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INDEX. 



from Whitstable to the north Fore- 

 land, 219. 



Rofe (J.) on the geology of the neigh- 

 bourhood of Reading, 212. 



Rose (G.) on osmiridium from the 

 Ural, 101. 



Rotary motion of camphor, 152. 



Royal Society, 451. 



Royal Institution, 74. 



Salseparine, analysis of, 464. 



Sarsaparilla, on the active principle of, 

 463. 



Saurian bones in the magnesian con- 

 glomerate, 463. 



Say's instrument for taking specific 

 gravities, improvement in, 203. 



Shells, 144, 145, 148, 300, 312, 379, 

 380, 382. 



Silvertop (C.) on the tertiary formation 

 of Murcia, 220. 



Smilacine, analysis of, 465. 



Societies, learned, proceedings of: — 

 Royal Society, 451 ; Linnaean, 70, 

 298 ; Geological, 53, 21 1, 292, 459; 

 Royal Astronomical, 300; Zoologi- 

 cal, 72, 143, 230, 31 1, 379 ; Royal 

 Institution, 74; Entomological, 236; 

 British Association, 386. 



Soda, carbonate of, its purification, 316. 



Sodium, chloride of, action of oxalic 

 acid upon, 445. 



Solar eclipse of July 16, 1833,305,311. 



Specific gravities, improvement in Say's 

 instrument for measuring, 203. 



Stars, double, micrometrical measures 

 of, 302. 



Steam-vessels, on the motion of, 453. 



Stearon, 153. 



Sturgeon (W.), caution to experi- 

 menters with the electrical kite, 317 ; 

 magneto-electrical experiments, 376; 

 description of a thunder-storm, 418. 



Suboxide of lead, 79. 



Sulphuric acid, apparatus for freezing 

 water by the aid of, 377. 



Talbot ( H. F.), experiments on light, 



321. 

 Tannin, its action on the roots of 



plants, 157. 

 Talbot (H. F.) on the arcs of certain 



parabolic curves, 455. 

 Tartaric acid, distillation of, 397. 

 Telegraphs, modern, on, 241, 365. 

 Telescopes, application of the negative 

 achromatic lens to, 452. 



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Temperature, subterranean, 446. 



Thermal spring at Mallow, variations 

 of temperature in, 216. 



Thompson (W.) on some crystals of 

 snow, 318. 



Thomson (J.) on the mummy cloth of 

 Egypt, 355. 



Thunder-storm, description of a, 418. 



Tides in the Bay of Morecambe, 264. 



Tin, protoxide of, 79. 



Titanium in organic matter, 398. 



Tortoise, freshwater, type of a new 

 genus of, 143. 



Tourmaline, on the electricity of, 133. 



Trigonometrical functions, 198. 



Turner (Dr.) on the action of high 

 pressure steam on glass, 297. 



Undulatory theory of light, application 

 of photometry to, 439. 



United States, geological survey of, 

 466. 



Valerianic and its salts, 396. 



Vegetation, comparative influence of 

 the climate of Naples on, 46, 102. 



Vision, on, 192; some curious facts 

 respecting, 375. 



W. H. M., improvement in Say's in- 

 strument for taking specific gravi- 

 ties, 203. 



Wax, fossil, 316. 



Water, its action on lead, 81 ; appa- 

 ratus for freezing, 377. 



West (W.) on a remarkable analogy 

 between ponderable bodies and ca- 

 loric and electricity, 1 10. 



Wheeler (J. H.) on the application of 

 photometry to the undulatory theory 

 of light, 439. 



Williams (Rev. D.) on the ravines, 

 passes, and fractures in the Mendip 

 Hills, 220. 



Williamson (W.) on the organic re- 

 mains in the lias series of Yorkshire, 

 222. 

 Wohler on borates of magnesia, 156. 

 Wood (A. T.) on the action of oxalic 



acid upon chloride of sodium, 445. 

 Yorke (Capt. P.), experiments on the 

 action of water and air on lead, 81 . 

 Young (J. R.) on certain trigonome- 

 trical functions, 198. 

 Zoological Society, 72, 143, 230, 311, 

 379. 



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