478 



INDEX. 



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Cyanol, properties of . 

 Cyanamide, composition of 

 Cyanilic acid, properties of 

 Cylinder printing . 



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. 48 

 191 



. 189 

 5 



Danaite, composition of . . 270 

 Davy, Dr. John, on the torpedo . 306 

 Dalsland, hotany of . .216 



Decandolle, M. his life of Desfon- 



t. tines 241 



on the order myrsineaj 386 



Delagoa Bay, expedition to . 156 

 Desfontaines, M. biography of . 241 

 Diamonds in Africa . . . 475 

 Dischargers of colours . . 10 



Dolomite, composition of . 349 



Don Mr. D. on rubiaciae . . 387 

 Dry rot,' preservation of timber 



from . . . . . 472 

 Dufrenoy, M. on the iron mine of 



Rancie 78 



on the Campan marble 79 



Dysluite, analysis of . . 285 



Eaine, analysis of 281 



Earth, temperature of at various 



depths .... 456 



Egypt, natural history of .79 



Electricity, on . . 99, 304 



two theories of . 464 



a cure in palsy . . 100 



Electro-dynamics . . .152 

 Elephanta Island, geology of . 330 

 Equator, temperature at the . 1 07 

 Ergotine, mode of preparing . 202 

 Erysipelas, cure of by pressure . 452 

 Esenbeck, Dr. on Indian solaneae 385 

 Estramadura, geology of . . 341 

 Ether, formation of . . .210 

 Eye on the adjustment of to 



vision . . . 368, 471 



Faraday, Dr. on electricity, 153, 232, 

 304, 317. 



on the pen manufacture 397 



Fibrine of the blood . . 431 



Floorcloth, manufacture of . . 396 

 Forbes, Professor, on the refrac- 

 tion and polarization of heat . 394 

 Formic acid, action of on metallic 



oxides 124 



Franklinite, composition of . 270 



Gadolinite, analysis of . . 403 



Gahnite, composition of . . 274 

 Globe, state of at its formation . 68 

 Globules of the blood . . 427 

 Gmelin, L. on the blood . . 56 

 Gold from Ural . . .276 

 Graphite, analysis of . . . 266 

 se, fresh water formation in . 77 

 Guilding, Mr. on naticidae . 389 



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Gypsum, employment of in agricul- 

 ture 313 



Hamilton, Mr. on the laws of mo- 

 tion 308 



Hansteen, C. on the magnetic in- 

 tensity of the earth . . 60 

 Harris, Mr. W. S. on some laws 



of electricity .... 228 

 Heat, transmission of through 

 bodies .... 45 



repulsion of bodies by . . 250 



specific of bodies . . 108 



terrestrial . . . .70 



— — refraction and polarization of 394 

 Hermann, R. on Eaine . . 281 



— on the blood . . 55 



M. C . T. on murders and 



suicides in llussia . . 173 



Herschel, Sir J. on meteorological 



festivals 471 



Ilumboldtilite, analysis of . . 268 

 Hydroboracite, composition of . 266 

 Hypochlorite, constituents of . 271 



India, communication by Egypt to 474 

 Institution, Royal, lectures at the 236, 

 315, 396, 464 

 Iodoforme, composition of . .110 

 Iridium . . .118, 119, 276 

 Iron, mode of preserving, from 



rusting . . . . 473 



Iron, peroxide of mordant of . 9 



Iron, sulphate of . . . . 130 

 Isinglass, purest kind of . . 239 

 Ivory, Mr. on Clairaut's theory . 308 



Japan, botanic garden in . . 474 

 Jerusalem, present state of . 397 

 Junckerite, description of . . 268 



Kirwanite, analysis of . . 219 



Lardner, Dr. on H alley's comet . 465 

 Landseer, Mr. on a monument 



from Syria .... 317 

 Lavas, formation of 73 



Lead, vanadiate of . . . 274 

 Lead, zinco-carbonate of . 35 



— >— separation of from bismuth 120 

 Leucol, description of .49 



Lichenine, properties of . .201 

 Light, theories of . . . 305 



on the dispersion of . . 463 



Linnean Society, transactions of . 384 

 Lister, Mr. on currents in Zoo- 

 phytes . . . .311 

 Litharge, native .... 272 

 Lozenges antacid . . . 318 

 Llerena, limestone of . . . 348 

 Lymph, on the . . . t'J I 



