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INDEX, 
Page. 
Telescope, achromatic, new, 151 
Temperature, on the measure of, 29; 
high measurement of, 148 ; mean 
formula for, 42 ; mean of Benares, 
157; of Martaban, 225; on the 
scale of, 271 
Tenasserira, tin ore from the coast 
of, 143 
Tension of vapour, 190 ; table of, 
corresponding to depressions of 
the moist-bulb thermometer, 340 
Terra japonica or Cat/i, 282 
Test of opium, 12 ; of potassa, 121 
Testacea, fresh water, on, 364 
Theory of the earth, Hnttonian, 2, 
155, 179, 325, Wernerian, 325, 328 
Thermometer, mercurial compared 
with an air one, 34 
Tliennometrical barometer, on the, 113 
Thorn, Mr. his new system of water 
power, 344 
Thomson, Dr. and Professor Ber- 
zelius, 310 ; his error on the sub- 
ject of latent heat, 323 
Thoughts on mineralogical systems, 255 
Threshing machine, new, 312 
Tides, register of, 290 ; of the river 
Hugli, 319 
Timber, transverse strength of, 90 ; 
experiments on, 123, 231 
Tin ore, from the coast of Tenasse- 
rim, 143; formation, 223 
T. J. P. on an acid secretion in a 
species of beetle, 246 
Top spring, theory of, 368 ; tourma- 
line, analysis of, 378 
Transactions of the Royal Society 
for 1828, part. 1. 145 ; of the Geo- 
logical Society, 2nd. ser. vol. 2, 
part 3 , 179 ; of the physical class 
of the Asiatic Society, 211 
Trapformation of India, 212, 214, 216, 226 
Tredgold, Mr. his new theory of the 
resistance of fluids, 308 
Trigonometrical operations, by Capt. 
Kater, 152 
Tyro’s remarks on elasticity, 88 
Udayapur, geology of, notice of, 145 
Ultra marine, artificial, accountof, 122 
Unicorn, or chint> notice of, 144 
Ure, Dr. on the. manufacture of ink, 
. 75 ; his erroneous notion of heat, 
323 ; his treatise on geology, no- 
tice of, 348 
Vapour, constituent force of, 190 ; 
constituent temperature of, *6- 
Va pours, specific gravity of, 42 
Varnish, Burmese, on the, 172, 337 
Velocity of the wind, on the, 99 ; of 
sound, experiments on, 150 
Page. 
Vera Cruz, experiments on evapo- 
ration at, 335 
Vermin on hoard ships, on the des- 
truction of, 106 
Vital action, new theory of, 73 
Volcanic district of Naples, on the, 179 
Volcano in the Himmalaya, 538 
Volcanoes, on the phenomena of, 155 
Voysey,W. II. Esq. his great merit 
as a geologist, 211; his acc ount of 
petrified shells, 356 
Walker, Dr. R. on cooling wine,. . 242 
Water in Calcutta, unwholesome 
nature of, 102 ; of a well in Fort 
William, analysis of, 103 ; method 
of raising by haling, 105; other 
methods of, 276, 298; on boring 
for, 121 ; overflowing springs of, 
1 1 ; value of different methods of 
raising, 20 4 ; power, new system of, 3 44 
Waters, different, analytical exa- 
mination of, 248 
Werner, bis error in rejectiug the 
character of specific gravity, 257 
Wernerian and Hnttonian systems 
of geology, on the, 325 
W. H. B. his description of the ani- 
mal of ampulJaria, 52 ; correction 
of, 372 ; his enumeration of shells 
found in the Gangetic provinces, 
263 ; on fresh water testacea, 
363 ; on beetle possessing an acid 
secretion, 
Wheatstone, Mr. his microphone, 310 
Whinstone, identity of with lava, 2 ; 
dyke in sandstone, 3 ; found in 
the R&jmahl hills, 281 
Whirlwind, notice of, 340 
Wild dog, notice of, 280 
Wind, on the velocity of, 99 
Wood, transverse strength of, 90; ex- 
periments on the strength of, 123, 231 
Woollastou, Dr. his thennoinetri- 
cal barometer, 113 
Writing paper, on the manufacture 
of. 301 ; various substances used 
for, ib. 
X. his notice of Dr. Thomson and 
Professor Berzelius, 310 
X. V. Z. on brittle pens, 209; dif- 
ferent methods of raising water 
for irrigation, 276 
Young, Dr. T. his theory of distur- 
bance of the pendulum, 8 
Young, Dr. of Calcutta, his analytical 
examination of different waters, 248 
Zoology, desiderata of, 60 
Q. on the method of raising water by 
baling, 105 ; on steam tugs, 170; 
on liis answer to P. 268 
