444 Index. 



Redfield, W. C, some account of whirlwinds which appear to have re- 

 sulted from the action of large circular fires, 369. 



Respiration of plants, observations on, by Messrs Edward and Colin, 

 126. 



Rivers, notice regarding their drying up, by D. Milne, Esq. 200. 



Roberts, Martyn J. Esq. Mem. Geol. Sec. Cornwall, &c., on a new me- 

 thod of re-shipping a rudder at sea, and that with ease, even in 

 stormy weather, 166. 



Robison, Sir John, on Daguerre's photography, 15.5. 



Roberts, George, his etymological and explanatory dictionary of the 

 terms and language of geology, noticed, 435. 



Rooke, T. C. B. Esq., F.R.C.S., his notice of remarkable agitations of 

 the sea at the Sandwich Islands, on the 7th November ] 837, 141 . 



Roy, Glen, the parallel roads of, described, 395. 



Rudder, mode of re-shipping at sea, by M. J. Roberts, I66. 



Russell, J. Scott, F.R.S.E.&c, on elementary considerationsof some prin- 

 ciples in the construction of buildings designed to accommodate 

 spectators and auditors, 131. 



Sea, account of some remarkable agitations of, by Mr Rooke, 141. 

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

 Soils, on the classification of, by j\I. de Gasparin, 84. 



Teeth, researches on, their development, structure, and diseases, by 



Alex. Nasmyth, Esq., noticed, 433. 

 Tornadoes on the west coast of Africa, notice of, 213. 



Ure, A., M.D., his dictionary of arts and manufactures noticed, 2l6. 



Virgularia mirabilis, observations on, by Sir John Graham Dalyell, 379. 

 "Watt, James, biographical memoir of, by M. Arago, 221. 

 Water Spouts, account of, by Professor Oersted, 52. 

 Wernerian Society, Honorary Premiums proposed by, 206. 

 Wernerian Society, memoirs of, part 1st of Vol. viii. 430. 

 Whewell, \V., B.D., F.R.S., &c. his address to the Geological Society 

 of London, delivered at the anniversary on the 15th February 



1839, 171. 

 Whirlwinds, occasioned by circular fires, considered, ^Q^. 

 Wines, alcoholic strength of, by Dr Christison, 198. 



Zoology of the voyage of H. M. Ship Beagle, under the command of 

 Captain Fitzroy, during the years 1832 tol83(), noticed, 214, ^Z5. 

 Zoology of Soutliern Africa; by Andrew Smith, M.D., noticed, 215. 



