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of the Alteration of Solutions by contact with Air. 11. Odour of 
Hydrogen Gas extraneous ; Inodorous Hydrogen Gas. 12. Inflam- 
mation of sulphuretted Hydrogen by Nitric Acid. 13. Artificial 
Chalybeate Water. 14. Mereurial Vapour iu the Barometer. 15. 
Combustion of Iron by Sulphur. 16. Ammonia in Oxides of Iron. 
17. Iodous Acid. 18. Preparation of pure Oxide of Uranium. 19, 
Uranium Pyrophori. 20. Atomic or Proportional Weights. 21. 
On the Acetates of Copper. By M. Vauquelin. 22. Dahline, or 
Inuline, in the Jerusalem Artichoke. 23. New Vegeto alkali, Vio- 
line. 24. Jalapine, or Jalapia. 25. MM. Leibeg and Gay-Lussac on 
Fulminic Acid and Fulminates. 26. Supposed new Metal, Taschium 
27. Liquefaction of Sulphurous Acid : : 369 
Ill. Naturat History. 
1. On the different Manners in which Bodies act on the Organs 
of Taste. By M. Chevreul. 2. Action of Meconic Acid on the 
Animal Economy. 3. On the ditferent Masses of Iron which have 
been found on the Eastern Cordiliera of the Andes. By MM. de 
Revero and Boussingault. 4. Natural Ice Caves. 5. Glacier of 
Getros, Valley of Bagne. . . . . - 892 
XVI. Meteorological Diary for the Months of March, iy and 
May, 1824 : : : E . 398 
Inpex : : : : . . 399 
