INDEX. 179 



376, xvii. 254. General results of observations by, on the 

 dipping-needle, 104- 

 Scotland, illustrations of the mineralogy of, x. 207 

 > remarks on the polemical discussions of the geologists 



and geognosts of, xiii. 167. Geological structure of the country 

 round Edinburgh, and on the banks of the Firth of Forth, 171. 

 Scenery of Argyleshire delineated, 181. Geology of the isle 

 of Arran, 182 ; and of the Hebrides, 192. General view of 

 the geological structure of, 193 

 Scott (Dr. H.) on the arts of India, i. 195. Effects of nitric 

 acid taken internally, and used as a bath for various diseases, 

 197. Certain diseases unknown in the tropics, 198. His sub- 

 stitute for nitric acid, 203. Its effects in syphilitic affections, 

 205. His mode of administering it, 208 



■ on the arts of India, ii. 07. Account of the Indian ope- 

 ration for the cataract, 68 



Scott (H. Esq.^, particulars by, respecting the Ornithorhynchus 



Paradoxus^ xvii. 254 

 Scrofula, on the use of iodine in, xii. 243 

 ScRooPE (G.P. Esq.) on the geology of the Paduan, Vicentine, 



and Veronese territories, xiv. 16 

 — account of the eruption of Vesuvius in October 1822, 



XV. 175 



■ considerations of, on volcanoes, xx. 356 



Sculptures of the Temple of Minerva at Athens, remarks on, vii. 

 22 ; and on those of the iEgina marbles, 229 



Scutellearia Lateriflora, a remedy for hydrophobia, x. 194 



Sea, the cause of the diminution of its temperature on approaching 

 land, considered, iii. 368 



observations on the freezing of, when rough, iv. 250 ^and in 



sheltered situations, 251 



elevation of, xiii. 230. Encroachment of, in America, 231 



Caribbean, temperature of, at considerable depths, xvii. 126 



Sea-horses, account of, vi. 297 



Seal, fact in the natural history of, xvii. 263 



Sea-serpent, supposed to be seen near Boston ia America, evi- 

 dence concerning, iv. 378 



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