GENERAL INDEX OF VOLS'. 1 — 12 OF THE 



Arsenious acid, reducing powers of, ix. 

 230; solubility of, xi. 482; peroxide 

 of iron, an antidote to, vi. 237. 



Arsenovinic acid, viii. 447. 



Arteries leading to inflamed parts, on 

 the vital powers in, vii. 510. 



Artesian wells, temperature of, v. 237. 



Artificial crystals and minerals, method 

 of making, ix. 229, 537. 



, results of experiments on the 



production of, x. 171. 



Artificial substance resembling shell, x, 

 301. 



Ascent of mountains, on the, x. 261. 



Ashes of plants,'on structure in the, xi. 1 3. 



Asia, on the negroes of, i. 466". 



Minor, geology of, x. 68. 



Asparagiu and aspartic acid, analysis of, 

 ii. 481. 



Asphyxia, on the cause of death in, vii. 

 510. 



Assay of silver, vii. 425. 



Astronomical Society, grant of a royal 

 charter to the, i. 234 ; proceedings of, 

 ii. 222, 378, 475; v. 300; vi. 221, 305, 

 449 ; vii. 69 ; ix. 291 ; x. 227. 



Astronomy, researches in physical, i. 69; 

 Dr. Pearson's introduction to practi- 

 cal astronomy, i. 370, 450 ; on the pro- 

 gress of, during the present century, ii. 

 457; latitude and longitude of the 

 Cape observatory, iii. 231 ; positions 

 of stars near the south pole, iii. 231 ; 

 on the mass of Jupiter, iii. 233 ; on the 

 visibility of stars by day, iii. 238 ; on 

 the attraction of spheroids, iii. 235, 

 282 ; the elementi. of ^ Botitis and of 

 y Virginis, iii. 290 ; on a standard of 

 optical power, iii. 291 ; Dr. Olberson 

 the return of Halley's comet, vi. 45 ; 

 astronomical refractions, vi. 1 42 ; Dr. 

 Halley's astronomical observations, vi. 

 221 ; some particulars of the life of 

 Dr. Halley, vi. 306 ; an equal altitude 

 instrument, vi. 449 ; letter from Sir 

 John Herschel, dated Cape of Good 

 Hope.vi. 450; Prof.Encke onOlbers's 

 method of determining the orbits of 

 comets, vii. 7, 123, 203, 280; cata- 

 logue of comets, vii. 36 ; Snow's ca- 

 talogue of 76 stars, vii. 69 ; comets 

 observed at Paramata,vii.69; Halley's 

 comet, vii. 139, 236 ; viii. 148, 173; ix. 

 292; ephemeris of Halley's comet, ix. 

 296 ; new method of reducing lunar 

 observations, vii. 241; viii. 373 ; im- 

 proved astronomical clock, viii. 71 ; 

 Newton and Flamstead, viii. 139, 211, 

 218, 225 ; the aurora borcalis of Nov. 

 16, 1835, viii. 134, 236, 350,412,439 ; 

 Dr. Brinkley, viii. 155 ; Mr. Trough- 

 ton, viii. 155 J new observatory at Cata- 



nia, viii. 256 ; solar eclipse of May 15, 

 1836, viii. 293, 589. 590; ix. 73; x. 

 15, 180 ; aurora borealis, ix. 44, 73, 

 230; X. 75, 76, 77, 265, 494, 495; xi. 

 194 ; meteors in India, ix. 74 ; on the 

 latitude of Mr. Snow's observatory at 

 Ashurst, ix. 291 ; transits of the 

 moon and stars observed at Argos, ix. 

 292 ; transit of Mercury over the sun's 

 disc. May 5, 1832, ix. 293 ; Denmark 

 royal medal for cometary discoveries, 

 ix. 294 ; Sir J. Herschel's catalogue 

 of double sttirs observed at Slough, ix. 

 295 ; Wrottesley's catalogue of the 

 right ascensions of 1318 stars, x. 227 ; 

 projections of maps and charts, x. 229 ; 

 Struve's work on tlie measure of dou- 

 ble stars, X. 229 ; remarkable phaeno- 

 menon that occurs in eclipses of the 

 sun, X. 230 ; on shooting stars, xi. 268, 

 567 ; determination of the constant 

 of lunar nutation, xii. 110; on the pa- 

 rallax of a Lyrae, xii. 280; on a very 

 ancient solar eclipse observed in China, 

 xii. 282 ; on the repetition of the Ca- 

 vendish experiment for determining 

 the mean density of the earth, xii. 

 283 ; remarkable increase of magni- 

 tude of the star «, xii. 521, 526; value 

 of the mass of Uranus, xii. 522 ; lon- 

 gitude of the Edinburgh observatory, 

 xii. 525. 



Atkinson, (J.) on Sir G. S. Mackenzie's 

 remarks on certain points in meteor- 

 ology, viii. 187. 



Atmosphere, impregnations of, near the 

 sea, iii. 465 ; composition of the,vi. 319; 

 action of mushrooms on the, viii. 82; 

 action of plants upon, viii. 415 ; on the 

 constitution of the, xi. 195; xii. 158, 

 397 ; on carbonic acid in the, xi. 225. 



of a white-lead manufactory, expe- 

 riments on, vii. 77. 



Atmospheric pressure, fluctuations of the 

 height of high water due to changes in 

 the, xi. 195. 



Atomic weights, on some, i. 109 ; iii. 448. 



constitution of elastic fluids, v. 33. 



confusion, ix. 317. 



constitution, supposed analogy in, 



between the earthy carbonates and al- 

 kaline nitrates, xii, 481. 



weight of aluminum, vii. 75. 



Atropia, iii. 464 j composition of, iv. 

 239. 



Attraction, electrical, vii. 304 ; magnetic, 

 vii. 439. 



Augite, analysis of, x. 237. 



Aurora Borealis, on the, vii. 304 ; x. 75, 

 76,77, 265,494,495; of Nov. 16, 1835, 

 viii. 134, 236, 350, 412, 439; ix. 73, 

 230. 



