INDEX, 



351 



Salisbury, R. A. Fsr». his translation 

 of M. Ramond's , aper nn Ihe vegeta- 

 tion of high mountains, 16. Of M. 

 Thouin's dtscr.pt. >n of a bank for 

 Alpine plants, 24. 



Sand-tubes found at Drigg, in Cumber- 

 land, 76. 



Scheele, 50. 



Schulze, M., on the comparative 

 strength of men and horses, applica- 

 ble to the movement of machines, <233. 



Scientific Institution, Lectures at, 79. 



Scientific news, 7 '2. 148, S21. 306. 



Seebeck, M., on the action of coloured 

 rays on a mixture of oximuriatic gas 

 and hidrogen gas, 220. 



Seer-woods, sap and air contained in, 

 324. 



Sefftroud, M. 240. 



Seguin, 50. 



Sepia, or cuttle fish, 34. 



Sheppard, £. Esq. on the best state in 

 which it is advisable to bring the 

 British Merino wools to market, 121. 



Ships saved from sinking, improvement 

 in, 112. 



Shooting-stars and large meteors, 298. 



Shute, Mr. T., 79. 



Singer, Mr., his electrical Lectures, 79. 



■■ ■ ■ — , Strictures on his paper on 



shooting-stars, 298. 



Smith, Mr. E. his description of the 

 perpendicular lift, erected as a sub- 

 stitute for locks on the Worcester and 

 Birmingham canal, at Tardebig, 

 near Bromsgrove. 335. 



Snart, Mr., inventor of the Chondrome- 

 ter, 312. 



Square-root, extraction of, query 



relative to, 311. 

 Staffa, Isle of, geological remarks on, 



309. 

 Stars, scintillation of, 116. 

 Statical blow-pipe, 190. 

 Steam chimney, 138. 

 Steel, experiments on the hardening of, 

 31. 



Strength of men and horses, applicable 



to the movement of machines, 233. 

 Sylvester, Mr., 174. 



T. 



Tartar emetic, experiments on, to 



ascertain its action on the animal 



system, 12. 

 Taylor, J., Esq., on the economy of the 



mines of Cornwall and Devon, 224. 

 Tendrils of plants, their motions, 37. 

 Test for arsenic, 174. 

 Thenard, M., 49. 81. 241. 

 Thomson, Dr., 50. 

 , his " History of the 



Royal Society," 73. 



his " Annals of Philoso- 



phy," 121, 



, animadversions on his 



preface to the latter work, 1 51. 



Thouin, M. his description of a bank 

 for the culture of Alpine plants, 24. 



Threshing, improvement in, 108. 



Tiger, urine of the, analysis of, 2. 



Traill, Dr. 69, 265. 



Trees, sap and air contained in, 324. 



, accurately sketched on the 



surface of the ice, on the bog-lakes of 

 Ireland, 343. 



Trigonometrical Survey of England, 

 defence of, 246. 



" Tyrocinium Medicum : or a Disserta- 

 tion on the Duties of Youth apprentic 

 ed to the Medical Profession," 74 



V. 



Valenberg's journey for examining the 

 mountains of Lapland, 148. 



Vauquelin, M., his comparative analy- 

 ses of the urine of various animals, l. 



Vegetation of high mountains, 16. 



Volta, 50. 



