concretions of a rather flat and small botryoidal external figure of an iron black colour, and highly metallic lustre, resembling grey manganese, or black hematitic iron ore. Intermixed with these are small arborescent tufts, about a quarter of an inch in length, adherent by their base to the mass of coak, each branch of which, when examined by the microscope, appears composed of minute botryoidal shoots. TO THE LIBRARY, TO THE COLLECTION OF MAPS, PLANS, SECTIONS, AND MODELS ; AND TO THE CABINET OF MINERALS, BELONGING TO THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, From the Close of the Ninth Session in June, 1816, TOGETHER WITH THE DATES AT WHICH THEY WERE RESPECTIVELY MADE, AND THE NAMES OF THE DONORS. 1816. I. Donations to the Library. BOOKS. June 1. A Description of the principal picturesque Beauties, Antiquities, and Geological Phenomena, of the Isle of Wight, by Sir H.C.Englefield, Bart. with additional Observations on the Strata of the Island, and their continuation in the adjacent parts of Dorsetshire; by Thomas Webster, Esq. Aug. 2. Histoire Naturelle de diverses substances minerales siliceuses passées a l'etat de Pechsteins, ou pierres de poix, par M. Faujas de Saint Fond. Paris, 1816, 4t° Annals of Philosophy for August, 1816, by Dr. Thomson. Sept. 1. Annals of Philosophy for September, 1816, by Journal de Physique for March, April, May, Oct. 25. Annals of Philosophy for October and November, DONORS. Sir H. C. Englefield, Bart. The Author. The Editor. The Editor. Robt. Ferguson, Esq. Oct. 25. Notices sur des Plantes Fossiles, renfermées dans Nov. 8. Nos. 10 to 25 of the Mineral Conchology, of DONORS. The Author. The Author. G. B. Greenough, Esq. 9. Two Extracts from the Bibliotheque Britannique The Author. Voyage Mineralogique fait en 1 vol. 8° A Treatise on the external, chemical, and physi- Accompanied by a set of illustrative Models. Paris, 1816, 2d edit. 1 vol. 8v° A General Account of the Rivers of note in N. J. Larkin, Esq. Charles Stokes, Esq. The Author. An Elementary Introduction to the knowledge Dr. Thomson. 29. Annals of Philosophy by Dr. Thomson, for July. Dee. 5. Considerations sur les montagnes volcaniques, par M. Collini, Directeur du Cabinet d'Histoire Naturelle, de S.A.S.E. Palatine et de Baviere, Manheim, 1781, 1 vol. 4to Mineralogisch geographische und andere vermischte Rachrichten von den Ultaischen Gebirgen Russisch Ranserlichen Untheils von H. 'M. Renovans. Reval, 1788, 1 vol. 4ť Physikalisch-Metallurgisch Abhandlungen über die Gebirge und Bergwerke in Ungarn von Johann Jakop Ferber, Prof. in Mitan. Berlin, and Stettin, 1780, 1 vol. 8° G. B. Greenough, Esq. Memb. G. Soc. Dec. 5. Voyage Mineralogique Philosophique et Histo- 6. Tableau Synoptique d'Oreognosie, ou connois- Memoria Mineralogica sulla montagna e sui con- 18. Der Granit des Riesengebirges und di ihn umge- Breislak mineralogische Reise durch anen Theil Journal de Physique for September, 1816. Jan. 1. Meterological Table for 1816, extracted from the La Siderotechnie, ou l'art de traiter les Minerais 4 vols. 4to VOL. IV. DONORS. G. B. Greenough, Esq. Robert Ferguson, Esq. Memb. G. Soc. The Author. The Editors. The Royal Institution of G. B. Greenough, Esq. Robert Ferguson, Esq. John Taylor, Esq. Memb. G. Soc. The Editor. The Royal Institution of J. MacCulloch, M.D. The Conseil des Mines. The Linnean Society. |