440 INDEX. 



Animals, remarkable fact in breeding, 126, 127 



Antimony and lead, analysis of a cupreous sulphuret of, 34-36 



— compounds of, 171, 172 — on the detection of arsenic in 



the ores of, 412 

 Apatite (c.onc\iO\A?i\), analysis of, from Zillerthahl, 271, 272 

 Apograph, notice of, 1 69 

 Arsenic, test for, 411 — on the detection of, in ores of antimony, 



412 

 Art, notice of remains of in a limestone formation, 191 

 Astronomical and Nautical Collections, 137-151—381-401 

 Atkins's rock, position of, 406 

 Atmosphere of the Baltic Sea, temperature of, 341, 342 — the 



variation of the temperature of the atmosphere, deduced from 



the mean refraction, 396-398 

 Augite (foliated) of Carinthia, analysis of, 269-271 



B 



Bacon's (Lord) system of ciphers, remarks on, 24, 25 

 Balance, observations on the construction of, 40, 41 

 Balloons, coal-gas first applied to the inflation of, by Mr. Green, 

 1 14 — account of his ascent from Portsea, 1 15 — observations 

 and experiments made by him during his voyage, 116 — re- 

 marks thereon, 117, 118 

 Baltic Sea, observations on atmosphere of, 341, 342 

 Barlow (Peter, Esq.), on the effects produced on the rates of 



chronometers by the proximity of masses of iron, 374, 375 

 Baruel (M.), process by, for procuring pure platinum, palladium, 

 rhodium, iridium, and osmium, from the ores of platinum, 

 246-2.56 -remarks thereon, 256-262 

 Bell (Charles, Esq.), on a new arrangement of the nerves, 376, 



377 

 Belladonna, a preservative against scarlet fevers, 428 

 Bellevue (M. Fleuriaude), observations of, on metcorolites, 192 

 Bernard (convent of St.), notice of subscriptions, 432 

 Berthicr (M.), on the analysis of alkaline minerals, 169-171 — 

 on the alloys of chromium, iron, and steel, 173, 174 — table 

 of his results, 328 

 Berzelius (Professor), on the compounds of molybdenum, chro- 

 mium, tungsten, antimony, &c., 171, 172 — on oxide of chro- 

 mium, 172, 178 — reluctantly acknowledges Sir Humphry 

 Davy's chloridic theory, 306, 307— abstract of his paper on 

 several inorganic combinations, which serve as the base of 

 calculations relative to the theory of chemical proportions, 

 307-310 — remarks thereon, 321-323— analysis of the crystal- 

 lized calamine of Limbourg, 328 — on the oxide of platinum 

 and gold, 412 — decompositions of oxalic acid by, 413 

 Bismuth and copper, chemical analysis of a sulphuret of, 36, 37 



