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Academy of St Petersburgh, notice of, 377

African tornado, description of, 178

Atmospherical pressure, observations on, by Dalton, 90

Basalt, on the origin and composition of, 150

Bartlett, Lieut., on the expansion and contraction of building stones,

304

Bhurtpoor, its geology, by Hardie, 328

Breeding spots of birds, observations on, 20

Buckland, Professor, on the vitality of toads enclosed in stone and

wood, 26

Building stones, on the expansion and contraction of, 304

Capercailzie, on its reintroduction to the Forest of Braemar, 160

Catrine Works meteorological register for 1831, 166

Celestial phenomena from July 1. to October 1. 1832, 174; from Oc-
tober 1832 to January 1833, 365

Cholera animalcule, account of, 155

Coals of India, China, and New Holland, analyzed, 347

Ceylon, graphite of, described, 346

Coffee, Indian, notice of, 376

Connell, Arthur, F. R. S. E., on the chemical composition of harmo-
tome or cross-stone, 33-on a production of naphthaline in an oil-
gas apparatus, 231-on the relation of nitric and nitrous acids
to bromine and iodine, 283

Cox, Henry, Esq., his register of the date of various natural appear-
ances, kept at Treveroux farm, in the parish of Limpsfield, Sur-
rey, 133

Crystallization of ice, observations on, 158.-Crystallization, saline,
observations on, 309

Dalton, John, F. R. S., his physiological investigations arising from the
mechanical effects of atmospherical pressure on the animal frame,

90

Dew, unctuous, 368

Don, David, F. L. S., on the characters and affinities of certain genera,
chiefly belonging to the Flora Peruviana, 233

Douglas, Sir Howard, on military bridges and the passage of rivers,
285

Earliest knowledge of gold and silver, account of, 136–150

Earth's axis of rotation, permanence of the, 376

Eggs, the number of, imported from France and Scotland into London,

372

Ehrenberg, Professor, observations on various relations of the Infuso-
ria, 319

Entomology in Scotland, remarks on, 187

Faber, his observations on the breeding spots of birds, 20

Fishes, fresh-water, destroyed by the admission of the sea into a lake,
372

Flora, fossil, remarks on, 349

Fossil plants, mode of determining, by Professor Lindley, 221

frogs, 376

Fundamental types of organization, observations on, 75

Gmelin on the composition of basalt, 150

Gold, its occurrence in Russia, 189

Graham, Dr, on new and rare plants raised in the Edinburgh Botanic
Garden, 167, 361.-Notice of his botanical excursions in the
Highlands, 350

Graphite of Ceylon described, 346

Grease of wines described, 369

Hardie, James, his outline of the geology of the Bhurtpoor district,
328

Harmotome, or cross-stone, its chemical constitution investigated by
A. Connell, Esq. 33

Heights of mountains and lakes in America, 188-of mountains in
New Holland, 373

Henry, Dr, his estimate of the philosophical character of Dr Priestley, 1
Hessel, Professor, on the crystallization of ice, and of veins of ice in
ice, 158

Illinois Country in North America, its wild animals noticed, 181
Indian coffee, notice of, 376

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Infusoria, observations on their structure and development, by Dr
Wagner, 245.-By Ehrenberg, 319

Innes, George, celestial phenomena from July 1. to October 1. 1832,
174; and from October 1. 1832 to January 1. 1833, 365
Jacob, W. Esq. on the earliest knowledge of gold and silver-Hesiod.
Scandinavian Museum-The Patriarchs-The Book of Job-
Accumulation of Wealth with the Hebrew nation-Accumula-
tion in Syria and Persia; in Greece; in Rome, 136–150 . .
Jacquin on Zygophyllum arboreum, 191

Labradorite felspar, analysis of, by Captain Le Hunte, 86
Lakes, heights of, in America, 188

Le Hunte, Captain, his analysis of the stony pericarp of the Lithos-
permum officinale, 24-His analysis of Labradorite felspar, found
in the trap-rocks of Scotland, 86

Lindley, Professor, on the mode of determining fossil plants, 221
Lithospermum officinale, analysis of its pericarp, by Captain Le Hunte,
24

Magnetic influence, its uniform permeability of all known substances,
and the application of the fact to engineering and mining, by the
Rev. W. Scoresby, 97-133.-On magnetic induction, 257
Meteorological tables of the weather in Bengal, by Mr Macritchie,

337

Milk, portable, noticed, 371

Mountains in New Holland, heights of, 373

Natural sciences, on the history of, in reference to the scientific know-
ledge of the Egyptians, 41

Naphthaline, on a production of, in an oil-gas apparatus, 231

Obesity of geese noticed, 371

Ogden, Dr Henry, on saline crystallization, 309

Urganization, on fundamental types of, 75

Patents granted in England from 2d August to 30th August 1831,
191; from Slat August to 16th September 1831, 376.-In
Scotland from 15th March to 28th March 1832, 192; from 3d
April to 4th September 1832, 378

Petersburg Academy, notice of, 377

Platina of Russia, notice of, 189

Priestley, Dr, estimate of his philosophical character, by Dr Henry, I

Roscoe, William, Esq. memoir of, by Dr Traill, 193

Scientific Intelligence, 177, 368

Scoresby, Rev. William, his observations and experiments on the uni-

form permeability of all known substances to the magnetic in-
fluence, and the application of the fact to engineering and mining,
for the determination of the thickness of solid substances not
otherwise measurable, 97-Exposition of some of the laws and
phenomena of magnetic induction, with original illustrative expe-
riments, 257

Sierra Leone, first view of, 177

Silver of Russia, notice of, 189

Sommerville, Mrs, on the permanence of the Earth's axis of rotation,

376

Sounds, subterraneous and ominous, noticed, 374

Stanley, Edward, on the vitality of toads, 228

Sugar, vapour, described, 368

Toads, on the vitality of such as are enclosed in stone and wood, by
Professor Buckland, 26-On the same subject, by E. Stanley, 228
Toads, fossil, 376

Tornado, African, description of, 178

Traill, T. S., Dr, his account of the Russian vapour-bath, 14.-His me-

moir of William Roscoe, Esq., 193

Treviranus, Dr, on the fundamental types of organization, 75

Vapour-bath, Russian, account of, 14

Wagner, Dr, his observations upon the structure and development of
the Infusoria, 245

Watson, Hewett, his observations on the physical distribution of plants
in north of Scotland, 357

Wild animals of the Illinois country, in North America, 181

Wilson, James, his account of the introduction of the wood pronto se
capercailzie, the Tetrao Urogallus, to no a

160

Wines, grease of, noticed, 369

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