INDEX. 



Rigel, its situation in the heavens, 3 



Hitter, M.23 



Robiquet, on the preparation of pure 

 barytes, 23 



Robiquet and Chevreul on the sponta- 

 neous decomposition of the hydrogu- 

 retted sulphuret of barytes, 25 



Koofs of houses, improved, 266 



Kouppe, 219 



Roxburgh, Dr. his botanical and eco- 

 nomical account of the butter- tree of 

 the East Indies, 372 



Boy, General, 3 15 



Rumination in animals, 348 



Sagittarius, its situation and descrip- 

 tion, 6 



Salting and smoking meat, expeditious 

 and simple process for, 80 



Saussure, M. on albiuoes, 81, 83 



Schroeter, M. on the planet Vesta, 264 



Scientific News, 78, 157, 240, 317, 381 



Scorpio described, 6 



Seguin, M. a mistake of, relative to the 

 aqueous infusions of Peruvian bark, 

 107 



Siderite, thc t analysis of, 20 



Sight restored to two children born with 

 cataracts, with experiments to deter- 

 mine the proportional knowledge of 

 objects acquired by them immediately 

 after restoration, 99 



Sifius, described, 3 



Skrimshire, jun. Mr. W. on the phos- 

 phorescence of bodies, from the action 

 of the electric explosion, 153 



Slate, analysis of, 3S0 



Slating houses, new method of, 266 



Salome, M. 115 



Spallanzani, Signor, 167 



Specific gravity, see Gravity. 



Spica Virginis, described, 6 



Stars, an account of the relative situa- 

 tion of, by which the principal con- 

 stellations may be distinguished, 1, 

 U, 176 



Stomach of the whale, on the structure 

 of, compared with that of ruminating 

 animals, 348 



Strawberry beds, management of, 95 



Stromeyer, Dr. account of his chemi- 

 cal tools, 381 



Surfaces, attraction of, 14 



Sweat, analysis of, 63 



Sylvester, Mr. C on the advantages of 

 malleable zinc, and the purposes to 

 which it may be applied, 1 1— On the 

 decomposition of the fixed alkalis by. 

 Galvanism, 156— His experiments 

 and observations on potash and it* 

 base, 307 



T. 



Tan compared with Peruvian bark, 119 



Tartar, cream of, contains lime, 29 



Tennant, S. Esq. on the nature of the 

 diamond, 217 



Thenard, M. on the analysis of sweat, 

 the acid it contains, and the acids of 

 urine and milk, 63— On orpiment 

 and realgar, 74 



Thomson, Dr. T. on the fire-damp of 

 coal mines, 1 50— See 318 



Timber saved in building, 266 



Tobacco -water, its use in destroying 

 insects, 298, 301 



Torpidity of animals, 161 



Traill, Dr. his account of two children 

 born in England, with the character- 

 istics of Alniuoes, 81 



TrommsdorfF and Bernhardi, their ana- 

 lysis of the siderite or lazulite, 20 



Tugwell, Mr. his new method of slating 

 houses, described, 266 



V. 



Van Eys, see Eys. 



Vauquelinand Bouillay, their Report on 



a memoir of M. Dcstouches on the 



lime of cream of tartar, 20 



Vauquelin, 



