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Index, 



Licbig, Dr. on the decomposition of cya- 



nate of silver by sulphuretted hydrogen, 



461. 

 Lyell, Mr. on the freshwater strata of 



Hordwell, Beacon and Barton clifis, 



Hants, 68. 



M. 



Magnesia, hydrobrqmatc o£, 4 1 4. 

 Magnesia, sulphate of, its reaction on 



bicarbonate of soda, 403 , 

 Magnetism, animal, in France, 185. ; 

 on tlie, developed during tli? 



rotation of copper, 253. 

 produced by rotation, on, 27, 



106, 183,246. 



Magnus, M. on spontaneously inflamma- 

 ble metallic powders, 464. 



Meconiate of morphia, 1 48. 



MegoJosaurus and didelphis fossil, occur- 

 rence of, 1 55. 



Meikle, Mr. on the law of t«alperat^re, 

 366. . .w.:^:...: 



Mercury, bromurets of, 415. , ];,).,; 



Mercury, on the confinement of dry jjas^ 

 over, 388. ' .: ; "'..'.' ,] .j ' 



Metal, precipitation ,of, bj other me^, 

 465. . ' ' ■ .,*." 



Metallic powders, spontaneously inflam- 

 mable, 464. 



Metals, combination, cold produced by, 

 392. 



Meteor, luminous, 75. 



Meteorological table, 78, 79. 



Miller, Mr. addition to the list of sub- 

 stances that cause a coil platinum wire 

 to remain red-hot when ignited in their 

 vapour, 20— on the oxidation of palla- 

 dium during its effecting the union of 

 the hydrogen and oxygen gases from 

 ether, alcohol, &c. 20— -on 3ie produc- 

 tion of acetic acid, 17. 



Minerals, analysis of some, i 16. 



Moon and its inhabitants, 469. 



Moon, curious phenomenon observed in, 

 81. 



telescopical observations on, 335, 



434. 



— r- luminous circle round the, 236. 



Morphia, meconiate of, 148. 



Muride, a supposed elementary substance, 

 properties of, 3 1 1 , see Brome. 



ii Ui-iUU b..i; y. 



N. 



NspthaKne 'and wtlphuric acid, on their 

 mutual action, 201. 



Observatories of Greenwich and Fam, 



difference of the longitudes of, 138. 

 Olefiant gas and chlorine, spontaneous 



combustion of a mixture of, 312. 

 Optic nerve, iOnOhe 8enu.4ecu88ation of, 



315. 

 Osier, Mr. on the burrowing and boring 



of animals-, 61. 

 Oxides, metallic, action of brome on, 



416. 



P. 



Palladium, on the oxidation of, during its 

 effecting the union of hydrogen and oxy- 

 gen gas from ether, alcohol, &c. 20. 



Patents, new, 77, 156, 239, 317, 395, 

 471. 



Pelletier, M. on cafein, 3.54. 



Pendulum, length of, at the equator, 281 , 

 342. 



Pheasants, fenaale, on their assuming the 

 male plumage, 468. 



Phillips, Mr. R. reply to him by Dr. 

 Christison, 23 — his answer to Dr. Chris- 

 tison's reply, 335. 



Mr. W. altitudes of hills and sta- 

 tions of England and Wales, and 

 notices of the nature of their constituent 

 rocks, 448. 



Phosphate of yttria, anal3rsis of, 1 16. 



Plan for making a minute survey of the 

 heavens, &c. 124. 



Planche, M. on the reaction of sulphate of 

 magnesia and bicarbonate of soda, 403. 



Platina, bromuret of, 416. 



Platiniun wire, substances whose vapour 

 cause it to remain red-hot when pre- 

 viously ignited in it, 20. 



Poison, heart of the frog used as a, 156. 



Polygminite, analysis of, 117. 



Portlock, Lieut, notes on the geological 

 position of some rocks of the north-east 

 of Ireland, 67. 



Potassium, bromuret of, 412. 



Powell, Rev. Mr. on some experiments 

 relative to the passage of radiant heat 

 through glass screens, 61 — remarks on 

 his paper on radiant heat, 1 22 — remarks 

 on Mr. Ritchie's experiments on radiant 

 heat, 13. 



Printing, stereotype, improved method of, 

 152. 



Proust, M. biographical notice of, 841. 



