416 INDEX. 



Rana, Dr Davy's observations on the structure of the heart of animals of 



the genus, 160 

 Raspail, M. his remarks on the organization of the chara, 400 — on the 



pollen of vegetables, 399 

 Respiration of the Crustacea, 201 



Richardson, Dr, his observations on the aurora borealis, 241 

 Right arm, causes of its predominance over the left, 407 

 River, petrifying qualities of one, 390 

 Roofs, Mr Carter's remarks on covering them with iron plates, 97 



Schintz, M. his account of remains of mammifera in the coal formation 



of Zurich, 273 

 Scoresby, Rev. W., his remaiks on the probability of reaching the north 



pole, 22 

 Sea, remarks on the level of the, 336 

 Slip of a mass of strata in Berwickshire, 275 

 Smoky chimneys, cure of, 304 

 Snake catchers in China, 201 



Society, Wernerian Natural History, proceedings of, 179, 386 

 Societies, Friendly, Mr Eraser's account of, 129 

 Sound in water, MM. Colladon and Sturm's remarks on, 81 

 Statistics, notices in, 408 

 Slrontian in aphrite, 192 

 Subterranean temperature, M. Cordier's remarks on, 277 



Tattooing, method of, 406 



Temperature of plants, 204 — of springs, 187 — of springs near Edinburgh, 

 356 



M. Corder's examination of experiments on subterranean, 277 



Thermometer, diurnal course of the, 186 



Thermo-barometrical observation, M. Eschmann's remarks on, 390 



Turnips, culture of, 408 



Tyrian purple, M. Lesson's remarks on, 403 ' 



Ultramarine, artificial, 408 



Velocity of sound, 154 



Volcanoes, Sir H. Davy on the phenomena of, 196 



Baron Humboldt's essay on their structure and action, 222 



Walrus, fossil bone of one, found in Virginia, 325 

 Water, compressibility of, 19 1 



Watt, Mark, Esq. his experiments on lunar rays, 122 

 Weber, Professor, his observations on the epidermis, &c. 334 

 Wernerian Natural History Society, proceedings of, 179, 386 

 Whale, fossil rib of one, fo^nd near Brighton, 198 

 Winds, comparison of, with the height of the sea, 187 



with the cunents of the sea at Copenhagen, 187 



Wine, method of preserving it in draught, 204 

 Woman, notice respecting one delivered of five 



Zoology, notices in, 200, 403 



p. NEILL, PRINTER. 



