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and the safety-lamp, v. pref. i.-vi. His safety-lamp applied 

 as an argand lamp, v. 124 

 Davy (Sir H.), report of, on the state of the manuscripts of 

 Papyrus, found at Herculaneum, vii. 154-161 



discourse of, to the Royal Society, x. 380 



• observations of, on the magnetic phenomena produced by 



electricity, xii. 126. His discourse on awarding Sir Godfrey 

 Copley's prize-medals, to J. F. W. Herschel, Esq. and Capt. 

 E. Sabine, 300. His chloridic theory reluctantly acknow- 

 ledged by foreign chemists, 306. Notice of his observations 

 and experiments on the Papyri of Herculaneum, 367; and of 

 his further researches on the magnetic phenomena produced 

 by electricity, with some new experiments on the properties 

 of electrified bodies, in their relation to conducting power and 

 temperature, 377 



on some principles of combination, xiii. 143 



observations of, on the electrical phenomena exhibited in 



vacuo, xiv. 165. On the state of water and aeriform matter 

 in cavities found in certain crystals, 385 



address of, on delivering the Copley medal, to Mr. Pond, 



xvi. 298 



on a new phenomenon of electro-magnetism, xvii. 122. On 



the application of liquids formed by the condensation of gases as 

 mechanical agents, 125. On the mode of preventing the cor- 

 rosion of copper sheathing by sea-water in ships, 253, 279 



analysis of his discourse at the anniversary meeting of the 



Royal Society, on awarding the Copley medal to Dr. Brinkley, 

 xviii. 327 



researches of, on the preservation of metals by electro-che- 

 mical means, xix. 271. xx. 343. Address of, to the Royal 

 Society, 304 



Davy (Dr. John), on the temperature of the air, &c., between the 

 tropics, ii. 208. On the heat evolved during the coagulation 

 of the blood, 246 



description of Adam's Peak in Ceylon, v. 25. Analysis of 



Indian snake-stones, 124. Sketches of the natural history of 

 Ceylon, 233 



