EX, ; Ev 470 ] : 
INDEX to VOL. XLUL, 
see - 
Accuu on iode,’ 57,141, 210 
Acids not obtainable without. water, sul- 
phuric, 43; nitric, 44; miurialic, 44; 
_ tartaric, 47; citric, 48; oxalic, 49; 
on camphoric and benzoic, 146 
Adams, (Jos.)on hereditary diseases,454 
Adams on cataract, &c. 218 
Adipocere, how formed, - 36 
Aevolitesy catalogue of, 448 
Air-vessels in plants. On use of, 81 
_Aicohol. How formed, 192; how 
rectified, 272; formation of, 461 
Alcohol of sulphur. Cluzel on, 408 
Almanac, Nautical, errors in, 378, 407 
Alumina. Compounds of, 89 
Amlergris, how formed, 37 
Ammonia, a remedy for viper’s bite, 73 
Analyses of sulphate of alumina 88, 
soda 96, ammonia 98, lime 99, prot- 
oxide of iron 99, and oxide of copper 
, 100; of oxide of tin 93; of tartrate 
of potash 95; of superacetate of 
» potash 95; of acetate of soda and of 
lime 96; of oxalate of ammonia 983 
ef muriate of baryta 98, of lime 99, 
and of zine 100; of oré of antimony 
299; of nitrates and nitrites of lead 
262, $41, 401 
Animal heat. On, 473 
Animal heat. 'T. Davy on, 155 
Antimony. New variety, 299 
Antiques, $12, 388, S90, 463 
Aralian horses. Notice respecting,3i3 
Astronomical instrument, 1 
Astronomy, 228, 230, $07; polar di- 
stance of a polaris, “ 446 
Atmospheric refraciion. On, 806 
Alomic theory claimed for Mr. Higgins, 
54 
Avalanche at Oybestein, 464 
Batington on concretions of olive 011,37 
Bakewell’s Geology. On, 27, 119, 182, 
252, 325 
Basalies, Formation of, 136 
Benzoic acid. Bucholz on, 147 
Berxelius on chemical proportions, 42, 
88,161, 245 
Biography. Bougainville, 371 
Blackford on cane juice, 289 
“Blind. Hope to the, 218 
Blow-pipe, hydropneumatic, 280; uses 
of, 439 
Books, New, 37, 218, 313, 379,454 
Bougainville. Biography of, 371 
Botany, 429 
Brain. On injuries of the, 337 
Brande on concretions of olive oil, 8% 
Brewster on light, 154, 306, 385, 38T 
Burns and scalds, to cure, 8 
Brugnatelli on whitening copper, 445 
Calorific pewer of liquids, . 212 
Campheric acid, Bucholz on, 146 
Carbonic oxide. On respiration of, 367 
Cary’s Meteorological Tables, 80, 160, 
240, 320, 400, 469 
Cataract and ephihalmia._ On, 218 
Cater on dividing instrument, 586 
Caterpillar. Natice on, $96 
Charcoal and sulphur. Reciprocal sac- 
tion of, . : 403° 
Chemical affinity, the force of, com- 
pared with gravity, , 53 
Chemical philosophy. Walker on, 225 
101, 250, 284, 349 
Chemical proportions. Berzelius on, 42, 
88, i161, 245 
Chevreul on nitrates and nitrites of lead, 
262, 341, 401 
Chinese empire. _Duratior of, 352 
Cluzel on alcohol of sulphur, 408 
Colowrs. Hargreaves on, 197 
Combustion, Agency af electricity in, 
17 
Comets. On, 807 
Concretions of olive oil, formed in hug 
man intestines, 37 
Copper. On whitening, 445 
Crane on definite proportions, 113 
Crichton on vitality of organized mat- 
ter, ; 229 
Crystallization of salts. On, 459; Ber- 
zelius on, 42, 94, 247; Craneon,113 
Duvy on the fluoric principle, 154 
Davy, 'T. on animal heat, 155 
Definite proportions. Berzeliuson, 42, 
88, 161, 245 
Delametherie’s progress of sciences in 
France, 472 
De Luc on geology, 127 
Diamond void of oxygen, 457 
Dilatation by heat, 460 
Discoloration. of silver by a hard boile 
egg. On, : 62 
Dividing instrument. Cater’s, 386 
Double salts. Formation of, 168,247 
Drury’s paste from potatoes, 302 
Earthquake at Oleron, ‘ 464 
Earthworm. On habits of, 396 
Education extending in Hungary, 313 
Electricity. Agency of, in combustion, 
17; Murray on, 175; influence of 
moisture on Galvanic, 241, 363; 
