INDEX. 425 



Desfosses (M.), experiments of, on the foimation of alcohol by 



fluoboric gas, 394, 395 

 Dhawalagiri, or White Mountain of Himalaya, observations on 



the height of, 240-247 

 Diod griufol, notice of a liquor so called, 394 

 Divinci-jnachine, new, notice of, 200 

 Divisibility of matter, remarks on, 306-309 

 Division of the eighth pair of nerves, observations on the effect 



of, 45-63 

 Druidical sepulchre, notice of, 412 



E 



Eclipse of the sun in September 1820, account of, 26-39; 291-305 

 Electricity in motion, on the magnetism impressed on metals by, 



281-290— gunpowder fired by, 391 

 Electrum, a native alloy of gold and silver, analysis of, 272 

 Eclipse (Solar), of September 1820, observations on, 26-39 

 Electrometer, new, notice of, 208 



F 



Farkas (M.), notice of a new diving-machine, invented by, 200 

 Ferro-prussiates, experiments and observations on the compo- 

 sition of, 208-216 

 Fire, experiments to prove that it has weight, 260-264 

 Fixed stars, corrections in right ascension of thirty-six principal, 



to every day in the year, 186-198 

 Fluoboric gas, experiments on the formation of alcohol from, 494 

 Food, table of the consumption of at Paris for 1819, 224 

 Forshhammer (Dr.), analysis of the oxides of manganese by, 201 

 Fruit, observations on the ripening of, 395-397 

 Fullers' -earth discovered in chalk, 220 



G 



General literature, miscellaneous intelligence in, 223-411 



Geology of Barbadoes, memoir on, 10-20 



Glaze (new), for porcelain, 392 



Gorham (Dr. John), on the analysis of Indian corn, 206-208 — 



critical notice of his Elements of Chemical Science, 348-352 

 Granite and trap, observations on the resemblance between 



certain varieties of, and trap, 404-405. 

 Granulation of copper, 386 

 Gun-powder, analysis of, 390 — fired by electricity, 391 



