484 



INDEX. 



PAGE 



Richleian tables . . . .358 

 Riccioli's Almagest . . 339 



Rio Bamba, beautiful scenery of . 46 

 Rose, G., on greenstone rocks 272, 444 

 Ross, Sir John, on the aurora 



borealis . . . .210 

 Royal institution, lectures at .71 

 Rumminanta, bones in the heart of 310 

 Russell, Mr., on floating bodies . 212 



Saccharometer of Dr. Thomson 



Salts, specific heat of 



ScherfFer's theory of accidental 

 colours ..... 



Scanlan, Mr., on spontaneous com- 

 bustion .... 



Scott, Sir Walter, quotation from . 



Secretions, chemical nature of . 



Senegal, gum .... 



Serous secretions, nature of 



Serum, of blood . . . . 



Shells, recent marine, found in 

 Sweden .... 



Silver, racemate of . 



Soda and potash, separation of . 



tartrate of . 



racemate of . . . 



chloride of, use in fever 



with carbonic acid . 



Sound, interference of 



Spain, geology of . 



Spectra, on measuring . 



Spectrum .... 



Specific heat of gases . 



Spirits, process of making 



Starch 



Standard measure . . . 



Stones, fairy, on . 



Stockholm, deposit of shells at . 



Strontian, racemate of . 



■ — tartrate of 



553 

 43 



180 



119 

 1 

 156 

 319 

 157 

 18 



388 



249 



11 



162 



161 



309 



473 



219 



194 



122 



33 



202 



457 



301 



215 



1 



388 



164 



ib. 



Sulphuric acid a sulphate of water 198 



English, arsenic in 73 



Sulpho-methylic acid . . . 197 

 Sulphurets, specific heat of . 42 

 Sweden, rising of land in . .388 

 Symbols, chemical, on . 203, 315, 476 



Taraxacum officinale . . 397 

 Telescope zenith, on the . . 468 

 Thebaine . . . .381 



Thomson, Dr. R. D., examination 

 of hair salt . . . .55 



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Thomson, Dr. R. D. compo- 

 sition of white light, note on 179 



on malt 295 



Dr. Thomas, on urine . 3 



racemic 



acid ... 97, 161, 241 



sulphate of manganese 



399 



bleach- 



ing powder .... 435 

 Tide observations, on the results of 466 

 Tides, atmospheric, in Dukhun 469 

 Tin, racemate of . . . 244 

 Toad, live, imbedded in stone . 235 

 Tobacco, Virginian . . . 204 

 Tonjliuson, Mr. C, on visible vi- 

 bration 124 



accidental 



colours .... 21,283 

 Trap dykes, on . . .190 

 Trail, Dr., on Spain . . .194 

 Tuns, fermenting . . . 462 

 Turner, Dr., on atomic symbols . 198 



Uralian district, iron works in . 79 



Uralite 451 



Urea, quantity in urine . , 8 



Urine, analysis of . . .3 



Verschoyle, Archdeacon, on trap 



dykes 190 



Vesuvius, eruption of . . . 390 

 Vogel, on arsenic in sulphuric acid 73 

 Volcanic eruptions, list of . 385 

 Volvox globator . . ,78 



Wallace, Rev. J., meteorological 



journal 80, 160, 240, 320, 400, 480 

 horary obser- 

 vations . . . 1i60, 399 

 Water as a constituent of salts . 198 



specific heat of . . 39 



Westwood, Mr., on the genus 



Diopsis 308 



Wheat, composition of . . 295 

 Wlieatstone, Mr., on voltaic light 213 

 Whewell, Mr., on our knowledge 

 of electricity .... 206 



on the tides . 466 



Wichtine, a new mineral . . 397 



Zinc preserves iron from sea water 196 



tin plate ib. 



racemate of . . . 242 



ERRATA. 



Tp 13, / 12, for 23-41, read 234*1. p 33, bottom, insert after screen, placed at i / 

 *<rhen the spectrum is received upon a screen, p 34, / 13 from bottom, andthrough- 

 ,^ut/or Avogrado read Avogadro. p 203, / 20, for 0-0694, read -9722, and vice 

 [versa, p 205, / 6, for pyroacetic, substitute pyroxylic, and vice versa, p 242 I 4, 

 for solution, read saturation, p 24"3, / 19, for saline, read silky, p 247, I 24, for 

 washing, r«arf wanting. |> 250, / 14, /or pressure, rcarf presence, p 296, I 23, 

 for the last sentence, read " The circumstance of the evolution of carbonic acid in 

 this first stage, shews us that it forms the preliminary step to germination." p 316 

 for freezes, read fuses. 



