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INDEX. 



Com, affect of the price of on the 



population . . . .151 

 Cornwall, Royal Geological So- 

 ciety of 398 



Cow fish, remarks on . . . 389 

 Creosete as an antiseptic . , 75 



, preparation of . . 231 



Crepis virens mistaken for C tec- 



torum 143 



biennis . . . . ib. 



Cross, Mr,, on electricity . 229, 380 

 Crystalline lens, polarization of 



light in 462 



Crystallization, phenomena of . 150 



Cubebin 66 



Cubebs, powder of . . .78 

 Curwund, the fruit of Carissa . 113 

 Cusparin . . . . .99 

 Custard apple . . . .37 

 Cuvier, character of . . ,84 



Dandelion affords caoutchouc . 388 



Daturin 70 



Daubeny, Dr., excursion to Lake 



Amsanctus, by ... 63 



Davy, Mr. E., on a new gas . 321 



, Sir Humphry, biography of 181 



Deccaft, fruits, of the . . .387 

 Delphinin, properties of . .148 

 Digestive organs, chemistry of .462 



Digitalin 70 



Dodd, Mr. G., on internal pris- 

 matic reflexion . . . 352 

 Donium, new oxide similar to thatof 161 

 Don, Mr., remarks by, on the Bri- 

 tish fenis 86 



• , on five new species of 



Pinus 142 



Dupin, Baron, on the price of corn 151 

 Dyeing, ai't of . . . . 20 



Eclipse, observations of the thermo- 

 meter, &c., during the . . 78 



Ecliptic, obliquity of, determination 

 of at Edinburgh . . . 450 



Elaterin 149 



. 440 



166 



146 



74 



Electricity by contact . 



, different kinds of, de- 

 fined by Davy .... 



Embia characters of a genus of in- 

 sects 



Emmet, Mr., his method of prepar- 

 ing azote ..... 



Equinox, determination of the time 

 of the . . . . .343 



Erica Mackaiana , a d ^w Irish heath 144 



Erogoneae, on .... 145 



Eudiometer of Davy . . .10 



Evaporation, celerity of, mistaken 

 for intensity . . . .29 



Exley, ]\Ir., his appHcation of Ma- 

 thematics to chemistry . .267 



'. , demonstration of the 



law of Mariotte . . .336 



Fatty matter of the blood . .124 

 Fedia, observations on the species of 144 



PACK 



Ferns British, remarks on . .68 

 Ferrotantalite . . . .416 

 Fibrm of the blood . . .118 

 Figures curved, produced by rota- 

 ting disks .... 135 

 Fluids, their disposition to assume 



a globular form . . .344 



Flowers, fossil .... 152 



Foetus twin, remarkable . . 455 



Fox, Mr., on changes in minerals 



by galvanism .... 380 



Fraxinin 71 



Frogs, showers of . . . 157 

 Fruits of the Deccan . . . 387 

 Fuller's earth, analysis of . . 362 



Galbraith, Mr. W., on some astro- 

 nomical observations . .42 

 Galls found on an oak, considered 



to be the apples of Sodom . . 130 

 Gallic acid in crystals , . . 233 



Gamboge 293 



Gay Lussac, opinion of by Davy . 28 

 Geiger, Professor, death of . . 155 



, separates conein . . 224 



Gentian contains pectic acid . . 230 

 Gilbert, Mr. Davies, patronizes 



Davy ..... 4 

 Gnomon of the ancients • . 42 

 Golden plantain .... 387 

 Gooneh seeds, used for weights . 37 

 Graham, John Esq., catalogue of 



plants from Bombay, by . .35 

 Granite and slate, difference of 



temperatures . . . .198 

 Green-yellow, from alumina and 



quercitron .... 205 

 Gregory, Dr., on hypermanganate 



of potash 297 



Guaiacic acid .... 231 

 Guaiac wood . . . . 235 

 Gunpowder, residuum of when fired 70 



Haltica nemorum, or turnip beetle 384 

 Heart, gyration of the . . . 461 

 Hematosin, properties of . .120 

 Hemlock, properties of . . 224 



Henry, Dr., death and character of 395 

 Henwood, Mr. W. J., on difference 



of temperature of granite & slate 198 

 Herculaneum, MSS., mode of re- 

 storing, by Davy . . .90 

 Herniaria phirsuta, a rare plant . 143 

 Hosackia, on ... .145 

 Hungarian mines, state of . .221 

 Hydrogen, new bicarburet of . 322 

 Hydroplatinocyanic acid, account of 447 

 Hygrometer, description of a new 23 

 Hyoscyamin . . . .69 



Hypermanganic acid, on . . 178 

 Hyperchloric acid . . . 178 



Ice, a non-conductor of electricity 74 

 Inflammable gas in the air . . 221 

 Ink, English, inferiority of to China 450 

 Insects, means of obtaining, from 

 turpentine .... 390 



