INDEX. 



Cranberry, American, culture of, 216 

 Creighton, Mr. 87 

 Cretinism, an account of, 294 

 Cruickshank, Mr. his experiments on 



gasses, 86 

 Cryolite, its characters, &c. 237 

 dimming, Mr. on the vibrations of a 



balance, 137 

 Curry, Dr. 159 

 Cnvler, M. his description of the 



wombat, 178 



D. 



Dahlia, cultivation of, 224 



Dalby, Mr. 11 



Dalton, Mr. his experiments on gases, 



86 

 Darwin, Dr. 355 



Davy, H. Esq. his» electro-chemical re- 

 searches on the decomposition of the 

 earths, with observations on the me- 

 tals obtained from the alkaline earths, 

 and on the amalgam procured from 

 ammonia, 54— .On the construction 

 of galvanic batteries, 150— Results of 

 his experiments on ammonia, sul- 

 phur, phosphorus, &c. 238 

 Delamether.e, J. C. on the anthophyl- 



lite, 76— See also 309, 312 

 Delphinus melas, a new species of whale, 



81 

 Perry, county of, geological observa- 

 tion on, 161, 245 

 Dies, query on the accidents which hap- 

 pen to them, 383 

 Pietrich, M. 125 



Diopside, a new species in mineralogy, 

 remark* on the, 14 — Description of, 

 16 

 Dirom, General, 79 

 Dolomieu on the mountain of Chalan- 



ches, 125 

 Dubuat's hydraulic experiments, 104, 



112 

 Dudley mineral water, 266 

 Duhamel's experiments on the albur- 

 num of trees, 27 



Dunbar, Mr. J. on the cultivation of 

 common flax as an ornamental plant 

 in the flower-garden, 264 



E. 



East Lothian, see Lothian 



Eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter, 153 



E. F. G. H. on the utility of a series in 



finding a fluent, 213. 

 Elective Attractions, table of, in tech- 

 nical hexameters, 305 

 Electricity, 54 



Electrical attractions and repulsions, es- 

 say on, £08 

 Ember goose, see imber 

 Emery, a substitute for, 74 

 Evaporating house for salt works, 151 

 Euler on the propagation of sound, 117 

 — His theory of the vibration of light, 

 210 



Farcy, Mr. J. on the supposed univer- 

 sal distribution of fossil coal, and on 

 trie nature and situations of the ex- 

 traneous fossil belemnite, called Thun- 

 der pick, 68— On the conversion of 

 French weights and measures into 

 English, 337 

 Faujas, de St. Ford, on the mountain 



of Chalanches, 125 

 Filtrating well for rain water, 353 

 Fish, non-descript, 319 

 Flax, cultivated as an ornamental planj, 



264 

 Fleming, Rev. J. on the narwhal or sea 



unicorn, 78 

 Fleury, M. on the effects of fumiga- 

 tions with oxigenized muriatic acid, 

 346 

 Flinders, Capt. 177 

 Floor-cloths, improved manufacture of, 



373 

 Fluent, utility of a series in finding, 213 

 Fossils, on the existence of animal mat- 

 ter in, 218 

 Fossil coal, supposed universal distribu- 

 tion of, 68 



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