INDEX. 



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. a Herculls, - - • 295 



a Feg^asi, - • - - ib, 



Recrulus, • - • 296 



a Ophiuchi, - - - 257 



aAqjiilae, - - . . ggg 



Procyon, - - - ib, 



■ « Orionis, - - - 299 



a Serpentis, - - - ib, 



Polaris, - - - 300 



Octahedron, the most common form of crystallized bodies, - 51 



Olive oilf concretions of it found in the human intestines, I50 



Pearson, George, M. D. On the colouring matter of the 

 black bronchial glands, and of the black spots of the lungs, 



Pond, John, Esq,. Astronomer Royal. His observation of the 

 summer solstice of 1812, at the Royal Observatory, 



His catalogue of north 



polar distances of some of the principal fixed stars, 



- ■ . — - His observation of the 



winter solstice of 1 8 12, with the mural circle at Greenwich, 

 . . His catalo2:ue of north 



polar distances of eighty-four of the principal fixed stars, 

 deduced from observations made with the mural circle at 

 the Royal Observatory, 

 ■' ■ Observations of the sum- 



mer solstice of 1813, with the mural circle, at the Royal 



Observatory, - 



PiiECHTL, M. His theory respecting various crystalline forms 



referred to, - - - - 



Prisms, hexagonal, origin of their form in crystallography, 



R 



Rhea Americana, description of its solvent glands and gizzard, 

 Rhomboid, obtuse, origin of its form in crystallography, 



159 

 27 

 75 



123 



280 



304 



62 

 59 



80 

 57 



Sheep, on a new variety in their breed, - - 88 



Sighty observations relative to the. near and distant sight of 



different persons, - - - - 3L 



Smithson, James, Esq,. On a subbtaxice from the elm tree 



called ulmin, - - - - 64 



