THE EDINBURGH NEW PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL, EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE PROGRESSIVE DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SCIENCES AND THE ARTS. EDITORS. THOMAS ANDERSON, M.D., F.R.S.E., REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW; SIR WILLIAM JARDINE, BART., F.R.S.E.; F.R.SS. L. & E., F.L.S., REGIUS KEEPER OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND BOTANY, FOR AMERICA, HENRY D. ROGERS, LL.D., Hon. F.R.S.E., F.G.S., STATE GEOLOGIST, PENNSYLVANIA; PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK. LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS, LONDON. MDCCCLXI. MIL CONTENTS. PAGE 1. Notes on the Total Eclipse of the Sun of July 18, 1860, 2. On the Eruption, in May 1860, of the Kötlugjá Volcano, 3. On the Claim of Dr Wells to be regarded as the Author |