INDEX. 207 



Venom of the common toad, account of, v. 127 



Venus, table of the lunar distances of the planet, ix: 168, 383. 

 Remarks on the statue of, 301 



Veratrine, a new vegetable alkali, account of, x. 171 



Verdigris, analysis of, xi. 389. xiv. 228 



— - observations on, xvii. 384 



Vermont, notice of scintillating limestone in, yiii. 356 



Verona, analysis of the green earth of, xii. 276 



Vertical fire, observations on M. Carnot's theory of defence by, 

 viii. 290 



Vesta, places of, for 1822, xiii. 208 



Vestium, a new metal, observations on, vii. 291 



Vesuvius (Mount), appearances of, after the eruption of 1812, ii. 

 25. Singular phenomena, preceding its eruption in December, 

 1813, 26. Account of that of December 25, 26, and 28. Ana- 

 lysis of volcanic products, 33 



eruption of, in 1817, described, v. 199 



— sea-salt found in, x. 462 



notice of an eruption of, xiv. 236. Electric experi- 

 ments in June and July 1819, 333 



eruption of, in October 1822, xv. 175, 183* Notice 



of mesotype from, 389 

 examination of recent lava from, xvi. 181. Charcoal 



discovered in its cinders, 180. Electric phenomena of, 181. 

 Account of its eruption in October 1822, 182. Chloride of 

 potassium throAvn out of, 395 



• notice of new minerals found in, xvii. ISO 



volcanic saline matter of, xviii. 407 



Vetch (Capt.), account of the remains of a mammoth by, xi. 20 



Vibrations of heavy bodies, researches on, xv. 90 



Vibrio Triticiy microscopical observations on the suspension of the 



muscular motions of, xvi. 326 

 Vicat(M.), analysis of his Recherches Experimentales, on lime 



and mortar, x. 407 

 — on the peculiar effects of burning on lime, xvi. 386. 



xvii. 361 



