INDEX. 



ACID of the triple prussiates, experiments on, 102, 103. On the 

 purpuric acid, 104. New mode of forming cyanic acid, ibid., 

 105, 106. Influence of tartaric acid in certain cases of ana- 

 lysis, 107-109. Comparative examination of the acids of but- 

 ter, of the phocenic, and hircic, acids, 112, 113. Action of 

 nitric acid on charcoal, 161. Hydriodic acid, a test for pla- 

 tinum in solution, 166. On the carbonic and muriatic acids of 

 the Atmosphere, 172 



Aerolite, notice of, 184 



Air, experiments on the vibration of, 371, 372 



Alkali, vegetable, discovered in rhubarb, 172 



Amalgamation of nickel and cobalt, by arsenic, 166 



Amber, on animals preserved in, 41-44, 393, 394. Remarks on 

 the nature and origin of that substance, 44-48 



Amici (Professor,) abstract of the microscopical observations of, 

 388-393 



Ammonia, on the presence of, in the rust of iron formed in houses, 

 380,381 



Ammoniacal-Gas, inflammability of, 165, 166 



Analysis (chemical,) uncertainty of, 164, 165; 378. Various 

 analyses by M. Arfwedson, 394 



Analyses of scientific books, 134-138, 301-347 



Animal Kingdom, outlines of Sir Everard Home's system of, pro- 

 posed from the modification of the human ovum, 324-326 



Animalcules of the conferva comoides, notice of, 397 



Anthracite, fusion of, 160 



Ajiothecaries' Company, historical notice of, 193-195. In what 

 manner its affairs are conducted, 196-198. Description of the 

 laboratories at Apothecaries'-hall, 199-202 



Aquatic salamander, the process of the re-production of the mem- 

 bers of, described, 84-96 



Arenaceo-calcareous substance found near Delvine, in Perthshire, 

 account of, 79-84 



Arfwedson (M.) various chemical analyses by, 394 



Arsenic, nickel and cobalt amalgamated by, 166 



Astronomical collections, 139-154,348-366. Tables of astronomi- 

 cal phenomena for the first three months of the year 1824, 

 286-297 



Astronomy, (physical,) observations on the modern theory of, 

 270-272 



