INDEX. 



501 



Fischer, (F. W.,) on the application of a ligature to fruit trees 



&c., 499 

 Fluate of lime, notice of the phosphorence of, 232 

 Fox, (Mr. D.) account of his elastic mould for casting, 225 

 Fresnel, (Mr.) elementary view of the undulatory theory of light, 



127, 441 

 Fruits, on the cultivation and improvement of, 265 

 Fyfe, (Dr. A.) his manual of chemistry, remarks on, 70 



Gaertner, (M.) on the fecundation of vegetables, 497 



Gaetano Savi, (Prof) on an Italian cavern containing bones, 241 



Gas from resin, its application to a condensed gas lamp, 217 



Gas, transference of heat by change of capacity in, 474 



Gases, compression of, 467 



Gaultier de Claubry, (M.) on the mode of action of disinfecting 



chlorides, 237 

 Gelatin of bones, observations on the use of, as an article of 



food, 56, 386 

 Gimbernat, (M, Charles de) on the nutritious portion of bones, 



56, 386 

 Giraffe, the, on its preference of milk as a food, 493 

 Glass, method of cutting, 227 

 Goring (C. R., M.D.) on artificial cobwebs for micrometers, 81-^- 



on achromatic microscopes, 410 

 Granville, (Dr.) his remarks on chemical disinfectants, 371 

 Gray, (Mr.) on the production and preparation of pearls, 493 

 Grey, (Mr.) corrected translation of his Enchorial manuscripts, 



402 

 Gymnastic exercises, their effects on the form, &c., 319 



Harwood, (Dr. J.) his remarks on the structure and habits of the 



seal, 71. 

 Heat evolved from dir by compression, 228 

 Henbane and Belladonna, preparation of, 493 

 Henderson, (Mr.) on a corrected method of computing an observed 



occultation, 434 — on the solar tables, 438 

 Hieroglyphical fragments, notices of, 402 

 Hildreth, (Dr.) on the effects of cold, 242 

 Horticultural Society, proceedings of, 217, 317 

 Human voice, remarks on, 491 

 Humphry s, (Mr.) on a fluid for biting-in on plates of soft steel, 226 



Inclination, change of, of the dipping-needle, 124 

 Increase, maturity, and decay of trees, signs of, 494 

 Indian method of varnishing, 227 



Insufflation, or passing of air into the lungs, death by, 491 

 Iodine cyanide of, 480 — oxide of, and iodous acid, remarks on, 477 

 Iron, separation of from mangauese, 235— pure proto-salt of, 23» 



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