186 INDEX. 



being known, a table to find its corresponding rate and error 



through the day, 155 

 South (James, Esq.), astronomical observations by, in January 



and February, 1822, xiii. 209, 386. Observations of, on the 



Admiralty chronometrical arrangements, 211 

 astronomical phenomena arranged by, for the first, three 



months in the year 1824, xvi. 286 



from April to June, 1824, xvii. 77. See Herschell 



for October, November, and December, 1824, xviii. 81 



■ examination by, of the large achromatic telescope of the 



Royal Observatory at Paris, xx. 286. On the apparent dis- 

 tance and position of four hundred and sixty double and triple 

 stars, 297 



Spade labour, beneficial effects of, vii. 370 



successful instance of, x. 447 



Spain, statistics of, xii. 431 



remarks on the wines of, xviii. 129 



Spalding (Dr.) on remedy for hydrophobia, x. 194 



Spar (brown) of Mexico, analysis of, xii. 272 ; and of bitter spar 

 from the Tyrol, 276 



observations on the different species of, xvi. 106 



Specific gravities of elastic fluids, table of, iii. 415 



of gases, experiments on, vii. 187 



of solid bodies, instrument for determining, xiii. 



257. Table of the prussic acid, 313. 



Specific heat of bodies, vii. 380 



Specific medicines, experiments to ascertain their mode of opera- 

 tion, i. 290 



Specula of reflecting telescopes, mode of protecting, xv. 53 



coating for, xviii. 181 



Speech, observations on the physiology of, xix. 8 



Spherical atoms. See Atoms. 



Spider, singular anecdotes of, viii. 174. Floatage of, in the air 

 accounted for, 249 



Sphinx (ancient) discovered at Colchester, xii. 1. Its dimensions, 

 2. Reasons for thinking it to be of Roman workmanship in 



