INDEX. 



A. 



ACETIC ether, see Ether 

 Acid, acetic, and acetates, 225, 340 

 — — boracic, decomposition of, 336 

 saccholactic, converted into suc- 

 cinic, 142 

 ■■ ' ■■ tartarous, experiments on, 44 

 Adet, M. 226 



Air-bladder of the tub-fish, 319 

 Albers, M. on the eye of the codfish, 



318 

 Albumen, remarks on its analysis, 13 

 Allen, Mr. on the combustion of char- 

 coal, &c. 161 

 A. M. on some curious properties of 



the toad, 68 

 Amnios, liquor of, analytical experi- 

 ments on, 21 

 Analysis of ancient bones, 39 — Of the 

 pyrotartarous acid, 44 — Of antique 

 bronzes, 88 — Of the galvanic pile, 

 113, 241— Of British and foreign 

 salt, 190, 273— Of thebotryolite, or 

 grape-stone, 273— Of a substance 

 found in balsam of Mecca, 383 

 Animal fluids, see Fluids 

 Animal secretions, 136 

 Astronomical instruments, method of 

 examining, 47, 361 



B. 



Bakerian Lecture for 1809, 321 



Bald, Mr. R. on the mineralogy of the 



Highlands, 239 

 Balsam of Mecca, 383 

 Banks, Sir J. 1^7 

 Barclay, Dr. J. on some rare animals 



of Shetland, 318 

 Bayen, M. on the muriate of tin, 153 

 Beams of ships, method of securing, 



187 

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Ben Nevis, mineralogy of, 78 

 Berard, M. on the muriate of tin, 152 

 — On the proportions of the elements 

 of some combinations, particularly of 

 the alkaline carbonates and subcar- 

 bonates, 206 

 Berthollet, M. on the principle of heat, 

 31— On the absorption of inflamma- 

 ble gasseg, 167— On the action of 

 potassium on ammonia, 323 

 B-rzelius, Dr. on animal secretions, 



137 

 Beurard, M. his Dictionary of Mining, 



in German and French, 158 

 Biddulph, Sir T. his improved man- 

 trap, 55 

 Bile, analytical experiments on, 20 

 Biot, M. on the combustion of char- 

 ^coal, l63 



Bird, Mr. his method of dividing as- 

 tronomical instruments, 49, 361 

 Blagden, Sir Charles, 343 

 Blind, establishment for the education 



of, 319 ' 

 Bones, analysis of, 39 

 Bonner, Mr. his establishment for the 



education of the blind, 319 

 Boracic acid, see Acid 

 Borkowski, Count, on fettstein, 384 

 Bostock, Dr. on meteorological nomen- 

 clature, 1, 212, 310 

 Botryolite, or grape-stone, its contents, 



273 

 Brande, Mr. W. on albumen, and some 

 other animal fluids; with remarks on 

 their analysis by electro-chemical de- 

 composition, 13, 137 

 Brewerton, Mr. on the precipitation of 

 a solution of sulphate of lime by sul- 

 phuric acid, 237 

 British marbles, from Devonshire, 27 

 C c Bronzes, 



