Index. 
Guibourt, M., on the action of iron on 
water, 68, 
H, 
Haiy, M., on the angles of crystals, 
413. 
Heat, on the laws of the communication 
of, 112, 161, 241, 321—specific, of 
solids at different temperatures, xvi 
—wof solids and fluids, 463. 
Heights, thermometrical measurements 
of, 468. 
Herepath, Mr., new demonstrations of 
the binomial theorem by, 364. 
Holt, Mr., meteorological journal ‘at 
Cork by, 130, 471. 
Hove, Sir Everard, on the corpora 
tntea, 140—on the teeth of the del- 
phiins gangeticus, 303—on the skele- 
ton of the proteorrbachius, 377. 
HBornewann, death of, 392. 
Howsrd, L., tsq. meteorological tables 
by, 79, 159, 239, 399, 479. 
Byariovic acid, on, xiii. 
He drocarbonic gas, on, xxviii. 
H drogen, on, xxxii—specific gravity 
of, ascertained by Berzelins, 317— 
deutoxide of, 380—carburetted, on, 
XXvii. 
Hydrosulphurous acid, on, xliv. 
I, 
Jameson, Prof., on the geognosy of the 
Lothians, 137, 
Java, remarkable spring in, 312, 
Ice, on the Greenland and polar, 62. 
Iceberg, 63. 
Ichthyosaurus, fossil found near Whitby, 
379. 
Imatra, rapids at, 378. 
Ingenhousz, Dr., on thé scientific writ- 
ings of, 81. 
Iodine, on, xxv, 310. 
Johnson, C. Esq., notices by, 386. 
Irish testacea, on, 136. 
Iron, on the separation of, from manga- 
nese, Jix, 50—action of water on, 
xxxv, 68—carbonate of, 63—cast, 
experiments on the strength of, 200 
—blue glass from, 228—meteoric, 
account of, by Glauber, 315—native 
analysis of, 65—ore of Elba, analysis 
of, persulphates of, Ixiti, 298, 382, 
463, 
Ivory paper of Mr, Einslie, 143. 
K. 
Keemaon, survey of the province of, by 
Capt. Webbe, 219. 
Keith, Rev. Mr., on the formation of 
the vegetable epidermis, 229-—on the 
direction of the radicle and germen, 
252, 
ae T. Esq., on the rock of Gibraltar, 
483 
Kinfauns castle, meteorological table 
keptat, for 1818, 234, 
L. 
Lambton, Col., measurement of an arc 
of the meridian in India by, 225. 
Lamp without flame, on, xxiy. 
Lampadiu;, Prof,, new metal discovered 
by, 74, 
Lampic acid, on, liii. 
Lincasiter, meteorological journal at, 
387. 
Lassaigne, M., on renmic acid, 71. 
Lathyrus tuberosus, on, Ixx, 
Leach, Dr., notice by, of some animals 
from the Arctic regions, 60. 
Lead, melting point of, 223. 
Lignum rhodium, information respect- 
ing, 148. 
Lime, carbonate and hydrate of, on a 
combination of, lxii, 51—chloride of, 
Ixii. 
Lime and magnesia, separation of, lvii. 
Limestone, magnesian, situation of, 222, 
Linnzan Society, meetings of, 68, 221, 
463. 
Lithina, on, lvi. 
Loch Lomond, lithological observations 
on the vicinity of, 63. 
Longchamp, M., on the effect of com- 
mon salt on the solubility of nitre in 
water, 151. 
Lothians, on the geognosy of, 137. 
Lunar distances, on the reduction of, 
for finding the longitude, 185, 
M. 
Macbride, Dr., on the power of the 
br tea oe adunca to entrap insects, 
Macknight, Dr., lithological observa. 
tions on the neighbourhood of Loch 
Lomond by, 65—description of Ra. 
vensheugh by, 66—remarks on Cart. 
‘lane craig by, 136. 
Madras, geology of the country between 
Tillicherry and, 378, 
Magnetic needle, observations on, 394. 
Malic acid, on, li. 
Malton, new, weather at, 234. 
Manganese, on, xxxvi—separation of, 
from iron, 50—phosphate of limoges, 
465. 
Manna, on, lxv—Persian, 147, 
Mathematical periodical works, 391, 
Maxima and minima, on, 193, 
Meconic acid, on, |—method of procur- 
ing, 230—properties of, 230— 
equivalent number for, 231. 
Medical society, new, 393. 
Menispermum cocculus, on, 1xx. 
Mercury, on, xli—dilatation of, by 
heat, 118—specific heat of, 167. 
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