INDEX. 409 



Vauquelin (M.), reflections on volcanoes by, 130-133 



Vegetables, see Plants 



Vesuvius, examination of recent lava of, 180, 181. Charcoal dis- 

 covered in its cinders, 180. Electric phenomena of this moun- 

 tain, 181, 182. Account of its eruptions in October, 1822, 182, 

 183. Chloride of potassium, thrown out of, 395 



Vibrio Tritici, microscopical observations on the suspension of the 

 muscular motions of, 326 



Vicat (M.), on the peculiar effects of burning, on lime, 386, 387 



Volcanic Phenomena, hypothesis on the cause of, 130, 131. Re- 

 marks on volcanoes, 131-133. And on volcanic electricity, 181, 

 182. Volcanic eruption in Iceland 396 



Vulliamy (B. L.), on the theory of the dead escapement, and the 

 reducing it to practice for clocks with seconds and larger pendu- 

 lums, 1-24 



Wake of a cask, what, 362. Mode of computing the contents of a 



cask therefrom, ibid, 363 

 Walsh (John, Esq.), observations of, on the modern theory of phy- 

 sical astronomy, 270-272 

 Water-proof cloth, notice of, 155 



Waves, hydraulic experiments on the propagation of, 370, 371 

 Whidby (J. Esq.), abstract of the observations of, on the fossil 



bones found in the limestone quarries of Oreston, 330, 331 

 Wilmot (Edward, Esq.), demonstration of Taylor's theorem by, 229 

 Wbhler (F.), new mode of forming cyanic acid by, 102-104 

 Wullaston (Dr.), experiments and observations of, on metallic tita- 

 nium, 326, 327 

 Wollaston ^Dr.), notice of the researches of, in electro-maenetism. 

 343 



Year of the Chinese, remarks on, 331 



Young (Dr. Thomas), report of, on an improved sliding rule for 



gauging casks, 357-361. Mode of computing the contents of a 



cask from the wake, 362, 363 



Zinc, alloys of, with iron, 383. Cadmium obtained from zinc 

 works, ibid. 



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