INDEX. 



on of &« atmosphere, 309 



Re^al, M. on the conversion of malt 

 spirits into vinegar, 275 



Bhododendron ponticum, the, produces 

 a concrete sugar, 283 



Richard, M. 14 S 



Richter's analysis of barytes, 175 



Board, M. on the composition of sul- 

 phate of barytes, 175 



Robin, M. his account of the sponta- 

 neous inflammation of charcoal, '278 



Rondelet, M. 8 



Rose Bay, see Sugar. 



Saddington, Mr. Thomas, his new 

 and cheap method of preserving fruits 

 without sugar, 89 



Sage, B. G. on the spontaneous ignition 

 of charcoal, 277 — On the detonation 

 and explosion of gunpowder, 279 



Saint, W. Esq. on some of the defini- 

 tions and axioms in Barrow's Euclid, 

 077 



Salamander, new species of, 235 



Sandstones, artificial, 2G8 



Saussurc, M. on fertilization, 7, 10 



Scheuchzer, on fossils, 35 



Schist of Cherbourg, analysis of, 304 



Schr.eber on bats, 106 



Scientific News, 156, 233, 308 



Sea snake, recent appearance of one, 

 158 



Sea weed, -used as manure, 72 



Seeds of plants, impregnation and 

 growth of, 161— Germination of, 

 214 

 Seguin, M. his method of rendering 

 common alum as good for dyeing as 

 Roman alum, 307 



Senebicr, M. on the effects of water on 

 vegetation, 9— On the powers of vi- 

 triolated tartar in promoting vegeta- 

 tion, 188 — On manures, 2b j 

 Sequences of double decompositions, 



354— Table of, 360 

 Sewell, Mr. W. on a canal in the spinal 

 marrow of some quadmpcds, 300 



Shaw, Dr. on the greater and lesser 



bat, 107 

 Sheldrake, Mr. T. on the camera lucida, 



372 

 Sibbald, Sir R. 84 

 Sigaud de la Fond, M. his electrical 



phenomena, 64 

 Simpson, Mr. on paring and burning, 



196 

 Skrimshire, Mr. on the uses to which 

 the fecula of potatoes are applicable, 

 33 

 Smith, Dr. 157 

 Smoke, luminous, of smelting houses,. 



232 

 Smut in wheat, analysis of, 146 

 Soils, composition of, 10 

 Solander, Dr. 42 

 Sound, how it may be increased, 135— • 



Reflections of, 312 

 Spallanzani, M. 313 

 Spinal marrow of quadrupeds, 300 

 Sponges, characters of, 41 

 Staller, Mr. 61 

 Stem of trees, 334 

 Stewart, Mr. on the insects found near 



Edinburgh, 157 

 Stone, artificial, manufacture of, 154 

 Suberic acid, 149, 156 

 Sue, Professor, his Index to Buffon, 



236 

 Sugar from the rose bay, 283 

 Sulphates of lime, barytes, and lead, 



analyzed, 174, 280 

 Sulphur, analytical experiments on, 



321, 365, 369 

 Sulphuric ether, see Ether. 

 Sunderland, Mr. 60 

 Sylvester, Mr. on the production of aa 

 acid and an alkali from pure water by 

 Galvanism, 258 



T. 



Tart, Mr. T. 61 



Telescopes, new construction of, 308 



Theatres, remarks on the construction 



of, 129. 

 Thenard, M. on the sulphate of barytes, 



174, 282— On the agency of potassium 



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