch, M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological Society. | p. 305 |
XIV. | On the Economy of the Mines of Cornwall and Devon. By John Taylor, Esq. Member of the Geological Society. | p. 309 |
XV. | On the Origin of a remarkable class of Organic Impressions occurring in Nodules of Flint. By the Rev. William Conybeare, of Christ Church, Oxford, and Member of the Geological Society. | p. 328 |
XVI. | A Description of the Oxyd of Tine, the production of Cornwall; of the Primitive Crystal and its modifications, including an attempt to ascertain with precision, the admeasurement of the angles, by means of the reflecting Goniometer of Dr. Wollaston: to which is added, a series of its crystalline forms and varieties. By William Phillips, Esq. Member of the Geological Society. | p. 336 |
XVII. | On some new Varieties of Fossil Alcyonia. By Thomas Webster, Esq. Member of the Geological Society. | p. 377 |
XVIII. | Miscellaneous Remarks accompanying a Catalogue of Specimens transmitted to the Geological Society. By J. Mac Culloch, M.D. F.R.S. Chemist to the Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological Society. | p. 388 |
XIX. | Remarks on several parts of Scotland which exhibit Quartz Rock, and on the Nature and Connexion of this Rock in general. By J. Mac Culloch, M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological Society. | p. 450 |
XX. | Notice relative to the Geology of the Coast of Labrador. By the Rev. Mr. Steinhauer. | p. 488 |
XXI. | Memoranda relative to Clovely, North Devon, By the Rev. J. J. Conybeare, Member of the Geological Society. In a Letter addressed to G. B. Greenough Esq. Vice-President of the Geological Society. | p. 495 |
XXII. | On Staffa. By J. Mac Culloch, M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological Society. | p. 501 |
XXIII. | On Vegetable Remains preserved in Chalcedony. By. J. Mac Culloch, M.D. F.L.S. Chemist to the Ordnance, and Lecturer on Chemistry at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and Vice-President of the Geological Society. | p. 510 |
XXIV. | On the Vitreous Tubes found near to Drigg, in Cumberland. | p. 528 |
List of Donations. | p. 533 | |
Index. | p. 547 |