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22, 2S. Lord Bacon's, 24. Mr. Blair's, 25. Specimens of 

 some ciphers, by the Rev. Edward Hincks, 29 

 Circle, account of some new properties of, i. 19-24 

 Circulation, experiments on the action of arteries in, iii. 178i 



Nature and action of the organs of circulation explained, 308 

 Citric acid, on a new acid formed by the distillation of, xiv. 



422 

 Civet, experiments on, xix. 164 



CiviALE (Dr.), new method of, for destroying calculi, xviii. 189 

 Civilization promoted by gardening, x. 55 

 Clarification of wine, process for, xv. 385 



Clarke (Dr. E. D.), experiments of, with Newman's blow-pipe, 

 by inflaming a highly condensed mixture of the gaseous con- 

 stituents of water, ii. 104. Description of his apparatus, 106. 

 rapid fusion of platinum, 107; of palladium, 108; of various 

 earths, ibid.; of native compounds, 110, 113; of alkalies, 116. 

 Combustion of the diamond, 113. Experiments with some of 

 the metals, 114-118. Metals obtained from the earths of ba- 

 rytes and strontian, 119-122. Iron obtained from meteoric 

 stones, 123. Account of the repetition of his experiments, but 

 with different results, 461 

 • ■ observations on the conjectures of, relative to the inscrip- 



tion on the ancient column at Alexandria, x. 3. Copy of that 

 inscription as deciphered by him, 7 

 Classical manuscripts, notice of the discovery of, x. 473 

 Classification of animals, new system of, ii. 429 



of minerals, advantage of, illustrated, iv. 6G 



Clavus of rye and wheat. See Rye, Wheat 

 Claws of crabs, liow thrown oiF, xx. 1-11 

 Clayton (Rev. Dr.), first discoverer of coal-gas, i. 71 

 Cleaveland (Prof.), treatise of, on mineralogy and geology, ana- 

 lyzed, with remarks, xiv. 391-401 

 Clearing the compass, of the regular eifect of a ship's permanent 



attraction, ix. 372, 380 

 Clegg (Samuel, Esq.), account of his improvements of the appa- 

 ratus employed in gas illumination, i. 278-283. ii. 132-138 



