INDEX. 



Fourcroy on calculi, 30 



Fox, Mr. 159 



French gold mines, 234, 279 



French weights converted into English, 

 337 



FYuit tree, propagation of in the Chi- 

 nese method, 322 



Fullerton, Col. 79 



Fumigations to destroy contagion, 344 



Gartner's vitellus of seeds, 357 

 Galvanism, 149— Applied in, cases of 



"deafness, 260 

 Gambir, observations on the, 3G6 

 Gas lights, 145 



Gases, apparatus for the analysis of, 83 

 Gauge for standing timber, 324 

 Gay Lussac and Thenard, their experi- 

 ments to ascertain the true nature of 

 alkalies and earths, 63, et scq. 

 Geoffroy, M. his description of the 



wombat, 178 

 Geology, 1 73, 245 

 Germination of seeds, 355 

 Gerstner's hydraulic experiments, 1 07 

 Giant's Causeway, 161, 164, 245 

 G. K. M. on the construction of galva- 

 nic batteries, 149 

 Goitres and idiots of Switzerland, 294 

 Gold mines in Fiance, 234, 279 

 Goldingham, J. Esq. his observation 

 of the eclipses of the satellites of Ju- 

 piter at Madras, 153 

 Goniometer, described, 1 

 Gough» John, Esq. on polygonal num- 

 bers, 33— <-His abstract of a meteoro- 

 logical journal for the years 1807 and 

 1808, kept at Middleshaw, near Ken- 

 dal, 305 

 Gowen, J. R. Esq. his account of a 

 well for preserving and filtering rain- 

 water for domestic purposes, where ,i 

 supply of spring water was not easily 

 to be obtained, 353 

 Grasses, memoir on, 318 

 Gravelly complaints, inquiry into the 

 cause and cure of, 47 



Gravity, effects of on time-pieces, 134 . 



Greathcad's life boat, history of, 21 



Greene, R. Esq. his account of a sim- 

 ple aud economical method of pre- 

 paring an artificial Cheltenham water^ 

 highly impregnated with carbonic acid 

 (fixed air), 139 



Grew, on the circulation of sap in 

 trees, 29 



Grcv, Mr. his electrical experiments, 

 314 



Guettard, M. 125 



Gutta gambeer, see Gambir 



Guyton-Morveau, M. his observations 

 on the use of acid fumigations in pu- 

 rifying the air and stopping the pro- 

 gress of contagion, and the most sim- 

 ple means of completely obtaining 

 this effect, 344 



H. 



Haighton, Dr. 159 



Harrington, Dr. R. 239 



Harris, Mr. the instrument maker, 1 



Hatchett, Mr on the colouring matter 

 of red eoral, 219 



Hauy, M. his description of the species 

 in" mineralogy called Diopside, 14— 

 His mineralogical classes, 128 »' 



Hayter, Mr. C. his improved addition 

 and multiplication tables, 261 



Heberden, Dr. 57 



Henry, Dr. \V. his description of an 

 apparatus for the analysis of the com- 

 pound inflammable gases by slow com- 

 bustion, with experiments on the gas 

 from coal, explaining its application, 

 83 



H erica rt de Thury, *ee Thury 



Hernandez' description of the dahlia, 

 224 



Herschel, Dr. his observations of a 

 comet, made with a view to investi- 

 gate its magnitude, and the nature of 

 its illumination, 3, 206— His account 

 of a new irregularity lately perceived 

 in the apparent figure of the planet 

 Saturn, 100 



Hire, 



