J,H, 411 



Light and darkness, influence of, on the human body, 394. 



Link, Professor, his contributions to the botanical geography of 



the south of Europe, 304. 

 Luminous appearance, notice of a, at sea, oil' the Shetland Island*, 



193. 



Macritchie, Rev. VV., and Mr George, their meteorological table, 

 shewing the temperature and pressure at Clunie Manse, Perth- 

 shire, 367. 



Magnetism, terrestrial, report on, 316 observations on, made in 

 different parts of Europe, 378. 



Matteucci, JVI., his experiments upon the Torpedo, 193. 



Meteorology, connection between, and vegetation, 383. 



Microscope, notice respecting a new reflecting, 379. 



Milk, asses', on the chemical composition of, 79. 



Milne, Captain, on the magnetic variation near Edinburgh, and in 

 Berwickshire, 175. 



Mineralogy, notice of Levy's work on, 204. 



Mitchell, I)r James, on the manufacture of gun-flints, 36. 



Monkey, fossil, on the recent discovery of a jaw of a, 403. 



Nash, D. W., Esq., on the geology of Egypt and the valley of 



Cossier,, 40. 



Nidda C. Krug, Von, on the mineral springs of Iceland, 90, 220. 

 Nights, tropical, 192. 

 Nitrogen, on the proportions of, in different varieties of wheat, 393. 



Oil, on tea, 330. 



Patents, list of, granted in Scotland from 20th September to 17th 

 December 1836, 211; from 17th December 1836 to 14th 

 March 1837, 407. 



Paterson, John, Esq., on an arrangement of the planets and satel- 

 lites, according to their distances and masses, 375. 



Payen, M., on the proportion of nitrogen in different varieties of 

 wheat, 393. 



Peligot, M. E., on the chemical composition of asses' milk, 79. 



Peluze and Liebig, Messrs, on the bouquet of wines, 392. 



Plagionite, analysis of, 406. 



Plants, description of several new or rare, which lately flowered in 

 the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, 373. 



Plants and animals, on the distinctive characters between, 396. 



Platinum, note on the manufacture of, 197. 



Polyparia, on masses of, without animals, 395. 



Ponton, Miingo, Esq., on the condition of the earth, as it is first 

 described in the Mosaic account of the creation, 380. 



Radiation, solar, 382. 



Raffetot, M. le Compte de, his table of heights, ascertained baro- 

 metrically, in the department of the Hautes- Pyrenees, 177. 

 Retzius, M., on the structure of the teeth, 202. 

 Rathke, II., on the development of the decapodes, 364. 



Sang, Edward, Esq. his account of an improvement in the construc- 

 tion of Wollaston's goniometer, 213. 



