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lun, in 1859, was sold for $50 galihcas 70
Messrs. PAYNE & Foss, the booksellers.


A paper has been read at the Royal oocie-
tv, giving an account of some experiments ;
lately made in Holland, on the yeloci.y oi
sound, by Drs. G. A. Mol, and A. Van beck.
The experiments were made on the Piai..,s
Of Utrecht and care was taken to annlhi'-
ate the effects Of the wind. The stations
were 1854 feet apart and the velocity as
certained by determining the interval pc
tween the flash and report OF guns, by means
of clocks with conical penduiums,.. DIVIDING
"a hours into 10,oto,0C0 parts. l nc result
was, that, at the temperature OF 81 degrees
the velocity Of sound is 10,0s7 fcef per Sc
cond :


The Rev. Mr. Dunbar has, by a seres OF
experiments in Scotland, asccrtalned, that,
when queen bee is wanting for hive, her
majesty can be, and is produced from tue
cgg OF working bee. In one experiment.
having removed the queen, the bees set a.
bout constructing royal cells, and placing
common larvn in chem; in seven days TWO
queens were forncd. One OF these killed
the other; aud though, while in virgin
state, treated with no deslinction whatever.
she no sooner began to lay, than she became
the object Of constant solcitudc and respect
TO crowds of her adnilins subjects, VINO led
and watched upon her,