INDEX. 
385 
186 
99 
374 
226 
330 
202 
281 
110 
Page. 
Ink, on the manufacture of, 75 
Inland navigation, use of steam 
tugs in, 170 
Insects, quick method of killing, 12 
Irawadi, identity of with the Sanpfi, 
25 ; powers of the waters of, 
Iron, cementation of, with cast 
iron, 12; new oxy d of, 121; m ines 
of, in the Himmalaya, 230; ores, 
analysis of, 295 ; chain suspensi- 
on bridge, 349 ; economy of, 353 
Irrigation of land, on the, 93 ; va- 
lue of different methods of raising 
water for,20l; machine for raising 
water for, 298 
Isothermal lines, errors on the sub- 
ject of, 
Jasper, from the Casia hills, 
Jenkins, Capt. his account of the 
geology of Nagpfir, 
J. M. on exertion at great eleva- 
tions, 
Jones, Capt. his account of the 
firs in the Casiah range of hills, 
, Mr. the late, his descripti 
on of the coal field of Burdwan, 
261 ; his account of the mineral 
productions of Bengal, 
Kanjur, the, or Thibetan Encyclo 
psedia, 
Kater Captain H. his account of 
trigonometrical operations, 152; 
application of microscopes to a 
theodolite, 154 ; opinion of la- 
teral refraction, 154 ; of the effect 
of expansion on the limb of the 
circle, 
Keith prize proposed by the Royal 
Society of Edinburgh, 
Klaproth, M. his opinion of the 
identity of the Sanpu and Ira- 
wadi, 
Knox, Dr. his notice of the Dugong, 208 
Koros, M. Csomo de, notice of, 110 
Kyd and Forbes, Messrs, their me- 
thod of destroying vermin by 
steam, 
Kyd, J. Esq . his register of the tides 
at Calcutta, 290 
L.’s notice of a whirlwind, 340 
Labour, on the measureof, 237; ta- 
ble of, 238, 2,1 
Lacker, Chinese, remarks on, 1/4; 
additional notice, 337 
Lad ilk wazir, meeting of an Eng- 
lish gentleman with, 
Land, irrigation of, in India, 93 ; 
rent of, in India, 
Langley, his new method of fixing a 
compass on board ship, 
Laterite, an Indianformation, no- 
tice of, 
Latitude determined with small in- 
struments, on certainty of. 
348 
25 
110 
332 
348 
212 
344 
Page. 
Latitudes and longitudes of places 
in Bundelkhand, 215 
Lead mines of the Himmalaya, 230 
Leslie, professor, his hygrometer re- 
marks on, 47 ; his hygrometrical 
theorem, 50 
Lepu Dhura, a pass in the Indo 
Gangetic range, 98 
Lias limestone found in India, 215, 218 
Library of useful knowledge, no- 
tice of, 143 
Light and colour, enquiry into the 
nature of, 197 
Lime, oxalate of, in plants, 11 ; use 
of in precipitating indigo, 17 
Limestone of Sylliet, 91 ; of Bun- 
delkhand, 213 
Lithographic stones of India, 55 ; 
of Thibet, 246 
Lithography, use and progress of,in 
India, 54,293 ; practised in Thib- 
et, 110; applicationof, to the ori- 
ental character, 114, 295 
Lives, value of, improvement in the, 346 
Low , Capt. on the geology of the 
Malayan peninsula, 222 
Lunar distances, corresponding va- 
lue of, 27 
M.’s account of a visit to the Bums 
pass, 97 
M.'s thoughts on mineralogical sys- 
tem, 260 
Macculloch, Dr. on malaria, 61 
Machinery, expediency of introdu- 
cing into India, 137 ; objections 
to, 241 
Maekonochie, Capt. on the use of 
steam tugs, 170 
Magnesia, carbonate of, separation 
from carbonate of lime, 266 ; 
hydrate of, the existence of, 
doubtful, 267 
Magnetic forces, experiments on, 145 
Malaria on, 61 ; diminution of, in 
England, 63 ; occasions various 
diseases, ib . ; distance at which 
noxious, 61 ; sources of, ib. 70, 71 
Malayan peninsula, geology of, 222 
Mastodon, two new species of, 184 
Maximum depression of the moist- 
bulb thermometer, 193 
Machain, M. his latitudes of Mont- 
joy and Barcelona, 341 
Mechanic’s Magazine, editor of, on 
steam tugs, 172 
Medical and Physical Society, pro- 
ceedings of, 25, 59, 60, ill, 206, 
278, 342, 376 
Mediterranean, supposed increase of 
saltness, 5 
Mercurial thermometer, errors of, 34 
Mercury, boiling point, ib. 
Metereological summary, for Be- 
nares, for 1827, .. 28 
