INDEX. 415 



Patents granted in England, from 18th September to 18th November 



1826, 211 ; from 8th December 1826 to 16th January 1827, 407. 

 — granted in Scotland, fi'om 9th September to 8th November 1826, 



212 ; from 13th December 1826 to 24th February 1827, 409. 

 Phosphorus discovered in kelp, 194. 

 Plants, Dr Graham's Ust of rare ones flowering in the Edinburgh Botanic 



Garden, 184, 386. 

 Platina, geognostical position of, in America, 197 ; in Siberia, 199. 

 Prevost, M. Benedict, his observations regarding the shining of the eyes 



of the cat, and other animals, 297. 

 Purple-coned fir of Nepal, Mr D. Don's account of the, 306. 

 Publications new, 208, 400. 

 Pyrochlore, Description and Analysis of, 342. 



sQuartz, Mr Guillemin's account of a gelatinouis, 324* 



Rainbows, Rev. Mr Scoresby's description of remarkable, 235. 

 Repulsion of heat inversely as the square of the distance, 391. 

 Rhubarb, Mr D. Don's remarks on, 304. 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, proceedings of the, 190. 

 Rose, M. his account of the chemical composition of zinkenite and Jame- 

 sonite, 341. 



Saussure, Horace Benedict de, Baron Cuvier's Biographical Memoir of, 

 213. 



Scoresby, Rev. W. his description of remarkable rainbows, 235 ; re- 

 marks on Dr Latta's observations on the Arctic Sea and Ice, 382. 



Selenium in red copper-ore, 201. 



Serpentine and diallage rocks, Dr Boue's observations on, 265. 



Shells, marine, found 200 feet above the level of the sea, 195. 



Silica in springs dissolved by carbonic acid, 392. 



Smith, Dr, queries respecting the hyena proposed by him, 204, 205. 



Sponge, Dr Grant's observations on its structure and functions, 121. 



Sponges, Dr Grant's description of two new species of, 203. 



Spider, account of a narcotic species of, 206. 



Stipa pennata, Mr Macvicar's account of its seed, 343. 



Stomach of birds, instance of remarkable power of the, 206. 



Straw, account of the growth and preparation of that used in the Tuscan 

 trade, 380. 



Sulphate of iron, magnificent crystals of it found at Bodenmais, 200. 



Sword-fish, notice of one caught in the Frith of Forth, 202. 



