460 INDEX. 
Earthquakes, notices of, 450 ei 
£9g, observations on the changes which it undergoes during in-” 
cubation in the common fowl, 383— 386 
Egyptian Literature, notice of discoveries in, 255—261 
Elastic Fluids, observations on, 430 
Electrical Phenomena, exhibited in vacuo, remarks on, 165; 
electrical experiments on Vesuvius, 333, 334; electricity con- 
ducted by amadou, 443 
Electricity (Voltaic), effects of, upon alcohol, 232 
Eleciro-Magnetical experiments, notice of, 441, 442; electro- 
magnetic effect of lightning, 442, 443 
Elemi, resin, analysis of, 235 
Escapement (dead) for clocks, improved method of constructing, 
334—340 
Lye, on the anatomical structure of, 166 
Faraday (M.), on the temperature produced by vapour, and on 
the temperature of vapour, 439, 440 
Finch (Mr.), account of land-slip by, 455 
Fire (Green), component parts of, 232. 
Flaguergues (M.), remarks of, on the variation of thermome- 
ters, 441 
Flourens (M.), Analysis of the memoir of, on the properties and 
functions of the nervous system, in the different vertebrated 
animals, 427— 430. 
Formic Acid, artificial production of, 232, 233 
Fossil Remains, at Kirkdale, described, 170—172 
Galvanism, effects of, on the nervous system, 105—114 
Gay-Lussac (M.), on the laws of the propagation of Heat, 207; 
congelation of mercury by, 441 ; on the suspension of clouds, 
446. 
Gemellaro (Signor), extracts from the Meteorological Journal 
of, on the volcanoes, in Sicily, 322—324 
Geocentric Latitude of the Americans, remarks on, as applicable 
to occultations, 412—415 
Geological Transactions, notice of, 453, 454. 
Geology of the Paduan, Vicentine, and Veronese territories, 
remarks on, 16—21; of England and Wales, 142; two prin- 
cipal basins described, 144146; supermedial order of 
rocks, 147; chalk formation, 148; Oolitic series, 149; car- 
boniferous strata, or medial order of rocks, 150; coal strata, 
151; carboniferous liméstone, 152; old red limestone and 
trapstone, 153 
Gilbert (Davies, Esq.), investigation by, of the methods used for 
approximating to the roots of affected equations, 353—356 
Glacier, remarkable near Behring’s Strait, 236 
Glass, affinity of, for water, 439; its tenacity, abid. 
Globe, temperature of the interior of, 207 
