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444 Index. 



Serpentine, on the formation of, 206 — rocks of, 296. 



Sinking, gradual, of the land in Scania, 301. 



Shells, recent beds (;f, above the present level of the sea, 302. 



Snow, the melting of, around plants, by M. Melloni, 243. 



Society of Arts of Scotland, proceedings of, 399 — prizes offered 

 by, 413. 



Smith, James, of Jordanhill, his observations on the last changes in 

 the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Isles, 387. 



Smith, Andrew, M. D., his illustrations of Southern Africa, no- 

 ticed, 433. 



Spitzbergen, its geology, 307 — glaciers of, 314. 



Spring, intermittent, 208 — hot, observations on, 424. 



Storms, observations on, by Redfield and Reid, 342. 



Subterranean heat, 202 — temperatures, 202. 



Temperature of the lower strata of the atmosphere, 353 — ©f the 

 globe in the Polar regions and upon the tops of lofty moun- 

 tains, 416. 



Tides of the Mediterranean, observations on, 427. 



Torpedo, experiments on, 432. 



Traill, Dr, account of an indelible ink, 213. 



Trap-rocks, observations on, 295. 



Unger, Dr F., upon the formation of crystals in the cells of 

 plants, 19. 



Ure, Dr, his Dictionary of Arts, &c. noticed, 436. 



Vice-chuck, description of an improvement in, by R. Wilson, en- 

 gineer, 280. 



Vinous fermentation, experiments and observations on, 368. 



Virilescence, observations on, by Dr Mehjiss, 273. 



Waterfalls, the electricity of, 426. 



Water-house, G. R., description and figure of the mammalia of the 

 Beagle Expedition, noticed, 216. 



Water-spouts, observations on, 425. 



Weber, W., Professor, his description of an experiment explana- 

 tory of the great prostration of strength experienced during 

 the ascent of lofty mountains, 254. 



Wernerian Natural History Society, proceedings of, 198. 



Whewell, Professor, his address to the Geological Society on 16th 

 February 1838, 140,. 



Whitelaw, James, his description, with drawings, of a grinding 

 machine for giving a truly cylindrical form to the rims of 

 pulleys and drums, 335. 



Wilson, C. H., on the propriety of forming national casting esta- 

 blishments, 28. 



Winds, observations on, 421. 



2ahara desert, geology of, 428. 



Zoology of South Africa, illustrations of, by Dr Smith, 433. 



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