460 



INDEX, 



Harw'ood, Dr. Wm., his work on the 

 Curative Influence of the Southern 

 coast of England, reviewed, 85 



Hastings, advantages of, 87 ; position of 

 the town, 88 ; temperature, 89 



Hawkins, Col, 372 



Hay, ]Mr., his description of a hot-wall, 

 139 



Heart of the whale, its functions, 15 



Heart, Nicholas, curious case of, 255 



Henderson, Thos., his table of occulta- 

 tions of the fixed stars, 192. 418 



■ Walter, his mode of manag- 



ing peach-trees, 138 



Henderson, I\Ir., remarks on his im- 

 provement on Dr. Young's method of 

 computing the longitude of fixed stars, 

 407 



Hess, M.,on the combinations of nitrous 

 oxide, 434 



Home, Capt., his account of a luminous 

 animalcule, 383 



HopfF, Dr., on the preservation of eggs, 

 454 



Horticultural Society, transactions of 

 the, 138 



■ proceedings of the, 1G4 



Hot-beds, improved construction of. 

 141 



houses, mode of heating, 1G4 



Hudson, river, account of some steam- 

 boats on the, 1 



Hungry sickness, 237, 238 



Hunter, Mr., on the heart of the whale, 

 14 



Huygens, experiments of, 170 



Hydriodic acid, preparation of, 435 



Hydrogen, decomposition of boracic acid 

 by, 434 



Hydrometer, syphon, 424 



Hydrophobia, in foxes, 453 



Hypo-phosphites, preparation of, 206 



Incubation, artificial, 451 



Inland Navigation of the United States 



of America, 24 

 Inman, professor, on the construction of 

 ' ships of war, 322,323, 329 

 Inscription in the Museum at Verona, 



38G 

 Intelligence, miscellaneous, 193, 421 

 Iodine, preparation of, 205 

 Iron, arseniuretted, 231 ; carbon in, 



438 

 Irtish, sources of the, 339 

 Ivory, Mr., on his investigation of the 



velocity of sound, 124 : reply to, 315 



Japan, invasion of, 337 

 Jenesai, city of, tombs at, 339 



John, M., his analyis of the mud of th6 



Nile, 449 

 Johnson, Dr., 159, 161 

 Jones, George, his friendly pills, 82 

 Jonson, Ben, memoranda of, 245 

 Josephus, quoted, 143, 144 

 Jung Frau, ascent of the, 233 



Kaechlin-Schouch, M., on a new use of 



chromate of potash, 215 

 Kane, R. J., Esq., on the existence of 



chlorine in the native peroxide of 



manganese, 286 

 Karsten, M., on carbon in pig-iron, 438 

 Kastner, M., his test of the presence of 



oxygen, 433 

 Keating, Mr., 373 

 Knight, T. A., Esq., on the culture of 



the mango and chei'imoya, 1 40 



his impi'ovement in hot-beds, 



141 



his new varieties of pears, 165 

 on the cultivation of the po- 



tatoe, 166 



pine apples, 167 



Koenlein, M.,his specimens of naphtha- 



hne, 446 

 Kruger, M., experiments by, 214 

 Kubiai, emperor, 338 



Labillardiere, M., 213 

 La Grange, 412 



his memoir on eclipses, 413 



Lancing, curious animalcule seen at, 383 



Landgei-be, M., his fulminating pow- 

 der, 436 



La Place, Marquis, theory of, 124 



liardner. Dr., 233 



liRughter, beneficial to health, 82 



Lead, sulphate of, its solubility, 213 



acetate of, 218 



Leaves, change of colour in, 450 



Leeches, reproduction and use of, 228 



Lees, J. C, Esq.. his sketch of the 

 Island of St. Christopher, 256 



Legey, M. de, on magnetic needles, 203 



Lehigh, river, 298 



Lena, river, 338 



Le Roger, M., 228 



Leslie, Professor, 315 



Lettsom, Dr., 241 



Liebeg, M., experiments by, 223 



Life annuity, value of a, 347 



Light, theory of, 168, 389 

 intense, 432 



Liglitning, its effect on a steam vessel, 



448 

 Lime, alcoated nitrate of, 443 

 eggs preserved by the muriate 



of, 445 



