INDEX. 



Biilingsley, J. Esq. his mode of hus- 

 bandry, 354 



Blavicr, M. his account of some ferru- 

 ginous rocks, serving as*iubstitute$ for 

 emery, 74 



Bode, Mr. letter to, on comets, ice. 

 ■ ' 206 . 



Bonvoisin, his two varieties of diopside, 

 14 



Botanical gardens at St. Vincent's* 380 



Boumon, D>, on the mineralogy of 

 Dauphiny, 125 



Brande, Mr. W. on the differences in 

 the structure of calculi which arise 

 from their being formed 'in different 

 parts of the urinarv passages ; and on 

 the effects that are produced upon 

 them by the internal use of solvent 

 medicines, in a .letter to E. Home, 

 Esq. 35— Observations thereon, 51 



Broad, Mr. J. his gauge or measure for 



standing timber, $24 

 Brodie, Mr. his anatomical description 

 of the wombat, 179 



Brown, Mr. R. 177— On the, germina- 

 tion of the zamia of New Holland, 

 359 

 Buffon's hypothesis of the inequalities 



of the earth's surface, 249 

 Eurrow, Rev. E J. account of his go- 



c. 



Buxton, Dr. 79 



iCfeah r Mr. C I.»\ his 'improvement in 



train pLr<-> for »-*r>ii.ges on mil-roads, 



339 

 Cadet, M. communication from, orvthe 



analysis of ihr EhriUH medicine called 



James's powder, 316 

 CUculi.m .the human body, structure 



of, 35, 51 

 Camphor purified by means of potash, 



176 

 Cancer, effects of oxide of iron in cases 

 ♦ of, 79 

 Canvass, improved method of painting, 



373 



Carmichael, Dr. on the effect of oxide 

 of iron on cancer, and the uses of 

 oxide of iron in the blood, 79 

 Cassini, M. on the effects of gravity on 



the pendulum, 136 

 Cavanillcs' description of the Dahlia, 



225 

 Cayley, Sir G. his plan for an improved 



theatre, 241 

 Chalanches, silver mine and mountain 



of, described, 124 

 Cheltenham water, artificial, 139 

 Chenevix's paper on James's powder, 



316 

 Cholmeley, M. 159 

 Clarges, Sir T. on life boats, 20 

 Clennell, Mr. J. 158 

 Cline, Mr. 159 



Coal- formation near Durham, 76 

 Coal, fossil, its distribution in the bowel* 



of the earth, 68 

 Coal gas, experiments on, 92, 145 

 Coffee, a British vegetable substitute 



for, 70 

 Comet, observations on that of last au 



tumn, 3 

 Comets, are solid bodies, 10— and lu- 

 minous, 12— ,vee also 206— Tails of, 

 more dense than has hitherto been 

 supposed, 8— Not vapours, 13, 212 

 —Their extent, 13 

 Cook, Mr. B. his observations on the 

 universal distribution of fossil coal, 

 answered, 68— His second letter on 

 gas lights, 145— On the substitution 

 of iron for mahogany and other ex- 

 pensive kinds of wood in articles of 

 furniture, 287 

 Cooper, Mr. A. 159 

 Contagion, fumigations for stopping, 



344 

 Coral, its formation, 157 

 Coral, colouring matter of, 219 

 C. O. T. his query on accidents fre- 

 quently happening to dies with which 

 medals are struck, 383 

 ' Coulomb, M. 308 

 Couplet, M. his experiments with the 

 pendulum, 136 



Cranberry, 



