572 



INDEX. 



of specific gravity of whale-oil, 



ii. 52T 



of weight of certain quantities of 



oU, ii. 528 



of anomalies observed in the 



compass on ship-board, ii. 538 



of the oscillations of a dipping 



needle, and intensity of magnetic 

 force, ii. 545 



Taylor, Messrs J. and P. their inven- 

 tion of an apparatus for procuring 

 gas from oil, iL 422 



Temperature of the Arctic Regions, 

 changeable in winter, i. 323 — Uni- 

 form in summer, i. 325 — Table of 

 remarkable changes, i. 327 — Effects 

 of sudden changes, i. 330 — Of very 

 low temperatures, i. 332, 334~Tem- 

 perature has a tendency to equality, 

 i. 349 — Mean annual temperature 

 varies little, i. 350 — May be deter- 

 mined by a few yeiirs observations 

 to witliin a degree, i. 352 — Formula 

 for calculating the mean tempera- 

 ture of any parallel, i. 353 — Errone- 

 ous on approaching ice, i. 354— 

 Data for determining mean tempe- 

 rature, i. 354 — ^That of the Arctic 

 Regions determined, i. 357, (49) — 

 Table of temperature of different 

 months, i. 358 — Temperature of 

 unobserved months determined, i. 

 359 — Formula for effecting this, i. 

 (53) — Attempt to estimate the tem- 

 perature of the North Pole, i. 3G0, 

 (49) — Table of monthly range of 

 temj^jerature near Spitzbergen, i. 366 

 — Inferences regarding mean tem- 

 perature, i. 367 — rTemperature of 

 April determined, i. (50) — Tem- 

 perature of July, i. (50) — Tempera- 

 ture of London, i. (51) — Tempe- 

 rature of Stockholm, i. (52) — De- 

 crease of, in ascending in the at- 

 mosphere, i. (72) — Temperature 

 of the Sea, i. 184,187 

 Tern, great, account of, i. 533 

 Thermometer, useful in predicting the 



weather, i. 328, 399 

 Thunder, rare in Arctic regions, i. 



415 

 Tides, in Hudson's Bay, favour the 

 supposition of the existence of a 

 North-west Passage, i. 18 — At 

 Spitzbergen, i. 11 7 



Totncss Road, discovered by Davis, 

 i. 76 



Traill, Dr, Delphhius deductor descri- 

 bed and named by, i. 496 



Trial respecting the right to a whale, 

 account of, ii. 518 



Trichecus rosmarus, description of, L 

 502 



Tringa hypoleucc.% notice of, i. 537 



Turbo helicinus, notice of, i. 551 



Unicorn, description of, i. 486 — Its 

 horn or tooth, i, 489. See Narwal. 

 Ursus maritimus, account of, 1. 517 



Variation of the compass, anomaly in, 



ii. 537 See Compass. 

 Vermes, remaiks on, ii. 543. 

 Voyages, Polar. See Discovery. 



Walrus, description of, i. 502 



Walsingbam, (I^ape, discovered by Da- 

 vis, i. 76 



Warwick's Foreland discovered by 

 Davis, u 78 



Watch, classification of a ship's crew 

 into, ii. 235 



Watson, James, Esq. his drawing of a 

 beaked whale, i. 485 — Of a Delphi- 

 nus deductor, i. 496 — His observa- 

 tions on the deductor, i. 497 



Waves, remarks on, i. 217 — Velocity 

 of, i. 219 — Effect of atmospheric 

 pressure on, i. 221 — Waves dimi» 

 nished by rain, i. 222 — Several dis- 

 tinct waves may prevail together, ib. 

 — Waves resisted by ice, i. 304 



Weather, cloudy, the most favourable 

 for the whale-lishery, ii. 220 



Weigatz Island discovered by S. Bur- 

 rough, i. 75 



West Indies discovered by Columbus, 

 i. 68 



Whale, (Greenland or common), de- 

 scription of, i. 449 Bulk has 



been overrated, i. 450 Was ne- 

 ver larger than in the present day, 

 i. 452 — Magnitude of, i. 454—. 

 Whalebone of, i. 457— Blubber of, i. 

 4fiO — Proportion of bkibher to oil, 

 i. Kil — Bones, porous and full of 

 oil, i. 463 — Ciimjiarative dimensions 

 of fix diiforent whales, i. 464 — In 

 blowing do not eject water, i. 

 —Speed of, i. 467— Food of, i. 469 

 . — Its maternal ali'cclion, i, 471— r. 



