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GENERAL INDEX TO THE ELEVEN VOLUMES OF 



Fowls, domestic, analysis of their bones, 

 vi. 393. 



Fox (R. W.) on mineral veins, vi. 17. 



— — onsomephaenomenaofheat,xi.345. 



on the increase of heat in mines, 



ix. 94 ; on terrestrial magnetism, ix. 

 361. 



on the discharge of a jet of water 



under water, viii. 342. 



Fox, fossil, of (Eningen, vii. 207. 



Friction, Mr. G. Rennie on, v. 131. 



Frogs' bones, analysis of, vi. 393. 



Fulminating gold, two kinds of, ix. 69. 



Funchal (in Madeira), meteorological 

 register kept at, ii. 362, 412. 



Functions, arbitrary, vi. 296. 



, expansion of, ix. 253. 



, monome, vi. 362. 



Fustic, its application in dyeing, i. 55. 



Fyfe's (Dr.) elements of chemistry, re- 

 view of, iv. 50. 



G. W. F. on the saliferous rocks in the 

 State of New York, vii. 198. 



Galbraith (W.) on the figure of the earth, 

 ii. 48; iv. 179. 



on the obliquity of the ecliptic, viii. 



13, 241. 



on the deviation of falling bodies, 



vi. 329. 



■ on the reduction of the North Po- 

 lar distances of stars observed at 

 Greenwich, ix. 335, 464. 



on the latitude and longitude of 



the Calton Hill Observatory, v. 257. 



, Prof. Airy in reply to, iv. 364. 



on the velocity of sound, i. 136, 



336; iv. 179. 



, notice of an error in his mathema- 

 tical tables, iii. 153. 



Galena in inferior oolite, ii. 234. 



, heated, on the action of steam and 



quick-lime upon, v. ] 72. 



Gallates of quina and cinchonia, iv. 147. 



Gallic acid, v. 149. 



and pyrogallic acid, M. H. 



Braconnot on, x. 154. 



and tannin, distinctive characters 



of, vii. 58. 



Galloway (E.) on a new paddle-wheel, 

 vii. 408. 



Galvanised wires, decomposition of wa- 

 ter by, viii. 229. 



Galvanism, on, xi. 300, 448, 465. 



, chemical theory of, Mr. Brayley's 



remarks on one of the experiments 

 from which Mr. Ritchie has inferred 

 its inadequacy, vii. 61. 



Galvanism, the electric and chemical 

 theories of, vi. 52. 



Ganglions, Sir E. Home on the use of, 

 in furnishing electricity for the pro- 

 duction of animal secretions, x. 42. 



Gannet, anatomy of the, x. 231. 



Gas, coal, on the combustion of, v. 1 50, 

 375. 



, combustible, new, ii. 152. 



, inflammable, from salt mines, 



employed for producing light, iii. 233. 



, oxygen, effects of upon the ani- 

 mal system, v. 383. 



, sulphuretted hydrogen, action of 



on solutions of mercury, v. 310. 



Gas-lights, natural, at Fredonea, iii. 233. 



Gases, compression of, emission of light 

 in the, ix. 391. 



, extrication of heat in, ii. 230, 



390. 



, expansion of by heat, v. 419. 



, transfer of heat in, by change of 



capacity, ii. 230, 390. 



, specific heat of, ii. 311. 



and the atmosphere, electricity of, 



iii. 148. 



Gaseous mixtures, analysis of, vi. 1 80. 



Gauss (Prof.) on a new principle of me- 

 chanics, viii. 137. 



on the representation of the parts 



of a given surface on another surface, 

 iv. 104, 206. 



, account of his u Disquisitiones ge- 

 nerates circa Superficies Curvas," iii. 

 331. 



Gay Lussac (M.) on Boyle's fuming li- 

 quor, vi. 76. 



on efflorescence, iii. 231. 



On kermes mineral, vii. 386. 



on oxalic acid, x. 153. 



on phosphoric acid, vi. 395. 



on the action of potash on organic 



matter, vi. 367. 



Gaylussite, Mr. W. Phillips on, i. 263. 



Gelatine and albumen, vegetable, iv. 

 69. 



Genus, on the word, vi. 202. 



Geographical Society, viii. 290. 



Geological museum, Mr. Saull's, x. 237. 



Geology, i. 66, 136, 145, 147, 223, 229, 

 277, 346, 387, 426; ii. 1, 95, 117, 

 138, 147, 168, 192, 217, 234, 253, 

 271, 295, 327, 394, 433, 439, 450, 

 457; iii. 132, 188, 225, 243, 289, 

 291, 436, 441, 458, 463 ; iv. 12, 38, 

 81, 222, 235, 294, 355, 374, 401, 

 435. 



