THE

EDINBURGH NEW

PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL,

EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE

PROGRESSIVE DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS

IN THE

SCIENCES AND THE ARTS.

CONDUCTED BY

LAURENCE JAMESON.

APRIL..... OCTOBER 1854.

VOL. LVII.

TO BE CONTINUED QUARTERLY.

EDINBURGH:

ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK.

LONGMAN BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS, LONDON.

1854.