INDEX. 



475 



Ni/droitatlc liulancf, Coates's, 109 



Imperial (ifnuninc. Account of, 882 

 InulWs answer to Questions to Natura- 

 lists, 435 

 Innes on solar eclipse in 1836, 34; On 

 eclipse of 1S20, 274 

 Ivory on atmospheric heat, 24; On 

 nautical astronomy, 81 ; On calcu- 

 lating atmospherical refraction, IGl ; 

 On Napier's rules, 235 ; On Le Gen- 

 dre's theorem, 270 ; Concessions to, 

 36'4; Keply to Concessions, 462; On 

 rolling Pendulum, 417 

 Jericho. On the rose of, ?60 

 Kater on volcano in tlie moon, 113; On 

 standards of measure, 280, 335 

 Kilmalemli/ bo^. On tlie moving, 70 

 Lactomcler. Davy's, '244 

 Lake Superior. On native copper of, 348 

 Lantern horn. Substitute foi-, 307 

 Laplace on meridian of France, 133 

 Latitude. On Riddit-'s method of de- 

 termining, 40, 200 ; On finding, 81 

 Learned Societies, 60, 64, 142, 217, 302, 

 385, 447 

 Lee.inn's appendage to blow-pipe, 401 

 Le Gendre's theorem. On, 270 

 Linht. Ure on, 13 

 Linear vwasure. On standards of, 280, 

 335 

 Lithography. On, 235 

 Lizard imbedded in stone, 149 

 Lunar distances. New method of redu- 

 cing, 178 

 Macdunald on N. W. magnetic pole, 99 

 Magnet employed to efl'ect decomi)Osi- 

 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, 4t:3 

 jl/a«,^'nm'.'a-discoverc<l near Newcastle, 67 

 Manuscripts, anc'wnt, 150 

 Maslcelyiu's 36 stars. Right ascension 

 of, 50, 111, i95, 263, 46!) 

 Mausoleums in India, 22*5 

 Mayer sfurmtiUi for Ui fraction. On, 341 

 Measure. On stimdards of, 280, 335 

 Medku-chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, 

 217 

 Meiklc on reducing lunar distances, 178 

 Meridians of Greeniridi and Paris. On, 

 133, 394 

 MelaUic tails. Decomitosition uf, by the 

 magnet, 380 

 Meteors, 457. Burney on, 22, 127, 198, 

 465 

 Meteorology, 75,78, 127, 159 

 Mexkati I-'lurn, 141 

 Milk. Means of testing, 241 



Millar on rose of Jeiitho. 360 



Mineral waters. On analysing, 291 



Moon. Volcano in the, 113 



Mnving bng. Report on, 70 



Muimny, supeib, 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, 

 380; On rabu's cavina,?^S6; On cal- 

 culous diseases, 386; On thediamond, 

 386 ; On phosphorizcd ether, 387 ; 

 On heating by stoves, 387 ; On blow, 

 pipe, 405 



Najiier's (Lord) rules of the circular 

 parts, 235 



A'tZ/dl' copper of Lake Superior, 348 

 Natural liistory, 53, 105, 107, 148, 227, 

 229,' 231, 299, 311, 360, 454 

 Ntituralisls. Queries to, 225 ; Answer 

 to questions put to, 435 



Nautical astrotioiny. On present state 

 of, 821 ; Ivory on, 81 



Negro. On rete mucosum of, 31, 140 

 N-u> Shetland. On, 144, 220 



New South Wales, excursion into tlie 

 country of, 453 



Nonagesimid Tables. Utting's, 188 



Nurthem Erpeditiim, 73 



Mubia, antiquities of, 451 



ObUuary, 312 



Oil gas. Heni-y on, 90,169 



Ophthalmic Hospital. Report on, 61 

 Orrery, hydraulic. Busby's, 415 



Papyri of Hcrcii/aneum. On, 421 



Parhelia, fee. On, 22,127,183,198 

 I'ulents. New, 74, 152, 236, 313, 395, 

 462 

 Pear trees. To promote early puberty of, 

 136 

 Pease. Vegetate after passing through 

 an animal, 4U 



P.-liran. On the, 231 



Pendulum, the rolling. On, 417 



Perkins. On coiiclusioiis of, respecting 

 compressibilily of water, 201 



PhtEmmiena, singular, 234, 314 



Phosphorizcd ether. On, 387 



Phrenology. On, 187 



Picture writing. On Indian, 2'J9 



Polar F.Tped'Uion. The stioud, ?87 



Polypus, gigantic, -455 



Piijnilation of I'lance, 451 



Polatoe, South .\njcrican, 468 



I'ri-^C (jueslion, 310 



Progressiunal series. On suinmntion of, 

 2(i5 

 (iungga. Mule from, 105 



Uabies caniud. On, 311,386 



Keade on Refraction, 249; Sturk's re- 

 marks on, 431 



