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INDEX. 407 



Haarlem, prize essays proposed by the Dutch Society of Sciences of, 144 

 Hardie, James, Esq. his observations on the geology of the Meywar 



district, 329 

 Hauy, M. Rene Just, Baron Cuvier's biographical memoir of, 206 

 Hering, Professor E. his experiments on the velocity of the circulatory 



motion of the blood, 78 

 Humboldt, Baron, his proposed journey to Siberia, 187 

 Hybrids of Rhododendron, Azalea and Rhodora, 198 



Iguanodon, claw of, discovered by Mr Man tell, 400 



Innes, Mr George, on the great solar eclipse of 1833, 23 — Celestial 



phenomena calculated by him, from Jan. 1. to April 1. 1829, 178 ; 



from April 1. to July 1, 1829, 388 

 Invalid depot proposed to be established in the Himalaya}] Mountains, 



287 

 Iron-trade in Great Britain, extent of the, 197 



Johnson^ Henry, Esq. his observations on the unsatisfactory nature of 

 the theories proposed to account for the descent of the radicle, 312 



Kemp, Mr K. T. his description of a new galvanic pile and trough, 70 ; 

 improved blowpipe, ascent of mercury over wires of iron, on the 

 electro- magnetic properties of carbon in combustion, 340 



Leaves, M. Macaire Prinseps's observations on the colouring of, in au- 

 tumn, 270 



Leslie, Professor, his application of the theory of compression to the 

 internal constitution of the earth, 84 



Linnaea borealis, Mr Bushnan's account of a new Scottish locality of, 300 



Magnetometer, Mr Watt's description of an instrument proposed to be 



80 called, 376 

 Magnetic needle, Mr Watt's notice of an experiment proving that it 

 does not point north and south, but only when suspended in a ho- 

 rizontal position, 379 

 Mahratta country, southern, Dr A. T. Christie's sketches of the, 98 

 M'Konochie, Captain, his remarks on the application of steam-power 



to navigation, 231 

 Meikle, Mr Henry, on the velocity of sound, 26 

 Mermaid of the Shetland seas, 57 

 Meteorological register kept at Kinfauns Castle, 384 

 Meywar district, Mr Hardie's observations on the geology of the, 329 

 Murray, Dr A., his account of the District of Alford, 166 



Naturalists, account of a meeting of, at Berlin, 187 

 New bodies which strongly absorb light, 158 



Nicol, W., Esq., his account of a method of increasing the divergence 

 of the two rays in calcareous spar, so as to produce a single image, 88 



Okenite, a new species of zeolite, 186 

 Organic remains found in Sussex, 394 

 Omithoryuchus, notice respecting the, 399 



