INDEX. 



445 



D'Arcet, M., on the preparation of food 



from bones, 200 — on seeds, 426 

 Davy, Mr. John, 436 

 — — Sir H., catalogue of his works, 149 



—on the power of heated platina wire, 



173— theory of, 400 

 Dead sea, sketch of it, 130— analysis of 



its water, 132 

 Decks, number of, 225 

 Decroizelle, M., 90 

 Dee, river, its extraordinary rise, 328 

 Deserts, their peculiar situation, 136 

 Despretz, M., 175 



Destigny,M., on the dilatation of stone, 1 70 

 Diffraction, causes of, 394 

 Diluvium, or sea beach, 369 

 Dobereiner, discoveries of, 173, 178 — his 



researches respecting Platina, 196,354 

 Dog, experiment with one, 430 

 Dollond, M., needle made by, 14 — al- 

 luded to, 380 

 Dorme, M.,on vegeto-alkaline poisons, 431 

 Douglas, David, undertaking of, 8 

 Du Halde, Pere, process made known 



by, 402 

 Dulong, M., vegetable substance obtained 



by, 192 

 Dumas, M., experiments of, 176, 410 

 Dunbar, columnar sandstone of, 248 — its 



prismatic structure, 259 

 Duncan, Dr., of Ediuburgh, on bark, 



310,314 

 Dulrochet, M., 89 



Earth, experiments on the force of its 



magnetism, 14 



new, discovery of, 412 



Eating, custom of, 143 

 Eggs of birds, different colours of, 440 

 Egypt, climate of, 119 

 Egyptian scarabaeus, habits of, 427 

 Egyptians, descendants of, 127 

 Electricity of solar rays, 173, 420 

 terrestrial, meteorological in- 

 fluence of, 434 

 Embalming, different modes of, 126 

 Encke, Mr., letter of, 401 

 Encke's comet, its last appearance, 161 



observations on, 302 



Engelhart, observations of, 408 

 England, France, and Sweden, state of 



naval construction in, 229 

 Epidendra, or flos acris, 286 

 Erdmann, Professor, on the influence of 



magnetism, 407 

 Ergot of mais, or Indian corn, 430 

 Erinaceus Europseus, observations on the 



teeth of, 332 

 Esmarck, Pastor, new mineral discovered 



by, 296, 412 

 Etesian, or north-west winds, 119 

 Ether, its effect ou sulphate of indigo, 416 



Ether, acetic, its chemical constitution^ 16 

 Eudiometry, application of spongy plati- 

 num to, 354 

 Eye, impressions produced by light on, 396 



Fabian, M., experiments of, 196 

 Fabroni, experiments of, 319 

 Farine, M., on blistering insects, 438 

 Farquharson, Rev. James, his account of 

 the great storm in the counties of Aber- 

 deen, Banff, &c. 328 

 Felspar rocks, 362 



and quartz, 362 



Ferae, characteristics of, 342 — arrange- 

 ment of, 349 

 Fermentation, its effects on bark, 321 

 Ferrez, M., process of, 188 

 Fever, intermittent, specific for, 310 

 Firemen, preservation of, exposed to 



flames, 398 

 Fish, its preservation by means of ice, 428 

 Fisheries, Cornish, use of lights in, 133 

 Flaugergues, M., observations of, 215 

 Flemming, observation of, 338 

 Flood, great, in Scotland, 328 

 Flourens, M., his experiments on the mole, 



205 

 Flowers, want of, in thickets and woods, 69 

 Fluids, elastic, specific heat of, 407 

 Food, its preparation from bones, 200 

 Forbes, Mr., discovery made by, 33 

 Force, construction, and sailing qualities 



of ships of the line, 219 

 Forsyth, Mr. J ., his account of the worari, 



52 

 Francoeur, M., on sulphuric acid, 409 

 French, their improvement in ship-build- 

 ing, 224 



cookery, 137 



Frommherz, M., on malic acid, 416 

 Functions and structure of plants, 279 



Gaillon, M., neraazoaires of, 207 

 Galvanic battery, construction of, 71 

 Gardens, architectural, 54 

 Garlic, dispensation of, 142 

 Gas, phosphuretted hydrogen, 178 

 Gases, their diffusion through each other, 

 74 — specific heat of, 172 — analysis of 

 354 

 Gastrin, mineral waters of, 194 

 Gastronomy, definition of, 141 

 Gautier, M., supposition of, 161 

 Gay-Lussac, M., on the solidification of 

 metals, 167 — his analysis of borax/ 

 180— on phosphoric acid, 408— -on the 

 action of potassa on organic matters, 

 414 

 Gazzeri, Professor, letters to, 173, 420 

 Geological survey of the island of Guern- 

 sey, 359 

 Geology, range of, 34 



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