384 



INDEX. 



Bridges. Conftruftion of, 97,179 



Buchannan's improvements on 



water wheels, 79 



Calf-Jhins. To tan, _ 23 



Carbon. Gafeous oxide of, de- 



compofed, _ 8g 



Carbonates, earthy. Experiments 



with, on affinities, 342 



Carradori on theattraftive po\y. 



er of bodies floating on water, 



Carthamus Tin^orius. Experi- 

 ments on dyeing with, 58 

 Chaptal on the analyfis of wine, 

 128,368 

 Chariot •way-ivi/er known to the 

 antients, 3^ 

 Cheefe. To make Chelhire, 230 

 Chemical Lipparatus improved, 253 

 Chenevix on menachanite from 

 Botany-Bay, 88 : on James's 

 powder, 108 : on the lulphur 

 in fulphuric acid, II3 

 Choy, in Perlia, journey to, 217 

 Coal found at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, 261 

 College of Pharmacy at Paris, 



282 



ComHs, 90, 181 



Cooper (Mr. Aftley). Medal 



prefented to, 268 



Corinthian brafs. Remarks on, 



161 

 Cotton. On dyeing, 58 



Cowhides. To tan, 22 



Crocodiles of the old and new 

 world, 277 



Gm^r on crocodiles, 277 



Darracq on the affinity of earths 

 for each other, 34.1 : on analy- 

 fis and fynthcfisof alkalies and 

 earths, ^ 344 



J)i7i^ on galvanifm, 202, 326 

 Dsaths, 2B8 



Devwent ivater. On the agita- 

 tions of the lake of, 163 

 Defmond'i new p.ocefs for tan- 

 ning, 19 



Deformes' analyfis and fynthefis of 

 alkalies and earths examined 

 by Darracq, 344 



Dill'wyns experiments on germi- 

 nation, 158 



Druids. On the origin of, 



273 

 DueVing, A prize queftion, 179 

 Divarf. Deicription of a, 17 

 Dyfiutery. A prize queftion, 17S 



Eatth. Antiquity of the, 287: 

 on the variations of the axis 

 and poles of Jthe, 3 lO 



Earths. Affinity for each other, 

 341 : On aaalyfis and fynthe- 

 fis of, ' _ J44 

 Earthcn-vuare. A prize quef- 

 tion, 86 

 Earthqudle. igi 

 E^^gs. Experiments on, 89 

 Eharicity. Prize queftions, 81, 



178 



Ehciricity. WoUallon on, 206: 



compared with galvanifm,2o6 : 



deconipofition of water by, 



208 

 EhBrometer. Lawfon's, 25 1 

 Emeralds found in France, 276, 



282 

 Engelmans journey in Peifia, 



217 

 Engine for raifing water, 166 

 Erfurt, academy at, 269, 378 

 Ether. To prepare, J 46 



F.rmc7itatic», A prize queflion, 



81 

 Fire-ball. A remarkable, 19 1 

 Fire engines. On the antiquity 



and invention of, 238 



Fluor alius. Remedy for, 266 

 F'lrjleri Hygroinetei', 166 



FouTcroy. Some account of, 3 '6 

 French Nat'wnallnftitute, 82, 179, 

 270, 301 

 Frcc-x,iitg experimtnts, A prize 



queftion, 378 



FridiM. Experiments on, 377 



Calvanijm. 



