446 



INDEX. 



Genesis, book of, 245 



Germany, oils of, 192 



Germination, effect of iodine upon, 426 



Giornale Arcadico, 174 



Glass, phenomena that take place in, 248 



— — balloon, experiments with, 275 



stoppers, method of removing, 394 



Glaucic acid, 191 



Glires, their characteristics, 342 — ar- 

 rangement of, 349 



Gloger, M., on the different colours of 

 the eggs of birds, 440 



Gmelin, process of, 412 



■ ■ and Guimet, experiments of, 182 



Gold, neutral muriate of, 183 



Gonthier, discoveries of, 138 



Graham, Thomas, on the diffusion of 

 gases through each other and their se- 

 paration, 74 — his observations on the 

 oxidation of phosphorus, 83 — notice 

 of the singular inflation of a bladder, 

 88 — chemical observations of, 354 



Gravel, siliceous, observations on, 234 



Greenhow, Robt., on the construction of 

 the galvanic battery, 71 



Gregory, Dr.Wm., 132 



Grindenwald, glacier of, 433 



Guadaloupe, vegetable wasp of, 437 



Guibourt, M., 431 



Gypsum, sulphur found in, 433 



Haldat, M., on the causes of diffraction, 

 394 



Hammer, geological, 163 



Hancock, John, on a remarkable pheno- 

 menon of sound, 31 — his observations 

 on the worari and sirvatan, 50 — on 

 quinia, or quinine, and the preparations 

 of cinchona, 306 



Hansteen, M., his recent magnetic obser- 

 vations in Siberia, 1, 213 



Harding, M., 161 



Harrison, Dr., 308 



Hartshorn jelly, preparation of, 188 



Havilah, land of, 245 



Heat, action of, 252, 405 



of elastic fluids, 407 



Heavens, plan for a minute survey of, 401 



Hedgehog, observations on the teeth of, 

 332 



Hemisphere, northern, sketch of, 4 



Henri and Plisson, experiments of, 189 



Henry, Dr., on mixed gases, 354 — his 

 preparation of urea, 418 



Henry III., King of France, 139 



Herbstadt, M., 412 



Herrings, on their change of place, 134 



Hofacker, Professor, on the ratio of the 

 births of males and females, 439 



Holland, Mr., microscope of, 162 



Horizon, artificial, 171 



Hornblende; 365 



Horticulture, ornamental, 53 

 Humboldt, M., observations of, 7-— on 



daily magnetic variation, 397 

 Humidity, peculiar phenomena of, 214 

 Hiinefeld, Professor, 194 

 Huxham, celebrated prescription of, 327 

 Hydrogen, phosphuretted, composition of, 



176 



Ice, artificial preparation of, 172 — pre- 

 servation of meat and fish by means of, 

 428 _ 



Incubation, artificial, 438 



Indian corn, remarks on, 430 



Indians of North America, 217 



Indigo, experiments on, 265 — manufac- 

 ture of, 270 — effect of ether on, 416 



Ink, indelible, 188 



sympathetic, 182 



Insanity, rare in Turkey, 125 



Insects, mode of killing for preservations 

 in cabinets, 427 



blistering, notes relative to, 438 



Intelligence, Miscellaneous, 161, 392 



Iodide of potassium, its adulteration, 411 



Iodine, atomic weight of, 1 74 — its effect 

 upon germination, 426 — its application 

 to scrofula, 432 



Ipecacuanha Branca, analysis of, 194 



Iron filings, cement from, 406 



■ its action on ammonia, 175 — phar- 



maceutical preparations of, 388 



sulphated, crystallization of, 197 



Swedish, quality of, 2 16 



Ironstone, columnar, 254 



Jacquemys, Dr., of Liege, 420 



James's Naval History, extract from, 225 



Jaspers, fine, 262 



Jelly, vegetable, mode of obtaining, 189 



Jersey, island of, geological survey of, 359 



Jewellery, coloration of golden articles 



Kamsin, or simoom, 119 



Kane, R. J., his chemical examination of 

 a native arseniuret of manganese, 381 



Kazan, composition of the atmosphere at, 

 409 



Keil, M., his method of making artificial 

 magnets, 396 



Keilhau, Professor, 30 



Kentucky, fortifications in, attributed to 

 the Indians, 217 



Kervegnen, M. de, night-telegraph in- 

 vented by, 393 



King, Captain, survey of, 9 



Kircoff, M., his process for preserving 

 milk, 203 



Kittel, M., on medicinal roots, 208 



Kleipstein, Dr., 216 



Knight, Mr,, experiment of, 422 



