GENERAL INDEX TO THE ELEVEN VOLUMES OF 



Acid, stearic, ii. 390. 



, sulphovinic, v. 226. 



, sulphuric, viii. 297, 298. 



and alcohol, mutual ac- 

 tion of, v. 226 ; vi. 342. 



, sulphuric, solution in, without 



oxidizement, iv. 68 ; vii. 64. 



anhydrous, ii. 68. 



, ulmic, viii. 226. 



Acids, action of, on palladium, iv. 230. 



, free, in the stomach, iv. 3, 120. 



in castor oil, i. 313. 



Acouchy, x. 147. 



Acoustical figures, Mr. Faraday on a 

 peculiar class of, and on certain forms 

 assumed by groups of particles upon 

 vibrating elastic surfaces, x. 42. 



Addison ( W.) on the influence of ter- 

 restrial radiation in determining the 

 site of malaria, iv. 272, 326. 



Aerial voyage made in a balloon, Dr. 

 Forster on, x. 67. 



Aeronautic spiders, Mr. J. Blackwall's 

 examination of M. Virey's observa- 

 tions on, x. 180. 



iEschenite, H. J. Brooke on the cha- 

 racters of, x. 187. 



jEther, action of on sulphate of indigo, 

 vi. 393. 



-i— , analysis of, iii. 309. 



, process by which it is formed, vi. 



342. 



, acetic, constitution of, viii. 155. 



, hydriodic, preparation of, vii. 59. 



African expedition, i. 74. 



Aikin (A.) on the geological structure 

 of Cader Idris, ii. 433. 



Air, on collecting for analysis, iv. 384. 



, currents of, Mr. Younge on Des- 



orme's experiments on, iii. 282. 



, on the regular expansion of, xi. 243. 



, on the vibrations of, xi. 463. 



Air-pump, Mr. Dunn's improved, iv. 145. 



Airy (Prof.), Mr. Ivory's reply to, ii. 

 16, 93. 



■ on the motions of the Earth 



and Venus, 117. 



on the rays formed by the 



double refraction of quartz, ix. 382. 

 reply to Mr. Ivory's re- 



marks on the attraction of spheroids, 

 i. 442. 



reply to Mr. Galbraith's 



remarks on the earth's ellipticity, iv. 

 364. 

 Albumen, action of phosphoric acid on, 

 iii. 462. 



Albumen and gelatine, vegetable, iv. 69. 



1 blue colour by the action of mu- 

 riatic acid on, iv. 153. 



, new principle from, vi. 316. 



Alcoates, iv. 265, 331. 



Alcohol, analysis of, iii. 309. 



, its decomposition by chlorine, xi. 



305. 



and sulphuric acid, the mutual ac- 

 tion of, v. 226 ; vi. 342. 



, red colouring-matter produced by 



the action of nitric acid on, x. 313. 



Aldini (M.) incombustible dress for fire- 

 men, vii. 148. 



Algaroth, powder of, its composition, 

 viii. 408. 



Alison's (It. E.) narrative of an ascent 

 of the Peak of Teneriffe, viii. 23, 140, 

 195, 248, 433. 



Alkali, new vegetable, v. 151 ; (coryda- 

 lin,) iv. 151; (in hemlock,) ii. 392; 

 vii. 233, 461. 



Alkalies, vegetable, detection of by iodic 

 acid, ix. 149. 



, their action on organic bodies, viii. 



226. 



and their carbonates, action of on 



iodides, iv. 152. 



Alkaline carbonates, analysis of siliceous 

 minerals by, vii. 231. 



Allophane, Dr. Walchner's analysis of, 

 ii. 310. 



Alloy in silver, detected by the mag- 

 netic needle, viii. 230. 



Alluvial deposits, formation of, ix. 48. 



Almanac, Nautical, new, ix. 23. 



Aloes, bitter of, iv. 66. 



Alps, Mr. Bakewell on the thermal wa- 

 ters of the, iii. 14. 



, Austrian, on the structure of the, 



viii. 81. 



, Austrian and Bavarian, on the 



structure of the, ix. 213. 



, Tyrolese, tertiary and secondary 



rocks of the, v. 401. 



Althein, a peculiar substance in marsh 

 mallow, ii. 69. 



Altitude, Oltmann's tables for calcu- 

 lating, iv. 194. 



, an easily-constructed barometer, 



for, iv. 234. 



Aluminum, ii. 391 ; its preparation and 

 properties, iv. 147. 



, arseniuret of, iv. 151. 



, chloride and other compounds of, 



iv. 149. 



, phosphuret of, iv. 150. 



