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INDEX. 



Bley, L. F., his analysis of the flowers 



and leaves of yarrow, 195 

 Blood, peculiar principle in, 187 

 Bodies, heavenly, resistance to their mo- 

 tion, 161 



floating, mathematical laws of, 224 



Bonastre, M., on myrrh, 209 



Bones, preparation' of food from, 200 — 



composition of different ones, 419 

 Borax, analysis of, 180 

 Botany, science of, 66 

 Bowman, J. E., on the drying of plants, 



208 

 Braconnet's indelible ink, 188 

 Brande's Manual of Pharmacy, 315 

 Brande, Dr. R., his chemical analysis of 



green oranges, 193 

 Brandy, an antidote to beer, 435 

 Bread, adulteration of, 198 — to ascertain 

 the admixture of sulphate of copper in, 

 420 

 Breccia, 368 



Brewster's monochromatic lamp, 396 

 Bromine, atomic weight of, 174 

 Brown, Lieut. J. H., his plan for im- 

 proving the carriage pavement of the 

 metropolis, 384 

 Brown's active molecules, 162 

 Brutes, definition of, 339 

 Buddah books, 246 

 Bueyari bush rope, 321 

 Buff, M., his experiments on hydrogen, 1 76 

 Bulbs, vegetable, their nature and cha- 

 racter, 422 

 Burnand, M., on the thawing power of 



water, 433 

 Burnett, Dr., on the structure and func- 

 tions of plants, 279 — on the dental sys- 

 tem of the Erinaceus Europaeus, 332 — 

 his illustrations of the Quadrupeda, 336 

 Butter, preservation of, 170 



Cairo, lunatic asylum at, 125 

 Calculi, analysis of, 234 

 Calcutta indigo, analysis of, 278 

 Canal, Chinese, account of, 393 

 Candolle, M. de, on the different species 



of bark, 210 

 Cannon, its introduction into ships, 223 

 Cantu, M., experiments of, 426 

 Caramacata, infusion of, 317 

 Carbazotate of lead, 179 

 Carbon, combustibility of, 178 

 Carbonates, alkaline, analysis of siliceous 



minerals by, 413 

 Carriage-pavement of the metropolis, plan 



for improving, 384 

 Cassola, M., 416 



Castellani, M., on the coloration of gol- 

 den articles of jewellery, 183 

 Catherine, Empress, cookery in the reign 

 of, 139 



Caventou, M., 431 



Caves, in Franconia, destroyed, 213 



Cement for hard stones, porcelain, and 



glass, 163 

 Cerulin, or Saxon blue, 267. 

 Cervesa de Kina, preparation of, 320 

 Chandler, Mr., case of, 311 

 Chapman on ships of war, 229 

 Chauzey, rocks of, 372 

 Chemical observations, 354 



science, 172, 407 



solutions, their influence on 



plants, 212 

 Chemists, pharmaceutical, innovations of 



306 

 Chevallier, M., on the use of muriatic 



acid, 398 

 Chevreul, 266 



Chinioidia, a new substance, 417 

 Chladni, M., 164 

 Chloride of lime, its disinfecting powers, 



410, 428. 

 Chlorine, power of, 431 

 Chromate of potash, adulteration of, 182 

 Chrome, orange, mode of producing, 358 

 Cinchona, genera and species confounded 

 with, 210 — preparation of, 306 — new 

 vegeto-alkalies obtained from, 417 

 Clark, Mr., of Glasgow, 357 

 Clarke, Mr., on phosphoric acid, 408 

 Clausen, M., his mode of removing glass- 

 stoppers, 394 

 Clays, desiccation of, 250 

 Clermont, M. de, hypothesis of, 426 

 Colchester, W. G., his account of an 

 apparatus for ascertaining the value 

 of different alkalies, 89 

 Comet of Encke, observations on, 302 

 Concretions, siliceous, 236 

 Constantinople, state of medicine at, 115 

 Cookery, observations on, 137 — antiquity 



of the art, 144 

 Copper, sulphate of, used to adulterate 



bread, 199, 425 

 , alloys of, new method of analyz- 

 ing, 412. 

 Comipedatae, characteristics of, 344 — 



arrangement of, 382 

 Cornish fisheries, use of lights in, 133 

 Corrosive sublimate, decomposition of, 198 

 Cosmenil, M., on impurities of salt, 431 

 Couerbe, M., on a new proximate prin- 

 ciple from albumen, 419 

 Creation, mosaic history of, 245 

 Crum, researches of, 267 

 Crystallization of barley-sugar, 356 

 Culley, Mr., on the force of running 



water, 162 

 Curves, isodynamic, 3 

 Cuvier, Frederick, on teeth, 334 



Dalton, Mr., illustrations of, 74 



