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INDEX, 
Schouw, Professor, his account of the geographical distribution of 
palms, 34. 
Scottish plants, account of rare ones observed in 1825, 179. 
Scythes improved by hammering in the cold, 374. 
Serpents of Southern Africa, 365. 
Serpent-eater, account of its habits, 365. 
Silk-worm, Mr Murray on its cultivation, 198. 
Sound, table of results of experiments on its velocity, 167. 
Sphinx atropos, its larvae found in several places in Scotland, 182. 
Sponge, Dr Grant’s observations and experiments on its structure and 
functions, 113, 336. 
Spongilla friabilis, Dr Grant’s account of its structure and nature, 
113. — his remarks on its spicula, 183. 
Statistics, notices in, 378. 
Stars, Dr Brinkley’s catalogue of 46 principal ones in right ascen- 
sion, 50. 
Steam navigation, its extent, 370. 
Steinheilite, new analysis of, 362. 
Steatite, its distribution and uses, 362. 
Stone for building, excellent, near Elgin, 198. 
Sulphiir in vegetables, 172. 
Tabular spar of Pargas, analysis of the, 361. 
Temperature of the egg of the hen, 57- 
• of man and other animals. Dr Davy’s observations on the 
38. 
— of the dormouse, 57- 
Mr Christie’s remarks on its effects upon the intensity 
of magnetic forces, 140. 
Traill, Dr T. S., his remarks on the preservation of zoological speci- 
mens from insects, 135. 
Tredgold, John, Esq. his description of an improvement in Bramah’s 
hydro-mechanical press, 29. 
Tritonia arborescens, sounds produced by it under water, 185. 
Torquay, Mr Buckland’s account of bones found in a cave near, 363. 
Turner, Dr Edwards, on the detection of boracic acid in minerals, 
by the blowpipe, 124. 
Unicorn, account of an alleged one found in India, 188. 
Vaccinium macrocarpum, notice regarding its cultivation, 369. 
Vesuvian of Egg, notice regarding it, 360. 
Vineyards of Egypt, 322. 
Volcanoes, notice regarding Scrope on, 177* 
Wernerian Natural History Society, notice of its proceedings, 164, 
354. 
Zircon discovered in the Island of Scalpay, 138. ^ 
Zoology, notices in, 182, 365. tf f ||| J ^ 
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