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Acetic acid in dyeing . . . 214 



Acoustics, improvements in . 110 

 Aenothera Macrocarpa illuminated 



by phosphoric light . . .74 

 Air, composition of . . . 181 

 Alcohol and its compounds . . 36 

 Alcohol, dilatation of by heat . 459 

 Aldehyde. .... 36 

 Aldehydic acid .... 40 

 Aldehyde, resin of ib. 

 Alum in dyeing . . . 279 

 American Journal of Science . 149 

 America, travels in . . . 456 

 Ammonialdehyde . . .39 

 Ammonia in dyeing . . . 277 

 Ammonia, action of 218 

 Ampere's theory of heat and light 222 

 Amphodelite .... 338 

 Analyser of Coffey's Still . . 32 

 Animals, mode of preserving minute 319 

 Annual Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural . . . . .71 

 Antiseptic liquid . . . 153 

 Anthophyllite .... 336 

 Antimonial copper glance . . 158 

 Apartments, new mode of heating 315 

 Arago, life of Dr. T. Young, by 321, 241 

 Arbuthnot, Dr. states a falsehood . 17 

 Archemides' substitute for loga- 

 rithms ..... 165 

 Arnot Dr. on heating rooms . 315 

 Arts, improvement in . . 72 

 Atomic weights of bodies, obser- 

 vations on 251, 170 

 Attraction, capillary . . . 460 

 Aurora Borealis, observations of . 387 

 Azote, specific gravity of . . 1 87 



Back, Captain, expedition of . 3)0 

 Barium, hydrargyro-cyanuret . 359 



Barometer, influence of the moon on 339 

 Barytes, calcareo sulphate of . 236 

 Basalt containing coal . . .71 

 Bee, anecdote of a . . . 235 



Bell, Sir Charles, on the nerves of 

 motion and sensation . . 334 



Benzimide ... .78 

 Benzoine . . . . . ib. 

 Benzoyle. .... ib. 



Birds fossil 466 



Bin's tables of the winds . . 73 

 Blood, causes of its motion in the 

 capillaries . . . ... 1 1 



Blood, white .... 496 



Bonaparte, his opinion of science 246 

 Borates, new class of . . . 298 

 Bosoprine, principle in cow-dung 375 

 Bosopric acid in cow-dung . . ib. 

 Botanical system of Reichenbach 385 

 Boyle's theory of the rainbow . 322 

 Braithwaite's, Mr. defence against 



Capt. Ross . . . .73 

 Bran for cleansing prints . . 372 

 Bromelia pinguis flowers in the 



open air at Ealington . . 74 

 Byssus floccosa, hydrate produced 



from . ." . . . 207 



Calcium, hydrargyro-cyanuret of 361 

 Calculus, differential and integral 230 

 Calico, bleaching the . . . 379 



application of mordants to ib. 



dyeing .... 381 



Canadas, state of the . . . 319 

 Carbon, atomic weight of . . 189 

 Carbonic acid, solidification of . 192 

 Carbydrogen, composition of . 299 

 Carices common to North America 



and Great Britain . . . 154 

 Carson, Dr. J. Jun., case of dis- 

 ease by .... 141 

 Caspian sea, water of . . . 103 

 Caustic powder of Vienna . 154 

 Chalk in dyeing . . .279 

 Champollion's claim to the dis- 

 covery of the hieroglyphics . 331 

 Charcoal, optical properties of . 223 

 Chinese work on arithmetic . 175 

 Chlorobenzine and chlorobenzide 157 

 Ciripides, metamorphosis of . . 226 

 Clark, Dr., on the manufacture of 



iron 453 



Coal on the Ohio . . . . 151 

 Coal contained in basalt . . 71 

 Colour, influence of, on non-lumi- 

 nous heat. . . . .115 

 Comet of Halley . . . 316 

 Condenser of Coffey's still . 32 



Cooper, iMr. P., on refracted and 

 diffracted light . . . 347 



on white light 94, 58 



Copper, sulphate of, in dyeing . 187 

 Cornwall, steam engine of . 399 

 Cow-dung, bath for dyeing . . S75 

 Crichton, Mr. J., on a powerful 



natural magnet . . . 27 1 



Crystalline lens, action of. . 249 



Cutaneous disease, anomalous . 111 



