INDEX. 



483 



PAGE 



47 

 48 

 51 

 52 

 54 

 55 

 459 

 127 



Madder, red 



, characters of 



, orange 



, properties of . 



, yellow 



, analysis of 



Madras, breakwater at 

 Magnetizing, new method of 

 Magnetism, by common electricity 128 

 Magnesite . . . .341 

 Magnesium, hydrargyro-cyanuret of 362 

 Magnetic characters of metals . 316 

 Magnet, powerful natural . . 272 

 Manganese, sulphate of, for obtain- 

 ing bistre .... 283 



black oxide, value of 421 



Meteorological Jour., 160, 240, 329, 400 

 Meteorological observations, sum- 

 mary of . 

 Metals, magnetic characters of 

 Milk, diseased . . . • 



Mineralogy, system of, by Dr. T. 



Thomson .... 

 Minerals, arrangement of, by Dr. 

 T. Thomson .... 



, new,byDr.T. Thomson 



Mineral collections, on arrange- 

 ments of ... 

 Mollusca Testaceous, difficulty of 



distinguishing some . • 228 

 Muriatic acid in dyeing . . 212 

 , action of . . 218 



234 

 314 

 444 



64 



65 

 68 



232 



Nacrite . 



Naphthaline and its compounds 



chloride of, 



Naphathalese, chloro- . 



IS apier, Baron, memoir of, . 81, 



Naturalists' Club of Berwickshire, 



proceedings of 

 Newton, Sir Isaac, strange conduct 



of, .... 



experiments on light 



on fits of trans 



mission . 



Nerves of motion and sensation 

 Nitric acid in dyeing 

 Nitro-sulphuric acid 

 \obili, Signior, death of, 



332 



292 



293 

 161 



305 



58 



323 

 227 

 219 

 304 

 74 



Observatory of Greenwich, visitors 



appointed to ... 15 



Optics, improvement in . . 114 



Oxygen, specific gravity of . 187 

 Oxalic acid, in dying . . . 126 



Parr, notice of the . . • 269 

 Pharmaceutical Preparations. 153,473 

 Photometer of Maistre . . 115 



Phosphorus and hydrogen com- 

 pounds of .... 286 



PA OF 



Pittsburg, coal at ... 151 



Planet, a new one suspected . 460 



Plants containing Silica . . 157 

 Plants Metamorphosis of . . 158 

 Plants confounded with Zoophytes, 



on 200 



Plumbago, manufacture of . ih. 

 Poiseuille Dr., causes of blood 



motion . . • .341 



Poisson's theory of the temperature 



of the globe . . . .220 



Potash, in dyeing . . . 172 



test for . . . .275 



Prussiate of . . 284 



Chromate . . .287 



Potash and Soda, mode of sepa- 

 rating 56 



PotassiumI Iydrargyro-Cyanurets of 356 

 Priestley Dr., his grave . . 458 



Pyrurie acid .... 303 



154 



463 



460 



Quinin, Hydroferrocyanate of 

 Quassin .... 



Rain, hypothesis respecting 



Rectifier of Coffey's still . . « 



Red from cochineal . . . 451 



• fernambuc . . ib. 



madder . . . 453 



Reichenbach's Bot. system . 385 

 Respiration, theory of . • 265 



Rhubarb . . • 463 



Richardson, Mr. T., on Donium, a 



new substance . . . 462 

 Ritchie, Rev. W., on the Calculus 320 

 Roberts Mr. S., on isinglass, in 



clearing malt liquor . . 105 



Ross Sir J. 's attack on Mr. Braith- 



waite ..... 73 

 Rosetta, tablet of 329 

 Royal Society, advancement of the 247 

 — transactions of 145, 224 



Sand, diluvial ... .77 



Schmidt T. A. F., work on Botany 385 

 Science, progress of. . . 154 

 Shells, bivalved in Berwickshire . 305 

 Smith Dr., expedition into Africa 311 

 377 

 276 

 283 

 353 

 113 

 25 

 36 

 418 

 75 

 26 



Soapsuds, in dyeing 

 Soda Carbonate, test of 



Acetate of, in dyeing 



Sodium Hydrargyro-cyanuret of . 

 Sound effect of on barometer 

 Spirits, process of making 

 Spiritabstractedfrom wash bysteam 

 Spring <>f Nutshill, analysis of 

 Springs evolving azote 

 Stills . 



Stroboscope an optical instruments 114 

 Stromeyer, Dr., death of . . 79 

 Strontium Hydrargyro-cyanuTel <>f 360 



