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INDEX TO VOL. XII, 



ACRYLE and its compounds, on the 

 constitution of, 310. 



Airy (G, B.) on Scheutz's calculating 

 machine, 225 ; on the mean density 

 of the earth, 228 ; on some pendu- 

 lum experiments undertaken in the 

 Harton Colliery, 467. 



Alcohol, on the action of nitric acid 

 on, 3f)l ; on the synthesis of, 631. 



Alcohols, on new classes of, 309, 532. 



Aldehyde-ammonia, on the action of 

 chloride of benzoyle on, 303. 



Aldehydes, on the formation of, 57. 



Algebraic equations of the fifth degree, 

 on the resolution of, 124. 



Alison (Dr. S. S.) on a new sphygmo- 

 scope, 387. 



Alkaline metals, on the electric con- 

 ducting power of the, 199. 



Aluminium, on the specific heat and 

 atomic weight of, 494. 



Amidobenzoic acid, 302. 



Ammonia, on the oxidation of the con- 

 stituents of, by porous media, 457- 



Anisic alcohol, on the production and 

 properties of, 188. 



Anisoinic acid, on the formation and 

 constitution of, 56. 



Arsenic, on the use of, in steeping 

 grain, 53. 



Atkinson (Dr. E.), chemical noticesby, 

 51, 188, 297, 531. 



Babbage (C.) on the action of ocean- 

 currents in the formation of the 

 strata of the earth, 69. 



Baily (W.) on the fossils of the chalk- 

 flints and greensand of Aberdeen- 

 shire, 152. 



Bechamp (M.) on the conversion of 

 albumen into urea, 537. 



Belhomme (M.) on the presence of 

 carmine in Monarda didyma, 538. 



Belli (Prof. G.) on the simultaneous 

 existence of opposite electrical cur- 

 rents in the same conducting wire, 

 485. 



Bentley (C. A.) on an improved con- 

 struction of Ruhmkorff' s induction 

 coil, 519. 



Benzoic acid, on some derivatives of, 

 301. 



Benzoic aldehyde, on a new method 

 for the formation of, 192. 



Bertagnini (M.) on anisic alcohol, 188. 



Berthelot (M.)on the relation between 

 formic acid and carbonic oxide, 51 ; 

 on the decomposition of hydro- 

 bromic acid, 52; on the synthesis 

 of organic compovmds, 531 ; on the 

 neutral compounds of the saccharine 

 matters with acids, 535 ; on the ac- 

 tion of chloride and bromide of 

 phosphorus on glycerine, 536. 



Biformene, 534. 



Binamidobenzoic acid, 302. 



Bineau (M.) on ozone, 324. 



Bismuth, on the form of an alloy of, 

 48._ 



Bleiniere, chemical examination of, 

 126. 



Blood, on the condition of the oxygen 

 absorbed into the, 478. 



Books, new : — Delesse's Materiaux de 

 Construction, 464. 



Boracic acid fumaroles of Tuscany, 

 on the, 1.93. 



Boracic aether, on the formation and 

 analysis of, 300. 



Boussingault(M.)on the use of arsenic 

 in steeping grain, 53. 



Bowen (H. G.) on the geology of 

 Trinidad, 151. 



Brodie (Rev. P. B.) on the Keuper of 

 Warwickshire, 71. 



Brooke (H. J.) on a substance named 

 Bleiniere, 126. 



Cahours (A.) on a new class of alco- 

 hols, 309. 



Cambridge Philosophical Society, pro- 

 ceedings of the, 316, 397. 



Cannizaro (M.) on anisic alcohol, 188. 



Carbonic oxide and formic acid, on the 

 relation between, 5L 



Carius (M.) on a compound of sesqui- 

 oxide of manganese with sulphuric 

 acid, 58. 



Carmine, on the existence of, in 

 Monarda didyma, 538. 



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