INDEX. 



Animals observed on a coral reef, by J. Macgillivray, Esq., 362. 

 Apparatus, self-acting, for preventing water-pipes bursting during 



frost, by Mr A. Macpherson, F.R.S.S.A., of Leith, 238. 

 Arago on the physical constitution of the sun, 193. 

 Artificial formation of minerals, by Hausmann, Ebelmen, Sanar- 



mont, and Becquerel, 324. 



Bolca, Mount, its fossil fish, 147. 

 Bonpland the botanist, 364. 



Candle-tree, account of, 363. 



Charts, whale charts, and hurricane charts, 173. 



Climatology of Arctic America, in reference to the fate of Sir John 

 Franklin, 180. 



Coal-tar, its rectified oil used in the preservation of meat and vege- 

 tables, 367. 



Cosmological view, 321. 



Cotta, J. B., on the internal structure of mountains, 181. 



Crystal Palace, its statues and gems, 184. * 



Dana, James D., Esq., remarks on the structure, growth, and 

 habits of coral zoophytes, 33. 



on coral reefs and islands, 221. 



Davis, Lieut. C. H., on the connection between tides and alluvial de- 

 posits, 359. 



Davy, Dr John, on the colour of rocks, 62. 



on the influence of a tropical climate on the wool of the 



sheep, 283. 



De la Rive, M., on the appearance and disappearance of great gla- 

 ciers, 165. 



Drift of North America noticed, 369. 



