INDEX. 



enced by galvanism, 112— Objec- 

 tions obviated, 123 

 Arran, memoir of the geognosy of, 317 

 Autographs, hints on the method of 

 printing from, 56 



B. 



Barberry, observations on the Irritabi- 

 lity of the fruit so called, 314 



Bases, metallic, yet unknown, 247 



BerthoUet, M. on the combination of 

 oxigen with metal, 184— Examina- 

 tion of his hypothesis, 184, 241 



Bolognian Spar, 583 



Bostock, Dr. J. on Mr. Dalton's prin- 

 ciple of combination, 230 



Botany, difficulties of establishing a 

 natural method of, 98— Requisites, 

 and possibility of discovering, 99— 

 Jussieu's method erroneous, 100— 

 See Plants, Trees, and Flowers. 



Bowditch, Mr. N. his account and esti- 

 mate of the height, direction, velo- 

 city, and magnitude of the meteor 

 that exploded over Weston, in Con- 

 necticut, December 1807; with me- 

 thods of calculating observations 

 made on such bodies, 89, 206 



Braconnot, Mr. his comparative ana- 

 lysis of gum resins, 228, 344 



Brande, VV. T. Esq. on the effects of 

 magnesia in preventing an increased 

 formation of uric acid j with some 

 remarks on the composition of urine, 

 125 



Brewster, Dr. on the properties of the 

 lever, 78 



Brinkley, Rev. Dr. J. on the annual 

 parallax of the star a lyros, 317 



Bucholz, M. 186, 188,334 



C. 



Calculous complaints, avoided by pre- 

 venting the formation of uric acid, 

 for which purpose magnesia is pecu- 

 liarly adapted, 125 



Calcului, urinary, new species of, 222 



.— Analysis o(, ^2ci 



Capillary action, objections to M. La- 

 place's theory of, 155 



Carbon and iiidrogen, compounds of, 

 321— .See Gaspous Compounds 



Cai'bonic acid, see Acid 



Carnot, M. on the defence of fortified 

 places, 384 



Carradori on the power of glow-worms 

 to moderate or extinguish their light, 

 45, 47, 51 



Cavallo, Mr. on electric positive and 

 negative properties, 4 



Cavendish, Mr. 194 



Centrifugal motion, a query respecting, 

 254 



Chalk, experiment of its action on 

 urine, 131 



Chemical agents, see Agents 



Chemical terms and phrases, inquiry 

 into their meaning and definition, 81 



Clairville's *< Entomology of Switzer- 

 land,'^ 383 



Clennell, Mr. his ** New Agricultural 

 and Commercial Magazine," &c. 

 Prospectus of, 78 



Clement, M. his description of an 

 economical process for evaporation, 

 invented by the late Mr. J. Montgol- 

 fier, 373 



Combination of bodies, inquiry into 

 th6 theory of, as laid down by Mr. 

 Dalton, 280— The facts do not bear 

 out the hypothesis, 290 



Compound, a new oleaginous, from the 

 union of benzoic acid with camphor, 

 336 — Experunents,' 337 — 342 — 

 Theory of the formation of the com- 

 pound, 343 



Copper ore from Airthrey, 27 



Corollas of flowers dissected, and the 

 source of their colours described, 171 



Cotte, M. on the diminution of dilata- 

 bility of sjiirit of wine thermometers, 

 75 



Cumberland, G. Esq. on various modes 

 of printing from autographs, 56 



Curaudau, M. his method of preparing 

 phospliorus, 381 



Palton, 



