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INDEX. 
Steam-navigation, Mr P. Miller’s narrative of facts relating to its inven- 
tion and practice, 81. 
— — vessels, Messrs Carmichael’s account of a new method of regu- 
lating their movements, 159* 
Stephens, Henry, Esq., his description of an instrument for measuring 
grain, 269. 
Stone Company , notice of one proposed to be established in Scotland, 395. 
Stromeyer’s analysis of several mineral substances, 191. 
Sulphato-tricarbonate of lead, Dr Stromeyer’s analysis of, 191* 
Tea, notice of various plants used as, 379- 
Tea-chests, notice regarding the leaves used for lining them, 379* 
Temperature of man and other animals. Dr Davy’s observations on the, 
300. 
Temperatures of the terrestrial globe and planetary spaces, Baron Fou- 
rier’s remarks on the, 373. 
Terrestrial globe , M. Arago’s opinions regarding its thermometrical 
state, 366. 
Thermometer, notice respecting the phenomena exhibited by it after 
immersion in sulphuric acid, 185. 
Timber-trees, notice of two kinds peculiar to New Zealand, 377* 
Traill, Dr T. S., his account of experiments made on Sir H. Davy’s 
method of protecting the copper-sheathing of ships, 326. 
Tredgold , Thomas, Esq. his remarks on steam-boats, 244. 
Turner and Christison, Drs, on gas-burners, 1. 
Vases commonly called Etruscan, Professor Plausmann’s account of 
their composition, 45. 
Walrus, account of one killed in Orkney, 883. 
Water, Professors Leslie and Jameson’s remarks on its value as a mo- 
ving power for machinery, 170. — Mr Carmichael’s observations on 
it as a moving power for machinery, 346. 
Wernerian Natural History Society, account of its proceedings, 181. 
Whale, notice of remains of a fossil one found in the Apennines, 385. 
Whales, bottle-nose, notice of two stranded in East Lothian, 339* 
Wolves, ravages committed by them in Livonia, 88 7- 
Young, Rev. George, his account of a fossil crocodile recently disco- 
vered near Whitby, 76. 
Yule, Dr John, his account of the deleterious effects of the presence of 
the larva of an insect in the human stomach, 72. 
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Zoology, notices in, 194. 
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