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Aberdeen, Standard scale of . .215 

 Accidental colours, on . 21, 179, 283 

 Acrospire . . . . 298 

 Agassiz, M. on fossil fishes . .193 

 Alcohol, action of electricity on, 



&c. .... 143, 144 

 Aldeide .... 155 



Alkalies, combinations of carbonic 



acid with . . . .471 



Allan's Saccharometer . . 459 

 Almagest of Riccioli . . . 339 

 Alumina, racemate of . .168 



sulphate of and iron . 55 



America, severity of winter in . 76 



patents . . .74 



Ammonia muriate of, action of on 



sulphates .... 152 

 Anemometer, on a new . , 218 

 Anatase, new locality for . . 314 

 Animalcules, natural history of 143 

 Animal heat . . . .371 

 Antimony, potash racemate of . 251 

 Apjohn, Dr. his formula for speci- 

 fic heats 202 



Aqua Binelli . . . .475 

 Arabia, plants of . . . 398 



Arabic gum, properties of . 319 

 Arkansas, Flora of the . . 74 



Arsenic, in English sulphuric acid 73 

 Ashmolean Society of Oxford, pro- 

 ceedings of . . . , 145 

 Atomic weights, relation of speci- 

 fic heats to . . . . 34 

 Association, British, proceedings of 186 

 Avogadro, M. on specific heats . ib. 



Babbage, Mr. on a whirlpool at 



Cephalonia .... 235 

 Backs, under, for distillation . 459 



wash, for do. . . , 462 



Bakerian, lecture by Mr. Lyell . 388 

 Balard, A. J. on the decolourizing 

 combinations of chlorine 262, 341, 

 425. 

 Ballota Lanata, used in medicine 474 

 Baltic Sea, temperature of . 237 



Baltynite 451 



Barometers, altitude . , 384 



• description of . . 383 



■ easy method of filling 440 



horary observations of 399 



Barytes, bi-calcareo carbonate of . 314 

 ■ " racemate of . .163 



tartrate of . . . ib. 



Bells, tones of . . .130 



Bentham, Mr. on hydrophylleae . 307 

 Biography of Gillet de Laumont 75 



Baron Dupuytren . 81 



Rev. J. Flamsteed 321 



Bird, remarkable flight of a . . 318 

 Bleaching powder, composition of 435 

 Blood, action of galvanism on . 20 



examination of . . 15 



Blue, velvet copper . . 315 



Botany, introduction to . 64, 470 

 Botanical Section of British Asso- 

 ciation .... 311 

 Boussingault, M. ascent of Chim- 



borazo . . . .45, 252 

 Brewster, Sir David, theory of Ac- 

 dental Colours . . .182 

 ■ — on optical properties of 

 potash oxalate of chromium . 467 

 Bridewell, Glasgow, state of . 313 

 British Association, proceedings of 186 

 Brockeden, Mr. on Alpine storms 72 

 BufFy coat of blood . . .18 

 Burdiehouse, fresh water lime- 

 stone of 68 



Bunsen, Dr. on ferro-cyanodides 386 



Cadmium, racemate of . . 242 

 Capnomore . . . ,79 

 Carragaheen, or Irish moss, an ana- 

 leptic 474 



Carbon, specific heat of . . 37 

 Carbonic acid, combinations of with 



alkalies 471 



Carbydrogen, or pyroxylic spirit 374 

 Carnages, steam on . . 230 

 Castleton, state of religion in , 331 

 Chabasite, optical properties of 200 

 Charae, evaporation of . . 155 

 Chemistry, section of . . 195 

 Chimborazo, ascent of . , ,45 

 Chlorides, specific heat of . 42 

 Chlorine, decolourizing combina- 

 tions of 262 



Chlorous acid gas . . . 347 

 ' aqueous solution of . 341 



preparation of . . 268 



composition of . , 425 



Chondrus crispus . . , 474 

 Chromium, potash oxalate of . 467 

 Chyle, examination of . . 20 

 Circle, on the quadrature of ,471 

 Cistocircus tenuicoUis a hydatid 310 

 Cobalt, racemate of . . .241 



Codeine 382 



Coins, value of ancient ., . 146 



