INDEX. 



649 



Eye globules in the humours of the, 

 185. 



F. 



FABULOUS history of Greece, elucidation 

 of some portions of the, by Mr. 

 Sankey, 57. 



Faraday, Mr., on the limits of vaporisa- 

 tion, 70. 



on a peculiar class of optical 



deceptions, 205, 333, 334. 



on wheel animalculae, 220. 



on Clement's paradoxical expe- 

 riment, 369. 



his introduction to Sir H. Davy. 

 575. 



his condensation of the gases, 

 579, 580. 



Feathers, mode of restoring the elas- 

 ticity of, when damaged, 427. 



Fern owl (Caprimu/gus Europafus}^' de- 

 scription of the cleaning instrument 

 of the, 21. 



Fischer, Rev. J., on the cure of animal 

 poisons by the application of common 

 salt, 189. 



Flea, remarks upon the care of the, to 

 secure warmth, 518. 



Flies, remarks upon the construction of 

 their feet, 24. 



Fluids, experiments on the compression 

 of, 375. 



on the equilibrium of, 595. 



Fluor spar, electric experiments upon, 



by T. Pearsall, 81. 

 effects of repeated electric 



discharges upon, 270, 271. 

 Flourens, M., experiments on the action 



of oil of turpentine upon the nervous 



system, 565. 



Force of terrestrial magnetism, 374. 

 Fox, Mr., on the electro-magnetic pro- 

 perties of the metalliferous veins of 



Cornwall, 345. 

 on the discharge of a jet of 



water under water, 368, 599. 

 Fredonia, village of, lighted by natural 



gas, 203. 

 French method of purifying nitre, 123, 



124. 

 Fruit-trees, mode of preserving, from the 



bites of hares, 200. 

 Fruit, progress of maturation in, 559 



mode in which the saccharine matter 



is produced, 560. 

 Fuch's, M., mode of extracting potash 



from feldspar, 184. 



G. 



GALVANIC currents during the decompo- 

 sition of water, 166. 



Galvanic pile, action of the, upon liv- 

 ing animal substances, 186. 



apparatus improved, for me- 

 dical purposes, 564. 



Galvanism, on the application of, 566. 



Galvanometer, description and use of 

 the, in electro-magnetic researches, 

 29. 



experiments with, 32. 



Gamboa, F. X. de, on the mining ordi- 

 nances of Spain, 142. 



Gas, village lighted by natural, 203. 



Gases, emission of light during the com- 

 pression of, 381. 



Gay Lussac, M., on the absorption of 

 oxygen by silver at high temperatures, 



Geoffrey de St. Hilaire, M., on the fos- 

 sil remains of the Teleo Saurus, 569. 



Gergonne, M., on the apparent pro- 

 jection of stars upon the moon's disc, 

 163. 



Gipsies, hardihood of, 505. 



Glass, elasticity of the threads of, 29, 

 556. 



mode of preparing, 31. 



method of perforating, 633. 



Glow-worm, cleanliness of the grub of 

 the, 15 description of its cleaning 

 instrument, 17 proved to be car- 

 nivorous, 20 remarks upon the light, 

 21. 



Gold, action of mercury upon, 4. 



on the crystallization of, by Pro- 

 fessor Henslow, 176. 



on the composition of fulminating, 



394. 



on chloride of, and potassium, by 



Berzelius, 409. 



and platina district of Russia, 



418. 



and silver, produce of, in the Rus- 

 sian empire, 434. 

 Gothic architecture most appropriate 



for churches, 224. 

 Greece, fabulous history of, 57. 

 Grew's experiment on the formation of 



wood, 477. 

 Growth of vegetables (Amici), on the, 



422. 

 Gruithnisens, Dr., anatomy of the Nais 



diaphana, 593. 

 Guijot and Admyrauld, MM., on the 



seat of the sense of taste, 425. 

 Gunpowders and detonating matches, 



Dr. Ure on the manufacture of, 121. 

 table of different compo- 



sitions, 136. 



H. 



HAIL; remarks upon the theory of the 

 formation of, 415. 



