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INDEX. 



Burnett (Sir W.) on the effects produced 

 by poisonous fish on the human frame, 

 128. 



Cacotheline, en the properties and com- 

 position of, 568. 



Calloud (M. C.) on protiodide of iron, 240 ; 

 on the action of ferrocyanide of potas- 

 sium on the tartrate and citrate of iron, 

 &c, 421. 



Cambridge Philosophical Society, 60. 



Carbonic acid, new method of estimating, 

 328. 



Casoria (M.) on anhydrous alcohol, 421. 



Chalk, on the fossil remains of the soft 

 parts of Foraminifera discovered in the, 

 407. 



Chemistry: — chemical effects produced 

 by platinum, 40 ; spontaneous nitrifi- 

 cation, 47 ; contributions to the che- 

 mistry of the urine, 53, 406 ; investi- 

 gation of the disease prevalent in the 

 potato, 65 ; compounds of boracic acid 

 with aether, 75, 546 ; gallo-nitrate of sil- 

 ver, 101 ; luminosity of phosphorus,, 

 122; detection of alumina, 145; new 

 substance from cochineal, ?'#.; sulphurous 

 aether, 146; digitoleic acid and salts, 

 147 ; blue compounds of cyanogen and 

 iron, 156 ; action of hyponitric acid 

 upon aqueous solutions of bromine and 

 chlorine, 227 ; preparation of prot- 

 iodide of iron, 240 ; solubility of alu- 

 mina in ammonia, 241 ; ammonio-arse- 

 niate of magnesia, 243 ; examination 

 of Roccella tinctoria, 261 ; constitution 

 of aqueous solutions of acids and alka- 

 lies, 289, 444; nitraniline, 312; estima- 

 tion of carbonic acid, 328 ; action of 

 nitric acid on cholic acid, 330 ; estima- 

 tion of tungstic acid, 333; value of dif- 

 ferent kinds of vegetable food, 365 ; 

 pelopium, 409; ilnienium, 417; xan- 

 thic oxide, 419 ; test for bicarbonate 

 of lime, 420 ; decomposition of osmi- 

 uret of iridium, ib. ; anhydrous alco- 

 hol, 421 ; action of ferrocyanide of 

 potassium on the tartrate and citrate 

 of iron, ib. ; preparation of valerianate 

 of zinc, 422 ; palmine, 479 ; cuma- 

 rine, 480 ; common origin of the acids 

 (CH)ji 4 , 501 ; formation of nitric acid 

 in eudiometric combustions, 543 ; ex- 

 periments on coffee, 553 ; reduction of 

 chloride of silver, 556; ruthenium, ib.; 

 phospbam and phosphatide, 563; aloe- 

 tine, 565 ; preparation of hydrocyanic 

 acid, 566; purification of zinc, 568; 

 action of nitric acid on brucine, ib. 



Chevallier (M.) on a fossil resin, 243. 



Chloric acid, preparation of, 334. 



Chlorine, action of hyponitric acid upon 



aqueous solutions of, 227 ; on some 

 new compounds of, with lime, 287. 



Chlorogenic acid, on the properties and 

 composition of, 355. 



Cholesteric acid, on the formation of, 330. 



Cholic acid, action of nitric acid on, 330. 



Chondrodite, on the occurrence of, in 

 limestone, 245. 



Chrysammate of potash, action of, on po- 

 larized light, 331. 



Circle and hyperbola, on the connexion 

 of the ,88. 



Claus (C.) on the properties of ruthe- 

 nium and its compounds, 556. 



Cochineal, on a new substance from, 145. 



Cockle (J.) on some formulae which serve 

 to indicate the limits of the application 

 of indeterminate methods to the solu- 

 tion of certain problems, 181. 



Coffee, experiments on, 553. 



Colours, Newton's theory of, 185. 



Columbic acid, on some properties of, 412. 



Comet of 1843, observations on, 57,59. 



Compass, on the relative dynamic value 

 of the degrees of the, 405. 



Conjugate points, on the theory of, 83, 

 175. 



Connell (A.) on the nature of lampic acid, 

 353. 



Copper blende, analysis of, 149. 



Cryptolite, analysis of, 31. 



Cumarine, researches on, 480. 



Cundell (G. S.) on the gallo-nitrate of 

 silver and its action upon iodized paper, 

 101. 



Cyanogen and iron, on the blue com- 

 pounds of, 156. 



Daguerreotvpe process, improvements in 

 the, 101/287. 



Damour (M.) on the composition of heu- 

 landite, 556. 



Dana (J. D.) on the occurrence of fluor 

 spar, apatite and chondrodite in lime- 

 stone, 245. 



De la Rue (W.) on a new substance 

 from cochineal, 145. 



Delesse (M.) on the composition of talc 

 and steatite, 555. 



Digitoleic acid and salts, 147. 



Dinitrobenzole, on a new product of the 

 decomposition of, 312. 



Dinornis, on the skeleton of the, 233. 



Dodo, on the osteology of the, 234. 



Drach (A. M.) on a practical extension of 

 the application of the law of mortality 

 announced by IB. Gompertz, 47. 



Drach (S. M.) on the periods of the satel- 

 lites of Saturn, 57. 



Dupasquier (M.) on the tincture of log- 

 wood as a test for bicarbonate of lime, 

 420. 



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