INDEX. 
Hydrostatic balance, Coates’s, 109 
Imperial almanac. Account of, 882 
Inglis’s answer to Questions to Natura - 
lists, 435 
Innes on solar eclipse in 1836, 34; On 
eclipse of 1820, 274 
Ivory on atmospheric heat, 24; On 
nautical astronomy, 81; On calcu- 
lating atmospherical refraction, 161 ; 
On Napier’srules, 235; On Le Gen- 
dre’s theorem, 270; Concessions to, 
$64; Reply to Concessions, 462; On 
rolling Pendulum, 417 
Jericho. On the rose of, 360 
Kater on volcano in the moon, 113; On 
standards of measure, 280, 335 
Kilmaleady bog. On the moving, 70 
Lactometer. Davy’s, 244 
Lake Superior. On native copper of, 348 
Lantern horn. Substitute for, 307 
Laplace on meridian of France, —-133 
Latitude. On Riddle’s method of de- 
termining, 40, 200; On finding, 81 
Learned Societies, 60, 64, 142, 217, 302, 
385, 447 
Leeson’s appendage to blow-pipe, 401 
Le Gendre’s theorem. On, 270 
Light. Ure on, 13 
Linear measure. On standards of, 280, 
335 
Lithography. On, | & 235 
Lizard imbedded in stone, 149 
Lunar distances. New method of redu- 
cing, 178 
Macdonald on N. W. magnetic pole, 99 
Magnet employed to effect decomposi- 
tions, 380, 387 
Magnetic phenomena produced by elec- 
tricity. On, 43, 406 
Magnetic pole. On, 99 
Magnetism, 462 
Maize. On cultivation of, as a green 
crop, 483 
Manganese discovered near Newcastle, 67 
Manuscripts, ancient, 150 
Maskelyne’s 36 stars. Right ascension 
of, 50, 111, 195, 263, 469 
Mausoleums in India, 226 
Mayer's formula for Refraction. On, 341 
Measuve. On standards of, 280, 335 
Medico-chirurgical Sociely of Edinburgh, 
217 
Meikle on reducing lunar distances, 178 
Meridians of Greenwich and Paris. On, 
135, 394 
Metallic salts. Decomposition of, by the 
magnet, 380 
Meteors, 457. Burney ou, 22, 127, 198, 
465 
Meteorology, 75, 78, 127, 159 
Mextcan Flora, 144 
Milk. Means of testing, 241 
475 
Miliar on rose of Jericho, 360 
Mineral waters. On analysing, 291 
Moon. Volcano in the, 113 
Moving bog. Report on, 70 
Mummy, superb, 455 
Murray on change of colour in blue 
vegetable colours by metallic salts, 
273; On apparatus for restoring re- 
spiration, 276; On shower bath, 306; 
On decomposing salts by the magnet, 
880; On rabies canina, 386; On cal- 
culous diseases, 386; On thediamond, 
386; On phosphorized ether, 387; 
On heating by stoves, 387 ; On blow- 
ipe, 405 
Napier’s (Lord) rules of the circular 
parts, 235 
Native copper of Lake Superior, 348 
Natural history, 53, 105, 107, 148, 227, 
229, 231, 299, 311; 360, 454 
Naturalists. Queries to, 225; Answer 
to questions put to, 435 
Nautical astronomy. On present state 
of, 821; Ivory on, 81 
Negro. On rete mucosum of, 31, 140 
New Shetland. On, 144, 220 
New South Wales, excursion into the 
country of, 453 
Nonagesimal Tables. Utting’s, 188 
Northern Expedition, 73 
Mubia, antiquities of, 451 
Obituary, $12 
Oil gas. Tenry on, 90, 169 
Ophthalmic Hospital. Report on, 61 
Orrery, hydraulic, Busby’s, 415 
Papyri of Herculaneum. On, 491 
Parlelia, &c. On, 22, 127, 188, 198 
Patents. New, 74, 152, 236, 313, 395, 
462 
Pear trees. To promote early puberty of, 
136 
Pease. Vegetate after passing through 
an animal, 441 
Pelican. On the, 231 
endulum, the rolling. On, 417 
Perkins. On conclusions of, respecting 
compressibility of water, 201 
Phenomena, singular, 234, $14 
Phosphorized ether. On, 387 
Phrenology. On, 187 
Picture writing. On Indian, 229 
Polar Expedition. The sevond, 887 
Polypus, gigantic, 455 
Population of France, 451 
Potatoe, South American, 468 
Prize question, S10 
Progressional series. On summation of, 
268 
Quagga, Mule from, 105 
Rabies canina. On, $11, 886 
Reade on Refraction, 249; Stark’s re- 
marks on, 4 
