378 I N D E X, 



Meridian. On measuring degrees 



of the, 94, i8i, 182, 279 



Metal, selene, not a new one, 



9) 

 MeleoioJogy,(^J, 176, 19 r, 212, 



344 

 Meyer on some insects little 

 known, 60 



M'lemiie, analysed, 341 



Mirbell on leaves of plants, 5, 7, 

 108, no, 113, 114 

 Mojon on bituminous wood, 



324 

 MoJybdena. On, _ iy3 



Moro%:io on the incubation of 

 parrots, 3 ' ^ 



Moschka. Description of the, 6j 

 Moulding imitations of wood. 

 On, 247 



Mountains, very high, in South 

 America, 168 



Mud. A sliower of, 374 



M'tri^i^ "f mercury. New pre- 

 paration of, 230 



Nugyac. Ore of, analysed, 33 j 



Naptha, A spring of, discovered, 



321 



Natrum, Egyptian, analysed, 342 



natural History, 60, 63, 86, 



136, 175, 187, 284 



Neiv HoJIa7!d. Some account of, 



262 



Neiv Seut/j IFa'es. Thriving 



state of our colony, 362. Fine 



wool of, 3^3 



Ni.kd. To obtain pure, 312; 



affinity of, for ammonia, 3:6 



Opossum, On a living, 70 



Ores of tellurium analysed, 



334; of tungsten, 336; of 



manganese, 337 



Pa'las. On the planet, 49, 95, 

 iCo, 198, 288 

 Polmcr''s defence ;;;;:iirst rire, 91 

 Parrots. On the incubation of, 

 318 

 Parr*} theory of combustion, 82 

 Patavi. On the law ut, 276 



Payne's uevv lute, 236 



Perspiration. On cutaneous aeri* 

 form, _ 327 



Petroleum. A spring of, disco- 

 vered, 321 

 P/67//'j on nickel, 3/2 

 Phtseldeck on corrosive subli- 

 mate, 2l<9 

 Phosphorus. Experiments on, in 

 different kinds of" gas, 149 

 Picizzi's life of Ramsden, 25} 

 Plas^ue, a prize question, 367 

 Plants. On the leaves of, 3, 107, 

 On the fecula of, 122 

 Pneumatic viedicine. On, 12 1 

 Pog^i on a spring of petroleum. 



Porcupine man. His third ge- 

 neration, 73 

 Porphyry, Sonorous, analysed, 



•332 

 Port Jackson, Thriving state of. 



Prism, curious experiment with. 



Prize question:, 175, 366, 369 



Proust on fecula of plaaits, 122 



Prussian blue. Experiments on, 



271 



Pubhcations. New, 85, 276; 331 



Sluilo. Particulars respecting, 

 1 68, 169, 239 



Ritfn on plants, 1 1 3 



Ramsden. Life of, 255 



Resins, Facts respecting, 127, 

 233 

 Rcipii ai'iOii. Curious expeii- 



meuls on, 245 



Rhodes on vaccine inoculation, 



292 



i?oZ'fr/j(5«Vaiiiialvoyage,23i,37c> 



Rock crystal. Double retraction 



of, applied to telescopes, 1&3 

 Rose colour, to dye, 232 



Rfjich's discovery of albuuica 



in vegetable?, 125, 



Royal Society, London, 2g, 2 7'> 

 Ruins. American, 2.f 



Ruptures. A work on, 27ft 



Rttssrl, Dr, Experiment* oa 



snakes, by, 87 



Russian 



