448 Index. 



Redfield, W. C, Esq., his observations on the hurricanes and storms 

 of the West Indies and the United States, 307. 



Rocks, on the metamorphic changes of, and observations on the 

 systems of elevation in the country near Arbresle, 111. 



morphology of, 226. 



Royal Society, proceedings of the, of Edinburgh, 195, 423. 



Royle, Professor, notice of his work on the antiquity of Hindoo 

 medicine, 444, 



Rubies, on artificial, 228. 



Russell, J. S. Esq., on the fallacies of the rotatory steam engine, 35. 



St Andrew's, meteorological table for, 407. 



Salmon, experiments on the development and growth of the fry of 

 the, from the exclusion of their ovum to the age of seven 

 months, 165. 



Sang, Edward, Esq., on the rapidity of motion, and on the dura- 

 tion of the stoppages on the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- 

 way, 384. 



Shaw, Mr John, his experiments on the development and growth 

 of the fry of the salmon, from the exclusion of the ovum to 

 the age of seven months, 165. 



Soil, on the frozen, of Siberia, 435. 



Springs, on the cause of the temperature of hot and thermal, &c. 

 132, 252. 



Steam-engine, on the fallacies of the rotatory, 35. 



Temperature, on the increase of, in the interior of the earth, 224. 

 Turkey, remarks on the scenery, antiquities, population, &c. of 

 Central European, 121. 



Volcano, notice of the, of Aconcagua in Chili, 227. 

 Volcanoes, mud, 226. 



Wagner, Dr, his observations on rabies^or madness in dogs, oxen, 

 horses, pigs, and sheep, 353. 



Wallace, Rev. John, his meteorological table, 406. 



Waterfall, notice of the, of Glomach, 437. 



Waves, height of, 227. 



Wernerian Natural History Society, proceedings of the, 203, 427. 



Wight, Dr R., on the ti-ee which produces the gamboge of com- 

 merce, 106. 



Wilson, Dr, his account of a visit to the falls on 

 River in Canara, 185. /^^ 



Wollaston Medal, presentation of the, to Professoi{(l^».»;™v3v^^Q., 



