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INDEX 



Jumotri, notice of the hot-springs at, xvi. 183 

 Juno (the planet), elements of, viii. 89 

 — places of, for 1822, xiii. 208 



JcTST (Dr.), results of the experiments of, on fulminating silver and 

 mercury, xvii. 153 



K^MPFER*s History of Japan, authenticity of, proved, ii. 196. Ob- 

 servations on the coniferous plants collected by him, 309 



Kaleidoscope, history of Dr. Brewster's invention of, v. 324. 

 Observations on its supposed resemblance to other combinations 

 of plain mirrors, 320 



Karsten (M.) on combinations of copper with iron, pig-iron, &c. 

 xix. 154- 



*— observations by, on the solution of steel and iron in acids, 



&c., XX. 395 



Kater (Capt.), notice of his experiments for determining the 

 length of the pendulum vibrating seconds, in the latitude of 

 London, v. 168. On the length of the French metre esti- 

 mated in parts of the English standard, 169. Directions by, 

 for using the instruments executed under his superintendence 

 for the Northern Expedition, 202. On the use of his re- 

 peating circle and azimuth compass, 217. On the altitude in- 

 strument, 221 ; and hydrometer, 223 



• letter from, on the instruments provided for the Arctic 



Expedition, vi. 351 



• illiberal remarks on his experiments for determining the 



length of the seconds' pendulum in London, viii. 259 



observations of, on the construction of a balance, xii. 40. 



On the comparison of various British standards of linear mea- 

 sure, 130. On the best kind of steel and form for a compass- 

 needle, 132. Notice respecting a volcanic appearance in the 

 moon, 133 ; and of his account of the re-measurement of the 

 cube, cylinder, and sphere, used by the late Sir George Shuck- 

 burgh Evelyn in his inquiries concerning a standard of weights 

 and measures, 393 



