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Index. 



Carbon, on a new form of, 1. 



■ filamentous and'mamtilaxy, on, 

 &c 192. 



Cardone, Sig. on the inspiration of hydn>. 



gen, 149. 

 Catalc^e, new, of the fall of stones, iron, 



dust, and soft substances, dry or moist, 



in chronological order, 83. 

 Chladni, M. catalogue of the fall of stones, 



iron, dust, and soft substances, dry or 



moist, in chronological order, 83. 

 Chlorine and olefiant gas, spontaneous 



combustion of, 312. 

 Chlorine and brome, compound of, 420. 

 Christie, Mr. on the magnetism of iron 



arising from its rotation, 27, 106 — on 



the magnetism developed in copper and 



other substances during rotation, 253. 

 Christison, Dr. reply to Mr. Phillips, 23 



— Mr. Phillips's answer to his reply, 



335. 

 Cinder, tjnnp, analysis of, 463. 

 Circle, luminous, round the moon, 236. 



■ nervous, which connects the volim- 

 tary muscles with the brain, 226. 



Cold, produced by the combination of 



metals, 392. 

 Cold, unprecedented, 470. 

 Collard, Mr. on cutaneous absorption, 



154. 

 Colquhoun, Dr. on a new form of carbon, 



1— chemical essay on the baking of 



bread, 161,263. 

 Combustion, 426. 

 Combustion, spontaneous, of a mixture of 



chlorine and olefiant gas, 312. 

 Copper, on the magnetism developed in, 



during rotation, 253. 

 Croonian lecture, by SirE. Home, 134. 

 Crawford, Dr. on the semi- decussation of 



the optic nerve, 315. 

 Crystallization of sulphur, 148. 

 Crystals, on the purification of, 460. 

 Cutaneous absorption, on, 1 54. 



Dobson, Mr. remarks on bowlders, 314. 

 Drummond, Lieut, on station lights, 74. 



Earth, strata of, on the consolidation of, 

 299. 



Education, chemical, suggestions for the 

 improvement of, 369. 



Electro>magnetic apparatus, improved, on, 

 357. 



Emmett, Rev. Mr. account of a curious 

 phenomenon observed in the moon, 81 

 — telescopical observations on the moon, 

 335, 434 — on combustion, 426 — on ga- 

 seous bodies, 434. 



Encke, M. letter to Blr. Herschel, 129. 



Equator, length of the pendulum at, 281, 

 342. 



Fallowes, Mr. on the small transit instru- 

 ment, 230. 



Faraday, Mr. on the confinement of dry 

 gases over mercury, 38H — on fluid sul- 

 phur at common temperatures, 390 — on 

 the mutual action of sulphuric acid and 

 napthaline, and on a new acid produced, 

 201 — on a limit to vaporization, 436. 



Fermentation of bread, alcohol derived 

 from, 363. 



Fossil megalosaurus and didelphis, occur- 

 rence of, 155. 



Fractions, continued, on the use of, with 

 unrestricted numerators in sununation 

 of series, 48. 



Franklin, Capt. and Dr. Richardson, in- 

 telligence from the land arctic expedi- 

 tion under, 149. 



Friction, on the heat of, 260. 



Frog, heart of, used as a poison, 156. 



Daubeny, Dr. analysis of his work on 



active and extinct volcanoes, &c. 215. 

 Davy, Sir H. on the relations of electrical 



and chemical changes, 62. 

 De France, on a recent species of the genus 



hinnita, 103. 

 Deuto-bromaret of tin, 414. 

 Dies, steel, on the burdening of, 154. 

 Dobereiner, on the cold produced by the 



combination of metals, 392. 



G. 



Garot, M. on the preparation of cafein, 

 389. 



Gaseous bodies, on, 434. 



Gases, dry, on their confinement over mer- 

 cury, 388. 



method of determining their spe- 

 cific gravity when mixed with moisture, 

 97. . V 



