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GENERAL INDEX TO THE ELEVEN VOLUMES OF 



Shepard (C. U.) on native iron, slightly 

 arseniuretted, iv. 73. 



Shetland, New South, v. 237. 



Ships, on the errors in the course of, 

 from local attraction, ix. 443. 



of war, Mr. Major's analysis of, 



vi. 41, 94. 



, plan for mooring in roadsteads, ii. 



110, 289. 



Siamese Twins, united, vii. 450. 



Siberian minerals, newly discovered, i. 

 26. 



Silica, sulphuret of, v. 234. 



Silicium, bromide of, xi. 395. 



Silicate of iron from Bodenmais, vi. 147. 



Sillimanite, crystalline form of, Mr. W. 

 Phillips on, i. 401. 



Silver, some properties of, M. Weslar 

 on, vii. 58. 



, chloride of, iv. 384 ; viii. 464. 



, chromate of, i. 345. 



, nitrate of, as a test for vegetable 



and animal matter, v. 310. 



, ores of, on the amalgamation of, 



iv. 234. 



, reduction of, detected by the mag- 

 netic needle, viii. 230. 



, precipitate of, resembling the pur- 

 ple powder of Cassius, viii. 58. 



and gold raised at Guanaxuato, ii. 



71. 



Silvertop (Col. C.) on the lacustrine ba- 

 sins of Baza and Alhama, vii. 453 ; 

 viii. 150. 



Simons (Dr.) on the velocity of sound, 

 viii. 60. 



Simple bodies, atomic weights of, table 

 of the, viii. 161, 423. 



Skeletons of small fish, method of ob- 

 taining, vii. 151. 



Shetland, discovery of the chromate of 

 iron in, viii. 226. 



Slight (H.) on certain habitudes of Se- 

 pia, iii. 153. 



Smelting of iron, improvement in, vii. 

 232. 



Smith (Dr. A.) on the origin and history 

 of the Bushmen, ix. 119, 197, 339, 

 419. 



Smith, Sir J. E., iii. 291, 302, 374, 391 ; 

 Prof. Schultes on, vi. 352. 



Smith (W.) on retaining water in rocks 

 for summer use, i. 415. 



presentation of the Wollaston me- 

 dal to, ix. 272. 



Smithson's mode of detecting mercury, 

 M. Orfila on, vi. 394. 



Snakes, Mr. Nash on the fascination of, 

 ii. 313. 



Societies, Learned, Proceedings of : 



Astronomical Society, i. 69, 140, 291, 

 390, 455; ii. 148, 222; iii. 64, 136, 

 227, 377, 451 ; iv. 62, 136, 298 ; v. 

 227, 465 ; vi. 66 ; vii. 223, 361, 459 ; 

 viii. 290, 456 ; ix. 138, 220, 361 ; xi. 

 60, 130. 



Belfast Natural History Society, xi. 

 143. 



British Association, x. 150 ; xi. 225, 

 394. 



Cambridge Philosophical Society, ix. 

 382, 462 ; xi. 69. 



Chelmsford Philosophical Institution, iv. 

 388; xi. 393. 



Geological Society, i. 66, 136, 229, 

 386; ii. 147,217, 450; iii. 132,225, 

 291, 441 ; iv. 222, 294; v. 134, 384, 

 443 ; vi. 55, 136 ; vii. 48, 207, 289, 

 358, 452 ; viii. 64, 147 ; ix. 47, 134, 

 211, 271, 376, 445; x. 45, 143, 433 ; 

 xi. 55, 281, 362. 



Geographical Society, viii. 290. 



Horticultural Society, i. 230, 307, 391, 

 466; viii. 152, 382. 



Linnean Society, i. 65, 228, 307, 386, 

 454 ; ii. 146, 449 ; iii. 130, 223, 290, 

 374, 440; iv. 61, 454; v. 73, 226, 

 306, 384 ; vi. 135 ; vii. 46, 206, 357, 

 459; viii. 62; ix. 46, 138, 210, 

 364, 461 ; x. 437 ; xi. 58, 285, 387, 

 455. 



London Institution, iii. 154. 



London Mechanics' Institution, i. 309, 

 394. 



Medico-Botanical Society, ii. 385; iv. 

 227. 



Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris, i. 

 394; ii. 305, 385 ; iii. 130, 305 ; iv. 

 139, 301, 377. 455 ; v. 308 ; vi. 139, 

 309, 382 ; vii. 55, 376 ; viii. 219. 



Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 

 ii. 457; iii. 138; iv. 374; vii. 147; 

 viii. 461 ; xi. 71. 



Royal Institution of Great Britain, i. 

 231, 308, 392, 467 ; ii. 67 ; iii. 229, 

 304, 391, 456; iv. 64; v. 230, 307, 

 389 ; vi. 69 ; vii. 21 1, 315 ;x.66; xi. 

 299, 462. 



Royal Society, i. 60, 224, 302, 385, 

 452; ii. 66, 142, 215, 449; iii. 46. 

 128, 370, 436; iv. 55 ; v. 65, 129, 

 223, 300, 377, 442 ; vi. 51, 135; vii. 

 33, 139, 206, 287, 353, 449; viii. 



