Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne 1838

Summary

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne 1838

This volume includes:

• Flora of Northumberland and Durham by Nathaniel John Winch F. G. S. &c (pp. 1 – 150)
• Remarks on a peculiar Colouring Matter in Decayed Wood, by W. C. Trevelyan, V. P., F. G. S., &c. of Wallington (pp. 150 – 152)
• An Account of the Method of Smelting Lead Ore and Refining Lead, practised in the Mining Districts of Northumberland and Cumberland, and Durham, in the Year 1831, by H. L. Pattinson (pp. 152 – 178)
• Notes of a singular Transformation of the Seams of Coal into Stone, at Crummock Colliery by Williamson Peile, F. G. S., &c. (pp. 178 – 181)
• Notice of some rare Birds recently killed in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, by G. T. Fox, V. P., F. L. S. &c. (pp. 181 – 187)
• On the Stratiform Basalt associated with the Carboniferous Formation of the North of England, by Wm. Hutton F. G. S., &c (pp. 187 – 215)
• Notice of the Island of St Kilda, on the North-west Coast of Scotland, by G. C. Atkinson (pp. 215 – 226)
• Narrative of the Sinking of Preston Grange Engine Pit, from the Surface of the Great Seam, Seventy Fathoms, situate in the Parish of Preston Pans, near Edinburgh, by Matthias Dunn (pp. 226 – 236)
• On the Lepidodendron Harcourtii, by Henry T. M. Witham, V. P., F. G. S. &c. (pp. 236 – 240)
• A Descriptive Catalogue of the recent Zoophytes found on the Coast of North Durham, by George Johnston, M. D., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (pp. 240 – 272)
• On the Application of Isometrical Projection to Geological Plans and Sections; with Descriptive Notices of the Mining District at Nentberry, in the County of Cumberland, by T. Sopwith, F. G. S. (pp. 277 – 285)
• Notice on the Gravel Bed of St Lawrence Colliery, by Matthias Dunn (pp. 285 – 288)
• On the Quadrupeds and Birds inhabiting the County of Sutherland, observed there during an Excursion in the Summer of the Year 1834, by P. J. Selby, V. P., F. R. S. E., F. L. S., &c., &c. (pp. 288 – 304)
• Observations on the Young of Salmon, and some Remarks on the Migration of Eels, by The Hon. H. T. Liddell, M. P., V. P. (pp. 304 – 309)
• On making the Society a Place of Deposit for the Mining Records of the District, by John Buddle, V. P., F. G. S., &c. (pp. 309 – 337)
• Supplement to a Catalogue of the Land and Fresh-water Testeceous Mollusca, found in the vicinity of Newcastle by Joshua Alder (pp. 337 – 343)
• On the Effects produced by a Greenstone Dyke upon the Coal, in passing over Cockfield Fell, in the County of Durham, by Henry T. Witham, V. P., F. G. S., &c., (pp. 343 – 384)
• Narrative of the Explosion which occurred at Wallsend Colliery on the 18th June 1835, by John Buddle, V. P., F. G. S., &c. (pp. 346 – 384)
• Chemical Examination of the Fire Damp from the Coal Mines near Newcastle, by Edward Turner, M. D., F. R. S., Lond. and Edinb., V. P. G. S., Professor of Chemistry in the University of London (pp. 384 – 394)
• Description and Analysis of Hatchetine, found in Urpeth Colliery, near Newcastle, by James F. Johnston, A. M., F. R. S., Lond. and Edinb., F. G. S. &c. (pp. 394 – 401)
• Researches upon the Composition of Coal, by Thos Richardson (pp. 401 – 414)
• List of Presents from August 1831 to December 1837 (pp. 414 – 433)
• Explanation of the Plates (pp. 433 – 435)

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