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INDEX. 



Missol, Dr. F. <le, on the use of salicine 

 in intermittent fevers, 566. 



Mitscherlich, M., on the distillation of 

 nitric acid, 402. 



Moll, Dr., on the first invention of teles- 

 copes, 319 continuation, 483. 



account of a powerful electro- 

 magnet constructed by, 379. 



- on the aurora borealis, 519. 



Moon's disc, apparent projection of stars 

 upon the, 163. 



occupation of antares by the,601 . 



Morin, M., on the action of chlorine 

 upon carburetted hydrogen, 169 

 action of chlorine on alcohol, 170 

 upon ether, 171. 



Miiller, on the structure of the eyes in 

 insects and Crustacea, 152 on the 

 eyes of the murex tritonis, 155. 



on a peculiar system of visceral 

 nerves in insects analogous to the 

 sympathetic, 586. 



Mure, Dr., on auimalcula in snow, 193. 



N. 



NAIS diaphana, anatomy of the, 593. 



Nebulous striae seen in the dark, 108. 



Necker, M. L. A., on the relation be- 

 tween the general direction of the 

 stratification of the earth and the 

 lines of equal magnetic intensity in 

 the northern hemisphere, 372. 



Nervous system, action of oil of tur- 

 pentine upon the, 565. 



New remedy in pulmonary complaints, 

 565. 



Nile, remarks upon the rising of the, 460. 



Nitrate and muriate of ammonia, action 

 of, upon glass, 385. 



Nitre, mode of purifying, 121 French 

 process described, 123. 



Nitric acid, distillation of, 402. 



Nitrogen, mode of preparing, 384. 



O. 



OCCULTATION of antares by the moon, 



601. 

 (Enometer or alchometer, account of 



the, by M. Tabarie, 629. 

 Oersted's, Professor, experiments on the 



compression of fluids, 375. 

 Opium, singular effect of, 426. 

 Optical deceptions, Mr. Faraday on a 



peculiar class of, 205. 

 Optic nerve, place of insertion of the, 



not entirely insensible to light, 109. 

 Ornithology, 427. 

 Otto, Dr., on the blood-vessels of the 



head of hybernating animals, 585. 

 Oxalamede, account of, by Mr. Fara- 

 day, 552. 



Oxygen, absorption of, by silver at high 

 temperatures, 627. 



P. 



PALAPRAT'S, Dr., experiments on the ap- 

 plication of galvanism, 566. 



Paper, recent improvements in making, 

 552. 



Para-tartaric acid, account of, 395. 



Parents, influence of the age of, upon 

 the sexes of children, 199. 



Paris' s, Dr., Life of Sir Humphry Davy, 

 347, 571. 



Parrot's, account of, expedition to Ara- 

 rat, 419. 



Pearsall, Mr. T., on the effects of elec- 

 tricity upon minerals that are phos- 

 phorescent by heat, 77 table of re- 

 sults, 80. 



further experiments on 



the communication of phosphores- 

 cence and colour to bodies by elec- 

 tricity, 267 on the influence of struc- 

 ture upon phosphorescent bodies, 274 

 on the coloration of fluor spars by 

 the action of electricity, 277. 



Pendulum experiments, 338. 



observations, 602. 



Perchloric acid, experiment upon, by M. 

 Serullas, 563. 



and its fossil formation, 



616. 

 Perevoschtchikoff) M., on the formation 



of hail, 415. 



Perrault's, M. J., new remedy for pul- 

 monary complaints, 565. 

 Perseus, remarks upon the fable of, 63. 

 Persez and Nonah, MM., on chlorine 



as an antidote to prussic acid, 188. 

 Peschier's mode of preparing salicine, 



397. 

 Petri, M., on the means of improving 



wool, 192. 



Phillips, Mr., on submuriates of iron, 387. 

 Philosophical Transactions for the Year 



1830, Part II., extracts from the,j337. 

 Phosphorescence given to bodies by 



electricity, 268. 

 Phosphorus, pulverization of, 385. 



inflammation of, by char- 



coal, 385. 



Phosphuret of lime, mode of preparing, 

 173. 



Piony, M., on restoration from drown- 

 ing, 190. 



Piperin, mode of preparing, 395. 



Plants, nature of, explained, 479. 



Platina, action of mercury upon, 10. 



Potatoes, precautions in planting, 199. 



preservation of, when frozen 



200. 



