INDEX 
295 
Seientiffc news, 72. 139. 211. 285. 
Seeds of plants, their construction. By 
Mrs. Agnes Ibbetson, 19. 
Sensation and perception of plants. By 
J. B, 49. 
Seri es, Marcel de, bi# observations on 
the fall of stones from the air. 238. 
Singer, G. J., on the effects of 20,000 
zinc and silver plates arranged as an 
electric column, 84. 
Society, Geological, 72. 139. 211. 
Soda, native carbonate of, or natron 
fossil, chemical examination of, By 
A. C. de Mello,48. 
Solar light, report on a memoir of M. 
Bernard, relating to the physical and 
chemical properties of the different 
rays which compose it, 250. 
Spring, process of, shewn by the time 
of flowering of the same plants in 
different latitudes. By John Gough, 
205. 209. 
Stars, shooting, phenomena of. By G. 
J. Singer, 61. 
Steaming, or cooking, food for cattle. 
By J. C. Curwen, Esq. 63. 
— ditto. By M. Franklyn, 
70. 
T. 
Telford, Thomas, Esq., his method of 
constructing an iron bride with one 
arch of extensive span, 1. 
The method of steaming, or cooking 
food for cattle. By J. C. Curwan, 
Esq. 63. 
The effects of 20,000 zinc . and silver 
plates, arranged as an ‘-.electric 
column. By G. J. Singer, 84. 
Tides, a theory of, including the con- 
sideration of resistance. By E. F, G. 
H.,145. 
Tin, the oxides of. By Professor Ber- 
zelius. 122, 
, white oxides of, 124. 
, yellow ditto, 126. 
, oxides of, combined with saline 
bases, 130. 
, ditto with sulphur, 162. 
Trees, forest, on the preparation of, 
for immediate use, and increasing 
the duration of timber. By Captain 
Layman, 51. 
, precursor to an expose on, 79 . 
V, 
Voyage, circumnavigatory, of Captain 
Lisiansky, 78. 
w. 
“ Whether azote be absorbed during 
respiration.” A prize on this question 
by the Medical Society of Edin- 
burgh, 176. 
W, N.’s annotation on Mr. Harrup’s 
discussion on the cause of the figure 
of a man, formed in the ice at Hal- 
nakar park, 83. Ditto by Sir George 
Cayley, 167. 
Wood structure of, &c. By Count 
Rumford, 95. 
, quantities of water attracted 
from the atmosphere, by various 
species of, after being perfectly 
dried, 16. 
— , species of, and weight, 96. 
