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INDEX TO VOL. I. 



Absorption, phaenomena of, 479. 



Absorptive force of glass molecules, 44. 



Abstract terms, treated by Carus as real 

 entities, 254. 



Acid, new, combinations of, 470. 



, nitric, mode of ascertaining the 



presence of, 441. 



, tartaric, unequal dispersive powers 



of, 601. 



, chlorous, 270; preparation of, 275; 



volatility of, 279; properties of an aque- 

 ous sokuion of, 280. 



Acids, hydrochloric, 271 ; carbonic, 272; 

 acetic, 273; chloric, 274; hydrospiroilic, 

 155; spiroilic, 160; hyperoidic, 282; cy- 

 anic, 286; hydrophosphorous, 290; liy- 

 perchlorous, 305; hyperbromous, .310. 



, action of on organic colouring prin- 

 ciples, 594, 595. 



jEpinus, theory of, 449. 



iEther, Mossotti on, 450. 



Air, reflecting property of, 101. 



Alcohol, spectrum of the flame of, 492. 



Algee, infus'-.rial motions of, 566. 



Alloys, and amalgams, table of, 520. 



Aniici's microscope, magnifying power of, 

 570; improvements of, 580. 



Ammonia, hydrospiroilate of, 157; its 

 composition, 158. 



, nitrosulphate of, 473. 



Ampere on the propagation of heat, 389. 



■ , elementary particles of, 490. 



• , invention of the bascule of, 509. 



, on the action of the magnet, 608. 



Analysis, organic, 595, 599. 



■ of wood, 143. 



— — — of the subnitrate of copper, 422. 



Anhydrous, sulphuric, and sulphurous 

 acids, new combination of, 44:5. 



Animal body, composition and internal 

 formation of, 245; formation of the 

 solids of, 246. 



Animal bodies, considered as aggregates 

 of innumerable infusoria united into a 

 living whole, 246, 565; as plants with 

 the roots turned inwards, 243, 247,251. 



Animal life, progressive development of, 

 253 ; transition into vegetable, 572. 



Animal structure, a hollow globe contain- 

 ing its roots withinside, 243, 244, 247. 



Animalcules, gradual origin of, £62 ; cy- 

 clical development of, 560; structure of, 

 559; transparency of, 562 ; solution of, 

 563. 



■ , infusorial, doctrine of, 564; 



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division of, into two classes, 564; wheel 

 organs of, 564; similarity of, with larger 

 animals, 564; geographical diffusion of, 

 565 ; man dependent on the will of, 565. 



Animals, crustaceous, origin of, 565. 



Antimony, oxysulphuret of, 433. 



.\ntinori on the electrical phaenomena 

 produced by the magnet, 621 ; experi- 

 ments of, 608. 



Artificial light, effect of, 112. 



^Iteuchus sacer ; At. JEgyptiorum, 193. 



Atmosphere, constitution of, 397; con- 

 stitution of the superior regions of, 393; 

 motion of light in, 393; refringent 

 power of, 395. 



, terrestrial, altitude of, 394. 



Atoms, doctrine of, 568; law of the re- 

 pulsion of, 448 ; various arrangements 

 of, 597 ; angular deviations produced 

 by, 602. 



, hooked, of Epicurus, 4 76. 



, organic, doctrine of, 571; utility 



ofin chemistry, 571; Ehrenbergon,555. 



Attelahiis huprestoides, 197. 



Attraction, magnetic, rapid decrease of, 

 .508. 



Azote, chloride of, preparation of, 287. 



Bacillaria, siliceous shields of, 401. 



Balard on the bleaching properties of 

 chlorine, 269. 



Barytes, combinations of, method of ob- 

 taining in a crystallized state, 436. 



Bascule of Ampere, 509. 



, mechanism of, 532. 



Battery, galvanic. Ohm's theory on, 312. 



Becquerel on the chfmical effects of elec- 

 tric currents, 414, 608. 



Beet root, sugar produced from, 605. 



Bergmehl, 406; tbssil infusoria in, 401. 



Berthollean method of bleaching, 269. 



Berzelius's experiments on the chloride 

 of potassium, 273. 



, his views respecting the prima 



germina reriim, 57 1 . 



Bilin, infusorial rock of, 409. 



Biot on the construction of the superior 

 regions of the atmosphere, 393. 



on the application ol' circular pola- 

 rization to chemistry, 600; to the ve- 

 getation of the Gramineie, 584. 



, his method of oscillations, 513. 



, his experiments on electro-magnet- 

 ism, 618, 619; on the electrical phae- 

 nomena produced by the magnet, 621. 



Biurub of Cicero and Pliny, 198. 

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