359 



Knckg in the neighbourhood of Edin- 

 burgh, ndditionul exuniple of dilu- 

 vial scratchcM on the, 159. 



on grooved and striated, in the 



middle region of Scotland, 233. 



■ Notice of polished and striated, 



recently discovered on Arthur's 

 Seat, and in some other places near 

 Edinburgh, 95. 



volcanic, analogy of the struc- 



ture of, with that of glaciers, 17. 



Rolling curves, abstract of a commu- 

 nication on, 222. 



Romans, on the personal nomenclature 

 of the, with an especial reference to 

 the nomen of ('aius Verres, 87. 



Rooms, method of cooling the atmo- 

 sphere of, in a tropical climate. See 

 Atmosphere. 



Salmon fisheries, on the physical and 

 Scottish statutory limits of sea and 

 river, as applicable to, 333. 



Salts, soluble lead, on the action of, on 

 natural waters, 62. 



Savoy, new observations on the gla- 

 ciers of, 103, 107. 



Scandinavia, personal observations on 

 terraces, and other pnwfs of changes 

 in the relative level of sea and land 

 in, 247. 



Scotlan<l, on grooved and striated rocks 

 in the middle region of, 233. 



Scottish Madrepores. See Madrepores. 



Sea and river, on the physical and 

 Scottish statutory limits of, as ap- 

 licable to salmon fisheries, 333. 



Sextants, on the use of metallic re- 

 flectors for, 22. 



Shells, near Borrowstounness, notice 

 respecting a deposit of, 265. 



Shooting star, notice of a, 236. 



Siam, on the gamboge tree of, 263. 



Skate, flapper, and other rays, on the 

 existence of an electrical apparatus 

 in the, 1, 8, 9. 



Smith (Messrs) on the extraction of 

 mannite from the dandelion, 223. 



Smyth (Prof.) on the appearance of 

 the great comet of 1843, at the Cape 

 of Good Hope, 87. 



on the course of observation to 



be pursued in future at the Royal 

 Observatory of Edinburgh, 126. 



on certain anomalous devia- 



tions of the transit instrument at 

 the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, 

 142. 



Contributions to the pheno- 



adjustments of the equatorial in- 

 strument, 104. 



Smyth (Prof.) Notice of the binary star 

 et centauri, as recently determinc-d 

 by ("apt. VV. S. Jacob, IJombay 

 Engineers, 178. 



■ An attempt to improve the 



present methods of determining the 

 strength and direction of tlie wind 

 at sea, 180. 



Notice of Locke's electric ob- 



serving-clock, 220. 

 on a method of cooling the 



atmosphere of rooms in a tropical 



climate, 235. 



Notice of a shooting star, 236. 



Note regarding the American 



electric observing-clocks, 309. 



Some remarks on comctary 



mena of the zodiacal light, 162. 

 Practical illustration of the 



VOL. n. 



physics, 326. 



Solar and lunar periods of the mag- 

 netic declination, on the, 144. 



Solids, elastic, on an instrument for 

 measuring the extensibility of, 173. 



on the equilibrium of, 294. 



Soluble lead salts. See Salts. 



Solvent action of drainage water on 

 soils, 28. 



Stactites, sUicious, on Arthur's Seat, 

 216. 



Star, binary, « centauri, notice of the 

 orbit of the, as recently determined 

 by Capt. W. S. Jacob, 178. 



Star, shooting, notice of a, 236. 



Stark (James) M.D., on the existence 

 of an electrical apparatus in the 

 flapper skate, and other rays, 1, 8. 



Stenhouse (John) M.D. Analysis of 

 the mannite, 223. 



Stevenson (David) on the improve- 

 ment of navigation in tidal rivers, 

 26. 



(Thomas). Account of ex- 

 periments to measure the direct 

 force of the waves of the Atlantic 

 and German oceans, 13. 



Stirling, notice of an ancient beach 

 near, 7. 



Strachey (R.) on the rate of pro- 

 gression of the Himalayan glaciers, 

 196. 



Strata of Greywacke schist, impres- 

 sions on the surface of certain. See 

 Greywackfi Schist. 



Strata, superficial, of the neighbour- 

 hood of Edinburgh, notes on the, 

 110, 111. 



Strength and direction of the wind at 

 sea, 180. 



Sulphuric acid, on the purification of, 

 298. 



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