426 INDEX. 



Moving rocks of Salisbury, 162, 163 



Mummies, Egyptian, essay on, with observations on the art of 

 embalming among the ancient Egyptians, 337-343 



Muriate of potash and muriate of soda, in a mixture of, to deter- 

 mine the proportion of each, 394, 395 



Naval architecture, on the formation of a society for the culti- 

 vation of, 386, 387 



Nerves, additional proof that they are the source of animal 

 heat, 306, 335, 337; supposed electric current in, 404 



Nobili, (M.) on a new galvanometer, 170-172 



Olbers, (Dr.) continuation of the catalogue of comets, 308-311 

 Organic substances, effects of the simultaneous application of 



gaseous oxygen and alkalis on, 388, 391 

 Oxide of iron, on the separation of titanic acid from, 176, 177 

 Oxygen gas and alkalis, effects of the simultaneous application 



of on organic substances, 388-391 



Pearls, artificial, Chinese mode of forming, 411, 412. 

 Phenomena, remarkable, observed in the island of Melida, pro- 

 vince of Ragusa, 417, 418 

 Philosophical Transactions for 1825, part ii, analysis of 329-356 

 Phosphate of lime, found with iron-stone in coal beds, 412, 413 



. , process for the detection of, 175, 176 



Phytolacca dodecandra, S ; the mustard-tree of the Scriptures, 



remarks on, 57-59 

 " Pinhocn oil," remarks on, 59 

 Planarice, observations on, 334, 335 

 Poisons, action of, on the vegetable kingdom, 191-196 

 Poisoning by the honey of the Lecheguana wasp, relation of a case 



of, 404-408 

 Polar seas. See Fogs. 



Pond, (J. esq.) letter of, to Mr. South respecting the star f Bootis, 41 9 

 Preparations anatomical, notice on the preservation of, 200 

 Prevost and Colladon, (MM.) experiments by, on magnetic rota- 

 tion, 385, 386 

 Prout, (Dr.) analysis of a calculus, by, 49, 50 

 Prize questions, 168, 169, 201, 418, 419 



Reflecting telescopes, inferiority of, when compared with refrac- 

 tors, 28S-293 

 Repulsion, exerted by heated bodies at sensible distances, 164-167 

 Rio de la Plata, extraordinary rise of the, 1S3, 184, 414-417 

 Rise, extraordinary, of the Rio de la Plata, 183, 184, 414-417 

 Rocks, moveable, of Salisbury, 162, 163 



Rose, (M. G.) notice by, on the composition of aerolites, 185; 

 on the combinations of antimony with chlorine and sulphur, 

 396-398 



