470 



I N D E X. 



Desnoyers on the chalk of the Coten- 

 tin, 253. 



Diluvial currents of Yorkshire, 138. 



Diptera, Mr. W. S. MacLeay on the 

 larvae of, 178. 



Dolphins, Mr. Gray's description of 

 the skulls of two species of, 375. 



Dracine, new substance found in dra- 

 gon's-blood, 394. 



Dragon's-blood, dracine found in, 394. 



Earth, on the figure of, by Mr. Gal- 

 braith, 48. 



Eclipse, solar, of Nov. 29, 1826; 76. 



Edmonston (L.) on the origin of the 

 power of suspending respiration, 

 possessed by aquatic mammalia and 

 birds, 126. 



Electro-magnetism, new form of an 

 experiment in, 459. 



Ellipse, Rev. B. Bronwin on the rec- 

 tification of, 378. 



Englehart (M.), and H. Rose, on the 

 iron contained in the blood, 154. 



Entomology, 178. 



Equations, linear differential, Mr. He- 

 rapath on, 421. 



Eye, on the focus of vision in, 376 ; 

 effects of oil of Croton on, 463. 



Faraday's(M.) chemical manipulation, 

 corrections in, 58 ; review of analysis 

 of two remarkableores of copper, 287. 



Figure of the earth, Galbraith on, 48. 



Fire-damp, on destroying, 142, .TO9. 



Fluor spar and anhydrous sulphuric 

 acid, GS. 



Fons (J. P. De la) on mooring ships in 

 roadsteads, 289. 



Foreign geology, 1, 95, 168, 253. 



Fossil bones of the hya;na, the elephant, 

 the rhinoceros, &c. in Switzerland, 

 8 ; hya-nas in Kent, 73 ; M. B. de 

 Basterot on fossil shells, 102; bones 

 of bears in the grotto of Osselles, 

 near Besangon in France, 147 ; bones 

 of the elephant, found near Salisbury, 

 220; trees, near Gallipolis, Ohio, 

 311 ; remains of the mastodon. New 

 York, 314; elephant, horse, deer, 

 crocodile, Plesiosaurus, Megalosau- 

 rus, Iguanodon, plants, &c. found 

 in Sussex, 314, 443. 



F.R.S. " Dr. Price and his followers," 

 292; reply to, 332. 



F. R. S. L. on the principle of compound 

 interest, in reply to F. R. S., 332. 



Funchal (in Madeira) meteorological 

 register kept at, 3C2, 412. 



Galbraith (\Vm.) on the figure of the 

 earth, 4S. 



Galena in inferior oolite, 234. 



Gas, new combustible, 152. 



Gases, transfer of heat, by change of 



capacity in, 230; specific heat of, 

 31 1 ; extrication of heat by the com- 

 pression of, 390. 



Geology, 1, 95, 117, 138, 147, 168, 

 192, 217, 234, 253, 271,295,327, 

 394, 433, 439, 450, 457. 



Geology, Foreign, 1, 95, 168, 253. 



Glaucolite, a new mineral species, 463. 



Gmelin's analysis of the water of the 

 Dead Sea, 232. 



Gold, oxides of, 152; native argenti- 

 ferous, composition of, 155. 



Gold and silver raised in Guanaxuato, 

 71. 



Gossamer spiders, on, 146. 



Graham, (Tho. ) on exceptions to the 

 law that salts are more soluble in hot 

 than in cold water, 20. 



Gray's (J. E.) synopsis of the genera 

 of Saurian reptiles, 54, 207; descrip- 

 tion of the skulls of two species of 

 dolphins, 375 ; revision of the species 

 of chameleons, 207 ; on the genus 

 Chameleon, 408 ; monograph of the 

 genus Teredo of Linne, 409. 



Guanaxuato, quantity of silver and gold 

 raised in, 71. 



Guatemala, volcanos of, 117. 



Hansteen (Prof.) on the polar lights, 

 334. 



Hare's (Dr.) method of detecting 

 opium, in solution, 283 ; easy mode 

 of obtaining meconic acid, 283 ; on 

 preparing denarcotized laudanum, 

 253. 



Haworth (A. H.) on new succulent 

 plants, 344. 



Heat, transfer of, by change of capacity 

 in gas, 230; of gases, 311 ; extrica- 

 tion of, by compression of gases, 

 390 ; evolved, by compressing water, 

 392. 



Heineken's (Dr.) meteorological regis- 

 ter kept at Funchal, Madeira, 362, 

 412. 



Hemlock, new alkali in, 392. 



Henderson's (Tho.) remarks on Capt. 

 Sabine's pendulum observations, 

 124 ; reply to, by Capt. Sabine, 176. 



Herapath (.T.) on tho integration of 

 linear differential equations, 421. 



Hildreth ( Dr.) on fossil trees, near Gal- 

 lipolis, Ohio, 311. 



Hodgkin (Dr.) and J. J. Lister's mi- 

 croscopic observations of the blood 

 and animal tissues, 130. 



Humboldt (M. de) on the volcanos of 



Guatemala, 117. 

 Hya;nas, fossil, in Kent, 75. 

 Hydrocyanic acid, detection of, 230. 



Jalapia, 462. 



Indigo copper-ore, 31 1. 



