FNDEX. 



483 



Intestines, white grains in the . 158 

 Iodide of mercury, decomposition 



of, by light . . . .447 

 Iodine, adulteration of . . 470 



Iridium, absorption of oxygen by . 234 

 .Iron mordant containing alum . 203 



carbonate of . . . 233 



employment of, in suspension 



bridges . . . . .237 



mordanting. . . .57 



alum . . . • .58 



acetate of, mordant . . 58 



ores, analysis of . . . 447 



Isomorphism, difficulty in . .45 



Jack fruit or plumus 



38 



Kurmul, or carambola, used for tarts 36 



Lagrange, Count, biography of .241 

 Lamp safety, principle of, known 



to Clanny and Stephenson , 87 



La Place, character of, by Davy . 84 

 Lead, oxide of, solubility in water 446 

 Lead, phosphate of, analysis of , 133 

 Levels, method of finding the value 



of the division of . . ' . 183 

 Leste, or hot wind, phenomena 



during the . . , .30 

 Litchi, a Chinese fniit . . .194 

 Lithrotrity, employed anciently in 



India 75 



Litharge, new mode of reducing . 234 

 Lithomarge, analysia of . . 363 

 Lobelin . . . . .71 

 Locomotive carriages, on . .312 

 Logwood blue, properties of , 372 

 Logwood, black from, and iron 62 

 Loti, American .... 372 

 Loudon, Dr., on the equilibrium of, 



population and sustenance . 65 



Madder with starch . . .452 

 Magnesia carbonate, new hydrate of 74 

 Malaria, experiments on, by Bous- 



singault 219 



Manganic acid, on . . . 178 

 Manganese, binoxide of, action of 



potash on .... 179 



Mangel wurzel .... 384 

 Mariotte, M., new demonstration of 



the law of . . . . 336 

 Mason, Dr., description of a new 



hygrometer . . . .23 

 , tables oi observations 



during the eclipse of 1836 . 78 



Memphis, ancient city of . . 380 

 Merchantize monograph of . .145 

 Mercurial salts, reduced by copper 454 

 Meteorological journal , 80, 160, 240 

 Minerals, artificial . .381, 398 

 Mines of Austria and Hungary, 



state of . . ... .221 



Mitscherlich, M., on acid salts . 448 



, on manganic acid, &c. 178 



Molecular, composition of bodies . 443 

 Mordants, mixed . . . 203 

 , iron . . • .57 



I'AGE 



Morphin, in native poppy heads . 471 

 Mowra, an intoxicating spirit , 39 

 Mural circle^ use of . . ,129 

 Mustard plant of scripture . . 143 

 Mygale Avicularia, description of 383 



Neper's rods, improvement on . 314 

 Nephrodium rigidum a new fern . 68 

 Nervous system, pathology of . 391 

 Nickel, atomic weight of . . 323 



— , peroxide of, mistaken for 



protoxide .... 329 



Nitric acid, action of,, on metals . 445 

 Norantea scandent, new species of 386 



0'Beime,Dr., on the pathology of 

 the nervous system . . .391 



Osmium, triple compounds of . 235 



Oxalic acid, action of, upon sul- 

 phates of iron and copper . . 233 



Oxygen, absorption of, by platinum 

 and iridium .... 234 



Oxygen salts, difficulty in the re- 

 ceived constitution of . .45 



Ozokerite, a mineral substance . 155 



Platinum, new compounds of . 445 

 Platinum, cyanodide of . . 447 

 Pyrosis, nature of the disease . 463 

 Platinum, spongy, method of pre- 

 paring 472 - 



Paracyanogen, properties of, . 227 



Pellitory root ... . . 231 

 Persoz on the molecular composi- 

 tion of bodies .... 443 



Peucedanin 69 



Pharmacy .... 470, 147 



, French school of . . 154 



Phosphate of Soda . . .226 

 Phosphate of lime, separation of . 449 

 Phosphorus decomposes copper 

 salts . . . . . .444 



Pinus, five new species of . . 142 

 Plants collected at Bombay . . 35 



ofCot^D'Or . . . 155 



Platinum, absorption of oxygen by 234 

 Pneumatic Institution at Bristol . 4 

 Population its . equihbrium with 



sustenance . . . ,66 

 Potassium, carburet of . . . , 321 



discovered by Davy , 11 



,.ferrocyanodide of, a test . 



for Strychnin .... 152 



Potash, hyperchlorate of . . S34 

 Powell, Professor, on ratio and pro- 

 portion . ..... .67 



Prichard, Dr., on diseases of the 



brain 392 



Prismatic reflexion, on . . 352 



Quercitron yellow . . . 205 

 Quinin, separation from cincbonin 147 

 kinate of ... 72 



Radnitz oil of vitriol manufactory 223 

 Red sea, steam communication by 316 

 Reflexion, on internal prismatic . 352 

 Resins, H. Rose on . . . 365 



