CONTENTS. iii 



ART. PAGE 



Metallic Sulphates by Hydrogen. 14. Cyanate of Potash, and 

 Cyanic Acid. 15. Boron. 16. Action of Alum on Vegetable Co- 

 lours. 17. Preparation of Lithia. IS. Sulpho-iodide of Antimony. 

 19. Glass of Antimony. 20. Conversion of Oxalate and Formiate 

 of Ammonia into Hydrocyanic Acid. 21. On the Detection of Hj'- 

 drocyanic Acid in tlie Bodies of Animals poisoned by it. 22. Pu- 

 rification of Vinous Liquors. 23. Preparation of Morphia. 24. Ac- 

 tive Principle of Belladonna. 25. Colocyntine. 26. Active Principle 

 of the Daphne Alpina. 27. Preservation of Red Cabbage Colour. 

 28. Use of Elder-berries as a Chemical Test. 29. Bleaching of 

 Sponge. 30. Cholesterine in human Bile. 31. Electrical Conducting 

 Power in Melted Resinous Bodies 381 



III. Natural History. 



I. River containing Free Acids. 2. Sulphur Mountain of Ticsan. 

 3. Volcanic Saline Miitter. 4. Obsidian. 5. Locality of the Co- 

 luiubite. 6. Eslanite, a New Mineral. 7. Native Sulphate of Ura- 

 nium. 8. ftlode of Planting through Trees. 9. Preservation of 

 Seeds. 10. Ammonite containing Shells. 11. Ficus Elastica. 13. 

 Form of Hail- Stones. 13. Causes of Animal Heat. 14. Hydro- 

 phobia. 15. Use of Pomegranate Root as an Anthelminthic. 16. 

 Power of Vegetable Life 17. Singular Psycho-physiological Phe- 

 nomenon 404 



XVIL Meteorological Journal for the Months of September, 

 October, and November, 1824 41S 



Mr. BRANDE's MANUAL of PHARMACY is in the press, and will 

 shortly be published by Messrs. Underwoods, of Fleet-Street. 



A Complete Edition of the WORKS of the late Dr. BAILLIE, with an 

 Account of his Life, collected from the most authentic sources, will speedily 

 be published by Mr. Wardrop. 



