174 INDEX. 



Rotation (magnetic), notice of experiments on, 385 



Roussillon, wines of, xviii. 128 



Royal Institution of Great Britain, notice of the descriptive cata- 

 logue of British specimens deposited in its geological collection, 

 i. 138. Plan of Mr. Brande's extended and practical coarse of 

 lectures, and demonstrations on chemistry there, 307 



— — notice of lectures at, ii. 465 



' account of the rise and progress of, iii. "pref. i. 



Objections against it answered, iii. Sketch of the benefit con- 

 ferred on science by it, ib. Chemical science, iv. Mechanical 

 science, v. Services of Count Rumford, vi. Brilliant disco- 

 veries of Sir H. Davy, vi. xiii. Notice of the lectures on mine- 

 ralogy, chemistry, mechanics, botany, and the fine arts deli- 

 vered at, xiii. xvi. ; and of its library, xiii. Future objects and 

 prospects of, xviii. xxiii. List of its members, iii. 224 ; and of 

 the donation to the library, 233 ; and to its mineralogical collec- 

 tion, 235. Sketch of an introductory lecture to a course of 

 mineralogical and analytical chemistry, delivered at, 358 



. proceedings of, iv. 131. Improvements in its 



collection of machines and models, 132. Scientific meetings 

 held at, 133. Experiments on freezing water, ih. Account of 

 Mr. Bramah's patent lock, 135. Experiments of M. Biot, on 

 the polarization of light, ih. Notice of machines, &c., pre- 

 sented to, 135 ; and of the courses of lectures delivered, 136. 

 Analysis of Professor Millington's lectures on practical me- 

 chanics, 136. Plan of Professor Brande's courses of chemical 

 lectures, 143 ; and of the lectures for the next season, 385 

 — • present state of, v. pref. xx. List of new mem- 



bers, xxi. ; and of books presented to its library, xxii. 

 notice of lectures at, vi. 385. See Brande and 



Millington^ vii. 355. Report of the visiters, ih. 356. List of 

 books presented to, 356 ; and of members newly elected, 361 

 proceedings of, in 1824. xvii. 281. Syllabus 



of the various courses delivered there, 282. List of its officers, 

 282. Terms of admission, 291. Report of the visiters, 292 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, proceedings of, i. 1 17, 2^2. ii. 206, 

 459. iii. 132, 374 



