INDEX. 



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BREWSTER (REV. PATRICK), description of a 

 fossil tree found in a quarry at Nites-hill. ix. 103. 



BRISBANE (MAJOR-GENERAL SIR THOMAS 

 MAKDOUGAL), method of determining the time 

 with accuracy, from a series of altitudes of the 

 sun, taken on the same side of the meridian, 

 viii. 497. 



memoir on the repeating reflecting circle. 



ix. 97. 



method of determining the latitude, by a sex- 

 tant or circle, from circum-meridian observations, 

 taken near noon. ix. 227. 



astronomical observations made at Paramatta 



and Sydney, x. 112. 



observations before and after the superior 



conjunction of Venus and the sun with the mural 

 circle at Paramatta, 1824. x. 330. 

 observations on two comets discovered at 



Paramatta in 1824, by Mr Rumker and Mr Dunlop. 

 x. 332. 



CADELL (W. A.), on the lines that divide each 

 semi-diurnal arc into six equal parts, viii. 61. 



description of some Indian idols in the Mu- 

 seum of the Society, ix. 381. 



CALCAREOUS SPAR, on a new optical and mine- 



ralogical property of. viii. 165. 

 CALCULUS, on the principles of the antecedental. 



P. C. iv. 65. 

 CALORIC, on the radiation of. ix. 179. 

 CARBON, on the optical properties of the sulphate 



of, by Sir D. Brewster, vii. 285. 

 CARROTS, on the distillation of spirits from. H.ii.28. 

 CAST-IRON, on some economical uses to which it 



may be applied. H. i. 26. 



on the application of the hot blast in the 



manufacture of. xiii. 373. 



CAVALRY, description of some improvements in the 



arms and accoutrements of. v. 247. 

 CHALCEDONY, on the formation of. x. 82. 

 CHANCE, examination of some questions connected 



with games of. ix. 153. 

 CHEVALIER (M.), tableau de la plaine de Troye. 



L. C. iii. 3. 



his tableau de la plaine de Troye illustrated 



and confirmed from the observations of subsequent 

 travellers and others. L. C. iv. 29. 



CHLORINE, experiments on the relation between 

 muriatic acid gas and. viii. 329. 



■ on the combination of, with the prussiate of 



potash, xi. 210. 



CHLORITE, observations on. xi. 352. 



CHRISTISON (DR ROBERT), chemical examina- 

 tion of the petroleum of Rangoon, xiii. 118. 



on the poisonous properties of hemlock, and 



its alkaloid conia. xiii. 383. 



CHRONOMETERS, observations on the errors in the 

 sea rates of. ix. 353. 



CHRONOMETER, remarkable case of magnetic in- 

 tensity of a. x. 117. 



CINCHONA BRACHYCARPA, account of the. 

 P. C. iii. 205. 



CIRCLE, geometrical investigation of some curious 

 and interesting properties of the circle, vi. 21. 



memoir on the repeating reflecting circle, ix. 97. 



CLARK, M.D. (PROFESSOR THOMAS), on the 

 application of the hot blast in the manufacture of 

 cast-iron. xiii. 373. 



CLERK, OF ELDIN (JOHN), fragments of an in- 

 tended account of his life. ix. 113. 



CLERK, MAXWELL, BART. (SIR GEORGE), bio- 

 graphical account of him. H. i. 51. 



CLIMATE OF RUSSIA, dissertation on the. P. C. 

 ii. 213. 



COAL, remarks on the coal formation of the great 

 valley of the Scottish Lowlands, xiii. 107. 



COAL MINES, observations on the fire-damp of, by 

 Dr J. Murray, viii. 31. 



COILSFIELD, description of a stone found at. 

 H. iii. 7. 



COLD, experiments and observations upon a remark- 

 able, which accompanies the separation of hoar- 

 frost from a clear air. P. C. i. 146. 



on certain impressions of, transmitted from 



the higher atmosphere. viii. 465. 



COLLINS (WILLIAM), an ode on the popular su- 

 perstitions of the Highlands. L. C. i. 63. 



COMPOSITION, HISTORICAL, an essay upon the 

 principles of, with an application of those princi- 

 ples to the writings of Tacitus. L. C. i. 76, and 181. 



on the dramatic, or ancient form of. L. C. i. 99. 



COMRIE, account of repeated shocks of earthquakes 

 felt at Comrie in Perthshire. P. C. iii. 240. 



CONIC SECTIONS, new series for the quadrature of 

 the. vi. 269. 



CONJUNCTIONS, grammatical essay on the nature, 

 import, and effect of certain conjunctions, particu- 

 larly the Greek ae. L. C. i. 113. 



CONNELL (ARTHUR), description and analysis of 

 a mineral from Faroe, xiii. 46. 



analysis of coprolites and other organic re- 

 mains imbedded in the limestone of Burdiehouse. 

 xiii. 283. 



on the action of voltaic electricity on alcohol, 



ether, and aqueous solutions, xiii. 315. 



CORN, observations on the ripening and filling of. 



H. i. 17. 

 COW-TREE, some experiments on the milk of the. 



xi. 235. 

 CREMATION, on the origin of, or the burning of the 



dead. Rev. Dr J. Jamieson. viii. 83. 

 CRYSTALS, on the effects of pressure in altering the 



polarizing structure of doubly refracting crystals. 



viii. 281. 

 CUBIC EQUATIONS, new method of resolving. 



v. 99. 



