Excerpt from The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. 42: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts; October 1846 April 1847 II. Some Remarks on the High Temperature in' the United Mines in Cornwall. By robert were Fox. Communicated by the Author, III. Further Evidence of the Existence of Glaciers in Scotland in Ancient Times. By charles mac laren, Esq., Communicated by the Author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.