Index. 375 



Manganese, its distribution, 271. 



Maury's theory of the trade-winds, his wind and current charts, 170. 



Metals, chemical examination of, by J. Arthur Phillips, Esq., 



F.C.S., 75. 

 Meteorological observatory at Mount Vesuvius, 146. 

 Monticelli collection of Minerals at Naples, for sale, 186. 

 Murchison, Sir Roderick, on the Silurian system, 366. 



Nasmyth, James, Esq., some views respecting the source of light, 



&c., 65. 

 Natural waters, their chemical and physical constitution, by M. E. 



Marchand, 307. 

 Nile, sources of, 364. 



Obituaries of Oersted, 274 — Morton, 276 — ^and De Savigny, 279. 

 Ocean, 333. 



Olmsted, Professor Dennison, observations on the zodiacal light, 148. 

 Organic matter in stalactites and stalagmites, forming crystallised 

 and amorphous crenate of lime, 273, 



Patents granted for Scotland from 22d September to 22d Decem- 

 ber 1851, 188. 



from 22d December 1851 to 24th March 1852, 368. 



Pemmican, manufacture of, 365. 



Phillips, J. Arthur, F.C.S., on the chemical examination of metals 

 and alloys known to the ancients, 75. 



Pisa, science of, 187. 



Portlock, Lieut. -Colonel, on the scratching of rocks by the passage 

 over them of sharp detrital matter. 111. 



Progressive geological development, by Sir C. Lyell, 358. 



Reptilian remains found in the old red sandstone of Morayshire, 353. 



Sang, Edward, Esq., professor of civil and mechanical engineering, 

 Constantinople, observations on the solar eclipse of July 28, 

 1851, 103. 



Satellites, new, of Uranus, 177. 



Saturn's rings, 175. 



School of Mines, its opening, and lecture by Prof. E. Forbes, 210. 



Scouler, Dr John, on the occurrence of the remains of the rein-deer 

 in Scotland, 135. 



