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Description of a new Barometer, recently ﬁxed up in the Apartments of the Royal Society; with remarks on the mode hitherto pursued at various periods, and an account of that which is new adopted, for correcting the observed height of the mercury in the Society's Barometers. By Francis Baily, Esq., Vice-President and Treasurer, R.S. ......... .. .. ...................... page 1

Magnetical Observations made in the West Indies, on the Coasts of Brazil and North America, in the years 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837. By Sir James Everard Home, Bart., Commander Royal Navy, F.R.S., the Observations reduced by the Rev. George Fisher, M.A. F.R.S....4

On low Fogs and stationary Clouds. By William Kelly, M.D. . 33

On the Colours of Mixed Plates. By Sir David Brewster, K.G.H. F.R.S. &c. .... 33

Of such Ellipsoids, consisting of homogeneous Matter, as are capable of having the Resultant of the Attraction of the Mass upon a Particle in the Surface, and a Centrifugal Force caused by a revolving about one of the Axes, made perpendicular to the Surface. By James Ivory, K.H. M.A. F.R.S. L. and Ed. Inst. Reg. Soc. Paris, Corresp. et Reg. Sc. Gotting. Corresp... ......... ........... 34

Experimental Researches in Electricity.—Eleventh Series. By Michael Faraday, Esq. D.C.L. F.R.S. Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, &c. ....... .... ........................ 37

On the Variation of a Triple Integral. By Richard Abbott, Esq. F.R.A.S. ......... 42

Explanation of the Phaenomena of Intermitting Springs. By W. L. Wharton, Esq. ..... 42

Fourth Letter on Voltaic Combinations. with reference to the mutual