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INDEX TO VOL. XIII. 



Acetic acid, action of chlorine 

 on, 475, 



Acids: — Acetic, 475 ; formio-benzoilic, 

 315; hydrochloric, 392 ; hydrofluoric, 

 473 ; lithic, 477 ; nitric, 393, 477 ; or- 

 ganic, 25 ; oxalic, 25 ; pectic, 471 ; 

 sulphurous, 28, 392. 



Air, specific inductive capacity of, 423. 



Airy (G. B.) on the errors in the no- 

 menclature of certain stars in Groom- 

 bridf^e's catalogue, 233. 



Albumen, on the nature and jiroperties 

 of, 15. 



Alcohol, action of chloride of zinc on, 

 475. 



Amidin, on the iodide of, 312. 



Ammonia, pectate of, 472. 



Ammoniacal and other basic compounds 

 of the copper and silver families, 156. 



Amnii liquor, analysis of the, 395. 



Analyses: — of coal, 125; of chlorides, 

 132; of sulphates, 134; of soluble 

 salts, qualitative, 202 ; of serum of 

 blood from a diabetic patient, 395 ; 

 of the liquor Amnii, 395 ; of metallic 

 pectates, 397 ; of the resins, 474 ; of 

 Comptonite, 475 ; of pectic acid, 471. 



Anthon (M.) on a new dovible salt of 

 zinc and potassium, 393. 



Antnnony, oxides of, and lead, separa- 

 tion of compounds of, 473, 



Apjohn (Dr.) on a new compound of 

 iodide of potassium, iodine, and the 

 essential oil of cinnamon, 113 ; on the 

 specific heats of the gases, 2G1, 339. 



Arsenic, formate of soda as a reducing 

 siibstance for, 394. 



Astronomical refractions, on the theory 

 of, 147. 



Atmosphere, action of plants on the azote 

 of the, 154 ; on the constitution of the, 

 241. 



Austen (R. A. C.) on the origin of the 

 limestones of Devonshire, 228. 



Azote, in plants, examination of, 154 ; 

 its combination with metals, 475. 



Barometer, Coggan's self-registering, 

 456. 



Barry (Dr. M.), researches in embryo- 

 logy, 458. 



Bell (A.) on rotatory motion, 224. 



Bermuda, meteorological observations 

 made at, 12. 



Binks (C.) on the laws of action of voltaic 

 electricity, and on the construction of 

 voltaic batteries, 54, 135, 171, 276. 



Bird (Dr. G.) on the nature and pro- 

 perties of albumen, 15 ; on certain 

 properties acquired by the platina elec- 

 trodes of a voltaic battery, 379. 



Bitumen, elastic, composition of, 22. 



Black (Dr.) on a fossil stem of a tree 

 found near Bolton-le-Moor, 229. 



Blood, oh the presence and effects of pus 

 in the, 193 ; composition of the, 311 ; 

 from a diabetic patient, analysis of, 

 395 ; in connection with respiration, 

 experiments on the, 463. 



Blowpipe, on the action of the, 86. 



Bones, human, proportion of animal and 

 earthy matter in, 155. 



Books:— the Lifeof Sir S. Morland, 221 ; 

 Rara Mathematica, 221 ; Scientific 

 Memoirs, 310. 



Borates of potash, 317. 



Boussingault (M.) on the action of plants 

 on the azote of the atmosphere, 154 ; 

 on the proportions of gluten in grain, 

 315. 



Bowman (J. E.) on the Silurian rocks of 

 the north coast of Denbighshire, 225. 



British Association for the advancement 

 of science, 224. 



Brown (R.), portrait of, 399. 



Buckland (Dr.) on the discovery of fossil 

 fishes in the Bagshot sands, 387 ; on 

 a fossil wing of a neuropterous ittsect^. 

 388. 



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