INDEX. 



379 



Bolany. Thornton on Aikin's 

 review of his, 326 



Boutan. On wool and sheep of, 

 234 



Bcuvard's tables of Jupiter, 2 1 5 



Bnindy. To imitate the flavour 

 of, 322 



Brathiuait's remedy for scarlet 

 fever, 127 



Bread. Experiment to improve, 

 161 



Brittany. Of curing herrings in, 

 16 



Brotvn on galvanism, 285 



5i^cZ)<?/z'i experiments on cobalt, 



97 

 Bucket for deep wells, 2 7 i 



Bujfon's burning mirrors, 57 

 Burckhardfs lunar calculations, 

 214 

 Burgas astron. observations, 214 

 Bus/jnell on submarine vessels, 62 



Cacbcmire, On wool and sheep 



of, _ 234 



Calcareous earth. Use of, in soils, 



■9 

 Cameos. A new material for en- 

 graving, 83 

 Camero obsiura. Discovery of, 

 252 

 Canthar'ulcs. On the principles 



'•U 145 



Cape of Good Hope. Condition 

 of inhabitants of, 179,307 

 Carbon. On affinity of, 193, 289 

 Cnst iron. On shrinkage and 

 expansion of, i 



Cattle. On removing contagious 

 diseases from, 374 



Cerei. Orbit of, 325 



Cheese should not be used in hos- 

 pitals, 16 r 

 Chrysalides absorb oxygen, 259 

 Cinchonate of lime. To prepare, 

 167 

 Clay. Affinity of, 193, 289 

 Clocks. Improvements in, 303, 



Clouds. Stone from, 5 7 i 



CohaU'ic add does not exist, 07 



Colours, to communicate, to 

 burnt steatites, 84: on the 

 nature of, 301 : cakes in oil, 

 to prepare, 268 



Combuiito'i effected by reflected 

 light, 57 ; by reflected heat, 58 



Combustion, spontaneous. On, 



Commerce. Early history of, 86 j 

 Russian, 284, 369 



Contraction of cast iron, 7 



Coquehert on poisoning arrows, 



165 

 Corned h'rrin^s. On, i? 



Col ion. To dye, red, 340 



Cotton yarn. To dye, of a durable 

 red, _ 45 



Crane. Hall's expanding, 270 

 Crookeens on distillation of spi- 

 rits, 107. 3 '£ 

 Curing of meat, 189 

 Cw-vjen on steaming potatoes 

 for cattle, 1 16 

 Cuthhertson on Galvanism, 358 

 Cylinders. Attraction of, for flu- 

 ids, 232 



Darwjns address to the popU" 

 lace at Nottingham, -73 



Day^s submai ine experiment, 61? 



Delamhre^s solar observations, 

 2 10 ; obliquity of ecliptic, 

 211; tables of the sun, 214 



Deschamps' cinchonate of lime, 

 167 



2)ifyfa;c on cantbarides, 14 j 



Dige'ters, to prepare food for 

 cattle, 29S 



Digges's optical discoveries, 245 



Distillation of spirits. Dutch 

 method of, io7» 3'5 



Dollond. Life of, 47 



DrebeWs submarine experiment, 

 60 



Duhamel on herring fishery, i a 



Earths. Use of, in vegetation, 



79, 80. Augustine excluded 



from the simple, J 90, 287 



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