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Brandy from corn, cause of its disagreeable flavour, iii. 417. 

 Brard (M.), on the action of frost upon building materials, xvii. 



14S, 149 

 Brazil woods (inferior), process for improving the dye of, xii. 332 

 Breant (M.), experiments of, on the preparation of damasked 



steel, xviii. 386, 387 

 Breithaupt (M.), analysis of eslanite by, xviii. 408 

 Bremer (Dr.), observation of, on the' blue colour of cow's milk, 



iii. 191, 192 

 Brewing, application of artificial sugar to, vii. 180 

 Brewster (Dr.), on the optical properties of the fluate of lime 

 and of muriate of soda, i. 118. On a chromatic thermometer, 

 119. On the sleeping woman of Dunninald, 121. On the 

 probable existence of a new species of rays in the solar spectrum, 

 122. On a new optical and mineralogical property of calca- 

 reous spar, 293. On the communication of double refraction 

 to glass &c., by mechanical compression and dilatation, ibid, 

 294. On some new discoveries on light, 297 



on the descent of the fluid which lubricates the 



cornea, ii. 127-131. Experiments of, on light, 207. On the 

 decomposition of light by simple reflection, 211. On the effects 

 of mechanical pressure, in communicating double refraction to 

 regularly-crystallized bodies, 460. Experiments of, on the ac- 

 tion of regularly-crystallized bodies upon light, 461 



■ experiments of, on the human eye, iii. 134 



observations of, on the difference between the optical 



properties of arragonite and calcareous spar, iv. 112-114. On 



the optical structure of ice, 155 



— • instrument of, for distinguishing minerals, v. 139. 



Observations of, on a singular affection of the eye, in a healthy 

 state, 173. History of his kaleidoscope, with remarks on its 

 supposed resemblance to other combinations of plain mirrors, 

 324-336 



observations of, on the physical and optical properties 



of Tabasher, vii. 363-365, notes. 



notice of a new fluid discovered by, in the cavities of 



minerals, xv. 374, 375 



