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Moll, Professor, his Life of M. Van
Swinden, 197.

Molybdate of Ammonia, 100.
Monte Rosa, account of a journey
to its southern summit, 16.
Mosses, on the characters of the spe-
cies of certain genera, 110, 287.
Musci Scotici, Drummond's, notice of,
365.

Muriate of Barytes, form of, 101.
Nails, on the adhesion of, in wood,
150.

Neutralising plate, Professor Bar-
low's, 181.

Nitrate of lead, 102.
Occultation of Jupiter of April 5th,
observed, 179, 194 of the Geor-
gian planet of August 6th, 193.
Orthotrichum, a genus of mosses de-
scribed, 111.

Oxford, meteorological observations
made at, 286.

Oxymuriate of potash, 103.

Royal Society of Edinburgh, proceed-
ings of, 176, 370.

Russia, surveys carrying on in, 372
-expeditions sent out from, 383.
Saurocephalus lanciformis, a new
fossil genus, 382.

Scoresby, Mr. junior, his new ex-
periments on magnetism, 182.
Seebeck, M. on the heat of the spec-
trum, 358.

Serpentine, observations on, 1.
Sextant, on the effects of heat upon it,
371.
Simonoff's account of Captain Bell-
inghausen's Antarctic expedition,
345.

Sillimanite, a new mineral, 377.
Simonoff, on the diurnal variation

of the barometer, 374.

Smith, notice of his English Flora,
171, 367.

Societies, philosophical proceedings
of, 176, 370.

Parallax of the stars, how to find it Solstice, winter, of 1823, observed

by the transit instrument, 31.
Paramatta, mean temperature of, 84.
Parry, Captain, analysis of the journal

of his Second Voyage, 151-his
table of the variation and dip
of the needle, 89, 153, 154-his
meteorological observations, 155.
Patents, list of English ones since
January 1, 1824, 189, 384-list of
Scottish ones, 191, 386.
Pegu, account of a map of, 267.
Perkins's steam engine described, 146.
Petalite, found at Lake Ontario, 380.
Phosphorescence of several sub-resins,
373.

Plants, list of, collected in Melville
Island, 170.

Plough, notice of Clymer's, 144.
Polarisation of light, history of the,

90.

Processes in the useful arts, history
of, 141, 339.

Putrid water in ponds, how to purify
it, 342.

Pyro-electricity of minerals, observa-
tions on the, 208.

Quartz, on a singular fracture of, 108.
Radiation of metallic surfaces, re-
marks on, 302.
Red snow, 383.

Register of the barometer, &c. kept

at Canaan Cottage, by Mr. Adie,
195, 388.

Roscoe, Mr. notice of his Monandri-
an plants, of the order Scitamine,

171.

at Paramatta, by Sir Thomas Bris-
bane, 39.

South, Mr. on double stars, 178.
Spots on the Sun, on their long ab-

sence, 370-a singular one observ-
ed, 371.

Stars, on a singular scintillation of
the, 372.

Steam engine, description of Per-
kins's, 146.

Steam engines, notice respecting the
boilers, 265.

Steel, on the cutting of it with soft
iron, 341.

Struve, M. his astronomical observa-

tions, 26-his observations on dou-
ble stars, 137.

Sulphate of ammonia and chromium,
100.

Sulphurous acid, on the liquefaction
of, 353.

Surveys, astronomical and trigono-
metrical, in Russia, 372.
Swinden, M. Van, biographical ac-

count of, by Professor Moll, 197.
Syphons, new ones described, 343.
Syrtes Lesser, on the changes in the,
383.

Temperature of the sea and the air,
in a voyage from Ceylon to the
Cape, 62.

Thermometers, comparison of those
made of mercury and spirit of
wine, 374.
Thermometers, on differences in, at
low temperatures, 183.

Tiarks, Dr. his astronomical expe-
dition, 372.
Tourmaline, on the pyro-electricity
of its powder, 212.

Transit instrument, applied to de-
termine the parallax of the stars, 31.
Trap, observations on, 1.
Valisneria alternifolia, described, 35.
Variation of the magnetic needle in
America, table of the, 87,

Venus, the inferior conjunction of,
in 1823, observed at Paramatta, by
Sir Thomas Brisbane, 78.
Vincent, M. his ascent of Monte

Rosa, 16.

Walchner, Dr. his Analysis of Hyalo-
siderite, 184.

Walker, Mr. on the Wheels of Car-
riages, 274.

Waves, on the propagation of, 159.
Wernerian Society, proceedings of,
176.

Wheels of Carriages, observations on
the, 274.

White's Floating Breakwater, 145.
Wines, History of Ancient and Mo-
dern ones, 163.

Zach, Baron, on the scintillation of
the stars, 372.

Zumstein, M. his ascent of Monte
Rosa, 16.

Zygodon, a genus of Mosses, describ
ed, 132.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATES IN VOL. I.

PLATE I. Figs. 1. and 2. Represent the junction of the Lime
stone and Trap of Clunie, in Perthshire.

PLATE II.
PLATE III.

Fig. 3. Garden's form of Dobereiner's Hydro-pneuma-
tic Lamp.

Fig. 4. Mr. Adie's form of ditto.

Figs. 5, 6. Figures for illustrating Malus's Discovery
of the Polarisation of Light by Reflexion.

Figs. 7, 8, 9. The Circular Segment Micrometer.
Fig. 10. Dr. Hare's Electrometer.

Map of Upper Laos.

Is illustrative of Mr. Haidinger's Paper on the Regular
Composition of Crystals.

PLATES IV. V. VI. Are illustrative of Dr. Hooker and Dr. Greville's Paper

PLATE VII.

on Mosses.

A Map of the Discoveries of Captain Parry and
Captain Franklin.

PLATE VIII. Fig. 1. Represents Perkins's Steam Engine.

Fig. 2. Illustrates Professor Barlow's Electro-Magnetic
Experiment.

Fig. 3. Childrenite, a new Mineral.

Fig. 4. Somervillite, a new Mineral.

Fig. 5. Babingtonite, a new Mineral.

Fig. 6. Hopeite, a new Mineral.

Figs. 7, 8. Illustrate M. Bidone's Paper on Waves.

PLATE IX. Fig. 1. Represents a new Boiler for Steam-Engines.
Fig. 2. Illustrates Mr. Harvey's Paper on Chronome

PLATE X.

PLATE XI.

ters.

Fig. 3. The Steinbarte of Shetland.

Fig. 4. Babinet's Hygrometer.

Figs. 5-15. Illustrate Mr. Walker's Paper on Car-
riage Wheels.

Fig. 16. Brown's Atmospheric Engine.

Fig. 17. M. Bunten's Syphon.

Fig. 18. M. Hempel's Syphon.

Map of Pegu.

Illustrates Mr. Hart's Paper on Forming Curves for
Reflectors.

PLATE XII. Illustrates Dr. Hooker and Dr. Greville's Memoir on

the Genus Tortula.

PLATE XIII. Is illustrative of Mr. Haidinger's Paper on the Regular
Composition of Crystals.

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