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INDEX. 



Africa, Southern, Zoology of, by Dr Smith, noticed, 215. 



Agassiz, M., on Glaciers, 383. 



Arago, his biographical memoir of James Watt, 221. 



on machinery considered in relation to the prosperity of tlie 



working classes, 297. 



Artesian springs or wells, experiments and observations on the tempe- 

 rature of, by Robert Paterson, M.D,, M.W.S., 71. 



Arts, Society of, for Scotland, proceedings of, 40 S. 



Asiatic Society of Bengal, Journal of, noticed, 21 6, 432. 



Atmosphere, on the colour of, by Professor Forbes, 196. 



Babinet upon the blue sun, 210. 



Barometer, influence of the height of, on the level of the sea, 210. 



Barry, Dr M., his researches on Embryology, part 2d, 137. 



Basalt, mode of distinguishing it from trap, 213. 



Beagle, zoology of Her Majesty's ship, notice of, 214, 435. 



Berendt, his investigations on amber, 211. 



Blood, its colour during coagulation considered by Dr P. Newbigg- 



ing, 202, 358. 



globules of, as they occur in the mammalia, 362. 



Brougham, Lord, his account of Watt's discovery of the composition 



of water, 310". 



Calcareous spar, an interesting mode of its occurrence, described liy 

 W. Haidinger, Esq., F. R. S. E., M. W. S., 1 63. 



Carpenter, W. B., M. D., his principles of general and comparative 

 Physiology, noticed, 435. 



Chevreul, his report on the milk of cows labouring under an epidemic 

 disorder called Cocote, together with general considerations con- 

 cerning such matters as may injuriously affect the animal econo- 

 my, and be discovered in the diseased products, or in the atmo- 

 sphere or water, ill. 



Christison, Prof, upon the alcoholic strength of wines, 198. 



Daguerre, notes on his photograjihy, by Sir John Robison, 155. 

 Daubeny, Dr, note to his memoir contained in the PMinburgh New 



Philosophical Journal for Aj)ril 183y, in reply to Professor Bischofa 



remarks on tiie theory of volcanos, 158. 



