INDEX. 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- 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- Cox, Henry, Esq., his register of the date of various natural appear- Crystallization of ice, observations on, 158.-Crystallization, saline, Dalton, John, F. R. S., his physiological investigations arising from the 90 Dew, unctuous, 368 Don, David, F. L. S., on the characters and affinities of certain genera, Douglas, Sir Howard, on military bridges and the passage of rivers, 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- 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, 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 Graphite of Ceylon described, 346 Grease of wines described, 369 Hardie, James, his outline of the geology of the Bhurtpoor district, Harmotome, or cross-stone, its chemical constitution investigated by Heights of mountains and lakes in America, 188-of mountains in Henry, Dr, his estimate of the philosophical character of Dr Priestley, 1 Illinois Country in North America, its wild animals noticed, 181 1 Infusoria, observations on their structure and development, by Dr Innes, George, celestial phenomena from July 1. to October 1. 1832, Labradorite felspar, analysis of, by Captain Le Hunte, 86 Le Hunte, Captain, his analysis of the stony pericarp of the Lithos- Lindley, Professor, on the mode of determining fossil plants, 221 Magnetic influence, its uniform permeability of all known substances, 337 Milk, portable, noticed, 371 Mountains in New Holland, heights of, 373 Natural sciences, on the history of, in reference to the scientific know- 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, 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- 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 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 Watson, Hewett, his observations on the physical distribution of plants Wild animals of the Illinois country, in North America, 181 Wilson, James, his account of the introduction of the wood pronto se 160 Wines, grease of, noticed, 369 5 |