24 INDEX. 



blow-pipe in chemical analysis, and in the examination of mine- 

 rals, 319-333 



Berzelius's (J. Jacob), experiments and observations on the chemi- 

 cal composition of the white efflorescing pyrites, xiv. 208. On 

 the composition of the alkaline sulphurets, 209-216, 410, 420 



letter from, xvii. 273,274 



remarks of, on fluoric acid, xviii. 156. And on the 

 best mode of procuring silicium and zirconium, ibid. 157. On 

 the preparation of lithia, S'dG 



Bessel's theory of refractions, remarks thereon, xv. 356, 357 



Beudant CF. S.), review of his Essai cVun Cours elementaire et 

 general des Sciences Physiques, i. 87. His work ably executed, 

 ibid. Laws and properties of space and matter, 88-92. Laws 

 and properties of liquids, 93-96. Characters of aeriform fluids, 

 96,97. Properties of caloric, 98. Of light, 98-101. Elec- 

 trical energy, how produced, 101, 102. 



■■ — on the possibility of rearing the river Mollusca in salt 



water, and vice versa, ii. 159-160 



— " • inquiry into the connexion between crystalline form 



and chemical composition, and the causes which influence the 

 changes of the former in the same mineral, vi. 117-122. Re- 

 marks thereon, 123-131. 

 Bevan (Mr.), experiments by, on the adhesion of nails in different 



kinds of wood, xvii. 360 

 Bewley (Mr.), contrivance of, for warming manufactories, xix. 



137, 138 

 Bhote, productions of, vii. 65. Description of the Bhdtiya vil- 

 lages, 66; and inhabitants, 67. Temperature of the Aveather 

 there, 67, 68 

 Bibliotheca Italiana, analysis of, ii. 177-179 



• Literaria Bibliographica, notice of, xiii. 290 



BibliothequeAnglaise,(Cho'isee)h\h\iogr3.iph[cal noticesof, xiii. 52-57 

 Bibliothiique dcs Sciences et des Arts, analysis of, ii. 415-426 

 BiCHAT (M.), outline of his system of physiology, i. 1-I-5, 146. 



Examination thereof, 147-151 

 • examination of hi? theory of muscular motion, ii. 225, 226 



