476 



INDEX. 



Patents 76, 158, ?r!9, 319, 328, 400, 

 471 

 Prarsov's reply to Bostock, 321 



Pendulums. On, 293 



Phil'isopbicai Snciety nf London, 458 

 PknsphuTft nfplatiiia, ' 82 



Phisiol»^y, 458, 463 



Piiamiasic tinder-box, 424 



Plants. On tendrils of, 343 



PInlina soluble in nitric acid when 

 combined with gold or silver, 3; 

 combined with sulphur, 27 ; with 

 phosphorus, 32; with sulphuretted 

 hvdrogen gns, 210; with phos- 

 phoretled hydrogen gas, 264; with 

 carburetted hydrogen gas, 265; 

 with oxygen, 265 ; and potash, 

 268; with chlorine, 271; simple 

 salts of, 275; sulphate of, 350; 

 triple salts of, 355 ; potash sul- 

 phate of, 356; soda ditto, 358; 

 ammonia ditto, 360 ; fulminating, 

 361 i alumine sulphate, 362; ba- 

 rjnes ditto, 363 



PUlinana. On, 27 1 



Platinane. What, 27 1 



Ptalinum. Oxides of, 442 



Plundane. What, 86 



Pnis-mx. Brodie on, 278 



Poisons, effects of, 405 



Pfize oueslions, 316,317,396 



Propurlions, dfjimte. Application of, 

 168,365,441 

 Ptolomy. The optics of, 393 



Pump. Substitute for, 220 



Respirali'in. Experiments on, 407 

 hurnlfren's travels into the interior of 

 .Africa, 468 



Rogel on arsenic, 179. 532 



R'ltjaL Siiciety, l5l , 387, 453 



•Santl tide. Singular, found in Cum- 

 berland, 390 

 Sculpture, Grecian, 395 

 Sea-ualer. Luminous appearance 

 of, 206 

 Xenm. Analysis of, 114 

 Slier. Analysis of, 201 ; exists in 

 metallic state in cast iron, 202, 

 245 ; unites with silver, ii06 

 Silicated Jtuale c>f ammonia. On, 380 



Si Healed fluoric acid gas. On, 375 

 Stiver and platina in union. Action 

 of nitric acid on, S 



Snakes. Motion of, 241 



Soiindnig mac lane. Massey's, 91 

 S(ntlhern on vibrations of musical 

 strings, 333 



Singe, The. History of, 153, 231: 

 Slanclifff on dividin;< engine, 343 

 Slannanea and slannane. On, lO 



Slarcli converted into sugar, 134, 236 

 Stenography. History of, 308 



Stephen's method of making bricks, 

 14 

 Stibiane. What, 89 



Sugar. Production of from starch, 

 134, 226 

 Sulphurels. Davy (E.) on, 27, 209 -, 

 Davy (J.) on, 172 ; of tin, 442 

 Sulplucric acid. Tables of densities, 

 1.61 

 Sun. Observations on, 444 



Surgical cases: Hernia, 365 



Tartar enUlic. Action of, 289 



Taunton's case of hernia, 365 



Towney's thrashing machine, 81 

 Tellurium. Oxide of, 442 



Temporary ruk to secure corn, 18 

 Tessellated pavement in Sussex, 238 

 Thrashing madiine, 8' 



Tin combined with chlorine, or ox- 

 muriatic acid, 9; oxides of, 12,169 

 Tinder-hox. The pneumatic, 424 

 Fegilalile acid. A new one, 339 

 Fegetalte physiohigy, 46S 



f'uleanic eruption in St. Vincent's, 67; 

 elTects of at Barbadoes, 71 



Ulmin. On, 454 



IVaistell^s corn dibble, 39 



IVulkcr (E.) on pendulums, 293; on 

 barometer, 330 



ll'alker (R.) on barometer, 136; on 

 artificial cold, _ l-^-* 



Jl'Litn-. Machine for raising, 220 

 U'ernerlan Society, 59 



IVoodcock on British caoutchouc, 66 

 ff'oDTaro. Exper. with, 279 



Zinc. Sulphuret of, 38 ; butter of, 

 86 

 Zincane. What, 86 



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