486 INDEX. 



Carmine^ preparation of, 203. 



Carrot, beneficial effects of salt, in the culture of, 59. 



Cartwright (Rev. Dr.) on the effects of salt as a manure. 57, 58. 



Catenarian curve, on the properties of, with reference to 

 bridges by suspension, 230-235. 



CatcrpUlars, ravages of, prevented by using salt as a ma- 

 nure, 65. 



Catgut strings, hints on the manufacture of, 267-269. 



Chamctleon mineral, experiments on, with the acids of manga- 

 nese, 175-179. 



Changes (apparent) in the place, colour, size, and figure of the 

 heavenly bodies, 9-25. 



CAcinica/5dencf, miscellaneous intelligence in, 171-190,451-462. 



Chenevix, (Richard, Esq), on a new method of secret writing, 

 89-101. 



CAi/rfren (J. G. Esq.) evidence of, in the cause of Severn and 

 Co., against the Imperial Insurance Company, 347. 



Ckisholme (Dr.) on vegetable antidotes to poisons, 193. 



Chloride of gold, action of salts on, 118 — and of soluble and in- 

 soluble salifiable bases on, 119-121. 



CAromafc of iron found in Shetland, 196, 462 — of lead, on the 

 application of, as a dye, to silk, ^c, 451-452 — of potash 

 analysed, 453. 



Chrome, on the sulphuret of, 452. 



Chromium, on the preparation of the oxide of, 452. 



Cinchona, chemical researches on, 388-392. 



Cipher, proposed by Lord Bacon, 89 — observations on it, 90, 91, 

 95 — and on that proposed by an anonymous writer, in Rees's 

 Cyclopcedia, 94 — a new one proposed, with remarks, 95-101. 



Civilization, promoted by gardening, 55» 



Clarke (Rev. Dr.) observations on the conjectures of, relatiTC to 

 the inscription on the ancient column at Alexandria, 3*5 — 

 copy of that inscription, as deciphered by him, 7. 



Classical Manuscripts, notice of the discovery of, 473. 



Cleopatra's Needle, notice of, 474. 



Cloth, spontaneous combustion of, 186, 1 87— improvement in 

 dyeing, 188 — on rendering it incombustible, 463-464. 



Coe Fire of Derbyshire, phoenomenon of, described, 459. 



Coindet (Dr.) remedy of, for bronchocele, 191. 



Colebrooke (H. T. Esq.) on the geology of the Hymalay^ moun- 

 tains, 470-472, 



Colour, observations on the changes of, in heavenly bodies, 

 20-25. 



Column (ancient) at Alexandria, observations on the inscription 

 on, 1-7 — fac-simile of the inscription, 8. 



CornbusttOAf spontaneous, singular instance of, 186 — in oatmeal, 

 454. 



Comet oi 1822, places of, computed, 413-415— on the easiest 



