30 INDEX. 



Braconnot (M.), on an acid universally diffused through vege- 

 tables, xix. 350-352. On the presence of oxalic acid in the 

 mineral kingdom, in certain plants, and its advantageous pre- 

 paration, 353-355 



Brain, microscopical observations on, xii. 12S 



extraordinary affection of, cured by cold, &c., xv. 8-1 i 



(human), internal structure of, compared with that of 



fishes, insects, and worms, xviii. 136-138 



— microscopical observation on the materials of, xix. 270 



Bramah's patent lock, account of, iv. 134, 135 



(T. Esq.), evidence of, in the cause of Severn & Co. 



against the Imperial Insurance Company, x. 337 



Brande (Everard, Esq.), on the bad effects of the incautious use 

 of magnesia, i. 297-299 



— on a singular case of cough cured by extensive bleed- 

 ing, vii. 43-48 



Brands (WilliamThomas, Esq.) , account by, of some wine, supposed 

 to be older than the period of the fire of London, i. 135. Ac- 

 count of the Greek wine called Lissa or Dalmatian wine, 136. 

 On the application of coal-gas to the purposes of illumination, 

 71-80. Account of Mr. Clegg's improvements of the apparatus 

 employed in gas-illumination, 278-283. Plan of his extended 

 and practical course of lectures and demonstrations on che- 

 mistry, 307-309. ii. 213-215; 466-468 



— . experiments of, on the waters of Cheltenham, iii. 54- 



71. On a new species of galls from China, 130. Sketch 

 of his introductory lecture to a course of mineralogical and 

 analytical chemistry, delivered in the Royal Institution, 358-368 



report of his lectures on mineralogical chemistry, iv. 



66'76. Plan of his course of Chemical Lectures, 148-150. 

 Table of the average quantity of spirit in different kinds of 

 wine, 289-291 

 account of his lectures on mineralogical chemistry, v. 64. 



Account of platinum and its compounds, 64-66. And of mer- 

 cury, 67, 68. Of copper and its compounds, 69. Of lead, 69- 

 72. Tests for discovering lead in water, 73. And in wines, 



