INDEX. 



691 



Mastodon, on the discovery of an entire 

 skeleton of, 80 



Meason, Gilbert Laing, Esq. analysis of 

 his account of Atkinson's history of the 

 gold mines in Scotland, 179 



Menard, Dr, on the fossil cavern of Lu- 

 nel-Viel, 282 



Mesole, observations on, 18 



Meteoric stone of Ferrara, analysis of, 

 191 



Meteorological phenomena at Plymouth, 



observations at UUens- 



vang, 83— at Kendal, 198 — at Canaan 

 Cottage, 200, — with balloons, 249 



Minerals, cupriferous, on the gradual 

 changes which take place in them, 126 



Mineral waters, theory of their formation, 

 186 



Minto, Right Honourable the Earl of, 

 his barometrical measurements of Ve- 

 suvius, 68 



Earl of, his meteorological obser- 

 vations with balloons, 249 



Mitscherlich, Professor, on a new com- 

 pound of selenium and oxygen, 185 



Mitchill, Dr, on the growth of vege- 

 tables on animals, 30 



Moreau de Jonnes, M. on the domestic 

 economy of the Romans, 267 



Naples, on the climate of, 263 



Needle for showing small quantities of 

 magnetism, 184 



Nero's baths, 263 



Nickel, on the atomic weight of, 1 55 



Nitric acid, composition of, 187 ' 



Nitrification, defence of the old theory of, 

 187 



Observatory, new one at Vienna, 376 



Oils from fish, on their properties, 97 



Oligoclase, 343 



Orang-outang, on the capture of a female 

 one, 162 



Ornithology, Captain Brown's system of, 

 192 



Oxahverite, a new mineral, US—analysis 

 of, 118 



Parhelia observed in America, 1 13 



Patents, Scottish, since Feb. 1827, 195 



Perkins, Jacob, Esq. on the explosion of 

 steam-boilers, 166 — on the economy of 

 using highly elastic steam expansively, 

 1 70 — his steam engine, 359 



Peron, M. on the sea-elephant, 73 



Pheasants, on the change in the plumage 

 of the females, 354 



Pbillipsite, 'on remarkable twin-crystals 

 of, 140 



Phoonga caves described, 57 



Phosphate of soda, on a new one observed 

 by Mr Clarke, 311 — of magnesia, its 

 solubility, 381 



Phosphorus liquid ^t 40° Fahrenheit, id. 



Plants in Bengal, 244 — plant which 

 yields pure water, 



Polyhalite, a new mineral, 246 



Pontobdella muricata, notice regarding 

 the ova of, 160 



Potash, caustic, 189 



Pratt, Mr, his couches for preventing 

 sea-sickness, 359 



Pyrophosphate of soda, a new salt disco- 

 vered by Mr T. Clark, 298— on its 

 crystalline forms, 314 



Pyrope crystallized, 191 



Railway, travelling, account of one, 173 



Rain-gage, Mr Bevan's, 3C0 



Rattlesnake, on the death of Mr Drake 

 by the bite of one, 85 



— on the poison of, 358 



Rensselaer, Dr, on the fossil mastodon,80 



Rhinoceros, on the habits of a young one, 

 165 



Ritchie, W., A. M. on a new differential 

 thermometer, 350— on the permeability 

 of transparent screens by radiant heat, 

 348 



Romans, their domestic economy in the 

 4th century, 267 



Safety-tube, on a new one for chemical 

 apparatus, 61 



Savart, M. on the sounds of gas from 

 pressure, 378 — on a new fact in 

 acoustics, id. — on a new kind of vibra- 

 tion in sonorous bodies, 379 



Scarus, observations on the ancient, 355 



Scrope, G. P. Esq. analysis of his work 

 on the geology of Central France, 362 



Sea Elephant, account of, 73 



Sea-sickness, beds and couches for pre- 

 venting it, 359 



Seetzen, M., on subterraneous sounds at 

 Nakous, 51 



Selenium and oxygen, a new compound 

 of, 185 



SeruUas, M., on new compounds of bro- 

 mine, 188 



Soap, transparent method of making it, 

 172 — method of improving it, 361 



Society, Royal of Edinburgh, proceedings 

 of, 182, 370 — for promoting the useful 

 arts in Scotland, 183, 371 



Society for sending out botanical collec- 

 tors, 23 



Soda, on the pyrophosphate of, 298 — on 

 the arseniate of, 309 — on a new phos- 

 phate of, 311 



Sounds, subterraneous, at Nakous, 51 



Sounds of gas issuing from fissures, 378 



South, James, Esq. on double stars, 88 



Spots, luminous ones, near the horizon, 



185 

 Stars, double, on the binary systems of,, 

 88— variable, list of, 184 



