INDEX. 



475 



Frenrh hutilult^ 312 



Ga'iamsm. Acton on, 109 



Gas for iiiiht. To purify, 313 



G::y-Ltis.':ac on saltuess of Allantic, 291 

 Geogrnphy, 5S, 3S4 



Geokgy, 58, 206 



Glass. On staining and gilding, 263 

 lini-storms, 189 



Ufrnlaneum. On destruction of, 2S3 ; 

 MSS. of, V33, 'J48 



Ihf;iini Oil atomic theory, 81, lo'l ; on 

 shower of meteorolites, 355 



Home on blood, 57 



Ilwcicuiural Society, Caledonian, 464 

 llotlKjusfs. On, 231 



lUme on test for arsenic, 149 



Hydraulic architecturt. Wiebeking on, 

 387 

 Hygrometer. Self-registering, Q-iS 



llielson on seeds of plants, 404 



lnjilnrami's Trigonometrical Survey of 

 Tuscany, 384 



In^lis on flax-steeping, 3; on alkaline 

 ice, 201; on geolog. hist, of Loch 

 Lcmond, 327 ; on dry-rot, 435 



lnunda!i;n<, 192,236 



Iron in Caithness, 466 



Kak'.djsiope. On the, 376, 445 



i.ai«5- on amphibious phociE, 134 



Learned Societies, 57, 139, '2'2 1, 311, 



390, 464 

 Leslie on congelation, -^ 1 



Life aniimlies. Benwell on, 6 



Li'tr.eanSniely, 143 



Lilhioji, a new alkali, 314 



L lU'jvaia coolers, 153 



LoJi Lamnnd. On geolog. hist, of, 327 

 Locusts. Facts concerning, 391 



L-fft qn meteorolites, l;2; and on co- 

 mets, 203 

 MacAvuy (Miss). Singular case of, 44, 

 49, 123 

 Mai CuUocWs discovery of fluat of lime 

 and zircon in Scotland, 2^2 ; of chlo- 

 rophaeite and conite, 4G6 

 M-U'dbam on anatomy of fir tree, 256 

 Maikelyne on meleorolites, 130 

 Ulaiwell on shower of meleorolites, 352 

 Medicul blank labels made by ma- 

 chinery, 468 

 MrmTi'jn, Colossal head of, 241 

 ilercu^y. Freezing of, 419 

 Jl'/«'r!t/i'v Chemical Analyses, 381 

 Meteu-ioliles. On, 109,131; shower of, 

 355 

 MeteoroUgical Report for 1817, 139 

 AJejeurulogij, 9,73,156, 237,317,397,470 

 ./l/'ore on extinguishing of fires, 287 

 AI.,riatie acid. Dr. Urc on, 59; Dr, 

 Murray on,6(i; Sir H. Davy on, 

 139; Ridolli on, ' jOG 



Murray (Dr.) on analyses of sea- water, 

 10, 91 ; on muriatic acid, 60 ; on al- 

 kalies, C2 

 Music. Whether necessary to the ora- 

 tor, 88, 181, 321, 455; on first prin- 

 ciples of, 306 

 Natural Histnry. Facts concerning, 144 

 Natural Knotoledg^, Society of, 145 

 Nautical Almanac defended, 146; ac- 

 swer to, 187 ; errors in> S93 

 Nautical znstrurtient, A new, 151 

 Ntu;Bo'ks, 49, 133, 217, 308, 381, 461 

 NjriU Pole, Expedition to, i 49, 229, 

 279, 294, 330 

 Nitrlh-west passage. On, si 

 Nubia. Discoveries in, 241 

 Ocean. On temperature of, 27 

 Ophthalmia caset Lectures on, 238 

 Oppeit on animal magnetism, 358 

 Oxalic acid. Wurzer on, 147 

 Oxiiulphurelted muriati: acid. On, 3bG 

 Painting. Copal varnish preferable to 

 oil in, 289 

 Patents, 71, 154, 234, 315, 394, 468 

 Phcenumena, terrestrial, \9G; celestiat,]9S 

 Philadelphia. Journal of Academy of 

 Natural Sciences at, 462 

 Phocie, amphibious. On, , 1 34 

 Plumbago. New mine of, 153 

 Polar ice. On influence of, I99 

 Pompeii. On destruction of, 2:i3 

 Porta's reflecting instrument, S80 

 Poiajfc decomposed, HO 

 Pi/iatoe tops. Dye from, ijs 

 Pyramid. On the large, 143 

 Rain. Extraordinary fall of, 236 

 Revetements, On pressure against, 401 

 Ridolfi. on muriatic acid, S6S 

 Royal Academy lectures, 140, 221 

 R.iyal Society, Edin. 58, 143 

 Rvyul Sucieh/jhondon, 57, 139, 3 U, 

 39i) 

 Royal Geolog. Society of Cornwall, 464 

 Russian voyage of discovery, 467 

 Safety-lamp. Controversy on, 63,461 

 ■SaWntsi of the Atlantic, 291 

 Sea-water. Analysis of, 10, 91 ; density 

 of, 27 ; on distilled, 433 

 Seal, sea. On, 134 

 Seeds nf plants. On, 404 

 Selenium. A new metal found in sul- 

 phur, 314 

 Sfppvigs on sliip-building, 57 

 Serpent bitts. On remedies for, 122 

 Shillibeer on dry rot, 2d 

 Sickler's attL-mpt to unrol the Hercu- 

 laneum MSS. '248 

 Silvi/, a test for arsenic, 149 

 Smith on MacAvoy's case, 1 23 

 Smith. On geolog. I'rinciijics of, :iff; 

 ou claims of, 173 



