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HAMILTON (WILLIAM), late Professor of Ana- 

 tomy in the University of Glasgow, biographical 

 account of. H. App. iv. 35. 



HAMLET, an essay on the character of. L. C. ii. 251. 



HARRIS (WILLIAM SNOW), experimental inqui- 

 ries concerning the laws of magnetic forces, xi. 277. 



on a new electrometer, and the heat excited 



in metallic bodies by a voltaic electricity, xii. 206. 

 on the investigation of magnetic intensity by 



the oscillations of the horizontal needle, xiii. 1. 

 HARVEY (GEORGE), remarkable case of magnetic 

 intensity of a chronometer, x. 117. 



on an anomalous case of vision with regard 



to colours, x. 253. 



HASTINGS (WARREN), letter from the Teshoo 



Lama of Thibet to. H. ii. 19. 

 HANKADAL, account of the hot springs near Han- 



kadale, in Iceland. P. C. hi. 138. 

 HAYCROFT (W. T.), on the specific heat of the 



gases, x. 195. 

 HEAT, dissertation on the philosophy of. H. iv. 7. 



on the effects of compression in modifying 



the effect of. vi. 71. 



On the progress of, when communicated to 



spherical bodies from their centres, vi. 353. 

 — — on the diffusion of, at the surface of the earth. 



vii. 411. 



on the refraction and polarization of. xiii. 131. 



on the polarization of, by tourmaline, xiii. 354. 



on the laws of the polarization of, by refrac- 



tion, xiii. 355. 



on the laws of the polarization of, by reflec- 



tion, xiii. 361. 



on the circular polarization of. xiii. 467. 



HELLENES, on the ancient. L. C. iii. 131. 



HEMLOCK, on the poisonous properties of, and its 

 alkaloid conia. xiii. 383. 



HERNIA, singular variety of. H. v. 23. 



HERRING, observations on the natural history of 

 the. xii. 462. 



HERSCHEL (J. F. W.), on the absorption of light 

 by coloured media, and on the colours of the pris- 

 matic spectrum exhibited by certain flames, ix. 445. 



HIBBERT, M. D. (SAMUEL), on the fresh water 

 limestone of Burdiehouse, belonging to the carboni- 

 ferous group of rocks, xiii. 169. 



HIGHLANDS, account of some extraordinary struc- 

 tures on the tops of the hills in the. L. C. ii. 3. 



HILL (DR JOHN), an essay upon the principles of 

 historical composition, with an application of those 

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



essay upon the utility of defining synonymous 



terms in all languages ; with illustrations, by ex- 

 amples from the Latin. L. C. iii. 93. 



HOLLAND (REV. THOMAS CROMPTON), on the 

 radiation of caloric, ix. 179. 



HOPE (DR THOMAS CHARLES), account of a 

 mineral from Strontian. H. iii. 143. 



VOL. XIII. PART II. 



HOPE (DR THOMAS CHARLES), account of 

 mineral from Strontian, and of a peculiar species of 

 earth which it contains. P. C. iv. 3. 



experiments on the contraction of water by 



heat. v. 379. 



HOPEITE, a new mineral from Altenberg, description 

 of. x. 107. 



HOT-BLAST, on the application of the, in the manu- 

 facture of cast-iron. xiii. 373. 



HORNBY (MR), on the distillation of spirits from 

 carrots, x. 2.8. 



HOWISON (JAMES), account of the Prince of Wales 

 Island. H. iii. 13. 



HUTTON (DR JAMES), dissertation on the philoso- 

 phy of light, heat, and fire. H. iv. 7. 



HUNTER, LL.D. (PROFESSOR JOHN), a gram- 

 matical essay on the nature, import, and effect of 

 certain conjunctions, particularly the Greek Ae. 

 L. C. i. 113. 



; — conjectures on the analogy observed in the for- 

 mation of some of the tenses of the Greek verb. ix. 481. 



HUTTON (DR CHARLES), abstract of experiments 

 made to determine the true resistance of the air to 

 the surfaces of bodies of various figures, and moved 

 through it with different degrees of velocity. P. C. 

 ii. 29. 



HUTTON (DR JAMES), on the theory of rain. P. C. 

 i. 41. 



theory of the earth. P. C. i. 209. 



on written language as a sign of speech. H.ii.5. 



of certain natural appearances of the ground 



on the hill of Arthur's Seat. P. C. ii. 3. 



answers to the objections of M. De Luc with 



regard to the theory of rain. P. C. ii. 39. 



observations on granite. P. C. iii. 77. 



of the flexibility of the Brazilian stone. P. C. 



iii. 86. 



on the sulphuretting of metals. H. iv. 27. 



biography of. H. v. 39. 



HYDROGEN, on phosphuretted. xiii. 88. 



ICELAND, an analysis of some hot springs in. P. C. 



iii. 95. 

 account of the hot springs near Rykum in. 



P. C. iii. 127. 

 account of the hot springs near Hankadal in. 



P. C. iii. 138. 

 IDOLS, description of some Indian, in the museum of 



the society, ix. 381. 

 IMRIE (LIEUT.-COL.), mineralogical description of 



the mountain of Gibraltar. P. C. iv. 191. 



description of the strata of the Grampians, vi.3. 



INDIA, some notices concerning the plants of various 



parts of. x. 171. 

 INSTINCT, an essay on. H. i. 39. 

 IVORY (JAMES), a new series for the rectification 



of the ellipsis, with observations on the evolution of 



a certain algebraic formula. P. C. iv. ] 77. 



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