INDEX. 



4.Y5 



rnmigntion. A prize question, 65 

 Galvanism. Hare on, 284 



Gas blowiiipc. On, _ 328 



Gastric juice. A prize question, 65 

 Geographical inquiries, 231 



Geological facts, 457 



Geology, 218 



German saiisages, poisonous, 147 



Glaciers in the Alps. A prize question, 

 307 

 Glaze for porcelain, 272 



Gourd. A remarkable, 72 



Gower's canal lock, 401 



Granville's Reply to a Review in Pro- 

 fessor Brande's Journal, 116 

 Groobi/s Tables of Maskelyne's 36 stars, 

 130, 197, 269, 353, 407 

 Haerlem Society, 65, 140 

 Jfanburj/'s travels, 455 

 Hare on galvanism, 284 ; on gas blow- 

 pipe, 328 

 JTetveiic Society of Natural Science, 307 

 i/i-n?y (Dr.) and Ure (Dr.), 422 

 Hubert on Shetland chromate of iron, 

 265 

 Holdred. Nicliolson's answer to, 33 

 Horse's eyes. Remedy for, 230 

 Howard on Meteorological Observa- 

 tions, 81 

 Hydrogen. Weight of, 304 

 Hyoscyama. A new alkali, 308 

 Illumination by oil gas, 67 ; oil of tar, 

 146; oil and coal gas, 241 

 Indian corn. Analysis of, 311 

 Innes on solar eclipse, 151 ; reply to, 

 152 

 Insects which infest hothouses. A prize 

 question, 140 

 Iodine. Ure on, 57 ; found in sponge, 

 148 

 Iron. Effects of, on ship's compasses, 

 &c. 61; on chronometers, 249; to 

 separate from other metals, 393 

 Islands. Newly discovered, 72 

 Ivory on depression of mercury in glass 

 tubes, 267 ; reply to, 367 ; observa- 

 tions on reply, 421 ; on atmospheric 

 refraction, 321, 404 

 Jamiesou's marine iheTtnomcter case, 294 

 Jennings's log-glass, 300 

 Juno. Geocentric places of, 77 

 Jujriler. Lunar occultation of, 73 

 Knight on alburnum of oak, 259 

 I.actucarium. On, 84 

 ' Latin. New method of teaching, 361 

 iMitudi-. On detennining, 364 

 Learned Societies, 65, 1 ;{8, 222, 303, 

 393, 449 

 Ij;counI on magnetism, 61 

 Life annuities. ^ On, 161 

 lA{lhl carliiirclkd hi/dm^en f^ns, Cojn)). 

 of, 30J 



Light. Ure on, 409 



Linnean Society, 66 



Lixard foimd in a mill stone, 460 



Lock, canal. Description of a double, 

 401 

 Longitude. Errors in, occasioned by 



iron, 61, 249 



Lowe on coal gas as a moving power, 



93 ; on the illuminating powers of 



oil gas and coal gas, 241 



Lwninous and coloured rings rotind the 



Sunand Moon. A prize question, 306 

 Lusus natures, 46i? 



MacCnlloch's geological classification of 



rocks, 218 



Macdonuld on N.W. magnetic pole, 88 

 Madras Literary Society, 22S 



Magnetic pole. On the N. \V. 88 



Magnetic propei-ties of all iron bodies, 



61, 249 

 Magnetic electricity, 40, 203, 257 



Mag)ieti^m proper to all perpendicular 



bodies, 229 



Marine thermometer case, 294 



Maskelyne's 36 stars. R. ascension of, 

 130, 197, 269, 353, 407 

 Mathematical queslio7is, 312 



Mathematics and 2>hihsophy. A question, 

 307 

 Meal preserved by pyroligneous acid, 



10, 140 

 Memnon. Statue of, 71 



Mei-curial tog-glass, 300 



Mercurial atmosphere, 151 



Mercury in glass tubes. On depression 



of, 267 



Meteorolosrical Tables, 78, 79, SO, 153, 



159—160, 239—240, 319—320, 399 



— 400, 472 — 473 



Meteorological observations, Bleans for 



conducting, 81 



Meteors. On, 346, 418 



Moles. A prize question, 141 



Morlund, Samuel, llie real inventor of 



the steam engine, -126 



Mortijication cured by yeast, 428 



Moseley on viewing solar s]«jts 149 



Muriate of silver. To reduce, 71 



Music. Discovery in, 394 



Nautical Almanac. Errors in, 318 



Nicholson's answer to Holdred, 33 



Oak, sjiring- and luinter-fetted. On, 259 

 (Ersted's electro-magnetic experiments, 



40; Boisgeraud on, 203,257 



Oil of tar lights, 146 



Oil gas for illumination, 67, 24 1 , 304 

 Oil. (Changes effected on, by heat, 3 

 Olbers on Comet of 1819, 444 



Olefiantgas, 241,304 



Opinmt lettuce. On, 84 



Oiygcn. Ure on, 57 



Oxi/gen useful in scrofula, ''51 



