412 INDEX. 



Smith, Rev. Mr, his facts in regard to the hybernation of the chimney 

 swallow, 231. 



Societies, benefit or friendly, Mr W. Fraser's memoir on the history 

 and constitution of, 122, 276. 



Sound heard at a great distance, 377. 



Spitzbergen, Dr Latta's observations on its glaciers and climate, 91. 



Squalls of wind on the African shores, 376. 



Statistics, notices in, 395. 



Steam navigation, Mr Miller's remarks on Symington and Bell's pre- 

 tensions to be considered the inventors of, 87. 



Stewart, Rev. Charles, his account of an ascent to the crater of the 

 volcano of Kirauea, 45. 



Sugar existing in the flowers of rhododendron ponticum, 387. 



♦Swallow, Rev. Mr C. Smith's account of the hybernation of the, 231. 



Tabular view of the superior, supermedial, and medial rocks, notice re- 

 specting Henry T. De La Beche's, 401. 



Tabular view of volcanic phenomena, notice respecting Dr Daubeny's, 

 402. 



Tea, brick, account of, 388. 



Teneriffe filtering stone, 384. • 



Telescopes, fluid, notice respecting, 394. 



Therm ometrical observations made in New South Wales, by the Rev. 

 Mr Macgarvie, 234. 



Tiedeman, M. T., his account of the brain of the common dolphin, 296. 



Tin, Mr Gill's account of a mode of coating small articles of metal 

 with, 140. 



Tivoli, disasters of, 301. 



Tornadoes of the coast of Africa, S76. 



Tourmaline, Prof. C. G. Gmelin's chemical examination of, 274. 



Trotting match, 194. 



Turner, Dr Edward, his chemical examination of isopyre, 265. 



Volcanic phenomena, Dr Daubeny's tabular view of, notice respecting 



it, 402. 

 Volcano of Kirauea, Mr Stewart's account of an ascent to the crater of 



the great volcano of, 45. 



Walking match, 194. 



Water of the Dead Sea, analyses of the, 381. 



Water of the river of Sagis in Siberia, analysis of the, 381. 



Waters, mineral, Dr Daubeny's circular respecting, 381. 



Watt, Mark, Esq. his remarks on the magnetic influence of the beat 



produced by the solar rays, 170. 

 Wemerian Natural History Society, proceedings of the, 181. 

 Wilson, James, Esq. account of his illustrations of zoology, 199, 397. 



Zoology, notices in, 195, 388. 



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