INDEX. 187 



Britain, 3. Description of a bronze, 5. The sphinx not older 

 than the time of the first Claudius, G ; though respect for it 

 may be traced to that of Augustus, ib. Probably placed in the 

 pro naos, or vestibule of the temple of Claudius, 10. Instances 

 from antiquity of sphinxes represented as having completed 

 the destruction of their victims, 11. Probable circumstances 

 that have preserved this specimen, 14. Remark on the en- 

 gravings of it, 1 5 



Spinal nerves, on the irritation of, xii. 428 



■ observations on the morbid influence of, xiv. 296 



Spirit, table of the average quantity of, in different wines, iv. 289 



economical mode of rectifying, viii. 381 



on the evaporation of, x. 187 



Spirit-level (Russian), notice of, vii. 370 



Spohn's (Professor) remarks on his essay De Lingua el Literis 

 Vetcrum Egyptiorum^ edited by Professor Seyfifarth, 4to. Leip- 

 zig, 1825, XX. 159 



Sponge, iodine found in, x. 456 



experiments on the bleaching of, xviii. 402 



Spoon-bill (white) shot, v. 375 



Spots in the sun, observations on, ii. 420 



Spring-water, analysis of, vi. 171. Remarkable eruption of, xi. 



406 

 Springs for carriages, observations on, xviii. 97 

 Squire (Colonel), copy of an ancient inscription by, x. 7 

 Stars, investigation of the corrections of the places of, for aber- 

 ration and nutation, viii. 21. Observations on the transits of, 

 84. Experiments on the light of, 92 



easy method of computing the aberration of, xii. 151 



mean places of forty-six Greenwich stars, xiii. 387. Cor- 

 rections in right ascension of thirty-six principal, 388. xiv. 192 



catalogue of the polar distances of thirty-nine principal, 



xiv. 186 



principal, predicted and observed places of, xr. 135 



observations on the apparent distances and i)ositions of 



certain double and triple, xvii. 250 



