INDEX TO VOL. VIII. 



Abel, Dr, on the crocodiles of the Gan- 

 ges, 338 



Absorption of vapours by liquids, 326 



Achromatic object-glasses, (double) on 

 the best radii for. 344 — telescope, mag- 

 nificent one made at Paris, 362 



Acid of selenium, a new one described, 

 294 



Adie, Mr, his meteorological registers, 

 188, 378, 



Albumen, singular action of phosphoric 

 acid on, 366 



Alloy, on a new metallic ore, 157 



Althein, malate of, on its identity with 

 asparagin, 369 



Animals, British, Dr Fleming's History 

 of, 355 



Antimony, on its detection in mixed flu- 

 ids, 179 



Arago, M. on the Aurora Borealis, and 

 the changes in the magnetic needle, 

 189 



Arseniate of lead, analysis of, 174 



Arsenic, on its separation from nickel or 

 cobalt, 370 



Artiraomantic(^ a new metallic compound 

 like gold, 157 



Audubon, Mr J. J. on. his method of 

 drawing birds, 48 



Aurora Borealis, on its sound in Iceland, 

 170 



Auroras, observed in Roxburghshire in 

 1827, 171 — on their supposed influ- 

 ence on the magnetic needle, 189 



Ava, account of the late mission to, 10 



Barlow, Professor, on a new fluid tele- 

 scope, 93 



Barometer, on the horary oscillations of 

 the, at Rome, 112, 218 



Barium, deutoxide of, how to prepare it, 

 180 



Bears of India, 388 



Becquerel, M . on the magnetism excited 

 in all bodies, I60--on the electric dis- 

 charge, different effects, 362 — pyro- 

 electricity of tourmaline, 365 



Bedsteads, on improved ones, 158 



Berzelius, M. on the action of phosphoric 

 acid on albumen, 366 



Birds, Mr Audubon's method of drawing 

 them, 48 



Blackwall, J. Esq. on the way in which 

 spiders effect their aerial excursions, 

 153 



Blasting rocks, on the Assamese method 

 of. Ill 



VOL. VIII, 



Boulder-stones in the north of Germany, 



182 

 Braconnot, Henri, M. on ^he fermenta- 

 tions of curd, 367 — on the caseous ox- 

 ide, 368 — on the caseous acid, 369 

 Brewster, Dr, on the mean temperature 

 of the equator, 60 — on the properties 

 of Tabasheer, 285 

 Bricks, on new ones for chimneys, 158 

 Bromine, on the manufacture of, 367 

 Bronzing of statues and medals, 158 

 Burg, the Chevalier, his improvements 



on the lunar tables, 134 

 Burney, Captain, on the black dye of 



Siam, 343 

 Cagniard de la Tour, Baron, on the 



changes in vibrating wires, 201 

 Carbonate of iron, on the argillaceous, 67 



— on the assay of the, 250 

 Caseous oxide, 368— acid, 369 

 Caves of Monte Testaccio, on their tem- 

 perature, 205 

 Celestial Phenomena, 184, 375 

 Chemical Philosophy, Mr Dalton's, re- 

 viewed, 346 

 Children, J. G. Esq. on the Esquimaux 



dog, 155 

 Christison, Dr. on the effects of poisonous 



gases on vegetables, 140 

 Chromate of iron, analysis of, 182 

 Chrysolite in the cavities of obsidian, 181 

 Colquhoun, Dr H. on the argillaceous 

 carbonate of iron, 67 — on the assay of 

 it, 250 

 Comets of 1827, 361, 362 

 Cow, analysis of gas from the body of 



one, 365 

 Crawford, J. Esq., account of his mission 

 to Ava, 10 — his collection of fossil 

 bones, 56 

 Crocodiles of the Ganges, 338 

 Curd, on the fermentation of, 367 

 Dalton, Mr, his system of Chemical Phi- 



losophy reviewed, 346 

 Despretz, M. on the heat developed in 



combustion, 173 

 Disinfecting «oda liquid, experiments on 



it, 371 

 Dog, on the Esquimaux, J 55 

 Double star, on the occultation of one, 36 

 Drawing birds, Mr Audubon's method 



of, 48 

 Dryness, a great one in the Antilles, 



171 

 Dumas on a volatile chloride of manga- 

 nese, 179— on sulphur, 180 



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