rNDEX. 



503 



Corpuscular forces, on the action of, 

 448 



Covelli, M. N., his examination of Ve- 

 suvius, 226 



'Crambe maritima, on itscultivation,497 



Currants, preservtfd upon tlie bushes, 

 169 



Curves, on the beauties contained in 

 the oval and ellipiic, by H. H. Kein- 

 agle, R.A., 1 



Cyanic acid, on the composition of, 303 



Dahlies, on, by Mr.William Smith, 170 



Dahlia, display of beautiful varieties of 

 the, 426 



Dalmahoy, epitaph for, 8S4 

 . Danaus, his migration from Egypt to 

 Greece, 185 



Davy, Sir Humphry, experiments by, 62 



Denham, Major, 55 



Desideratum in naval architecture, 

 stated, 32 



Desormes, M. Clement, on the action 

 of a current of air, and the pressure 

 of the atmosphere, 19S 

 .Deutoxide of barium, preparation of, 

 474 



Diamonds, formed into single leases for 

 microscopes, 15 



Diamond lenses, lettter of Mr. G. Da- 

 kin, 459 



Diet, attention to, essential to travel- 

 lers in tropical countries, 55 



Diffraction, theory of, 484 



Dominica, fever at, 59 



Douglas, Mr. David, 191, 888 



Douglasia, a new genus of plants, de- 

 scribed, 38S 



Dragon's blood, new substance con- 

 tained in, 216 



Drowning, recovery from, 281 



Duncan, Sir William, M.D., 844 



Dumas, M., on the properties of sul- 

 phur, 468 



Dutrochet, Dr., his experiments, 77 



Ear, physiology of the, 67 



Edwards, Dr. W.F., De 1' Influence des 

 Agens Physiques sur la Vie, 187 



Egg-plants, on the esculent, by Mr. A. 

 Mathews, 167 



Egyptian history, on the recent eluci- 

 dations of early, 176 



Ejectric currents, use of feeble, by M. 

 Becquerel, 462 



Electrical excitation, M. Walcker on, 

 201 



Electricity, 62 



Elephant, number of species unknown, 

 865 



elephants, carnivorous, S56 



EUephanls, remains discovered uear 

 Belturbet, remarks thereupon, 354 



still existing in North Ame- 



rica, 856 



Enchorial inscriptions, 810 



Encke, Professor, on the return of the 

 I periodical comet, 428 

 I Engiscope, improved Amician, 200 



Engle, M., his mode of preserving pa- 

 I per, 198 



English language, on the character of 

 the, 93 



Ethers, on the mutual action of these 

 and other substances, 221 



Etruscan vases j illustmiions given, 12 



Europe, climate of its various divi- 

 sions, 40 



Evelyn, Alexander, Esq., 190 



Exodus, disquisition relative to the 

 date of the, 186 



Faraday, Mr., his Chemical Manipu- 

 lation, 61 



, his experiments on the 



disinfecting soda liquid, 84 



Faro in Sicily, remarkable effects of 

 malaria, 51 



Fashion destructive of taste, 14 



Ferro-prussiate of potash, on its prepa- 

 ration, by M. Gautier, 207 



Fever attendant on the houses of the 

 opulent at Rome, 52 



Fever, causes of intermittent, 40 et seq. 



Fish, on the naturalisation of, by Dr. 

 Mac CuUoch, .320 



Chinese method of fattening, 284 



subjected to experiments by Dr. 



Edwards, 297 

 Fish-store or depot, recommended by 



Dr. Mac Culloch for f^ondon, 328 

 Flora Danica, coloured set of the, 192 

 Fluidity, ol sulphur and phosphorus, 



by Mr. Faraday, 469 

 Fluoric acid and fluates, experiments 



on, 205 

 Fog from across the sea, a vehicle of 



ague, 46 

 Fossil bones and remains, 858 

 France, large districts of, insalubrious, 



57 

 Frigates, large French, with curvilinear 



sterns 36 

 Friction diminished by the use of soap- 

 stone, 455 

 Fruits, the specification of those of the 



best quality^ displayed before the 



Horticultural Society, 192 

 Fruit-trees, on planting the alluvial 



banks of rivers with, 1 70 

 on walls, protecting frame 



for, 167 



