INDEX, 
387 
Page. 
Robison, professor, his plunger pump, 
239, 268, 270 
Roger, M. his determination of the 
height of Mont Blanc, 122 
Roses, odour of, method of increas- 
ing, ... 12 
Ross, D. Esq. his notice of tin ore, 14 
Rotatory pump, description of, 38 
Roy, Gen. comparison of his results 
with Capt. Kater's, 1,53 
Royal Society of Edinburgh, prize 
proposed by, 318 
Sabine, Capt. his experiments on 
magnetism, 145 ; his determina- 
tion of the length of the pendu- 
lum, 147 
S4gur tides, level of, 322 
Salt, effect of, in consolidating strata, 
4 ; heugh, a singular rock, 3 ; 
water lake, level of, 321 
Sandstone artificial, 5 ; ferruginous, 
ib. of Bund^lkhand, 213 
Sanpu and Ira wadi, supposed iden- 
tity of, 25 
Savignac, M. his first experiments 
in lithography, 54 ; not the first 
to introduce the art into India, 294 
Scott, D. Esq. discovery of organic 
remains at Robagiri, 185 
Serope, G P. Esq. on the volcanic 
district of Naples, 179 
Sea, greater or less saturation of, in 
different parts, 5 
Semelet, M . not the first to apply 
Lithography to the printing of the 
oriental character, 295 
Serpentine of Glmtak, 220 
Sextant, Royal Clarence, 209 
Shakespearian bridge, disadvantages 
of, 353 
Shells, of the Gangetic provinces, 144, 
263 ; petrified in the Gawilgerli 
range, 356 
Ship, on the destruction of vermin 
on board, 106 
Shoeing the hoof of the horse, on 
the principles of, 82 
Shot, a new method of projecting, 72 
Sickness, diminution of, 346 
Sievere, Mr. his new method of pro- 
jecting shot, 72 
Silver, fusing point of, 150 
Size for damaged drawing paper, 92 
Smith, Major Hamilton, his desider- 
ata in zoology, 60 
Soil, produce of, in India, 332 
Solar tables, correction of, 146 
Sound, velocity of, 150 ; diminu- 
tion of intensity at great eleva- 
tions, 374 
Specific gravities of vapours, 42 ; 
heat of water, 272; of compound 
formula for, 379 
Springs, overflowing, 311 
Page. 
S. S. his notice of the wild dog, 280 
Steam, use of, in the destruction of 
vermin, 106 ; tugs, use of, in river 
navigation, 170 ; objection to, 241 
Stones, lithographic of India, 55 
Storm, notice of, 114 
Strata, consolidation of, on the 1st 
table of the, at Raniganj, 262 
Strength of wood, 90, 123, 231 
Succession of crops, 122 
Sugar, raw, expense of manufac- 
ture, 333 
Sun's rays, oppressive at an elevati- 
on of, 20,419ft, 109 
Survey of the heavens, 347 
Sylhet limestone, 91 
Sympiesometer, remarks on, 201 
Syphon- barometer, errorof,42; best 
form for a portable one, 313, 317 
Syphon-hydrometer improved, 339 
T- on predicting occultation, 274 
Table of the true temperatures, cor- 
responding to the indications of 
the thermometer, 31 ; of the spe- 
cific gravity of vapours, 42 ; of 
maximum depressions of moist- 
bulb thermometer, 79, 80, 192, 
193 ; of comparative tensions of 
aqueous vapour, 81, 340; of the 
velocity of the wind, 100 ; of ex- 
periments on the strength of tim- 
ber, 125, 131, 232 ; of the length 
of the pendulum for latitudes, 
from 0° to 80° 148 ; of the indica- 
tions of Mr. Prinseps pyrometer, 
149 ; of its correspondence with 
Fahrenheit’s scale, 150 ; of the 
velocity of sound, ib. ; of the 
comparative results of Gen. Roy, 
and Capt. Kater, 153 ; of mean 
meteorological resnlts obtained at 
Benares, 157 ; of the daily and 
monthly oscillations of the baro- 
meter and thermometer, 158 ; of 
the cost of various methods of 
raising water, 205 ; of latitudes, 
longitudes, and elevations in Bun- 
delkhaud, 215; of the different 
kinds of labour, 238, 271 ; of the 
saline contents of different waters, 
248 ; synoptical, of minerals, 260; 
of the strata at Ranig inj, 262 ; of 
the results of a dry analysis of 
various carbonates, 266, 267 ; of 
experiments on evaporation, 287, 
289, 33 i, 337 ; of the produce of 
land, 332 ; of the value of lives, 
346 ; of the elements of iron chain 
suspension bridge-, 355 ; of the 
expansion of mercury, 363 ; of 
the price of grain, 369; of the 
reduction of the barometer, 371 
Tabasheer, notice of, 311 
Taklakdt, a Chinese factory, 98 
