INDEX. 



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Futtehporc, 24G — in the State of New 



York for 1826, 299 

 Meteorological register at Kendal, 186 — 



at Canaan Cottage, 188 

 Mica from New Jersey, 182 

 Mineral spring near Wakefield, analysis 



of a new one, 370 

 Mitscherlich, Professor, on a new acid 



of selenium, 299 

 MoUusca, Cephalopodous, new work on, 



374 

 Mooring ships, new method of, 159 

 Nash, Mr, on the fascination of snakes, 



159 

 New York, results of meteorological re- 

 gisters in the State of, 299 

 Nitric acid, test for the presence of, 



370 

 Occultation of stars observed at Wilna, 



361— .of Saturn, 361— of the double 



star of y6 scorpio, 361 

 Parry, Captain, on the variation of the 



needle, 197 

 Patents, list of Scotch ones, 184, 377 

 Petra, account of the excavated city of, 



227 

 Phillips, Mr R., his method of ascertain- 

 ing the purity of the sulphate of quina, 



373 

 Playfair, Dr G., on locusts in the Doab, 



149 

 Plisson, M. on the identity of the malate 



of althein with asparagin, 369 

 Pluger, M. his analysis of gas from the 



body of a cow, 365 

 Pouillet, M., on the rotation of a magnet 



about its axis, 170 

 Prince of Wales's island, on its mean 



temperature, 63 — luminosity of the 



sea near it, 362 

 Pyro-electricity of the tourmaline, 365 

 Quina, sulphate of, how to ascertain its 



purity, 372 

 Radiant heat, Mr Ritchie on, 136 

 Rain, red, from butterflies, 363 

 Reproduction of domestic animals, 155 

 Ritchie, Mr W., on radiant heat, 136 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, proceedings 



of, 164, 359 

 Schow, Professor, on the changes in the 



meteorological constitution of the earth, 



311 

 Scoresby, Rev. W., on the effects of 



lightning on a ship, 203 

 Scott, D. Esq., on the formation of ice 



in India, ,2 16 

 Screw nails, on the adhesion of, 159 

 Sea water, how to wash with it, 158 

 Selenium, on a new acid of, 2^4 

 Serpent, on a remarkable marine one, 



383 

 Shawls fabricated by insects, 343 



Singapore, on its mean temperature, 61 



Slawinski, M., his astronomical obser- 

 vations at Wilna, 361 



Snakes, on the fascination of, 154 



Society of Arts for Scotland, proceedings 

 of the, 360 



South, James, Esq. on binary systems 

 of stars, 40 



Spectra, on those from star-light, 7 



Spiders gossamer, how they effect their 

 aetial excursions, 153 



Steam-Boilers, on the explosion of, 160 



Steam- Engines, on the great power of 

 some, 160 



Stromeyer, Professor, on the separation 

 of manganese from lime and magnesia, 

 374 



St-Hilaire, M. on a polydactylous horse, 

 25 



Sulphur, on the properties of, 180 



Swinton, Geo. Esq. his donations to the 

 Mu.seum of the Royal Society of Edin- 

 burgh, 165 



Tabasheer, on the natural history and 

 properties of, 285 — Dr Turner's ana- 

 lysis of, 335 



Tautolite, a new mineral, 181 



Telescope, on a new fluid one, by Profes- 

 sor Barlow, 93 — magnificent achro- 

 matic one made in Paris, 362 



Temperature of the Equator, 60 



Teredo navalis, on its destructive action 

 on vessels of teak timber, 15 J 



Testaccio Monte, on the cold caves of, 

 205 



Thomson Dr, his analysis of the pure 

 chromate of iron, 182 



Tourmaline, on the laws of its pyro-elec- 

 tricity, 365 



Turner, Dr, on the effects of poisonous 

 gases on vegetables, 140— -on the detec- 

 tion of antimony in mixed fluids, I74 

 — his analysis of tabasheer, 335 



Vapours, on their absorption by liquids, 

 326 



Variable Star, on a new one, 167 



Varnish of India, 96 — Varnish Trees of 

 ditto, 97 — On the poisonous qualities 

 of these varnishes, 100 



Vegetable substances, on the ultimate 

 analysis of, 178 



Vegetables, on the effects of poisonous 

 gases on, 1 40 



Vernal Winds from the N. E. on the 

 cause of, 39 



Vesta, its opposition to the sun, 167 



Volcanoes, Baron Von Buch on, 182 



Volta, Alexander, life of, I 

 Wallich, Dr, his botanical researches in 

 Ava, 22 



Walz, M. on the comets of 1827, 361, 

 362 



