INDEX.

Abessinia, languages of, remarks on, by Dr Beke, 265.

Acid springs and gypsum deposits of the upper part of the Silurian
system, by T. S. Hunt, of the Geological Survey of Canada,

50.

Adamantine mineral, a new species from Brazil, described, 187.
Aerolites, and a mass of meteoric iron, found in Western India, ac-

count of, by Dr H. Giraud, 53.

Air and water of towns, observations on, 371.

Anderson, Thomas, M.D., on a new species of manna, 132.

Anthracite formation, its plants considered, 121.

Arkansite, a new mineral, discovered by Professor Shephard, and ana-
lysed by Mr Whitney, 192.

Atmospheric carbonic acid, observations on, 373.

Atmospheric ice, great mass of, 371.

Aurora borealis observed at Prestwich, near Manchester, described
by William Sturgeon, 147; his theory of the aurora borealis,
225.

Balfour, Professor, his Manual of Botany noticed, 199; his notice
of some Plants which have flowered in the Royal Botanic Gar-
den, 188; his account of Aconitum ferox, raised in the Edin-
burgh Horticultural Garden, 366.

Beke, C. T., Ph. D., on the languages of Abessinia, 265.
Berzelius, his life and writings, by M. P. Louyet, 1.
Blood spots, miraculous, on human food, explained, 195.

Bunsen, Professor, on the colour of water, 95.

Carboniferous fauna of America compared with that of Europe, by

Ed. de Verneuil, 117.

Chrome and Meerschaum of Asia Minor, 377.

Climate of Italy, 191.

Cloves of Amboyna, account of, 198.

Co-existence of certain Saurian and Molluscous forms at equal geo-

logical times, 129.

Comets, account of, by Sir J. F. W. Herschel, 248.

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Copper of the Lake Superior region, 192.

Cumming, the Rev. J. G., his Account of the Isle of Man noticed,

280.

Currents in the Gut of Gibraltar, 374.

Davy, John, M.D., his remarks on the claims to the discovery of

the composition of water, 42; his Lectures on Chemistry no-
ticed, 200; his observations on carbonate of lime as an ingre-
dient in sea-water, 220.

D'Archiac's Histoire des Progress de la Geologie, de 1834-45, 200.
Dead Sea, its bouyancy, observations on, 373.

Dodo arranged with the Gralle, 194.

Emery formation of Asia Minor, 375.

Favre, Professor, on the geology of the German Tyrol, and the ori-
gin of dolomite, 78.

Fire-ball at Bombay, account of, 370.

Fire-eaters and conjurors, their tricks explained, 384.

Fishes, spawning beds of, how prepared, 196.

Fleming, Professor John, on a simple form of a rain-gauge, 182.

Flowers, distribution of, in a garden, 196.

Fossil foot-marks of the United States, 374.

Fossil foot-marks of a reptilian quadruped below coal, 375.

Geological Map of France, by MM. Dufrenoy and Elie de Beaumont,
noticed, 200.

Geological changes from alteration of the earth's axis of rotation, 98.
Glaciers, their downward progress, by Ed. Collomb, 104.

Glass, plate, analysis of, by Messrs J. E. Mayer and J. S. Brazier,
316.

Guyot, Professor, his Comparative Physical Geography recommended,
350.

Heat, movement of, in terrestrial strata of different geological na-

tures, by M. Dove, 193.

Herschel, Sir J. F. W., on comets, 248.

Himalaya snow-line, account of, 224.

Hippopotamus, new species, from Western Africa, 384.

Ice, its dilatation, by increase of temperature, 373.
Indo-European languages, observations on, 293.
Infusoria, oceanic, living and fossil, account of, 261.

Instructions for collecting and preserving invertebrate animals, by
R. Owen, F.R.S., Hunterian Professor to the Royal College
of Surgeons of England, 280.

Jussieu, Adrien, his Elements of Botany, translated by J. H. Wilson,
F.L.S., noticed, 199.

Kosmos noticed, 199.

Languages of Abessinia, their distribution, by T. Beke, Esq., Ph. D.,
F.S.A., &c., 265.

Latham, R. G., M.D., remarks upon the general principles of philo-
logical classification, and the value of groupes, with particular
reference to the languages of the Indo-European class, 293.

Manna, a new species of, from New South Wales, analysed by
Thomas Anderson, M.D., F.R.S.E., &c., 132.

Mediterranean, water of, analysed, 191.

Meteorology, Introduction to, by D. P. Thomson, M.D., noticed,

199.

Minerals, the following noticed, viz., Randanite, 379-Lardite, 379
-Neolite, 379-Völknerite, 379-Pyrophyllite, 380-Tale
of Rhode Island and Steatite of Hungary, 380-New hydro-
silicate of alumina, 380-Philippsite and Gismondine, 380-
Heulandite, 380-Osmelite and Pectolite, 380-Disterrite from
Fassa, 380-Glaucophane, 380.

Morton, Dr S. G., his account of a craniological collection, with re-
marks on the classification of some families of the human race,
144.

Nicol, James, F.R.S.E., his Mineralogy noticed, 200.

Nutmegs, statistics of, 139.

Oceanic infusoria, living and fossil, 158, 261.

Orbigny, Alcide de, on living and fossil molluscs, 57.

Oyster, the sexes of, 196.-The geographical distribution and uses
of the common oyster, 239.

Owen, Professor Richard, on preserving invertebrate animals, 280.

201

Patents granted for Scotland from 22d March to 22d June 1849,
from 22d June to 22d September, 385.
Phosphate of lime in the mineral kingdom, 130.

Physical Geography, comparative, observations on, by M. Guyot,

350.

Plants of the Silurian system, 122.-Of the Anthracite formation,
124.-Fossil land plants, as illustrative of geological climate,

126.

Plate-glass, analysis of, 316.

Portland Vase, account of, 383.

Prichard, James Cowles, M.D., F.R.S., &c., biographical sketch of,

205.

Ramsay, Professor, his Passages in the History of Geology noticed,

201.

Rankine, W. J. M., civil engineer, on an equation between the tem
perature and the maximum elasticity of steam and other vapours,
28.—On a Formula for calculating the expansion of liquids by
heat, 235.

Rhinoceros, fossil, of Siberia, and mammoth natives of Siberia, 194.
Rivers, their fall considered, 303.

Rocks, grooved and striated, in the middle region of Scotland, by
Charles Maclaren, F.R.S.E., 161.

Schleiden, Professor, his Principles of Scientific Botany, translated
by Dr Lankester, noticed, 200.

Shells, land, found beneath the surface of sand-hillocks on the coasts
of Cornwall, by R. Edmonds Jun., Esq., 263.

Silver, native, of Norway, 192.

Skeletons of wild animais, how disposed of, 194.

Snow-line on the Himalaya, account of, by Lieutenant Strachey, 324.
Sutherland, Tour in, by Charles St John, Esq., noticed, 201.
Sturgeon, William, on the aurora borealis, 147-225.

Tea, green, mode of colouring, 381.

Trees cleft by the direct action of electrical storms, by Ch. Martins,

114.

Trilobites of Bohemia, observations on, by M. Barrande, 374.

Water, the colour of, explained, by Professor Bunsen, 95.

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