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INDEX. 



Bouguer, Iiis " Trait^ du Navire," 346 

 —his " Essai d'Optique," 347 



Boussangault, M., 203 



Boyle and Muschenbroek, 192 



Brain, ossified, 215 



of fishes, 292 



Brande, Mr., 36 — on urinary calculi, 

 375 



Brandes, Professor, 324 



Brewster, Dr., lenses of, 259 



Brockedon, Mr., on the perception and 

 application of colours, 399 



Bromine, preparation of, and its hy- 

 drate, 199 



Brooke, Mr., on the construction of 

 tables of lives, 377 



Brookes, Mr., 372 



Brora, coal- works at, 48, 50 



Broughton, S. D., on the physiological 

 effects of oxygen and other gases 

 upon the animal system, 1 



Buccina, a new principle in box-wood, 

 212 



Burnett, G. T., Esq., on the decay of 

 timber, especially of oak, 73 — on the 

 naval oak of Great Britain, 179 — his 

 illustrations of the Cetetherae, &c., 

 355— of the Herponitherae, 362 — 

 his letter on the Philosophy of Sys- 

 tem, 368 



Bushmaster, its poison, 332 



Bussey, M., experiments of, 121, 417 



Caesar, Julius, hieroglyphical tablet 



commemorative of, 118 

 Caillot, M., on the muriates of vegeto- 



alkalies, 212 

 Calculation strings, 313 

 Calculi, urinary, 375 

 Calculus, cystic oxide, 30 

 Camden, his " Remains," 270 

 Cannon, its introduction into naval 



combats, 141 

 Cantharides, development and growth 



of, 436 

 Caoutchouc, mode of working, 407 

 Carbon, bromide of, 429 

 Carbonic acid, its decomposition by 



metals, 414 

 Carriages, force of draught of, 407 

 Casaseca, M., 200 

 Cassini, conclusion of, 386 

 Caventou and Francjois, new medicinal 



substance obtained by, 216 

 Cedar, pollen of, 423 

 Cephale, or cephalon, 139 

 Cetetherae, illustrations of, 355 

 Champollion,M., Ill, 302, 349 



Chapman, the Swedish architect, 145, 

 159 



Charcoal, animal, its effects on solu- 

 tions, 120 

 Chemical science, 199, 410 

 Chevalier, Messrs., microscope of, 268 

 Chevreuil, M., experiments by, 409 

 Chinese, characters of the, 313 

 Chinioida, a supposed new alkali, 422 

 Chloride of lime, its use in cases of 

 plague, 216 



of silver, 210 



Chlorides, use of, in cases of plague, 216 

 Chlorine, experiments with, 15 

 Christie, Mr., remarks of, 197 

 Cinnabar, preparation of, 431 

 Clarke, Dr., on the ascent and descent 



of Mont Blanc, 384 

 Clement, M., 193, 199 

 Cleopatra, death of, 352 

 Clyde iron- works, 198 

 Coal-field of Sutherland, account of, 



40 

 Cobalt, preparation of pure oxide of, 



208, 419 

 Coddingtou, ]\Ir., treatise of, 265 

 Coke, Sir Edward, writings of, 276 

 Colby, Lieutenant-Colonel, survey of, 



384 

 Collardeau, M., machine invented by, 



408 

 Colours, perception and application 



of, 399 

 Combustion, curious case of, 433 

 Congreve, Sir W., 145 — his "Ele- 

 mentary Treatise on the Mounting 



of Naval Ordnance," 148 

 Cookson, Isaac, jun. Esq., 177 

 Copper, specific gravity of, 20 1 

 Cordiner, Rev. Charles, Astacillce of, 



104 

 Corn, its preservation in siloes, 199 

 Cowthorpe oak, 182 

 Cremer, Mr. Richard, 31, 32 

 Cressy, battle of, 141 

 Crum, Walter, 164 — on indigo, 244 

 Crustaceous animals, remarks on, 104 

 Crystals, artificial, of oxide of iron, 204 

 Culhot, M., 203 

 Currents, on their motion in liquids, 



190 

 electric, non-interference of 



different, 197 

 Cuvier, M. 131— Regne Animal of, 290 

 Cystic oxide calculus, observations on, 3 



D'Arcet and Guilhau, ]\Iessrs.,217 

 Davy, Dr., his geological specimens, 378 



