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INDEX. 



Crystallization, production of light dur- 

 ing, 368. 

 Crystals, on the regular composition of, 



59. 

 Daniel, Mr, his improvement on the ba- 

 rometer, 179. 

 Davy, Dr John, on the temperature of 

 springs, wells, and mines in Cornwall, 

 75. 

 Decandolle, M., on the plants of the bo- 

 tanic garden of Geneva, 375 

 Dew, on the formation of, C9. 

 Distances, on a machine for measuring 



them, applied to a gig, 93. 

 Dunkeld, on a single block of stone on 



the summit of a hill at, 40. 

 Dunlop, Mr his reflecting speculum, 178 

 — discovers a comet at Paramatta, 307- 

 Dyce, Dr, on an improved hydropneu- 



matic lamp, 151. 

 Eclipse, lunar, of 31st May, observed by 

 Colonel Beaufov, 308 — of 25th No- 

 vember, 383. 

 Edgeworth, William, Esq. on a machine 

 applied to a gig for measuring distan- 

 ces, 93. 

 Edingtonitc, a new mineral, 316. 

 Electrical gale, 371. 



Electricity of oxalate of lime, 309 — de- 

 veloped in capillary attraction, 370 — 

 developed in solutions and mixtures, 

 370. 

 Elk, on the fossil one in the Isle of Man, 



15,28, 129. 

 Etching on steel, menstruum for, 347- 

 Explosion of oil gas in Edinburgh des- 

 cribed, 83 — of gas in n well at Lcith 

 Fort, 108. 

 Faraday, Mr, on a remarkable compound 



of carbon and hydrogen, 373. 

 Fauna, American, Dr Harlan's, 184. 

 Fish, method of catching, in Greece, 149 



— on changing their residence, 140. 

 Flints of Warwickshire, observations on 



the, 77. 

 Flora, English, analysis of the, 159. 

 Foggo, Mr, on the iridescence of clouds, 



309. 

 France, North, on the climate of the, 



227- 

 Gale, electrical, 371. 

 Gibb, Mr John, on the use of granite 



for railways, 152. 

 Goitre cured by subcarbonatc of soda. 



187- 



Gold mines of North Carolina, 358. 



Granite, on its use for railways, 152 



Greville, Dr, on the Musci, 218. 



Griebel's portable night flock, 349. 



Griffiths, Mr, on the hygromctric pro- 

 perties 4>f bodies, 180, 



Grimes, Edward, Esq., on the flints of 



Warwickshire, 77- 

 Gulf-Stream, observations o.i the, in 



crossing it to Bermuda, &c. 256. 

 Haidinger, Mr, on the regular composi- 

 tion of crystallized bodies, 59 — on a 

 remarkable variety of boracite, 110 — 

 on the specific gravity of various mi- 

 nerals, 241 on two new mineral 



species, 302 — on Edingtonite, a new 

 mineral, 316. 

 Hailstones, with pyritic nuclei, 373. 

 Halos, lunar, 58. 

 Hall, Sir James, on the consolidation of 



the strata, 1. 

 Hamilton, Dr F. on the frontier between 



Ava and Bengal, 32, 201. 



Harp, Eolian, on a meteorological one 349. 



Harvey, Mr, on the formation of dew, 



69— on the rates of chronometers as 



affected by the density of air, 170. 



Hazel nuts found in a singular state at 



a great depth, 181. 

 Herschel, J. F. W. Esq., on a remark- 

 able occurrence of serpentine in the 

 Tyrol, 120 — on the calorific effect of 

 the stm's rays, 107 — on double stars, 

 178-281 — on magnetism developed 

 during rotation, 371. 

 Herschel, Miss Caroline, her catalogue 



of stars, 178. 

 Hibbcrt, Dr, on the fossil elk in the Isle 

 of Man, 15, 129 — on an animal re- 

 sembling the Scandinavian elk, found 

 in the Isle of Man, 129. 

 Hodgkinson, Mr Eaton, on the trans- 

 verse strain of materials, 35 1 . 

 Hooker, Dr, on the Musci, 21 8. 

 Hunter, James, Esq., on an improved 



odometer, 44. 

 Hyaena, on the habits of the, 80. 

 Hydrogen and carbon, on a new com- 

 pound of, 373. 

 Hygrometer, Leslie's, invented by Dr 



Hutton, 148. 

 Hyvomttric properties of insoluble com 



pounds, 180. 

 Hygrometrical apparatus of Professor 



De La Rive, 320. 

 Iodine in mineral waters, 182. 

 Iridescence of clouds, 309.. 

 Knox. Dr, on the habits of the hyaena, 

 80 — on the limits of the retina, in 

 the Sepia loligo, 193. 

 Kotzebue, Lieut., his recent voyage of 



discovery, 377- 

 Lamp, on an improved hydropneumatic 



one, 151. 

 Lamp, natural, by incandescence, 350. 

 La Rive, M. Dc, on a new hygrometer, 

 320. 



