INDEX. 



HoulbrooTce, Rev. T. 384 



Hour, instrument for ascertaining the, 

 in the dark, 201 



Howard, Mr. his meteorological obser- 

 vations, 37, 141, 216, 279 



Huey, Lieutenant, his description of a 

 large marine snake, 383 



Humboldt, Baron Von, on the native 

 country of the potato, 301 



Hutton, Dr. C. 80 



Hyalite, analysis of, 158 



Hydrosulphurets, alkaline, and metallic 

 oxides, their mutual action, 74 



I. 



Ibbetson, Mrs. A. on the mechanism of 

 leaves, 1 — On the mechanism of 

 flowers, 81— On the different sorts of 

 wood-, with some remarks on the 

 works of Du Thouars, 16l..On fresh- 

 water plants, 241 

 Imaginary quantities, 193 

 Imrie, Lieutenant-Colonel, on the 

 , geology of the Campsie Hills, 318 

 India-rubber, elasticity of, 106 

 " Indnction," Remarks on the term, as 



applied to electricity, 217 

 Iron, sulphate of, decomposed by ani- 

 mal matter, 377 

 Iron spires for churches, 78 



J. 



Jacob, Mr. 49 



Jameson, Professor, on some Scottish 

 fossils,- 78 — On porphyry, &c. 317 

 -—On granite, and a new species of 

 fossil shells, 169 — On the geognosy 

 of Kirkcudbiight, 169 



Japan varnish from pit-coal, 332 



7eannefy, M. 11 



Jones, Mr. J. R, on a supposed native 

 lead, 239 



Kater, Lieutenant, his compensation 

 pendulum, 316 



Keif, Mr. J. his mode of rendering 

 glass opaque, 59 



Kirkcudbright, geognosy of, 159 



Klaproth, M. 158-His analyses of some 

 ancient alloys in the church of Gos- 

 lar, 11 — Of the aerolite of Lissa, 226 

 —His analyses of several minerals, 

 378 



Knight, T. A. Esq. his account of a 

 new apple, called Downton Pippin, 

 316—- On the culture of onions, 203 

 —On a new variety of pear, 210-^ 

 On some new varieties of the peach, 

 221- -On a new and expeditious mode 

 of budding, 374 



Kopp, Mr. 158 



Koster, J. T. Esq. 364 



Krodo, an idol of the Saxons, legend 

 of, 1 1 --Analysis of an altar dedicated 

 to, 12 



L. 



" Ladies' Diary," information requested 



respecting the mathematical writers 



for, 79 

 Lamarck, M. 113 

 Lavoisier, M. 249 

 Leach, Mr. on a new species of echinus, 



159 — On the shark genus, 318 

 Lead, triple sulphuret of, 382 — A sup- 

 posed native, 239 

 Leaves of plants, mechanism of, 1 

 Lectures, chemical, at the Scientific In* 



stitution, 240 



medical and chirurgical, 80 



musical, at the Surrey Instil 



tution, 160 

 Lightning, prevention of damage by, 



108 

 Lights, gas, 341 



Lime, oxalate of, its component parts, 21 

 Liverpool, literary and philosophical 



society at, 384 

 L. O. C, an attempt by, to explain the 



phenomena of caloric, 95 

 London, strata in the neighbourhood 



of, and fossil remains found in them, 



38, 111 



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