Discourse on the Mathematical Sciences Rancourt, Changey, Poncelet, Lebros, 261 Roues à la Poncelet, 260 Discs, fusible, on steam-boilers, 484 the, and solar heat, 411 Earthquake, great, in Chilé, in 1835, de- Activity continued, 287 Atmospheric changes after, 283 Isle, elevation in, 282 Cordillera, volcanoes of the, 280 Earthquakes, frequent, effect of, 284 Central America, geological disturb- Commencement of, 285 of, 279 British Museum, Mummies in, 29, 30 Bull, sacred, on an Egyptian Mum- Burton, Mr., Egyptian Mummy from Cases, error respecting, 31 Champollion, M., his notices of an Children, mummies of, rare, 32 Cotton and flax, microscopic exami- Davidson, Mr., on Egyptian mum- 30 Didorus Sículus on Egyptian funerals, Diodorus Sículus on embalming, 19 Egyptians, ancient, monuments of the, 33 the, 32 Egyptians, animals embalmed by Hair on mummies, 32 Herodotus on Egyptian embalm- Hieratic writing, Egyptian, 33 25 Horseisi and Kannop, mummies of, Egyptian Mummies (cont.) Mummies of various nations, 32 Nilometer, supposed representation 34 22 Osiris and Amsati, worship of, 35 Osiris, Mummy of, unrolled, 39 Passalacqua, Signor, mummy dis- Perry, Dr., mummy brought to Portrait found upon a mummy, 30 Sams and Salt, Messrs., their col- Thomson, Mr. James, his researches Ure, Dr., his researches on mummy- Wilkinson, Mr., on Egyptian mum- Electricity, its agency in the atmosphere, Gas from peat, 174 German Association, anniversary of, 73 Geological Hebrew, 488 Geology, a popular course of, 1 to 13, Acids, and alkalies, properties of, 442 268 Artesian wells, origin of, 229 where successful, 229 Astronomers and geologists, compa- Astronomy and geology, phenomena Astronomy and the Scriptures, 268 Bodies, elementary and compound, Bridgewater Treatise, by Dr. Buck- Britain, extinct animals of, 9 274 223 Buckland, Dr., on the creation, 270 Burnet, Whiston, and Buffon, 277 Chain of being, one great, 13 442 Chemist and mineralogist, their Coal-measures of England and Scotland, 224 Grenelle, bored well at, 409 Hodgkinson, Mr. E., his experi- Rennie, Mr., his experiments, 193 Rupture, form of, 198 Strength gained, 195, 199 Tables of strength, 197, 198, 201 Griffiths, Mr. T., his remarks on crystal- Iron Steam-boat, magnetic experiments lization, 299 Grunden Lake, visit to the, 14 Hail, formation of, 131 Hard words, pedantry of, 238 Heat, polarization of, 321 Separation of, from gases, 127 Hebrew, geological, 488 Huttonian theory of rain controverted, 331 Infants, still-born, proportion of, 484 Ink, to prevent becoming mouldy, 74 in, 447 to 451 Iron, stereotype plates of, 73 Kickx, M., on the geology of Belgium, 68 Kremlin bell, lifting of the, 406 Ladies' and Gentlemen's Diaries, the, 296 Lady, valuable donation by, to a scientific Levy, M., on the geology of Belgium, 66 Light, immutable nature of, 326 Magnetical experiments on board an iron Barlow's correcting plate, 447 Signs of Multiplication, Division, &c., 220 | Transactions of the Royal Astronomical Derivation of, 220, 222 Sign of equality, 221, 222 Sign of infinity, 221, 222 Symbols of greater and less, 221 Snow, formation of, 131 Solar rays, intensity of the, 490 Somerville, Mrs., on the spectrum, 485 Space, temperature of, 321 Spectrum, chemical rays of the, 485 State, the, assisted by science, 492 Academy of Sciences at Paris, steam Apparatus for experiments, 117 Deposits in boilers, effect of, 123 intensely heated boiler, 121 123 Fusible metal plates for, 119 Steam, elastic force of, on working Steam, pressures and tensions of, Steam, surcharged and unsaturated, Vaporization, laws of, 120 Efficiency of fusible discs on, 484 by Table of the destruction of, 173 Suspension-bridge, Freiburg, 332 Technical words in the arts, 240 Thermometer indicating mean tempera- Tide, the, a true barometer, 405 Society, vol. ix., concluding part, ana- "Astronomical observations, 402 398 Ecliptic, position of the, by Mr. Airy, Greenwich Observatory, instruments Halley's Comet, observations on, by Jupiter, on the time of rotation of, Jupiter's mass, value of, by Mr. Kepler's problem by the 'angular Mural circle, at the Armagh Obser- Standard scale of the Society, by Tripoli stone, organic origin of, 247 Van Swinden, M., his meteorological ob- Vandermaelen, M. Philippe, his services Vapour, aqueous, how condensed in the or steam of water, when dry and and gases, distinction of, 126 of saline solutions and of water, 243 Vernacular names, preference of, in Virlet, M., on diamond-making, 413 seen from San Antonio, 285 Government, report to, on the explo- Letters-patent Bill, abstract of, 76, 251. Habits and properties of, 127 bored, at Grenelle, 409 LONDON: JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. 913 |