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5n the Voltaic pile, 171, 172. On the electro-motive action of 

 water on metals, 380. On the electrical actions produced by 

 the contact of flames and metals, 381. And on the electrical 

 phenomena accompanying combustion, 382. On the intensity 

 of the electro-dynamic force, xix. 147 

 Bee, or universal weekly pamphlet, bibliographical notice of, xiii. 



297 

 Beet-root, expense of making sugar from, v. 357, 358 

 Bell (Charles Esq.), on a new arrangement of the nerves, xii. 

 ^7Q, 377 



observations of, on the nerves of respiration, breathing, 



speaking and expression, xiv. 381, 382 

 Belladonna, a preservative against scarlet fevers, xii. 428 

 Belloue (M. Fleuriande), observations of, on meteorolites, xii. 192 

 Belzoni, (M.), discoveries of, among the pyramids, vi. 176, 177 



notice respecting the operations and discoveries of, in 



Nubia, vii. 344-346 

 Bengal (Bay of), formation of an island in, ix. 197 



black varnish of, how prepared at, x. 315, 316 



Ben-LiOmond, meteoric appearance of, xx. 182, 183 



Benzoate of mercury, experiments on, vi. 159, and on the ben- 



zoates of iron and of zinc, 160 

 Benzoic acid, how procurable, vi. 152. Found in the Tonquin 

 bean and in melilot, x. 173 ; and in the ripe fruit of the clove- 

 tree, xvi. 378 

 Berard (M.), observations of, on the ripening of fruit, xi. 395-397 

 Berkeley (Bishop), notice of his theory of distance, iii. 1-2 

 Berkshire county, U. S., notice of the flexible marble of, xx. 185 

 Bernard (convent of St.), notice of subscriptions to, xii. 432 

 Berthier (M.), on the analysis of alkaline minerals, xii. 169-171. 

 On the alloys of chromium, iron, and steel, 173, 174 



— table of his results, 328. Analysis of the mineral and 



thermal waters of St. Nectaire, xiii. 396. And of those of 

 Mount Dore, 417 

 '■ researches of, on the uses of sulphate of lead in the 



arts, xiv. 230, 231 



