INDEX. 



A 



CID, butiric, account of, 209. 



capric, account of, 209. 



■ caproic, account of, 210. 

 — — citric, crystalline form of, 119. 

 — — gallic, crystalline form of, 1 1 9. 

 phocenic, account of, 210. 



Acetate of lead, crystalline form of, 374. 



• soda, crystalline fonn of, 39. 



zinc, crystalline form of, 39. 



Actynolite, glassy, analysis of, 231. 



Air of the atmosphere, on the presence of 



muriatic acid in, 25. 

 Alps, on the newer deposits oi, 234, 

 Altitude and azimuth instrument, notice 



respecting the Westbury, 397. 

 Ammonia, chromate of, crystalline form 

 of, 287. 



— oxalate of, crystalline form of, 



374. 

 ■ ■■ phosphate of, crystalline form 



of, 283. 



— — . succinate of, crystalline form 



of, 286 

 Animal acids, newly discovered, account 



of, 209. 

 Antimony, tartrate of potash and, crystal- 

 line form of, 40. 

 Astronomical observations, 43, 138, 149, 

 . 259, 354, 435. 

 Atmosphere over the sea, on the absence 



of carbonic acid in, 75. 

 Aurora borealis, notice of Capt. Franklin's 

 observations on, 55. 



Bevan, Mr. notice of his paper on the 

 heights of places in the trigonometrical 

 survey, 227. 



Bichloride of mercury, crystalline form of, 

 285. 



Biggs, Mr. on the ratio of expansion of 

 gases, 415. 



Binacetate of copper, crystalline form of, 

 39. 



Blood in the ItmgSj oh the cause and 

 effects of an obstruction in, 211. 



— — examination of, 176. 



Blue, Prussian, method of distinguishing 

 ultramarine from, 34. 



Boa, excrement of, 74. 



Boase, Dr. notice of his paper on the tin 

 ore of Botallack and Levant, 52— ana- 

 lysis of tin pyrites, 53. 



— — Mr. on the submersion of part of 

 MovLXit Bay, &c. 46. 



Books, new scientific, 76, 157, 237, 317, 

 398, 472. 



Boue, Dr. on the newer deposits of the 

 Alps, 234. 



Brooke, Mr. analysis of his Familiar In- 

 troduction to Crystallography, 143. 



■ - ' on the crystaUine forms of 



artificial salts, 38, 1 17, 284, 374, 437. 



Bussy, M. on the composition of morphia, 

 229. 



Butiric acid, account of, 209. 



Butter, analysis of^ 69. 



C. 



Barlow, Prof, notice of his paper on the 



variation of the horizontal and dipping 



needle, &c. 62. 

 Barometer, instructions for the application 



of, to the measurement of heights, 95, 



162, 259. 

 Barium, chloride, composition of, 340. 

 Barton, Prof, on the generation of the 



opossum, 340. 

 Barytes, muriate, crystallized, composition 



of, 330. 

 Bauer, Mr. notice of his paper on the 



vibrio tritici, 219. 

 Beaufoy, Col. astronomical observations, 



43,138,149,259,354,435. 



CiJciuiii, chloride of, composition of, 343. 

 Calomel, crystalline form of, 285. 

 Caoutchouc, mineral, discovery of, in New 



England, 232. 

 Carbon, hydriodide of, ftiethod of prcpl&«^ 



ing,76. 

 Carbonate of magnesia and iron, analysis 



of, 75. 

 . crystalline form of, 



375. 

 Carbonic acid, on the absence of, in the 



atmosphere over the sea, 75. 

 Carne, Mr. on the mineral productions, 



and the geology of St. Just, 49. 

 Chamberlain, Mr. on napthaline, 135. 

 Charcoal, on the fusion and volaUlizadon 



of, 73, 468. 



