INDEX. 
415 
Davis ’ Straits , narrative of a voyage to, in 1820, 309- 
Davy , Dr, his analysis of the vertebrae of the Orkney animal, 227*— 
on the leech of Ceylon, 406. 
Delambre , M. le Chev. on a passage in Pappus, 15. 
Disfco Island in Greenland, 313. 
Diving-bell account of a descent in the, 8.— construction of it, 9*™ 
signals used in it, 12. 
Dolickos, or French bean, 365. 
Drift-wood accumulated in the Achafalaya, 402. 
E 
Earth , on the temperature of the interior of the, 29- 
Eclipse of 7th September 1820, observed at Gibraltar, 287- 
Edmonston, Dr, on some species of the genus Larus, or gull-tribe, 1 68. 
Electrical Fishes, 27 3. — phenomena observed in Switzerland, 391. 
Electro-Magnetism, observations on, 301, 391, 392. 
Electro-Magnetic Apparatus of Colonel Offerhaus, 352. 
Elk, fossil, discovered in the Isle of Man, 227, 
Ervum, 36y. 
Esquimaux, account of those on the west side of Baffin’s Bay, 194, 
Euclase, on the optical properties of, 217* 
F 
Fig-tree, account of a remarkable one, 229* 
Fire-Engines, method of fastening the seams of hose for, 123. 
Fischer, M. E. G. memoir of the life of Martin Henry Klaproth, 319, 
Fisher, Mr, account of his journal of a voyage to the Arctic Reg. 177, 
Fishing, method of, in Congo, 272. 
Fitishes in Congo and Loango, 46. 
Fleming, Dr, on a fungus growing in a solution of succinate of am- 
monia, 164. 
Fowls, on hatching of, from eggs laid after the male bird’s death, 355, 
Fraser, Mr J. B. on a method of propelling steam-boats without 
wheels, 1 16. 
Frogs in Congo, 274. 
Fruits, Leguminous, on the ancient history of, 357. 
Fyfe, Dr, on the sulphate of nickel and copper, 208.— on the action 
of water upon magnesia, 305. 
G 
Galvanism and Magnetism on their connexion, 212. 
Galvano-Magnelic Condenser described, 113. 
Gas, on that produced from coal and oil, 223. 
Gas-meter , account of Mr Malam’s improved one, 129. 
German Ocean, on the temperature of the, 220. 
Gibraltar Bay, on the temperature of, 288. 
Glaze for porcelain, account of an improved one, 127. 
Graaf Reynet, on the climate of, 279- 
Guebres, on the natural fire-temples of the, 21, 
Gull-tribe, on the natural history of some species of the, 188. 
H 
Haenle, M. on the manufacture of Prussian blue from animal empy- 
reumatic oil, 131. 
Halos seen in the Arctic Regions, 204. 
Hamilton, Dr Francis, on a map of the country south of Ava, 75* 
Harris, list of birds found in, 257. 
