INDBX. 63 



Davy (Dr. John), remarks of, on the huffy coat of the blood, xiv. 

 878 ; and on corrosive sublimate, 384 



on air, found in the pleura, in a case of pneumat-tho r ax, 



xvii. 130, 263 



Day, invariable duration of, demonstrated, viii. 113 

 Dayak, or aboriginal inhabitants of Borneo, notice of, ii. 340 

 Dead escapement, theory of, and on the reducing it to practice, 

 for clocks with seconds and longer pendulums, xvi. 1-24 



sea, analysis of the water of, viii. 164 



Dean Forest, outline of the stratifications of, ix. 37-48 

 Dkbret (M.), experiments of, on the comparative advanfc^e of 



coke and wood as fuel, xvii. 36 1 

 Decolouring power of different substances, experiments on, xix. 



165. 

 Decomposition (slow) of glass, observations on, xx. 259 

 Degrees, table of equivalents for converting them into time, 



xiii. 395 

 Delambrb (M. Le Chev.), on the life and writings of M. De Bou- 

 gainville, i. 215 



■ astronomical tables of, compared with those of Car- 



lini and Coimbra, xviii. 340 

 Db La Rive (M.), observations of, on the voltaic pile and current, 



xix. 337 

 Deleuze (M.) on the life and writings of Hedwig, i. 103-113 

 Delphine, a new vegetable alkali, viii. 155, 157. ix. 189 

 Db Luc (M.) observations of, on the primitive matter of lavas, 



ii. 158 

 Delvine, account of an arenaceo-calcareous matter found near, 



xvi. 79-84 

 Dendera, remarks on the zodiac of, xiv. 402-410 

 Denmark, notice of the geometrical measurements in, ix. 390 

 Density of the earth, remarks on, ix. 32. xii. 370 

 ■ of water, maximum, xv. 372. xix. 149. 



Depression of mercury in glass tubes, observations on, xi. 83 

 Depth, variable, of the ocean, hypothesis to account for, vl. 230, 



242 



