INDEX. 



607 



Dalton, Mr., on the force of steam, 402 

 Daniell, Mr., hygrometer of, 403 

 D'Arcet, M., proces*; invented by, 475 

 D'Auteroche, M., his travels in Siberia, 



152, 344 

 Davy, Sir H., researches of, 384 

 De Chaves, Hernando, 325 

 De Gatti, Dr. Bandini, observations made 



by, 127 

 Delimbres, M., writings of, 240 

 De la Roche and Berger, experiments of, 



310.311 

 De la Salle, M , 330. 343 

 De la Tour, M., instrument invented by, 



425 

 Del Ria, Captain, his description of Pa- 



lenqiie, 135, 151 

 De Solis, M., 353, 3.S4 

 De Soza, Father, ruins described by, 140 

 D'Herbelot, 146, 148, 149 

 Diamonds, models of, 431 

 Dibdin, Mr., his account of printing, 183 

 Diet, observations on, 270 

 Digby, Sir Kenelm, 286 

 Digestion, remarks on, 285 

 Diseases, remittent and intermittent, 34 

 Dog, experiments on a, 390 

 Donkin and Bacon, printing machine of, 186 

 Donnersberg, a mountain of the Bohemian 



Chain, 73 

 Don's metallic shutters, 174 

 Dow's Hindostan, 147, 341 

 Du Halde, 352, 360 

 Duodenum, diseases of the, 158 

 Durgetti, queen of Gurrah, 341 

 Dutrochet, experiments by, 434 

 Dyspepsia, remarks on, 20, 42, 157 



Ear, anatomy and physiology of the, 434 

 Earth, temperature of its interior, 231 

 Earwig, natural history of the, 78 

 Echites Suberecta, or Savana flower, 502 

 Edward IV , anecdote of, 25 

 Edwards, Dr. W. F., De 1' Influence des 



Agens physiques sur la Vie, 308 

 Efl9orescence, on, 222 

 Egypt, pyramids of, 16 

 Egyptian year, of Nabonassar, 444 

 Electrical phenomena, produced by pres- 

 sure, 478 

 Electricity in mineral waters, 67 



. due to cleavage, 479 



— eflect of, on painted leaves, &c. 



501 

 Elephants, used in war, 360 

 ■ bones of, 369 



Elizabeth, Queen, anecdote of, 25 



attentive to naval affairs, 



428 

 Erlick-Han, aCalmucidol) 145, 151 



Escapements for timekeepers, 418 

 Escola, Don Francisco, observations mad* 



by, 124 

 Euclid, 11th and 12th books of, 31 

 Eulenstein, Mr., his performance on th« 



Jews' harp, 173, .181 

 Europe, population of, 93 

 Exhalations, putrid, innoxious, 492 



Faraday, Michael, Esq , lectures by, 168, 



173, 417, 424, 436, 439 

 Fevers, essay on, 34 

 Field, Georu;e, philosophic works of, 392 

 Fishes, on the natural history of, 439 

 Flaugergues, M., observation of, 241,243 

 Flower Garden, described, 291 

 Fluoride of manganese, gaseous, 486 

 Fossil remains, notes on, 368 

 Fourier, M, on the conducting power of 



bodies for heat, 472 

 Fragments, hieroglyphical, 122 

 France, population of. 94 

 Franklin, Dr., anecdote of, 283 

 Fresnel, M., his theory of light, 198 

 Fruits, curious particulars relative to, 192, 



193, 194 

 Fruit trees, to preserve from frost, 297 

 method of training, 303 



Fulgorites, specimens of, 434 

 ■ formation of, 474 



Galileo, on sound, 424, 425 

 Gardens, observations on, 291 

 Garden-walls, copings to, 193 

 Garrido, Jacito, MS. of, 141 

 Gas, inflammable, from salt-works, 233 

 Gelatinous substances, nature of, 500 

 Gender, a musical instrument, 178 

 Genghis Khan, 358 



George III., his attention to the navy, 429 

 Germany, improvement of, 95 

 Get%, their invasion of India, 351 

 Gill's Technological Repository, 110 

 Glamorganshire, figured variety of coal io, 



131 

 Glass, fissures of, 470 

 Gold, bromite of, 489 

 Goodman, Dr., curious circumstance re* 



lated by, 469 

 Goring, C. R., on the merits of the new 



microscopes, 107 

 Gower, Dr., of Chelmsford, 284 

 Granville, Dr., curiosities collected by him, 



171 

 Great Harry, man of war, 428, 430 

 Greece, population of, 97 

 Greek architecture, origin of, 172 

 Guatemala, remarks on the ruins at P&- 



lenque, in, 135, 323 

 Guibourt, M-, experiments by, 262, 267 



