INDEX, 
385 
Eclipse of November 1826, calculation of, 158. 
Egypt, notice regarding its vineyards, 322. 
Euclase , Mr Levy’s description of, 129. 
Falling stars, notice regarding, 173. 
Fire, mode of securing wooden buildings from the effects of, 200. 
Fishes, marine, remarks on their distribution, 366. 
Fleming, Rev. Dr John, his remarks on the Deluge, 206. 
Foggo, Mr, his meteorological observations made at Leith, 151, 346. 
— — Mr, jun., his remarks on Mr Daniell’s hypothesis of the ra- 
diation of heat in the atmosphere, 63. 
Fossil didelphis of Stonesfield, 303. 
megalosaurus of Stonesfield, 303. 
zoology, notices in, 190. 
France, account of its principal coal mines, 252. 
Franklin, Captain, his observations for determining the magnetic va- 
riation, made at Spitzbergen, 56. 
Frozen sea, notice of an expedition to its shores, 168. 
Gas burner, Mr J. Nimmo’s account of one, 325. 
Gautier, Professor, his observations on the comet of July 1825, 304. 
Geography, notices in, 168, 359. 
Geology, notices in, 175, 363. 
Glass, method of using pure muriate and sulphate of soda in its ma- 
nufacture, 371. 
Mr Griffiths’s experiments on the action of water upon, 331 . 
Graham, Professor, his list of rare plants flowering in the Edinburgh 
Botanic garden, in September, October and November, 150 ; in 
December, January and February, 353. 
Granite and marble, their comparative durability, 177- 
Grant, Dr R. E., his observations and experiments on the structure 
and functions of the sponge, 113, 336. — his account of Spongilla 
friabilis, 270 . 
Graphite, notice respecting, 174. 
Gravers, Mr Turrel’s method of rendering them capable of cutting 
steel plates, 196. 
Greenland, West, notice regarding the European colony formerly set- 
tled on the east coast of, 168. 
Hall, Captain Basil, his account of a bridge of hide ropes in Chili, 52, 
Herschelite, notice regarding, 174. 
Humboldt, his observations for determining the progress of the horary 
variations of the barometer under the tropics, 328. 
Hydrates of sulphur, remarks on supposed, 172. 
Hydrography, notices in, 173. 
Iceland, notice respecting its extent and population, 360. 
Innes, Mr George, his calculations of celestial phenomena for the me- 
ridian of Edinburgh, from January 1. to April 1. 1826, 156. — - 
from April 1. to July 1. 1826, 352. 
Insects, Dr Traill’s remarks on the preservation of zoological speci- 
mens from the depredations of, 135. 
Iodine found in combination with silver, 173. 
