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GENERAL INDEX TO THE ELEVEN VOLUMES OF 



Stalactites, formation of, Mr. Brayley 



on the, xi. 301. 

 Starch, common and roasted, analysis 



of, iii. 150. 

 , preparation of sugar from, vi.314; 



viii. 298. 



, Arabic names of, viii. 368. 

 Stars, Bessel's tables for calculating the 



places of, vi. 267. 

 , Lacaille's catalogue of 398 prin- 

 cipal, F. Baily on, x. 62. 

 , moon-culminating, for 1827, i. 



47. 

 observed with the moon, catalogue 



of, for 1831, xi. 61. 

 , Piazzi's catalogue of, errors in, i. 



19. 

 , on the occultations of, by the 



moon, vi. 336. 

 , double, calculation of the orbits 



of, ix. 178, 405; x. 279; xi. 41, 102, 



175, 414. 



, micrometrical measurements 



of 364, by J. F. W. Herschel, x. 55. 

 Star, triple, £Cancri, Mr. Dawes on the, 



x.53. 

 Stavesacre, new acid in, ii. 232. 

 Steam, elastic force of, 1 ; vii. 235. 



, new phaenomena of, iii. 74. 



Steam-boats, new paddle-wheel for, vii. 



96, 408. 

 Steam-boilers, accidents incident to, i. 



126, 403, 408. 

 Steam-engine, on the, iii. 40, 219; vi. 



384. 



, ceconomy of, iii. 213. 



— -, duty of, ii. 309. 



Steam-engines in Cornwall, account of, 



i. 235 ; vii. 152, 323, 421, 424, 449 ; 



J. Henwood on some recent improve- 

 ments of the, x. 97. 

 Steam navigation, i. 75 ; vii. 96, 408. 

 ■ and quick~lime, action of, upon 



heated galena, v. 1 72. 

 Stearic acid from wax, ii. 390. 

 Steinbergite, a new mineral species, ii. 



464. 

 Steininger, Noeggerath, and Chladni on 



the meteoric iron of Bitburg, ii. 41. 

 Steinheil's new micrometer, iv. 173. 

 Stokes (H.) on new double chromates, 



ii. 427. 

 on some optical phaenomena, vi. 



416. 

 Stomach, on the presence of free acids 



in the, iv. 3, 120. 

 Stones, durability of, viii. 224. 



Stratford (Lieut.), Index to the Astrono- 

 mical Society's Catalogue of Stars, x. 

 55. 



Strength of cast iron, i. 14. 



Stromeyer (Prof.) on the separation of 

 manganese from lime and magnesia, 

 iii. 462. 



Strontia, on its detection when in union 

 with lime, vii. 404. 



Struve (Prof.) on the occultation of stars 

 observed at Dorpat, ix. 362. 



Study of natural history, on the impe- 

 diments to the, W. S. Mac Leay's cor- 

 rection of a quotation in a paper on 

 the, x. 357. 



Sturgeon's (W.) aurora borealis obser- 

 ved at Woolwich, ix. 127. 



on electro-magnets, xi. 194. 



on the inflammation of gunpowder 



by electricity, i. 20. 



on magnetic polarity in metallic 



bodies, xi. 270. 



Subsalts, Mr. R. Phillips's analysis of 

 some, viii. 406. 



Subsidence of the German Ocean, iii. 

 188. 



Substances, simple alimentary, Dr. Prout 

 on, iii. 31, 98. 



Succulent plants, i. 120, 271 ; ii. 344; 

 iii. 183; iv. 261; vii. 106. 



Sugar, preparation of, from starch, iv. 

 298; vi.314. 



, combination of arsenic acid with, 



v. 232. 



of liquorice-root, iv. 67. 



of melons, i. 473. 



'■■ in the flowers of Rhododendron 

 Ponticum, ii. 464. 



Sulphate of barytes in cannel coal, viii. 

 304. 



of indigo, action of aether upon, 



vi. 393. 



of manganese, composition of, iv. 



24. 



of mercury, yellow, Mr. R. Phil- 

 lips's analysis of, x. 205. 



of nickel, Mr. R. Phillips on, iv. 



287. 



of potash and copper, viii. 298. 



of quina, Mr. R. Phillips on ascer- 

 taining the purity of, iii. 111. 



of soda, anhydrous crystals of, iv. 



71. 



Sulphite of ammonia, anhydrous, ii. 389. 



Sulfo-sinapisine, on, ix. 390. 



Sulphovinic acid, v. 226. 



Sulphur, effects of heat upon, iii. 152. 



