400 INDEX. 
Bevan, (Mr.) experiments by, on the adhesion of nails, in different 
kinds of wood, 360 
Blainville (M.) sur les Ichthyolites, analysis of, with strictures on 
his errors and the imperfections of his work, 105—121 
Blowpipe, self-acting, described, 236, 237 
Boussingault and Rivero, (MM.) Memoir of, on the milk of the 
Cow tree, 142. On the hot springs of the Cordilleras, 143 
Brande, (W. T., Esq.) prospectus of his course of lectures on elec- 
tricity, 282—284. And on vegetable chemistry, 288—289 
Brard, (M.) on the action of frost on building materials, 148, 149 
Brinkley (Dr.) remarks on the parallax of a Lyree, 264, 265 
Brisbane, (Sir Thomas) account of experiments made by, with an 
invariable pendulum, at New South Wales, 128 
British Channel, observations on the soundings in, 245—247 
Cafeine, composition of, 173, 174 
Caoutchouc, observations on the preparation of, 364 
Capillary Action of fissures, §c., remarks on, 151, 152 
Carrara Marble, natural changes in, 178 
Chalk, observations on the burning of, 361—363 
Chalybeate Water, artificial, notice of, 386 
Cheltenham Water, existence of nitrate, and a salt of potash, dis=- 
covered in, 178, 179 
Chemical Science, intelligence in, 153—175, 369—386 
Chevreul, (M.) observations of, on the action of bodies on the 
organs of taste, 392, 393 
Chili, account of the earthquake in, in Noy., 1822, 38—46 
Chiswick, account of an overflowing well at, 70—74 
Christie, (Samuel Hunter, Esq.) observations on the diurnal varia- 
tions of the horizontal needle, when under the influence of 
magnets, 128, 129. And on the effects of temperature on the 
intensity of magnetic forces, 279 
Chronometers, influence of magnetism on, 197—202, 365—367 
Climate of London, meteorological remarks on, 340—345 
Coal Strata, products of the combustion of certain, 180 
Coindet, (C. W.) account by, of the injection of a solution of opium 
into the veins of an hysterical patient, 145, 146 
Collyer, (Charles, Esq.) observations by, on univalves, 272, 273 
Comets, remarks on the catalogue of the orbits of, that have hitherto 
been computed, 85—96. Remarks on the periodical comet (86 
Olb.) 96—99. Elements of the comet of 1823,4, by various 
computers, 104 
Conchology, observations on the present state of, 29, 30 
Condensation of Gases, experiments on, 123, 124, 125. 
Conductors (fluid), on the motions produced in, when transmitting 
the electric current, 256—259 
Cooper (Mr.) analysis by, of the ancient ruby-glass, 165. Descrip- 
tion of his lamp-furnace for the analysis of organic bodies, 232 
