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INDEX. 



Society, 39; statement respecting the 

 Earl of Bridgewater's legacy, 200. 



Gill (C.) on the rectification of curves, 

 250. 



Glaciers, progressive movement of, 32. 



Gordon (J.) on the expansion of func- 

 tions, 253. 



Greenwich observatory, visitation of, 

 27. 



Gum ammoniacum, on the tree which 

 yields, 47. 



Hall (Dr. M.) on the anatomy of the 

 minute and capillary vessels, 444. 



Hannibal's passage of the Alps, 462. 



Haworth's (Mr.) botanical description 

 of Hermione Cy])ri, 183. 



Heat, increase of in mines, 94. 



Henwood (W. J.) on the formation, 

 &c. of springs, 170. 



Herring, on a variety of, 230. 



Herschel (J. F. W.) on the astronomi- 

 cal causes which may influence geo- 

 logical phaenomena, 136. 



Himalayan Mountains, birds from the, 

 58, 145, 231, 370,453. 



Hour-lines of the ancients, on the, 1 33. 



lodic acid, 149. 



Iodide of potassium, on the combination 

 of with bicyanide of mercury, 402. 



Ivory (Mr.) on the equilibrium of fluids, 

 1 85, 206. 



J. E. B. on Mr. Lindley's statement 

 relative to Orchidece, 403. 



Juan Fernandez, geology of, 220. 



Lake mountains of the North of En- 

 gland, 211. 



Lardner (Dr.) on the lunar theory, 210. 



Level, difference of in the Thames at 

 London Bridge and the sea, 357. 



Light, emission of in the compression 

 of gases, 391. 



Limestone caves, account of at Wel- 

 lington Valley, New South Wales, 

 445. 



Lindley ( Mr. ), on his statement relative 

 to Orchidece, 403. 



Linnsean Society, 46, 138, 210, 364, 461. 



Lloyd (J. A.) on the difference of level 

 between the Thames atLondon Bridge 

 and the sea, 357. 



Lubbock (J. W.) on the limits upon the 

 earth's surface within which an oc- 

 cultation is visible, 90 ; on the stabi- 

 lity of the solar system, 99; researches 

 in physical astronomy, 133; on the 

 tides on the coast of Great Britain, 

 333 ; on the comet of Halley, 362 ; 

 on the meteorological observations 

 made 1827-29 at the Royal Society's 

 apartments, 442. 



Lunar theory, 210 ; lunar occultations, 

 156, 238, 318, 397, 464; lunar di- 



stance, formulae for clearing, 168 ; 

 lunar rainbows, 397. 



Lyell's (Mr.) reply to Mr. Conybeare 

 on theoretical speculations in geo- 

 logy, 1 ; remarks on his " Principles 

 of Geology," 303. 



Magellan, birds from the Straits of, 64, 

 226. 



Magnetic needle, influence of the Au- 

 rora -Borealis on, 151, 361. 



Magnetism, electric origin of the phae- 

 nomena of terrestrial, 208. 



Manganese, phosphates of, 67 ; ores, 

 mode of ascertaining the value of, 

 235 ; in human blood, 390. 



Martin (Mr.) on the ruffed lemur, 

 458. 



Mauritius, zoology of, 373. 



Megatherium* 416-417. 



Mercury; bicyanide of, on its combi- 

 nation with iodide of potassium, 401 ; 

 state of in mercurial ointment, 70. 



Mer-de- Glace, discoveryofM.de Saus- 

 sure's ladder in the, 32. 



Meridian, reduction to the, 270. 



Metals, electro-chemical method of as- 

 certaining the presence of, 38. 



Meteorological observations, by Dr. 

 Burney: for Nov., 78; for Dec., 

 158; for Jan. (1831), 238; for Feb., 

 318 ; for March, 398 ; for April, 464. 



Meteorological observations made at the 

 Royal Society's apartments 1827-29, 

 on the, 442. 



Meteorological table, by Mr. Thompson, 

 Mr. Giddy, Dr. Burney, and Mr. 

 Veall: for Nov., 80; for Dec., 160; 

 for Jan. (1831), 240 ; for Feb., 320 ; 

 for March, 400 ; for April, 467. 



Miller (Mr.), memoir of, 4. 



Mines, increase of temperature in, 94. 



Mitchell (Major) on the limestone caves 

 at Wellington Valley, New South 

 Wales, &c., 445. 



Monkey, a new species of, 367. 



Mont Blanc, recent change of form of 

 the summit of, 328. 



Moon, computation of the motion of in 

 right ascension, 241. 



Moore (Rev. T.) on the origin of rock- 

 basins, 101. 



Moravia, on the geology of, 52. 



Mountain barometer, a new, 441. 



Murchison ( R. I. ) on the structure of 

 the Austrian and Bavarian Alps, 213. 



Natural history, impediments to the 

 study of, 321. 



Nautical Almanac, New, 23. 



New South Wales, geology of, 219. 



Nitrous atmosphere of Tirhoot, 15 J. 



Nitrous gas, on a new combination of, 

 with chlorine, 355. 



