INDEX. 
Acetate of lime, phosphorescence of, 163. Of morphia, how 
detected in cases of poisoning, 168—170. Of copper, 383—383 
Acids, succinic and benzoic, facts relative to the history of, 141. 
Preparation of sulphurous acid gas, 163, 164. Acid tartaro- 
‘sulphate of potash, 171. Conversion of Gallic acid into ulmin, 
174. Analysis of sodous acid, 381, 382. Liquefaction of 
sulphureous acid, 391. Action of the meconic acid on the 
animal economy, 393, 394 
Algol, table of the recurrence of the smallest light of, 184, 185 
Analyses of scientific books, 105—130, 335—359. Of cafeine, 
174. Of sodous acid, 381, 382 
Arfwedson, (M.) his mode of procuring the pure oxide of uranium, 
382. And uranium pyrophori, 383 
Arsenic, detection of, in cases of poisoning, 165 
Astronomical and Nautical Collections, 85—104, 295—334 ; 
Astronomical Phenomena, for April, May, and June, 1824, 77—84 
‘And for July, August, and September, 238—244, 
Atmosphere, a finite and exact expression for the refraction of one, 
nearly resembling that of the earth, 255, 2.56 
Atomic Weights, table of, 383 
Badnall, (Mr.) improvement of, in dyeing with Prussian blue, 167 
Bakewell, (Mr.) theory of, to account for the production of sound 
by opening a subterraneous gallery, 152. Table of vegetation 
at different heights, 176 
Barlow, (Peter, Esq.) experiments and observations by, on the 
daily variation of the horizontal and dipping necdles, under a 
reduced directive power, 128 ' 
Barometer, horary oscillations of, 189—197, Remarks on the ba- 
tometer, 345—347. On the formation of mercurial vapourin, 380 
Becquerel, (M.) account of the electrical effects produced at the 
moment of the combination of the metals and alkalis, with the 
acids, 136—138. Observations of, on the electro-motive actions 
produced by the contact of metals with liquids, 374, 375. His 
test of the alteration of solutions by contact with air, 379 
Bell (Charles, sq.) on the motions of the eye, in illustration of 
the uses of the muscles and nerves of the orbit, 123, 124, 127 
Berthier, (M.) on the preparation of sulphuretted hydrogen, 164. 
Of the saturated hydro-sulphuret of potash or soda, 165. And 
of the pure oxide of nickel, 166. 
Berzelius (Professor) letter ae 274 
