SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



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Acid, citric, tartaric, and oxalic, their action 

 on cotton and flax fibres, 1854, 65. 



, cyanic, new form of, 1855, 64. 



, fat, Dr. Playfair on a new, 1840, 



76. 



, gallic, J. Horsley on the conversion 



of tannin into, 1856, 52. 



, gallic and tannic, their action on iron 



and alumina mordants, 1854, 65. 



, gambodic, Prof. Johnston on the resin 



of, 1838, 60. 



, gambogic, and the gambogiates. Dr. 



Scofiern on their use in artistic painting, 

 1851, 51. 



, humic, 1840, 83. 



, hydrobromic and hydriodic. Dr. Glo- 



ver'sprocess for preparing, 1840, 75. 



■— — , hydrochloric and nitric, presence of 

 lead in, 1854, 72. 



, hydrocyanic, A. Grages on its compa- 

 rative action on albumen and caseine, 

 1859, 162. 



, hydrocyanic, 1835, 45. 



, hydrocyanic, for medical use, pro- 

 duction of, 1841, 54. 



, kakodylic. Prof. Bunsen on, 1842, 



35- 



, kakodylic, 1840, 77. 



, lampic, nature of, 1846, 40. 



, margaric, 1840, 76. 



, muriatic, 1835, 45. 



, nitric. Dr. Gr. Bird on the products 



obtained by the action of, on alcohol, 



1838, 55. 

 , nitric, its action on naphtha, 1844, 



33- . . , ,, 

 , nitric, its action on the chlorates, 



iodates, and bromates of potassa and soda, 



1840, 79. 



• , nitric, in rain-water, 1854, 70. 



, nitric, production of, 1846, 38. 



, nitric, method for the quantitative 



estimation of, 1858, 64. 

 , nitric, process for the estimation of, 



1850, 62. 

 , nitric and acetic, Dr. Gladstone on 



a method of analysis applicable to the 



quantitative estimation of, 1854, 68. 

 . , nitric, and alcohol, specific heats of, 



1837, 43- 

 — — , oxalic, action of, upon the dead tissues 



of the animal body, 1846, 41. 

 , permanganic, Prof. Schonbein on a 



peculiar formation of, 1847, 57. 

 , phosphoric, in rocks, indirect method 



of ascertaining the presence of, by Prof. 



Daubeny, 1855, 55. 

 , phosphoric, in some natural waters. 



Dr. Voelcker on the proportion of, 1850, 



63. 



, spiroilous and saliculous, identity of, 



1840, 78. 



■ , sulpho-methylic, 1835, 42, 



■ , sulphuric, tests for, when thrown on 



the person, 1840, 84. 

 , sulphuric, in the air and water 



of towns. Dr. E. A. Smith on, 1851, 



Acid, sulphuric, concentrated, J. S. Brazier 



on its action on cubebin in relation to the 



test for strychnine, 1859, 256. 

 , sulphuric, and water, Dr. T. Thomson 



on the combinations of, 1836, 56. 

 , sulphuric, and water, B. Stewart on 



certain laws observed in the mutual action 



of, 1855, 70. 

 , sulphurous, its production from the 



combustion of coal, 1854, 75. 



, ulmic, 1840, 83. 



, uric, products of the decomposition 



of, 1837, 38. 

 , uric, pre-existence of urea in, 1840, 



73- , . . 

 ■ , valerianic, supposed formation of, from 



indigo, 1844, 33. 

 , Dr. Will on an improved method of 



ascertaining the commercial value of, 



1843, 37. 



of the series C" H" O*, Prof. Sullivan 



on the presence of several, among the pro- 

 ducts of the distillation of peat, 1857, 58. 



, carbazotic, phvsiological properties 



of, 1854, 65. 



, fat. Prof. Eedtenbacher and Dr. Var- 



rentrapp on the constitution and pro- 

 ducts of the distillation of, 1840, 76. 



Acidaspis, fossil, Silurian, J. W. Salter on, 

 1852, 60 ; A. Jamesii, new species, 60. 



Acidulated waters, Eev. Dr. Buckland on 

 tlieir action on the clialk near Gravesend, 

 1839, 76. 



Aconite, E. E. Harvey on the mode of 

 death by, 1860, 133. 



Acoustic instrument. Dr. Yelloly on an im- 

 proved, 1838, 129. 



phenomenon, singular, 1857, 22. 



Acoustical figures of vibrating surfaces, 

 1831-32, 558. 



Acrodus nobilis (an extinct genus). Prof. 

 Owen on the teeth of, 1838, 138. 



Acteon viridis. Prof. Allman on the ana- 

 tomy of, 1844, 65. 



Actinia clirysanthellum, Mr. C. W. Peach 

 on, 1846, 86. 



equina, J. G. Dalyell on the propaga- 

 tion of, 1834, 599. 



Actiniad£E, Prof. Forbes on a remarkable 

 zoophyte of the family of, 1841, 72. 



Actiniai, T. P. Teale on the gemmiferous 

 bodies and vermiform filaments of, 1838, 



113- 



in aquaria, E. Warington on the 



multiplication of, 1858, 133. 



Actinism, estimation of, E. J. Fowler on a 



process for the, 1858, 47. 

 Actino-chemistry, contributions to, by E. 



Hunt, 1845, 29. 

 , contributions to, by Sir J. F. W. 



Herschel, 1844, 12. 

 Actinometer, Sir J. F. W. Herschel on the 



principle and construction of the, 1833, 

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