440 INDEX. 



Copper, native, notice of a large mass of native,, 183 

 Craig, Rev. Edward, on the measurement of the angles of minute 

 crystals, 306 



Cunningham, R. J. H., his remarks on the geology of Skye, 208 



Daubeny, Charles. M. D., on the degree of selection exercised by 



plants, with regard to the earthy constituents presented to their 



absorbing surfaces, 164 

 Davy, Dr, observations on Faraday's Experimental Researches, 317 



— on the temperature of fishes, 325 

 Dew-point, note on the taking the, directly, by the method of Leroi 



and Saussure, 177 

 Deluges, Dr Von Schubert on the, of Deucalion, Oxvges, and Noah, 



34 



Don, David, Esq., on the characters of certain groups of the Per- 

 sonatse, 108 



Earth, temperature of, 143 

 Earthquakes, notice of, 184 



Electricity, velocity of, 170 — A. Connell, Esq., on the action of vol- 

 taic, on alcohol, &c. 159 

 Expedition, projected, to Iceland and Greenland, 196 



Fish, Dr Fleming's notice of the remains of a, found in coal, 364 



Fishes, Mr ParnelPs account of some new, found in the Firth of 

 Forth, 209 — Dr John Davy on the temperature of fishes of the 

 genus Thynnus, 323 — Agassiz on, 331 



Fleming, Dr, on the remains of a fish found in connexion with a bed 

 of coal at Clackmannan, 314 



Forbes, Professor, his notice respecting the application of the com- 

 pressibility of water to practical purposes, 36 



Formations, Dr Gairdner, his sketch of, 8 



Gairdner, Dr, his physico-geognostic sketch of the island of Oahu, 1 

 Geological and geographical section of British Association, proceed- 

 ings of, 374 

 Gold region of the United States, 185 



Graham, Dr, on several new or rare plants which have flowered in 

 the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 202 — his list of plants new to 

 the British Flora, or rare in Scotland, 348 



Greenland; projected expedition to Iceland and, 196 



Hailstones, Dr L. Cosaire, his acconnt of some remarkable, which fell 

 at Padua, 83 



Jameson, Professor, on the birds of the Himmalayan mountains, &c. 

 208 — on a new species of eagle, and notice of the male Lopho- 

 phorus Nigelli, 212 — on new species of Ibis, Tanagra, and 

 Rubecola, 213 



Lawrie, Mr James, on the different chronologies of the deluge, 311 



