INDEX. 



Gibson, Mr. C. 60 



Ginger, acid obtained frcm, 034 



Giobert, M. on soils, 121— On the 

 volatile oil obtained by distilling oxi- 

 muriatic acid, 274 



Girod-Chantrans on the smut in wheat, 

 146 



Glass, electrical experiments on, consi- 

 dered as a Leyden phial, and on 

 coated panes, 62 



Gmelin, on bats, 106 



Gough, J. Esq. his experiments on the 

 expansion of moist air raised to the 

 boiling temperature, 182 



Grap >s, method of hastening the ma- 

 turity of, 116 



Griffith, Mr. R. jun. 238 



Guanaco, the, or camel sheep of South 

 America, might be introduced into 

 Canada with advantage, 27 



Gucttard, M. on fossils, Sfl 



Gunpowder, observations on the manu- 

 facture of, 278 — Theory of its deto- 

 nation and explosion, 279 

 Guyton, M. on the influence of gal- 

 vanic electricity on the transition of 

 minerals, 263 

 Gypsum, component parts of, 280 



H. 



Hachette, M. 264 



Hamel, Bu, on the perspiration of 

 plants, 169 



Hares, breeding of, 26 



Harrison, Mr. 60 



Hassenfratz on the manures of Picardy, 

 284, 291 



Hazel-nut, pollen of, examined, 155 



Hemp, culture of, in Canada, 18 



Herholdr, Dr. on the winter bleep of 

 certain animals, 313 



Hesketh, Robert, Esq. 59 



Hibernation of animals, 313 



Higgins, Mr. his catalogue of Irish mi- 

 nerals, 236 



Home, Ev. Esq. 300 



Horrebow's account of the lorn of Ice- 

 land, supposed to be the ember goose, 

 94 



Horns, see Fossil 



Huddlestone, Mr. his canal lock, 311 



Humboldt, M. on the separation of ox- 



igen from plants, 9 — On the cataracts 



of the Oroonoko, 316— His travels, 



318 

 Husbandry, improvements in, 52 

 Hydrogen and charcoal, 71 

 Hygrometer, a very sensible one, descriW 



ed, 207, 211 



1. 



Ibbetson, Mrs. A. on the impregnation 

 of the seed, and first shooting of the 

 nerve of life, in the embryo of plants, 

 161 — On the supposed perspiration of 

 plants, 169, 351— on the formation 

 of the winter leaf-bud, and of leaves, 

 293— On the stem of trees, with an 

 attempt to discover the cause of mo- 

 tion in plants, 304 



Ingenhousi:, Dr. on the chemical af-« 

 finity between oxigen and light, 9 



Insects near Edinburgh, 157 



Irrigation, 77 



J. 



Jersey, Agricultural economy of, 72 



J. G. on the method of taking transit 

 ' observations, 139 



Joergensen, Mr. U. his metallic ther- 

 mometer, 234 



John, Dr. his analysis of turquoise, li8 

 —On a new metal, 159 



J. S. K. on t 'e want of tables of the 

 proportions f the constituent prin- 

 ciples of salts, -id on the luminous 

 smoke from lead si. Ming houses, 232 



Juno, observations of, t-17 



J urine, M. De, mistaken in supposing 

 that bats have no occasion for eyes, 

 112 — His new methqd of classing 

 insects, 315 

 Jusaeu, M. 145 



Kaneelstein, analysis of, 231 



5 Kater, 



