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Sanatarium, proposed to establish 
one at Dargiling, 115 
Sandstone and granite, junction of, 
39 ; Agra, observations on, 158 
Sanpu and Irawadi rivers ; identity 
of, 66 
Scale of temperature ; on the, 23 
Science, in India; progress of, 
165; European, notices of, 39 
Schalch, Major; his memoir on a 
plan for the formation of a canal, 36 
Sensible temperature; on, 137, 258 
Shading mountain land ; on differ- 
ent methods of, 52, 128 
Shells, plates of ; explanation of, 133 
Shooting Apparatus; observations 
on, 379 
Shore, * T arable J. ;\.is section of 
a veil in the P 'hra Dun, 164 
Shor treed, lieutenant R. on deter- 
mining the height of a place from 
observing the depression of the 
horizon, 353 
Siccirn hills; Captain Herbert’s visit 
to, 89 ; some further account of, 177 
Sitabaldi hills ; on the structure of, 27 
Solids ; specific heat of, 278 
Specific heat of solids, 278 
Steam navigation of rivers in 
France, 391 
Strength of tied beams, 249 ; of 
the Agra sandstone, 158 
Stirling, E. Esq.; examination of the 
minerals collected by, 376 
Subscriber, A. ; his letter on substi- 
tuting Hindustani for Persian, in 
all public proceedings, 199 
Sunderbunds ; Major Schalch’s plan 
for the passage of, 36 
Synonimes of plants, Hindustani, 183 
T. on a hot spring near Delhi, 34 
Table for the reduction of observa- 
tions of the barometer, 287 
Taxidermy ; on the art of, 160 
Taylor, J. Esq., 'on the respirating 
organs of certain fishes, 169 
Temperature ; on the scales of, 23 ; 
of wells, on the, 131 ; sensible, 
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137; on the measure of, 148; 
variations of, in the atmospheric 
law of, 309 
Tied beams ; strength of, 249 
T. R. on the manufacture of Syllxet 
Lime, 61 
Transit Telescope ; formulae for, 33 
Turquois mines ; minerals of the, 375 
Tyro’s account of a curious insect, 288 
Ure, Dr. on Indigo, 207 
Vallies; on the excavation of, 242 
Value, on, 233, 269, 302 
Mr. Ricardo’s system of, 323 
Vander Jaht, Commissioner; his 
arrival at the Cocos Islands, 296 
Vegetable, new esculent, 166 
Velocity, of sound, on the, 307 ; of 
the wind, on the, 156 
Violin bows ; on the repair of, 134 
Voysey, H. M. Esq. on the structure 
of the. Sitabaldi hills, 27 
W. on the construction and expan- 
sion of paper, 34 
Warping proposed as a means of 
filling up the Salt Water Lakes, 201 
Water, wholesome ; on the best 
means of procuring, 237 ; boring 
for, account of, 225 ; on raising, 
155; wholesome; on a supply 
of, 33 
Wealth and value; on Mr. Ricardo’s 
system of, 323 
Wells ; on the temperature of, 131 
Welter’s safety tube ; on a substi- 
tute for, 31 
W. II. B’s. description of Melania, 
21 ; his notice of Nepal Paper, 
135 ; on a species of Paludina, 125 
Wind, velocity of, * 156 
Wood cuts, notice on, 70 
Woollaston, Dr. ; on the scientific 
character of, * 247 
W. P.’s remedy for Hydrophobia, 291 
Z. on the rent of land in India; 30, 
129, 255 ; on the art of Taxider- 
my, 160; on the Rumford grate, 
163 ; on land revenue, 220 
Zoology, Indian, illustrations of, 167 
