INDEX. 



Bow ftring flax, ftrongcft of all vegeta- 

 ble fibres, 33 



Boyli', Mr. his argument for difclofing 

 the procefies of manufa6lories, 105 



pralk, his procefTes for watering hemp In 

 two hours time, 86 — 92 



Brande, W. Efq. his concife view of the 

 theory of lefpirat'on, 79 — 86 



Brafs, method of coating with platina, 



Brochant, 14 



Brochi, 103 



Brodie, Capt. Jof. ; his method of con- 



nedling iron bars and coating them with 



lead to form folid pillars, loJ 

 Brugnatelli, on the non-exiftence of the 



charged pile, 144 

 Burckhardt, 57 

 Burrows, Capt. 34 



C. 



Cadet, C. L. on the webs of fplders, 290 



—294 

 Carlifle, Ant. Efq. ; on mufcular motion, 



189 — aoi, 355 — 264 

 Carpathian mountains, mineralogical and 



phyfical tour in the, 60 

 Carteau, 60 



Chenevix, R. Efq. ; on the a£tion of pla- 

 tina and mercury on each other, 162, 

 182 

 Churchman, J. Efq. ; geographical and to- 

 pographical improvements by, 202— 

 206 

 Circle, inveftlgation of the properties of 



certain lines drawn in, 29 — 31 

 C. L. to Mr. Walker, 64 

 Cleifs, 47 



Clement, 71, 170, 171 

 Cicnnell, Mr; J. on difclofing the pro- 



cefles of manufaftories, 105 

 Coal, light afforded by the gas from, 65, 



73 

 Colours, improved mili for levigating, 119 

 »— Oil, adviiitageou* mode of keeping, 

 J23 



Columnifer* of Linneus, utility of thefc 

 plants, 37 



Compenfation curb for watches, 19 



Conftant Reader's account of a luminous 

 meteor, i8i 



Copper, on the purification of, 107, 108 

 — Aftion of phofphorus on folution of, 

 140 — Method of feparating from filver, 

 J 42 



Cordage, experiments on the ftrength of 

 various kinds, 40 



Corindon found in Italy, 103— Other Eu- 

 ropean fpecimens not of the fpecies, 

 104 



Correfpondents, acknowledgments to, 64, 

 224 



Cotton cloth and thread, Indian method of 

 dying red, 296, 297 



Cruikfhank, Mr. 66, 68, eg—His table 

 of the conftitution of carburetted hi- 

 drogen gafes, erroneous, 70, 71 



Cuthbertfon, Mr. ; his remarks on Mr. 

 Wilfon, and M. Henry's experiments 

 on the cleftricity of metals, 56— Mr. 

 Wilfon's anfwer, no 



D. 



Dalton, Mr. 68, 70 



Davey, Mr. 167 



Davy, Prof. 81, 82, 83, 167— His ana- 

 lytical experiments on Devonfhire mi- 

 neral, 153 — 158 



Death, certain c.iterion of, 256 



Dei man, Meflls. 67 



Dclametherie, J. C. on organized beings, 

 63 



Derham, 128 



Defaguliers, Dr. his eftimate of the power 

 of a horfe, 96, 145 



Defcartes, 266 



Defcotils, 58, 59 — New metal found in 

 platina by, 163 



Deformcs, 71, 171 



Deyeux, his defcription of a new appara- 

 tus for making the gafiform oxide of 

 carbon, 1 16 



'^f Diafpore, 



