INDEX. 
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Earth-worm, comraoiij oh the propagation of the, 412, 
Eclipse of the sun September 7* 1820. account of the, 39^2, 
Eggs, mode of preserving, 412. 
Elaterinm, new vegetable principle in, 307- 
Elizabeth Island, account of, 381. 
Engine, water-pressure, account of Mr Dickson's, 170. 
Engineers, Civil, account of the Society of, 202. 
Exotic Plant, on a change of habit in one, 201. 
Expedition to the Frozen Ocean, 41 6. — to the ramifications of tlie 
Missouri, 41 7« — of discovery under Captain Freycinet, 417. 
F 
Faraday, Mr, on the alloys of steel, 308. 
Farish, Professor, on Isometrical Perspective, 185. 
Ferrchchyazic Add, analysis of, 313, 
Ficns Australis, on a suspended plant growing without earth, 77» 
Flexible Water Main, account of Mr James Watt’s, 60. 
Fractions, vanishing, observations on, 69 - - 
Fraser, Mr Baillie, on the Himalaya mountains, 219. 
Frozen Ocean, expedition to the, 41 6. 
G 
Galbraith, Mr, on vanishing fractions, 69. 
Gay Lussac, on the caloric of a vacuum, 301. 
German Ocean, on the bed of the, 42. 
Glacier of Weisshorn, on the Descent of the, 274. 
Glasgow, population of, 202. 
Gliadine, account of, I98. 
Globe, with mountains in relief, 408. 
Gold, alloy of, with steel, 312. 
Gottingen, observatory, account of the, SQS. 
Guacharo, account of the great cavern of the, 83. 
Guiacum mixed up with flour, curious effect of, I98. 
Gungotree, or the source of the Ganges, account of, 229. 
H 
Hailstone, Rev. J. on the weathered surface of calcareous sandstone, 
185. 
Hamilton, Dr Francis, on a map pf the route from Tartary to Amara- 
pur^, 37. 
Hansteen, Professor, on the magnetic force, 401- — on the magnetism 
of the earth, 124. 
Hauyne, on the optical character of, I92. 
Heat, on the distribution of, over the globe. 1, 256. — developement 
of, by freezing, 406. 
Herrings, red, method of curing them, 21. 
Hcrschel, Mr J. F. on a peculiar action of quartz on polarised light, 
187, S97. — on the action of crystals with one axis on homogeneous 
light, 398. . . o , , 
Hmalaya Mountains, notices rejecting the, 219< 
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