INDEX. 3 



Acids, of the triple prussiates, experiments on, xvi. 102, 103. On 

 the purpuric acid, 104. Cyanic, new mode of forming, 104» 

 105, 106. Tartaric, its influence in certain cases of analysis, 

 107-109. Comparative examination of the apids of butter, of 

 the phocenic and hircic acids, 112-113. Nitric, its action on 

 charcoal, 161. Hydriodic, test for platinum in solution, 166, 

 On the carbonic and muriatic acids of the atmosphere, 172 



succinic and benzoic, facts relative to the history of, xvii. 



141. Preparation of sulphurous acid gas, 163,164. Acid tar- 

 taro-sulphate of potash, 171. Gallic, its conversion into ulmin, 

 174. lodous, its analysis, 3S1. Sulphurous, its liquefaction, 

 391. Meconic acid, its action on the animal economy, 393 



— — — sulphuric of Nordhausen, researches on, xviii. 145-148. 

 Nitric, its action on charcoal, 180. The oxalate and formiate 

 of ammonia converted into hydrocyanic acid, 397 



Acoustical machine, new, described, ix. 175-177 



Acrid poisons, classification and treatment of, iii. 51 



Adam's Peak, a mountain in Ceylon, description of, v. 28-30. 

 Pilgrimages made thither, 26, 27, Its height determined, 151 



Adams (Robert), abstract of his narrative of his shipwreck in 

 Morocco, and residence in Timbuctoo, i. 275'277 



Adams (Sir W.) on the restoration of vision, injured or de- 

 stroyed by the cornea assuming a conical form, ii. 403-415 



Adamson (W. Esq.), observations of, on the common horizontal 

 water-wheel, iv. 46, 47. Explanation of the new patent 

 horizontal water-wheel, and the principle of its action, 47-57 



Adder, specific for the bite of, v. 141 



Adelung, notice of the philological labours of, x. 201 



Admiralty Chronometrical arrangements, remarks on, xiii. 211-218 



Aeriform fluids^ characters of, i. 96, 97 



Aerolites, accounts of, v. 292, 293. Conjecture on their origin, 294 



• notices of, vi. 368, 369 



• on the composition of, x. 189, 190, 462 



fall of, at Juvenas, account of, xii. 425, 42(5 



notices of, xiv. 448-450. 



of Epinal, analysis of, xv. 166, 316 



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