408 INDEX. 



Patents granted in England, 202, 401 



in Scotland, 204, 403 



Petrifying quality of the Irawadi, Professor Buckland's remarks on the 



supposed, 67 

 Plants, new or rare, flowering in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, 173, 



385 

 Platina, Russian coinage of, 197 

 Preservation of animals in fluids, 160, 189 



Prize essays, subjects of, proposed by the Society of Harlem, 144 

 Publications, new, notices respecting, 190 



Red Indians of Newfoundland, M. Cormack's journey in search of the, 

 318 



Scoresby, Rev. W., his remarks on a peculiar kind of red snow ob- 

 served in the Arctic Regions, 54 

 remarks on the effects of echoes as developed 



by the use of the Kent bugle, 371 

 Scot, Dr, his remarks on the Deror of the Hebrew Scriptures, 89 

 Scoular, Mr John, his account of the taenia found in tlie intestines of 



the common grouse, 81 

 Seeing in water, — in the dark, — at a distance, 61 

 Snow, red, Mr Scoresby's remarks on a particular kind of, 54 

 Society, Royal, of Edinburgh, proceedings of the, 1 89 



Wenierian, proceedings of the, 180, 390 



Linnean, proceedings of the, 181 



Solar eclipse of 1 833, Mr Innes on the, 23 



Spiral vessels, Mr Don on the general presence of, in the vegetable 



stnicture, 21 

 Spittal, Robert, Esq., his observations on the natural history of the 



chameleon, 292 

 Springs, Von Buch's remarks on their temperature, 166 

 Subterranean temperature, M. Cordier's examination of experiments 



relative to the, 32 

 Syphon lamp, Mr Davidson's description of a, 96 



Table of rocks, notice respecting M. De la Beche's, 201 

 Temperature of springs, Von Buch's remarks on the, 166 

 Thermometers, variation of the freezing point in, 184 

 Toumal, M., his account of the caves of Bize, 383 



Vegetation, fossil, M. Brongniart's general account of, 349 

 Velocity of sound, Mr H. Meikle's remarks on the, 26 



Watt, Mark, Esq., his description of a new instrument for measuring 

 magnetic intensity, 376 



experiment respecting the magnetic needle, 379 



White, James, Esq., his account of anew method of filtering water, 169 



Zeolites from Scottish localities, analysis of, 26-^, 

 Zoological researches, notice respecting Thom;^' 



