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INDEX. 



AcHMiTE, a variety of augite, 362. 



Adam, Dr J., his description of Cicoiiia ardgala, 327. 



his notice respecting oil found in human blood, 373. 



Adamson, Rev. James, his sketches of our information regarding rail-roads, 23* 



Air-pump, Mr W. Ritchie's account of one without artificial valves, 112. 



Air-thermometer, Mr H. Meikle's remarks on the theory of the, 332. 



Alps, structure of the Swiss, 396. 



Alum, natural, found in Germany, 395. 



Ammouia in alder water, 393. 



Ammoniacal salts, the manner in which they are formed in volcanoes, 193. 



Apparent nearness of objects, 184. 



Anthropology, notices in, 392. 



Apatite in secondary greenstone, 394. 



Arnott, G. A. Walker, Esq., his account of a tour to the south of France and 



the Pyrenees, 66, 268. 

 Arsenic, notice respecting Dr Christison's new mode of detecting it, 321. 



M. Guibourt's remarks on, 317- 



Arts, notices in the, 203. 



Arctic Land Expedition, notice regarding it, 161. 



Astronomy, notices in, 389. 



Aurora-borealis, Prof. Jameson on the noises that sometimes accompany it, 166. 



Benoiston de Chateauneuf, M., his remarks on the changes in the laws of 



mortality, within the last half century, 275. 

 Biographical memoir of Henry Kuhl, 1. 



of Dr Christian Smith, 209. 



Blackadder, Henry Home, Esq., his remarks on the combustion of alcoholic 



fluids, oils, &c. in lamps, 62 — observations on flame, 224. 

 Botany, notices in, 200, 396. 

 Boue, Dr A, his geological observations, 78' 



Boyle, Dr, his meteorological observations made at New Brunswick, 113. 

 Brandes, Professor, his remarks on falling stars, 124. 



Breithaupt, Prof., his remarks on achmite, hyalosiderite and trachylyte, 362. 

 Brongniart, M. Ad., on some fossil vegetables of the coal formation, 282. 

 Bryonia alba, analysis of its root, 323. 

 Buch, Baron Von, his observations on the climate of the Canary Islands, 92. — 



observations made during a visit to Madeira, 380. 

 Buchner, Dr, his hypothesis regarding magnetism, 236. 



Cafeine, notice respecting, 322. 



Canary Islands, Baron Von Buch's observations on the climate of the, 92. 



Carbonate of magnesia, notice regarding its solubUity, 189. 



Caventou, on the chemical properties of starch, 311. 



Celestial phenomena from July 1. to October 1. 1826, 176.— from October 1. 



1826, to January 1, 387. 

 Cements, General Treussart on the preparation of hydraulic, 324. 

 Chemistry, notices in, 188, 392. 



Child, Mr T. E. Baker's account of a singularly small, 398. 

 Christison, Dr, notice respecting his new mode of detecting arsenic, 321. 

 Chloride of lime, remarks on its preparation, 320.— its antiseptic powers, 393. 

 Ciconia ardgala, Dr Adam's description of, 327. 

 Cliona celata, Dr Grant's description of, 78. 



Cod-fishery at Newfoundland, Mr W. Cormack's account of the, 32, 205. 

 Colour, analysis of a powder so named, 190. 

 Comets, Dr Lehmann's inquiries regarding the formation of their tails, 243. 



