INDEX. 



Aberdeenshire, observations on the granite of, 29-51. — See 

 Mac CuUoch. 



Academy of Sciences at Paris, proceedings of, 388-392. 



Accum, (Mr. Frederick) evidence of, with remarks, m the cause 

 of Severn and Co., against the Imperial Insurance Com- 

 pany, 332, 333. 



Acids, action of, on the oxide of gold, 118 — benzoic, found in 

 melilot and Tonquin bean, 173 — pyroligneous, antiseptic 

 power of, ibid, 174, 175 — of manganese, experiments with, 

 175-179 — Boracic, analysis of, 196— Fluoric, found in 

 mica, 196, 197. 



Adelang, notice of the philological labours of, 201. 



Aerolites, on the composition of, 189, 190, 462. 



Agriculture, prize question in, 445. 



Aikin, (Arthur, E&q.) evidence of, with remarks, in the cause of 

 Severn and Co., against the Imperial Insurance Company, 

 349, 350. 



Alcali, new vegetable, account of, 171-173. 



Alburnum, of spring and winter-felled trees, different qualities 

 of, 395. 



Alexandria, observations on the inscription on the column at, 

 1-7 — fac-simile of it, 8. 



Alison (Dr.) observations of, on the theory which ascribes se- 

 cretion and animal heat to the agency of nerves, 269, 282. 



Allason (Thomas, Esq.) on the columns of the Athenian temples, 

 204-206. 



Allen (W. Esq.) evidence of (with remarks), in the cause of 

 Severn and Co., against the Imperial Insurance Company, 

 333, 334. 



Almanack, comput?ition of the elements for, 159-161. 



Altitudes, influence of different, upon vegetation in different 

 zones of the earth, 262-266. 



America, statistics of, 203. 



Analysis of mineral waters, obervations on, 217-230— Of rhu- 

 barb, 288-292. 



Animals, preparation of the specimens of, 457. 



Ants, ravages of, prevented by using salt as a manure, 67, 68. 



Arctic Voyage of Capt. Parry, account of, 355-361. 



Aroma, experiments and observations on, 109-117. 



Arracacha root, observations on the culture of, 27. 



Arsenic, antidote to the poison of, 193. 



Ashantees, on the origin of, 73 — the close resemblance (and in 

 many instances the identity) of their customs with those of 

 the Abyssinians, a proof that they are descended from the 

 civilized Ethiopians, described by Herodotus, 73-80 — coin- 

 cidence between their superstitions, manners, and arts, and 

 those of the ancient Egyptians, 81-84— and Jews, 85,86. 



