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INDEX. 



Bisulphuret of copper, volcanic, 226 

 Bitter principle from aloes, on the, 214 

 Bitter substance produced by the ac- 

 tion of nitric acid on indigo, silk, and 

 aloes, 210 

 Blair, Dr. Patrick, his history, 344 

 Bleeding, practice of, height to which 



it was carried in France, SSI 

 Blight in fruit-trees prevented by 



painting a garden wall, 169 

 Blowpipe, treatise on the use of the, 



by John Griffin, 380 

 Bond, Thomas, Esq., on the cultiva- 

 tion of strawberries, 168 

 Botanic garden at Chelsea, 337 

 Bouvart, M., humorous anecdote, 330 

 Branches of trees, their direction, 490 

 Bromine, M., A de la Rive on, 465 



, its elementary nature ascer- 



. tained, 466 



, prepared for sale by M. Ba- 



lard, its discoverer, 466 

 Browne's, Mr., articles in the Ed. Rev. 



relative to the hieroglyphics, 317 

 Bruckman, Mr., his employment of the 

 . plough in excavations, 197 

 Brunei^ Mr., his carbonic acid engine, 



65 

 Bull, Marcus, on fuel, 878 

 Burckhardt, I. L., travels in Nubia, 189 

 Burnett, Mr. Gilbert, 76 

 Burton, Mr., his discovery of a triple 



inscription in Egypt, 92 

 Butler Dr., William, his tobacco prac- 

 tice, 339 

 , anecdotes of, 342 



Caledonia, the proportions of this ship, 

 33 



Camaldoli, convent of, 45 

 vCamellias, on the cultivation of, 172 



.Cantharides, preservation of, 231 



Carbazotate of ammonia, 212 



of baryta, 213 



of copper, 213 



of lime, 213 



■ of magnesia, 213 



of potash, 212 



of silver, 2 13 



of soda, 212 



Cardoon, on the varieties of, by Mr. A. 

 Mathews, 162 



Carlini, professor, his pendulum expe- 

 riments on Mont Cenis, 153 



Case, Dr. John, 830 



Cattle, subject to intermittents and epi- 

 demics, 59 



Celery, on the transplanting of, 168 



, upon the culture of, by T. A. 

 Knight, Esq, 166 



C ementation of iron by cast iron, 207 



Champollion Figeac, M., 185 



Champollion, M., his interpretation of 

 hieroglyphics, 185, 315 



Chemical Manipulation^ by Michael 

 Faraday, F.R.S., 221, 275 



Chemistry, elements of, by Dr. Ed- 

 ward Turner, 60 



Cherry, Chinese, [Prunus Pseudocera- 

 sus], described by T. A. Knight, Esq., 

 178 



Chevalier, MM. Vincent, their apla- 

 natic object-glasses for diverging 

 rays, 248 ; their microscopes, 257 



Chinese language. Baron Von Hum- 

 boldt's letter on the genius of the, 92 



Chloride of lime applied in cases of 

 burns, 231 



Chlorine, on its existence in the na- 

 tive black oxide of manganese, by 

 John M'MuUen, Esq., 258 



Chromate, new double, by Mr. Stokes, 

 477 



Chronology, the Bible, compared with 

 that of the hieroglyphics, 185 

 of Manetho, the, 180 



Chrysanthemums, 426 



Circle of the seasons, and perpetual 



key to the calendar and almanack, 381 

 Cities of Great Britain compared with 



those of other European nations, 285 

 Cleopatra of Egypt, tablet containing 



her name, 313 

 Cline, Henry, epitaph for the eminent 



surgeon, 333 

 Clock, improved, made by F. Houriet, 



of Loch, 454 

 Cobalt, deuto-sulphuret of, 476 

 Cobbett's English Grammar, 96 

 Cochrane's, Captain C. S., Journal in 



Colombia, 356 

 Cocoa palm, the, 262 

 Coins, British, having the tapir and 



elephant on them, 358 — 361 

 Columbium, a metal discovered by 



Mr. Hatchett, 277 

 Combination of numerous bodies ef- 

 fected by the use of feeble electric 



currents, 462 

 Comet, Ephemeris of the periodical, 



for its return in 1828, 428 

 Commerce of the Romans with India, 



361 

 Complexions, sallow, in countries sub- 

 ject to malaria, 58 

 Cooper, Sir Astley, 337 

 Coptic alphabet, the, 177 

 Cordus, Euricus, account of, 880 

 Corn, its alteration in a subterraneous 



repository, 492 



