INDEX, 
383 
Page. 
Danger field, Capt. his liornstone 
quartz rock, 219 
Daniel’s hygrometer, remarks on, 
46; proposed improvements of, 
309 ; error in the correction of the 
barometric column, 323 
Davy, Sir Humphry, on the pheno- 
mena of volcanoes, 155; his er- 
rors on the subject of barometers, 323 
D. B,’s notice of errors in Arnott's 
Physics, 323,368 
Decomposition of gaseous com- 
pounds by sudden expansion, 38 
Delambre, correction of bis tables 
of the sun, 146 
Denchi, description of, 298; quan- 
tity of water raised by, 375 
Density of the earth, 10 
Desiderata of Indian zoology, 60 
Dew point, explanation of, 190 
Diamond, artificial, formation of,. . 220 
Division, errors of, in Gen. Roy’s 
theodolite, 154 
Dog, wild, found in India, 280 
Dollond’s double circle, 26 
Dolomite, analysis of, 265 
Drawing paper, size for damaged, 92 
Drill plough of Tirhtit, 134 
Drunkenness, remedy for, 41 
Dry rot, cure for, 122 
D. S. notice of tabasheer, 341 
Dugong, notice of, by Dr. Knox, 208 
Dulong and Petit on the measure 
of temperature, 29 
Dutrochet's theory of vital action, 73 
Dying, new theory of, 159 
Elasticity, rcmaks on, 87 
Elevation of barley, 109 ; greatest 
attained on the surface of the 
globe, ib. of the lake of Geneva, 
j 22 ; of Mont Blanc, ib. of dif- 
ferent stations in Bundelkhand, 
215 ; considerable distress, oc- 
casioned by exertion at, 330 ; 
diminution of intensity of sound, 330 
E. M. on colouring matter, 159; 
enquiry into the cause of light 
and colour, ^ 197 
Endosmose, explanation of, 74; 
effect of temperature on, 15 
Errors in Brewster s Encyclopaedia, 
47, 81 ; in Arnott's Physics, 323; 
other philosophers, 323 ; of Mr. 
Buckland, 109 ; of the Quarterly 
Reviewers, 109, 93; of Mr. Myer’s 
99; of Hassenfrantz, 379 j of 
Aikin, ib. of Ure, 380; of Brande, ib. 
Evaporation, experiments on, in 
Calcutta, 286 ; at Vera Cruz, 
335 ; at Benares, 336 
Eve, Mr. J. his new revolving pump, 38 
Exosmose, explanation of, 74 
Expansion, sudden effect of, on com- 
pound gases, 35 ; effect of, on the 
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divisions of a circular instru- 
ment, 154 ; of mercury, 359, 363 
Experiments of Sir James Hall, 
on the agglutination of sand and 
gravel, 4, 5 
Extractive in the indigo infusion, 18 
F. on the Casiah hills, 254 
F. A. on raising water for irrigation, 293 
Ferruginous sandstone, illustration 
of its origin, 7 
Figure of the earth, Mr. Ivory’s 
opinion of, 343 
Firs of the Casiah range, on the, 
202 ; strength of, 204 
Fishes, Baron Cuvier’s proposed 
work on, 113 
Fluid object glasses, on the con- 
struction of, 151 
Fluids, resistance of, new theory of, 308 
Fogs, Mr. his inprovement of Dani- 
el’s hygrometer, 309 
Forbes and Kyd, Messrs, their me- 
thod of destroying vermin on 
board ship, 107 
Forster, Lieut, bis experiments on 
sound, 150 
Fort William, analysis of well water 
in, Jucere’s account of a boring 
made in, 102 
Franklin, Capt. notice of his 
labours, 144 ; his account of the 
new coal mine, 1 ~ 8 ; of the geology 
of Bundelkhand, 213; of the 
diamond mines at Panna, 220 
Sir John, Geographical 
Society of Paris decree the gold 
medal to, 348 
Fresh water springs, an attempt to 
find in Fort William, 102 
Fresh water testacea, observations 
on, 363 
G.’s notice of a storm in Rewali, 1 14 
G.’s experiments on evapora- 
tion, 286, 325 
Gaunal, M. his formation of the 
diamond, 178 
Gas given out in the steeping of 
indigo, 15 
Gases, expansion of, 30, 35 ; com- 
pound, decomposed by sudden 
expansion, 38 
Gawilgurh. hills, organic remains 
found in, 356 
Gay Lussac, M. experiments on the 
depression of the moist -bulb ther- 
mometer, 77 
Geneva, lake of, elevation of, 122 
Geodesic formula: of Professor 
Oriani, 153 
Geographical Society of Paris, 318 
Geological Society ofLondon, trans- 
actions of, 179 
Geology of the Hiimnalaya, notice 
regarding, 115; of Udayapur,no- 
