4B2 INDEX 
Plants , two new species of, added to the British Flora, 413. 
new or rare species of, described by MrG. Don, 342. 
Pompeii, medical remains found at, 423. 
Prehnite found near Edinburgh, 215. 
Prevost, notice regarding his journey to England, 21 6. 
Pyrenees, M. Charpentier on the original form of the, 351. 
Races of men, Spix and Martins’s observations regarding, 217. 
Ray, colossal, killed at Port Royal, Jamaica, 113. 
Ritchie, Rew Mr D. on ascertaining the sex of the chick in ovo, 2 63. 
■ Mr W. his experiments on radiant heat, 281. 
Rivero, Mariano de, on several massess of iron found in the Andes, 120. 
Royal Society of Edinburgh, account of its proceedings, 209- 
Salt formation above shell-limestone, 21 6. 
Salt lake, Mr Alexander’s account of one in Berar, 308. 
School of arts, account of the Edinburgh, 203. 
Schouw, Professor, on the geographical distribution of the vine, 36 0. 
Scoresby, Mr W . jun. his magnetical experiments, 355. 
Seal, Sir E. Home’s remarks on the structure of its feet, 21 9. 
Selenium discovered in Lipari Islands, 21 6. — further account of it, 411. 
Serapis, on the geognostical phenomena at the temple of, 91. 
Serpentine, remarks on the nature of, 412. 
Societies, Friendly, notice of an inquiry into the principles of, 169. — 
further remarks on, 424. 
Soda, on the native carbonate of, 215. 
St Hilda, notice regarding the Isles of, 132. 
Steam-engines, Perkins’s account of a paper on, 211, 
the extent to which they are employed in Britain, 425. 
Sulphato-tri-carbonate of lead, Mr Brooke’s remarks on a paper by Mr 
Haidinger on, 157* 
Tallow, mountain, description of, 214. 
Temple of Serapis, account of the geognostical phenomena at the, 9 E 
Theories, electrical, Professor Leslie’s observations on, 1. 
Theorem relating to regular polygons. Professor Wallace’s, 377. 
Thermo-magnetism, Dr Traill’s experiments on, 258. 
Tilesius, Dr, on the effects of lightning, 305, 
Titanium in iron-slags, 410. 
Traill , Dr Thomas Stewart, his experiments on thermo-magnetism, 258. 
— account of the Gour of India, 334. — of the trumpeter bird, 417* 
Trumpeter-bird, Dr Traill’s account of one, 417- 
Turner, Dr E. his experiments on the application of Doebereiner’s disco- 
very to eudiometry, 99* 311. — -his analysis of radiated celestine, 329. 
Venus and Mars, on their spots, 211. 
Wallace, Prof, his general theorem relating to regular polygons, 377. 
Walrus, Sir E. Home’s dissection of one, 219- 
Wernerian Natural History Society, proceedings of the, 210, 403. 
Whale, curious fact regarding its habits, 220. — account of a fossil one 
discovered in Dunmore Park, 220. — further particulars, 415. 
Whirlwind account of a remarkable one in France, 405. 
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