INDEX TO VOL. V. 



NEW SERIES. 



Achromatic obje6t-glasses for micro- 

 scopes, on some properties of, 109, 

 ■24'J 

 Adie, Mr, his meteorological register, 



190, 376 

 Airy, Professor, on the double refraction 



of quartz, 324 

 Analysis of solar light, on a new one, 



197 

 Aurora borealis, on the determination of 

 its position, &c. '23, 209— account of a 

 remarkable one, 252 

 Bibliography, contributions to scientific, 



219 

 Blackwall, Mr John, his description of a 



a new species of Laniprotornis, 332 

 Brewster, Dr, on a new analysis of solar 



light, 197 

 Caithness, on the existence of rein-deer 



in Orkney, 50 

 Cairns, on vitrified ones in Orkney, 309 

 Chevalier, Charles M., reply to Dr Gor- 

 ing's critique on his object glasses. 

 224 — Or Goring's remarks on his pa- 

 per, 238 

 Cultivators of natural science, observa- 

 tions on the account of the meeting 

 at Hamburgh, 271 

 Decline of science in England, 1, 334 

 Blsnen in Orkney, on the vitrified cairns 



at, 310 

 Fulcr, M. Leonhard, on the perfection 



of microscopes, 233 

 Fishes of the Ganges, on the respiratory 

 organs and air-bladders of some of 

 them, 33 

 Forbes, Mr J. 1). on polar temperature, 



&c 17 

 Fossil vegetables, on their structure, 1 113 

 Geology, Or MacCulloeh's system of, 



reviewed. 368 

 Goring, Or, on monochromatic light, 

 and on the aberration of eyepiece 

 &c. 52 — M. Chevalier's reply to a pa- 

 per by him, 224 — his remarks on Al. 

 Chevalier's paper, and on huh r'l 



moir, 23(1 



Heal, on the alleged pul m/.ilion of, 207 



Hibbert, Dr, on rein-deer in Caithness 

 during the twelfth century, 50 — on the 

 theories of vitrified forts, 285— on the 

 vitrified cairns of Orkney, 309 

 Johnston, Mr J. F. W., on the disco- 

 very of vanadium in Scotland, 1 06 — 

 on the vanadiate of lead, a new mine- 

 ral species, 107— on Mr Potter's pa- 

 per on specific heats, 265-Dr Muncke's 

 observations on his account of the Ger- 

 man meeting, 271— Mr Johnston's re- 

 ply to those remarks, 278— his noti- 

 ces regarding vanadium, 318 

 Laidlaw, Mr, on an aurora borealis, 



252 

 Lampiotornis, on a new species of, 332 

 Lister, Mr, on some properties of achro- 

 matic object-glasses for microscopes, 

 109,249 

 MacCulloch, Dr, his system of geology 



reviewed, 358 

 Metals, on their specific heats, 75, 2C5 

 Monochromatic light, observations on its 



use in microscopes, 52, 143 

 Muncke, Professor, on Mr Johnston's ac- 

 count of the meeting of German natu- 

 ralists, 271 

 New York, on the mean temperature of, 

 34 places in the state of, for 1830, 

 255 

 Orkney, on vitrified cairns in, 309 

 Polarization of heat, 200 

 Polar temperature considered, 17 

 Potter, Mr H., on the determination of 

 the position of the auroiea boreales, 

 23, 2(1!)— on the specific heats of me- 

 tals, 75 

 Powell, Rev. B , on the alleged polariza- 

 tion of heat, 200 

 Quart/., on the double refraction of, 324 

 Rein-Deer, on its , Kiitence in Shetland 



during the 12th century, 60 

 Rigaud, Profeawr, his account of sir 



James Stirling, 191 



Rio, Andres del, on the redaction of sil- 

 ver dick, 222 



Science, on the decline of, in Knuland 



1 , 33 I 



