INDEX. 



475 



Forster, (Dr. T.) calendar of Flora, 

 77, 1 57, 238, 3 1 8, 397, 470 ; his atmo- 

 spheric researches, 294 ; on shooting 

 stars, ib. 

 Fossils, 315, 316, 389, 390, 409 



FotkergUl, (W.) on the toad, 85 



Fruits, how affected by pollen, 191 

 Fruit-trees, effects of age on, 1 94 



Galbraitk, (W.) on the pendulum, 16J 

 Ganges, geology of, 149 



Gases, specific heat of, 200, 262 ; pump 

 for compressing, 12, 129, 441 



Geodetical problem, solution of, 35 



Geology of the Ganges and Jumna, 149 

 Gilbert, (D.) on the wheels and springs 

 of carriages, 394 



Glanders, cure of, 235 



Glass, its impermeability to water under 

 high pressure, 72 



Glosterian, on mean solar time, 295 

 Gmelin, (Prof.) analysis of two mine- 

 rals, 150 

 G'obel, (Dr.) analysis of camphor, 151 

 Gooseberry plant, 236 

 Gothic ornaments of the Duomo, &c. 

 at Pisa, 273 

 Granite columns, 470 

 Greenwich observations, inconsistencies 

 in, 367, 451 

 Groombridge, (S.) R. A. and Declin. 

 of four minor planets, 359 

 Gunn, (Rev. W.) on Gothic architec- 

 ture, 273, 282 

 Harlan, (Dr.).pn Saurocephalus, 409 

 Hart, (J.) on Light produced by an 

 air-gun, 8 

 Haworth, (A. H. ) on succulent plants, 

 184, 298 ; on Mesembryanthema, 61, 

 109, 423 

 Haycraft, (Wm.) on the specific heat 

 of gases, 200, 262 

 Heights of stations in the trigonometri- 

 cal survey, 140 

 Herapath, (John) on functional equa- 

 tions, 197 

 Herapath, (W.) chemical contributions, 

 321 

 Herrings, shower of? 152 

 Hibernation, 52, 89 

 Ichthyosaurus, 409, 413 

 Ivory, (J. ) solution of a geodetical pro- 

 blem, 35 

 Jenner, (Dr.) on the migration of birds, 

 50, 91 

 Jumna, geology of, 149 

 Jupiter, occultation of, 465 

 Kater's pendulum, 161 

 Krusenslern, (Admiral) on the local 

 attraction of vessels, 283 

 Knight, (T. A.) on the influence of the 

 pollen on plants, l!ll ; clleets of age 

 on fruit-tree; new varieties of Nec- 

 tarines, 194 



Latitude, on finding, 351 



Lava found at Boulogne, 414 



Lecount, (P.) tables of mean time of 

 passage of stars over the meridian, 428 

 Lectures, 238 



Lee, (S.) on the Greenwich observa- 

 tions, S67, 451 

 Lindley, (J.) on the vegetable physi- 

 ology of M. du Petit Thouars, 8 1 , 1 46, 

 228, 456 

 Logan Rock, 313, 383 

 Lunar Tables, new, 68 

 Lyceum of New York, annals of, 76 

 Martineau, (J.) on a hydro-pneumatic 

 pump, 1 1 1 

 Mean Solar Time, 295, 350 

 Mean time of stars passing the meri- 

 dian, 428 

 Measures, new, 302, 362 

 Meridian Circle, Bessel's, 67 

 Mesembryanthemum, new species of, 61, 

 109, 443 

 Meteorology, 80, 111, 155, 160, 180, 

 237,240, 287, 317, 320, 380,400,431, 

 471 

 Meteorological Essays and Observations, 

 review of, 218 

 Meteors, Igneous, progress of science 

 respecting in 1823, 111, 287 

 Meteorites, progress of science respect- 

 ing in 1823, 111, 287 

 Meteors seen in America, 113, in 

 France, 118, in Martinique, 292, in 

 Sussex, 293, at Islington, 294 

 Migration of birds, 50,91 

 Minerals, American cabinet of, 390 

 Natural History, works on, 63, 146, 

 227, 373 ; neglect of, by the British 

 government, 71 

 Nectarines, new varieties of, 194 

 Nerves, on the structure of, 41, 119, 

 442 

 Nerves, optic, semi -decussation of, 134 

 New South Wales, 211 

 Newton s, (Sir I.) Binomial Theorem, 

 demonstration of, 270 

 Nitric acid and charcoal, action of, 393 

 Northern Expedition, 383 

 Odontalgia, and carious teeth, local 

 causes of, 236 

 Oxalate and Formiatc of Ammonia, 234 

 Oxygen, combinations of, 322 

 Parke, (Mungo) 209 

 Parlby's rifle rockets, 75, 154 

 Patents, 79, 159, 239, 318, 398, 472 

 Pendulum, 161 

 Finite, analysis of, 150 

 Planets, the four minor, R. A. and 

 Decl. of, 359 

 l'/(ints, geographical distribution of in 

 Yorkshire, 21 1 

 I'.illcn, influence of on plants, 191 

 Pollock, (T.) on the voltaic pile, 129 



