INDEX to VOL. II. 



JV.CETIC acid, formed from carbonic 



oxide and hydrogen, 155. 

 .3£ther, formation of, by fluoride of bo- 

 ron, 77. 

 JEther, on iodic, 415. 

 Airy ( Prof.) on the phamomenaof New- 

 ton's rings, 20; remarks on Mr. Pot- 

 ter's experiment on interference, 161, 

 451 ; reply to, 276 ; researches into 

 the numerical value of the mass of 

 Jupiter, 314; account of an aurora 

 borealis,315 ; answer to Sir D. Brew- 

 ster on the undulatory theory of 

 light, 419 ; Report on the progress of 

 astronomy during the present cen- 

 tury, 457. 

 Animalcula, on the minuteness of, 64. 

 • Armadillo, Notes on the Weasel-headed, 

 69. 

 Asparagin and aspartic acid, analysis 



of, 481. 

 Astronomical Society, proceedings of 



the Royal, 222, 378, 475. 

 Astronomy, on the progress of, during 



the present century, 457. 

 Aurora boreal is, on two arches of the, 

 233; seen at Cambridge, March 1 3th, 

 315. 

 Barium, peroxide of, 77. 

 Barometer, summary of the state of, at 



Kendal, for 1832, 238. 

 Barton (Mr.) on the inflexion of light, 



263 ; remarks on, 424. 

 Bate (Mr.) on an improvement in 



medal-ruling, 288. 

 Bath, geological table of strata in the 



vicinity of, 46. 

 Baup (M.) on kinic acid and some 



kinates, 479. 

 Bevan (Mr.) on certain defects in the 

 British Almanac, 30; on Covent- 

 garden measures, 405. 

 Bible, on the different kinds of wood 



mentioned in the, 412. 

 Biela, observations on the comet of, 222. 

 Birds of passage, notice of the arrival 



of, &c, 96. 

 Branch, on the structure of the, 120. 

 Brande ( Mr.) on chemical notation, 309. 

 Brewster (Sir D.) on the action of light 

 on the retina, 168 ; on the undula- 

 tory theory of light, 360 ; Prof. Airy's 

 answer to, 419. 

 British Almanac, on defects in the, 30. 

 British Association, notice of next meet- 



ing, 319; Reports of the meetings of, 

 455. 

 Buckland (Prof.) on the structure of 



the Sloth, 308. 

 Bud, on the structure of the, 125. 

 Bulbs, on the structure of the, 124. 

 Caffein, composition of, 404. 

 Calyx and corolla, on the, 1 26. 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society, pro- 

 ceedings of, 314, 380. 

 Camphor, analysis of, 153. 

 Caoutchouc, on, 77. 

 Challis (Rev. J.) on Lagrange's proof 

 of the principle of virtual velocities, 16. 

 Chamouni, on the relative position of, 

 with respect to the convent of St. 

 Bernard, 61. 

 Chlorine, action of, upon gum, 405. 

 Clocks, on the use of, at sea, instead of 



chronometers, 157. 

 Coal, observations on, 302. 

 Colour, on chemical changes of, 359. 

 Comet, observations on Biela's, 222. 

 Comets, catalogue of, 194, 282, 453. 

 Crystals, on the phenomena of light in 

 passing along the axes of biaxal, 207. 

 Cuvier (Baron) notice of, 141 ; an eu- 



logium on, 469. 

 Daniell ( Prof.) on a new oxy-hydrogen 



jet, 57. 

 Don (Mr.) on the aestivation of certain 



plants, 377. 

 Electrical influence, on the mathema- 

 tical laws of, 350. 

 Electricity, on the theory of magnetic, 



201, 566. 

 Electrophorus, on a modification of 



Volta's, 363. 

 Enys (J. S.) on the granite found near 



Penryn, 321, 483. 

 Equations, on the roots of, 60, 220. 

 Evaporation, explanation of, 354. 

 Fairholme (Mr.) on a species of natu- 

 ral micrometer, &c, 64. 

 Faraday (Mr.) on the identity of elec- 

 tricity, &c, 31 2 ; on the prevention of 

 the dry rot, 313. 

 Fitton's (Dr.) Notes on English geo- 

 logy, 37. 

 Flamingo, Notes on the anatomy of, 71. 

 Flower, on the structure of the, 125. 

 Fog-bow, on a singular, 151. 

 Forbes (Mr.) on the relative positions 

 of Chamouni and the convent of St. 

 Bernard, 61. 



