458 



INDEX. 



Brard, M., on the action of frost, 421 



Brewster, Dr., discovery of, 174 



experiment of, 178, 389 



Brimstone hill, described, 2(32 



Brindley, anecdote of, 252 



British Empire, its actual state, I50"i 



Broom, seeds of, a substitute for coffee, 

 451 



Budd, or Boodh, religion of, 14G, 147 



Bulmer, opinion of, 84 



Bunten,M. his improved barometer, 195 



Buran, M., on the manufacture of bo- 

 rax, 209 



Burke, Mr., 24 



Burnett, Mr. G. T., on apes and their 

 allies, 301 



Burroughs, Dr., curious case related by, 

 241 



Cadachio, temple discovered at, 385 



Caesar, stratagem of, 269 



Calcium^ chloride of, 442 



Calibre of guns, observations on, 109 



Calochortus, account of the species of, 



141 

 Caloric, radiation of, 123. 

 Canals, account of, in the United States, 



24, 292 

 Carbon and oxygen, new compound of, 



444 

 Carolina, North and South, improve - 



provements in, 299 

 Carpenter, Mr., his preparation of 



piperine, 221 

 Carpenter's Aplanatic Solar Microscope , 



194 

 Castellani, M., on the colouration of 



gold, 441 

 Cerium, carburet of, 212 



metallic, 211 



Cetacea, habits and economy of, 10 

 Chabrol, M., on eclipses, 414 

 Chameleon Mineral, used for marking 

 linen, 212 



— — observations on, 289 



Champollion, M. juii., his discovery in 



Eg)'ptian history, 454 

 Chapman's Treatise on Shipbuilding, 



320, 323, 32G 

 Charity, a grand feature of the British 



nation, 160 

 Charles Gustavus, 240 

 Chehns, M., 226 

 Chemical Science, 199, 42ff 

 Cherries, protected from birds, 164 

 Cheyne, Dr., anecdote of, 249 

 Children, on the diseases of, 98 

 Chladni, • M., on the propagation of 



sound, 424 

 Chloride of glucinum, 211 



Chlorine, its effects in chronic affections 

 of the lungs, 227 



on its existence in the -native 



peroxide of manganese, 286 



preparation of grain and seeds 



by, 449 



' ■ - exhalation of, by maritime 

 plants, 450 

 Chocolate, extraordinary effect of, 84 

 Choris, Louis, his voyage round the 



world, 335 

 Citric acid, obtained from gooseberries, 



222 

 Clarence, Duke of, 109 

 Climate, effects of, 89 

 Coal, extensive formation of, 33 

 Coffee, new kind of, 45 1 

 Coffin, Captain, precaution of, 67 

 Colchicum Autumnale, tincture of, its 



effects, 226 

 Colladon and Sturm, experiments of,422 

 Colours, injurious, 198 

 Combination, electro-chemical theory 



of, 428 

 Compounds, saline, obtained by heat 



and fusion, 436 

 Consumption, observations on, 23 

 Cookson, Dr., 241 

 Copal, on insects inclosed in, 227 

 Copper, reduction of the oxide of, 213 



— — separation of silver from, ib. 



Corfu, island of, temple newly discovered 



in, 385 

 Coup de soleil, imaginary, 69 

 Coxe, Dr. Theodore, 227 

 Cress, Indian, qualities of, 450 

 Crucibles, manufacture of, 219 

 Cruizer, an 18-gunbrig, 329 

 Crystallized plates, colours of, 389 

 Crystals, refraction of, 168 

 Cullen's notion of fevers, 57 

 Cui'ative Influence of the SouthernCoast 

 of England, byDr.Harwood, I'eviewed, 

 85 

 Cuvier, observations of, 302 



Dalman, M., observations of, 227 

 Dalton, Mr., on the height of the Aurora 



Borealis, 448 

 D'Arcet, IM., his experiments on tallow, 



197 

 on artificial incubation, 451 



Dart,steam-boat, struck by lightning,448 

 Death by poison, prevention of, 452 

 Delafield, Major, 379 

 Delaware and Hudson Canal, 32, 36,298 

 Delpon, M., his description of some 



fossil bones, 2G7 

 Demoivre, hypothesis of, 342 

 DeparcieuxandFinlaison, curves of, 343 



