INDEX. 



Edinburgh, insects near, 157— Plants 



near, 158 

 Edmonson, Mr. 61 

 Eels found in a subterraneous pool, 157 

 Eid^forth, Mr. 61 

 Elder pith, properties of, 155 

 Elective attractions, 354 

 Electricity, experiments in, 62 

 Ellerton, Rev. E. 60 

 Ellis, Mr. D. on the nature of sponges, 



42— On the germination of seeds, 2 1 5 

 Ember-goose, natural history of the, 81 

 Embryo of plants, 161 

 Entomology, new classification of, 315 

 Ermann, M. on the electric fluid, 69 

 Erskine, Mr. 157 

 Espaliers, see Fruit trees 

 Ether, improved method of preparing, 



201 — Obtained from oximuriatic acid 



alone, 273 

 Evaporation of the earth, and free access 



of air to the roots of plants, essential 



to vegetation, 13, 55 

 Euclid, remarks on some of the defini- 

 tions and axioms in Barrow's edition 



of, 377 

 Euler on light and sound, 312 

 Exter, Mr. on the advantages of paring 



and burning, 194 



F. 



Fabbroni on the properties of vegetable 

 ashes, used as manure, 189— Onbo- 

 racicacid, 263 

 Eairhead, Mr. T. 76 

 Fay, M. Du, on electricity, 68 

 Fern root,, examination of, 145 

 Fir, American and European, compared, 



236 

 Fires, plan for preventing or suppress- 

 ing, 137 

 Fishes, restoration of, 314 

 Fite, Ran. H. De, on geology, 158 

 Fleming, Mr. his Flora of Linlithgow, 



157 

 Flesh, alteration produced in by air and 

 water, 302 



Flora of Linlithgow, 157 



Fonsera, M. his correction of some West 

 India longitudes, 277 



Food of plants, 5 



Fordyce, Dr. on the proportion of cat-, 

 careous matter in good soil, 121 



Forsyth, on the culture of espaliers, 4 



Fossil horns, analysis of, 159 , 



Fossils, S3 



Foster, Mr. J. L. 236 



Fourcroy, M. on the analogy between 

 charcoal and hidrogen, 71 — On the 

 chemical nature of the smut in wheat, 

 146— On the sulphate of barytes, 174 

 On ashes, as manure, 188— HrS the- 

 ory of the formation of ether, 201— 

 His discovery of a concrete manna or 

 sugar on the rose bay, 28S— On the 

 alteration of flesh by air and water, 

 SOS— On elective attractions, 355 



Foust on the single-starred corals of tha 

 Baltic, 39 



Franklen, J. Esq. on the use cf vraic 

 as a manure, 72 



Franklin, Dr. his electrical experi- 

 ments, 63 



French National Institute, proceedings 

 in, 308 



Fruit trees, new method of training, \ 



Fruits preserved without sugar, 89 



O. 



Gale, Mr. H. R. 60 



Galvanism, 258, 26a 



Gardner, Mr. 60 



Gas light from coal, 85 



Gauss, Dr. on the new planets, 515 



Gay-Lussac, M. on the action of potas- 

 sium on ammonia, 243, et stq — On 

 the decomposition and recompositioa 

 of boracic acid, 260 



Gehlen, M. on the igneous fusion of 

 barytes, 281 



Geoffroy St. Hilaire on comparative 

 osteology, 313 



Geology, 158, 237. 



Germination of seeds, 214 



Gib -on 



