386 Index. 



Dana, James D., his account of an isothermal oceanic chart, illus- 

 trating the geographical distribution of marine animals, 189. 



Dead Sea, a mode of converting it into a south-eastern extension of 

 the Mediterranean, 371. 



Deodar, the cultivation of, in England, 70. 



Dove, on oceanic currents, 373. 



Dolomite, observations on, by Durocher, 374. 



Diamond powder, its artificial production, 178. 



Earthquake movements, notice of, 378. 



Education, Industrial, remarks on, by the Earl of Rosse, 384. 



Edmonds, R., jun., Esq., on the apparent visibility of stars through 



the moon, 137. 

 Embryology, researches in, noticed, 36. 

 Emmons, Dr, his observations on the influence of climate on plants 



and animals, 118. 

 Ethnology, recent progress of, 10. 

 Euclase, analysis of, 103. 



Fisheries, Arctic Whale, 379. 



Flora of the globe, 380. 



Fluids, the cohesion of, as connected with evaporation and steam- 

 boiler explosions, 26. 



Flourens, M., his funeral speech over the grave of M. Arago, 67. 



Fleming, the Rev. Dr, observations by, on the means taken to 

 naturalize the Craw-fish in the south of Scotland, 136. 



Frevermann, Auguste, on the formation of crystallized minerals, 176. 



Frost, observations on the temperature of running streams during 

 the period of, 224. 



Fog, the nature and origin of different kinds of, 229. 



Food of Man, under different conditions of age and employment 

 noticed, 262. 



Forbes, Professor James, observations by, on some points in the 

 physical geography of Norway, chiefly connected with its 

 snow fields and glaciers, 159. 



Furnace products, notice of, 374. 



Glaciers, Arctic, 372. 



Alpine, Norwegian, Himalayan, Snowdon, Cambrian, and 



Highland, 372. 



queries in regard to, 119. 



of Norway, noticed, 159. 



Gould, Dr Augustus, his observations on mollusca and shells, 74. 

 Graphite, purification of, for lead pencils, 374. 



Hindostan, physical geography of, 328. 



