INDEX II. 
Rocks, igneous, plateau of, on the east 
flank of the Berwyn range, 100. 
Rowell (G. A.) on the formation of 
rain, 47. 
on the cause of the aurora, &c., 
48. 
Russell (J. Scott) on the temperature 
of most effective condensation in 
steam vessels, 186. 
on the most ceconomical and 
effective proportion of engine power 
to the tonnage of the hull in steam 
vessels, 188. 
Russia, stratified deposits which occu- 
py the northern and central regions 
of, 105. 
Rutherglen (Mr.) on the state of 
crime within the suburban districts 
of Glasgow, 175. 
Safety lamp, Mr. Clegg’s, 210. 
Sanders (Wm.) on a raised sea-beach 
at Woodspring-hill, near Bristol, 
102. 
Sandstone, old red, fishes of the, 99. 
Salmon fry, 133. 
Salmon, organs of sense in the, 134. 
Sarcocolla, resin of, 83. 
Scarborough, vital statistics of, 167. 
Schafhaeutl (Dr.) on anew compound 
of arsenious and sulphuric acids, 69. 
on a new method of photogenic 
drawing, 71. 
on the relation of form to che- 
mical composition, 65. 
Schomburgk (M.) on the various 
modes of fishing employed by In- 
dians in the west of Guiana, 135. 
School, normal, of Glasgow, 169. 
Science, moral and ceconomic, appli- 
cation of statistics to, 185. 
Scotland, earthquakes in, 97. 
— coal formation of the west of, 89. 
population of, 186. 
Sea-beach, raised, at Woodspring- 
hill, near Bristol, 102. 
Sea-borne vessels, strongest form of, 
191. 
Sea-cliffs, and needles in the chalk of 
the valley of the Seine, in Norman- 
dy, 111. 
Selvester (Mr.) on a depression of the 
coast of the Faroe islands, 123. 
Shand (Mr.) on the agency of sound, 
52. 
1840. 
225 
Siliceous minerals, solvent power ex- 
ercised by water at high tempera- 
tures on, 125. 
Smith (James) on the geology of Ma- 
deira, 118. 
on the superficial beds in the 
neighbourhood of Glasgow, 94. 
Smith (Mr.) on a new canal lock, 210. 
on a salmon stair, 1386. 
—-— on the drainage of railway em- 
bankments and slopes, 209. 
on timber bridges, 209. 
on propelling boats on canals, 
9. 
Smoke protector, 208. 
Snow, red, animals found in, 148. 
Soda, caustic, new salt obtained from 
iodine and, 80. 
Solly (E.) on bleaching vegetable 
wax, 86. 
Solway, sandstone of the vale of, 98. 
Sound, agency of, 52. 
Spectrum, Prof. Powell’s measures of 
the indices of refraction for the lines 
G and H in the, 5. 
Spiroilous and saliculous acid, identity 
of, 78. 
Squinting, operation for, 163. 
Statistics, 169. 
, Vital, of Glasgow, 173. 
; , of Scarborough, 167. 
Steam boilers, safety valves for, 213. 
Steam vessels, ceconomical and effect- 
ive proportion of engine power to 
the tonnage of the hull in, 188. 
, on extinguishing fire in, 194. 
, temperature of most effective 
condensation in, 186. 
St. John, geological features of the 
river, in New Brunswick, 115. 
Storms, 80. 
, American, 40. 
Strickland, (H. E.) on the true method 
of discovering the natural system in 
zoology and botany, 128. 
Sturgeon (Mr.) on a peculiar class of 
voltaic phenomena, 86. 
Switzerland, glaciers and boulders in, 
113. 
Sym (Dr.) on the mechanical functions 
of the ear, 154. 
Syria, Wadi el’ Arabah in, notes on 
the, 121. 
Tendo Achillis, ossified, 165. 
