Index. 



479 



Ovum, female, M. Eauer's account of, Red earth, shower of, in Italy, 466. 



55. Redness of the sea, 467. 



p Refraction, doable, Dr. Brewster on, 

 146. 



Pargasite, new mineral, description of, Renr.ie, Mr., on the strength of mate- 



469. rials, '221. 



Pari;;, account of the strata in its vici- Roget, Dr., remarks on the kaleidoscope 



nity, 86, '277. 

 Patents, li-i uf, 74. 

 Pelleiier and Magi ndie, MM., analysis 



of ipecacuanha by, 422. 

 Petalite, D, . Clarke's analysis of, 196, 



363. 

 Pendulum, Capt. Kater's experiments 



on ihe, 193. 

 Piulip, Dr. W., on the vital powers, 



114. 

 Phillips, Mr. R., on Cheltenham salts, Rur.corn, Mr. Loudon's plan of a bridge 



by, 375. 



Royal Academy of Sciences, proceed- 

 ings of, 68, 224, 382. 



— — ■ prizes 



proposed by, 234. 



Roy:il Society, proceedings of, 63, 143, 

 209, £98, 381,456. 



■ of Edinburgh, proceed- 



ings of, 144,224. 



Transactions of, 53. 



Mr. W., on the Dover chalk 



cliffs, 6S.221. 

 Philo-chemicus Can tabrigiensis, remarks 



on Mr. Daniell's theory of crystalliza- 

 tion by, 287. 

 Phosphorus, experiments on it by M. 

 Dulong, 134. 



. ■ bv Sir 



at, 14. 



Sage, M. le, biographical account of, 



241. 

 Safety lamp, improvement on the, 73. 



■ employed in Flanders, 394. 



Scoresbv, Mr. W., account of Jan 

 H. Davy, 381. Maye'n's island by, 66. 



Phosphuielted hydrogen, Mr. Dalton's Scott, Alexander, his account of the 



remarks on, 7. 

 Pimento, analysis of, by M. Braconnot, 



312. 

 Plants, Mrs. Ibbetson's remarks on the 



death of, 249. 

 of France, M. de Candolle ou 



the geography of, 408. 



of N. of England, Mr. Winch 



on ditto, 334. 

 Polarisation of light, Dr. Brewster on 



the laws of, 143. 

 Pond, Mr., on the parallax of the fixed 



stars, 362. 

 Potatoe, en the analysis of, by'M. Vau- 



quelin, 430. 

 Precious stones, Mr. Hatty's treatise on, 



378. 

 Prout, Dr., on the proximate principles 



of the urine, 352. 

 Pseudo-volcano, Mr. Finch's account 



of, 342. 

 Pumice stone, table furnace of, 449. 



Quadratic theorem by Dr. Reade, 31. 

 Qoantock hilli, on arragonite from ihe, 

 67. 



R. 



interior of Africa, 122. 

 Selenium, account of, by Prof. Berze- 



lius, 292, 374, 447. 

 Sepping, Mr., on diagonal braces, 64. 

 Septaria, on the use of, by Mr. Gill, 38. 

 Ship, fossil, supposed, 467. 

 Sickler, the Rev. J. V., aa account of, 



'297. 

 Silica, on the fusion of, 393. 

 Sky Island, mineralogy of, by Dr. 



M'Curioch, 453. 

 Sinitli, l 3 iof., biographical account of, 



321. 

 i Mr. Win., account of his di,co- 



veiies in geology, 359. 

 S'.nithson, Mr., remarks on vegetable 



colours by, b5. 

 Solar beat, remarks on, 179. 



lumene, M. Arfvedson's experl> 



ments on, 4-18. 

 Stanhope, Lord, biographical account 



of, 81. 

 Steel, remarks on the welding of, 289. 

 Stephenson, Mr., experiments on liii 



lamps, - 

 Stone found near Derby, 228. 

 Storm, Col. Beaufoy's account ofa, 488, 

 Sugar, Dr. Prout'g analysis < 

 Sulphates of iron, copper, and zinc, re- 

 marks on the crystals uf, 265. 



Ramond, M., remarks on the barometer j, 



by, '206 • 

 Reade, Dr. J., new quadratic theorem Temperature of ihe ocean, Dr. Davy'*: 



by, SI, remarks on, i". 



