384 INDEX, 
Bridge of Suspension, Captain Hall’s account of one made of hide 
ropes in Chili,, 52. 
Brinkley, Rev. Dr, his catalogue of forty-six stars in right ascension, 
deduced from observations made at Dublin, 50. 
Bronchocele, remarks on its causes, 191. 
Buchanan, Thomas, Esq. his sketches of the comparative anatomy of 
the organs of hearing and vision, 71 - — of the ear of the shark, 71 * 
Buildings, composition for covering, 196. 
Caloric, Mr Murray’s remarks on its unequal distribution in voltaic 
action, 57* 
Campbell, Captain, his chart of the Island of Ascension, and remarks 
on its geology, 47- 
Celestial Phenomena, calculated for the meridian of Edinburgh, from 
January 1. to April 1. 1826, 156. — from April 1. to July 1. 1826, 
351. 
Chara aspera discovered in Orkney, 182. 
Chemistry , notices in, 169. 
Christie, S. H., Esq., his remarks on the effects of temperature on 
the intensity of magnetic forces, 140. 
Coal-mines, account of the principal ones in France, 252. 
Coldstream, Mr, his meteorological observations made at Leith during 
September, October, and November, 151. — during December, 
January, and February, 346. 
Comet of July 1825, Professor Gautier’s observations on it, 304. 
Comets, notice regarding four, 166. 
Commerce, notices in, 377- 
Comparative anatomy of the organs of hearing and vision, Mr 
Buchanan’s sketches of the, 71* 
Compression of air and gases, experiments on the, 357- 
Condensation of atmospheric humidity, Mr H. H. Blackadder’s re- 
marks on the, 81, 240. 
Copal, spiritous solution of, 195. 
Copper, metallic, formed by the action of water and fire, 171* 
■ quantity of it produced in Great Britain and Ireland, 201. 
Corallina officinalis, appearance seen on its surface, 183. 
Crystallization, effect of position on, 171* 
Cutting instruments, their qualities improved by burnishing their 
edges, 372. 
Davy, Dr John, his observations on the temperature of man and other 
animals, 38. 
Deluge, Geological, Rev. Dr. Fleming’s observations on the, 206. 
Delpon, M. his account of bones discovered at Breingues, 300. 
Density of the air, effects of a change of it upon the going of a clock, 
356. 
Desert between the Nile and the Red Sea, notice of the rocks com- 
posing its mountains, 239. 
Didelphis, fossil, of Stonesfield, remarks upon its position, 303. 
Diving-bell , improvements on the, 199. 
Double star 61 Cygni, notice regarding it, 355. 
Drills improved by hammering in the cold, 375- 
