1835.] 



INDEX 



479 



PACE 



Macaire, M. on the effect of gases 



on vegetation . . . 79 

 Maconochie, Capt. on expeditions 



of discovery .... 155 

 Madder-red .... 14 



on the culture of . 207 



Magnesia, separation of fixed alka- 

 lies from . . . 114 



protoxide of iron . . 268 



Magnetism .... 149 

 Magnetic intensity of the earth . 60 

 Maize, native country of . . 159 



Malic acid 126 



Malt, on . . . .441 



Manganese, peroxide of . .319 

 Manna of Mt. Sinai . . 461 



Marsupial animals, anatomy of .311 

 Melam, composition of . . 185 

 Melamine, composition of . .186 

 Melanochroite, constituents of . 273 

 Melloni, M. on transmission of heat 



through bodies . . 45, 236 

 Mercaptan, composition of . .110 

 Mercurial ointment . . .319 

 Mercury, freezing of . . .65 



in Estramadura . 350 



Meteoric stones .... 279 

 Meteorological Journal, 80, 239, 320, 



400, 472. 

 Meteorologists, address to . 471 

 Mice, method of destroying . . 76 

 Microscopical objects . . 239 

 Mineralogy .... 265 



Mitscherlich, C. G. on human 



saliva ..... 375 

 Mordants .... 7 



Muller, Dr. on the lymph, blood, 



and chyle .... 424 

 Myricine .... 203 



Needle, declination of the . . 102 

 Nerves, on the . . . 212, 310 

 Newport, Mr. on the sphynx 



ligustri .... 313 

 Newton, Sir Isaac, on the publica- 

 tion of his Principia . . 462 

 Nitrification, phenomena of . .74 

 Nitro benzide, composition of . 206 



Oil from potatoes . . .77 



Optical experiment . . . 472 



Osmium, native . . 118, 275 



Owen, Mr. on the anatomy of 



marsupial animals . . .311 



Papyrus from Syracuse . . 458 



Paraffine, properties of . .211 



Paramalic acid . . . 127 



Pastes, resist . . . .12 



Pens, manufacture of . . 397 



Pharmaceutical preparations. 160, 318 



Phenakite, composition of . 268 



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Philosophical Transactions . 228, 304 

 Phloridzin, a new substance . 475 

 Phosphorescence. . . .67 

 Picamare, method of procuring. 211 

 Picrolichenine properties of . 202 



Pigment printing . . .329 

 Pittacal, description of . .54 

 Plagionite, composition of . 271 

 Platinum, native . . . 275 



Play, M. F. Le, on the geology of 



Estramadura . . . 341 

 Pleonaste. description of . . 267 

 Polarization of heat . . . 394 

 Polybasite, analysis of. . . 274 

 Porla Well water, analysis of . 121 

 Potash, bitartrate solubility of .131 

 Powell, Rev. B, on repulsion by 



heat .... 250 

 on the dispersion 



of light 463 



Printing, calico . . 5 



in colours . . .159 



Pyrotartaric acid . . .127 

 Pyroxylic spirit .... 209 

 Pyrrol, properties of 48 



Quetelet, Professor, his work on 

 Natural Philosophy . . .392 



Radiolite, composition of. . 267 

 Rain, fall of at Glasgow in 1834 . 160 

 Rancie, iron mine of . . 78 

 Respiration, experiments on . 27 



Richardson, Mr. T., analysis of 



wolfram by .... 449 

 Rio Tinto, copper mines of . .25 

 Ritchie, Dr. on the theories of light 315 



electricity 464 



Rosolic acid, on ... 50 

 Roux, M. on the Natural History 



ofEgypt 79 



Royle, Mr., on the Lycium of 



Dioscorides . . . 388 

 Rudberg, F., on the temperature 



of the ground at various depths 456 

 Runge, F. F., on the products of 



the distillation of pit coal . . 47 

 Russia, murders and suicides in 173 



Saline springs . . . . 281 



Saliva, on human . . . 375 



Salsette Island, account of . 300 



Scouler, Dr., on fossil crustacea . 136 



Secale cornutum, sugar of . 196 



Selenium, method of procuring . 112 



Shells, deposit of recent . . 131 



Silver in Estramadura . . . 351 



chloride of reduction of 112 



Singeing, process of . . .5 



Skania, fossils of 218 



Sloth, habits of the . . .389 



Soda, artificial manufacture of . 116 



