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IMDEX. 



Graham, Mr T., on the influence of air 

 in crystallization, 349 — on the forma- 

 of alcoates, 351 

 Grant, J. Esq. on an Orang-Outang from 



Borneo, 1 

 Grass oil of Nemaur, 333 

 Green, Dr, on the pressure of the sea on 



empty bottles, 3 66 

 Haidinger, Mr, on botryogene, a new 

 mineral, 48 — on erinite, 93 — on the 

 parasitic formation of mineral species, 

 275 — on pyrolusite, 304 — on herde- 

 Tite, 360 

 Hansteen, Professor, his journey to Sibe- 

 ria, 173 — his new table of magnetic 

 variations, 264 — his comparison of the 

 hourly mean temperatures at Chris- 

 tiania and Leith, 309 

 Harvey, Geo. Esq. on the employment 

 of equations of condition in shipbuild- 

 ing, 294 — on the cultivation of the 

 science of shipbuilding, 298 

 Henwood, Mr W. J. on the performance 

 of the steam engine of Huel Towan, 

 159 

 Herderite, a new mineral, 360 

 Herschel, Mr, on double and triple stars, 



90 

 Herrings, on a shower of, in Scotland, 



156 

 Hertzberg, Provost, his meteorological 



observations at Malmanger, &c. 292 

 Huygens on the form of calcareous spar, 



314 v 

 Ice, shower of, in Staffordshire, 354 

 Ingalls, Lieut on the luminous appear- 

 ance of the ocean, 330 

 Insects, on a shower of which fell in 



Russia, 154 

 Iron, native, on a mass of it found in Ata- 

 cama in Peru, 259 — analysis of, 362 



on the changes in minerals which 



contain it, 280 

 Johnston, Mr J. F. W. on the combina- 

 tions of chlorine with prussiate of po- 

 tash, 352 

 King, Mr, on a self-registering thermo- 

 meter, 1 1 3 — on the climate and geo- 

 logy of New South Wale?, 117 

 Knight, T. A. Esq. on the economy of 



bees, 331 

 Kotgur, on the climate and agriculture 



of, 233 

 Lead, on the changes in minerals that 

 contain it, 283 



. malate of, how to prepare it pure, 

 357 

 Libri, M. on the safety lamp, 334 

 Lithochromy, 333 

 Lizard of Siam, account of it, 100 

 Locusts in the state of Ohio, 157 

 Manganese, on the changes in minerals 

 that contain it, 288 — analysis of the 

 ores of, 349 



Manganese, on a gaseous Fluoride of, 356 

 Marshall, Mr .Samuel, on a luminous 

 arch seen at Kendal, 102 — his sum- 

 mary of meteorological observations 

 made at Kendal, 183,372 

 Mean temperature of Penzance, 1 70 — of 



Funchal, 171— of Malmanger, 292 

 Mean hourly temperature at Christiania 



and Leith compared, 309 

 Medals adjudged, 369 

 Meggar, a destructive insect, 156 

 Mellite, analysis of, 174 

 Meteor, of a green colour, 354 

 Meteoric stones in Russia, 172 — in In- 

 dia, 172 

 Meteorological remarks &c. in 1826-7, by 

 A, 129— observations at Kendal, 183- 

 372— at Canaan Cottage, 187-374 

 Mica, analysis of, 1 75 

 Mineral species, on their parasitic forma- 

 tion, 275 

 Mineral springs in India, analysis of, 



95 

 Minerals found in Vesuvius, 207 — two 



new ones, 365 

 Mineralogical literature, 364 

 Montgomerie, W. Esq. on no orang-ou- 

 tang, 1 

 Murray, Mr J. on protection against 

 damp, 336 — on the improvement of 

 candles, 337 

 Naples, physical notices on the bay of, 



189 

 Nearchus, on the time when he left the 



Indus, 225 

 New South Wales, on the climate and 



geology of, 117 

 Nickel-glance, 364 

 Ocean, on the luminous appearance of 



the, 330 

 Odours, their emanation affected by elec- 

 tricity, 355 

 Oil from the grass of Nemaur, 333 

 Optic nerves, on the union of the, 143 

 Orang-outang, account of the manner 



and habits of one, 1 

 Oxmantown, Lord, on a new reflecting 

 telescope, 25 — on an apparatus for 

 grinding and polishing specula, 213 

 Par, on the natural history of the, 327 

 Patents granted in Scotland, 181, 369 

 Pektolite, 364 



Pendulum, seconds, on its length at Pa- 

 ramatta, 354 

 Penzance, mean temperature of, 170 

 Philips, Mr R. on a new sulphate of 



potash, 358 

 Poison, vegetable, on, from India, 217 

 Pollen of plants, observations on the, 336 

 Potash, method of detecting it by the 



blowpipe, 176 

 Potash, sulphate of, on a new one, 358 

 Prinsep, Mr J. his pyrometer for high 

 temperatures, 168 



