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INDEX 



Adie, R, of Liverpool, account of experiments with thermo-liydro- 

 electrical currents, with an examination of the metals exposed to 

 thermo-electric action, 90. 



Agassiz, Professor, latest report on his glacier researches, 144. 



American or United States exploring expedition, account of, 21. 



Animalcule, a newly-discovered species found in the human skin, by 

 Erasmus Wilson, Esq., 204. 



Australia, fruits and flowers of, 388. 



Beaumont, Elie, report on M. Alcide d'Orbigny's memoir, entitled 

 General Considerations on the Geology of South America, 42. 



Bebeeru Tree of British Guiana, by Dr D. Maclagan, 197. 



Birds, wingless, of New Zealand, 387. 



Connell, Professor, on the Tagua nut, 205. 



Crustacea, observations on their organs of generation, described by 

 H. D. S. Goodsir, Esq., 183. 



Davy, John, M.D,, &c., on the temperature of the Frith of Forth, 

 and on the specific gravity of its water, 1 — on guano, 290. 



Dick, Thomas, A.M., observations on the planet Venus, at the time 

 of its superior conjunction, 164. 



Earthquake-shocks, felt in Great Britain, and especially in Scotland, 

 with inferences suggested by these notices as to the cause of the 

 shock, by David Milne, Esq., F.R.S.E., &c., 72, 362, 



Ehrenbergon minute fossil organic bodies, 201. 



Electrical sounds in the Alps, 199. 



Ethnology, on its progress, by Dr Hodgkins, 118. 



Esquimaux, their physical characters, observations on, by Richard 

 King, M.D., 296. 



Firth of Forth, temperature of, by Dr John Davy, 1. 



Forbes, Professor Edward, on the light thrown on geology by sub- 

 marine researches, 318. 



Forbes, Professor, James, on glaciers, in a letter to the Earl of Cath- 

 cart, 217 — determination of heights by the temperature of boiling 

 water, 191. 



Forests, their extent and situation, 236. 



Fyfe, Dr, on the comparative value of different kinds of candle or 

 parrot-coal, for yielding gas, and on the illuminatory powers of 

 gas,.at different distances from the manufactory, ^23. 



