INDEX; 



475 



Filrine, analysis of, 66 



Filtering stones improved, 1 16 



Firmiiiger on the comet, 307 ; on error 

 in Nautical Almanac, 376 



Floiver on northern naked barley, f?54 

 Fluids taken into the stomach, on cir- 

 culation af, 37 

 FoTstrr on influence of atmosphere in 

 diseases, 68 

 FoTster's meteorological obserrations, 

 235, 259, 398, 'JG9 

 Fortresses. Defence of, 78 

 VuHTcroy on vegeto-animal matter, 

 lOO 



Gas. Davy on combination of oxy- 



muriaticand oxygen, 13; detonates, 



14; oxymuriatic gas contains no 



oxygen, 1 7 ; action of gases on meat, 



70, 109 



Gay-Lvxsac on vegetable and animal 

 analysis, 60 



Glass, and vitriform substances, ques- 

 tion on, 467 



Grapes. On fermentation of juice of, 

 224 



Groomlridge on the comet, 307 ; on 

 Nautical Almanac, 386 



hackney. Phil. see. of, 306 



Haiiy on electricity of minerals, 81 

 Heradaiieum MSS. '23 [ 



Ifiggi/is s analysis of an aerolite, 2C2 

 Hddebra>:d on the actions of gases 

 upon flesh, 70, 109 



Home on the circulation of fluids taken 

 into the stomach, 37 



Horner on native boracic acid, 282 

 Hurliis Elginensis 455 



Horses' power on rail roads, 52 



//oi/jiVais, to ventilate, 120 



Hossack on the Elgin botanic garden, 

 455 

 Hutlo7i on calculating the mean den- 

 sity of the earth, 1 12 

 Hydrogen preserves flesh, 73, 1 1 1 



Ink, to discharge, 34 ; to restore, 35 



Iiiitmct. On the nature of, 251,350, 



401 



Juice nf leaves of aconite, experiment 



with. 90 



JTeZ/T/'i discovery of an error in Nau- 

 tical Almanac, 304, 376, 386, 451 



Kiiiskl on the direction and growth 

 of roots, 420 



Ladies' Diary. Queries respecting, 461 

 Laiuasinn; on strata in, 268,836 

 Lead. On smelting of, 278, S71 



Learned Societies, 77, S06, 394, 464 

 Lectures, 158,315,396,468 



Lefroy's process for decomposing sea 

 salt, 27 



Lesauvaze on g!a^s and vitriform sub- 

 stances 467 

 Lije-preserrer not new, 436 

 Loe^chmaiis piano forte 47 

 London Pharmacopeia. Phillips on,456 

 Mactii?my, to ascertain velocity of, 42 

 Maaeira. Geology of, 284 

 il/rt/.'/'o-of northern naked barley, 354 

 Marcet on diabetic blood, 24 

 Martiris Reports on Nailsea collieries. 



Mealing of barley, 354 



Medicine for apoplexy, 314 



Meteorit stones, 79, 262 



Meteorology, 80, <235, 239, 240, 250, 

 317, 398,400,469,473 

 Micrometer. Walker's improved, 127 

 Minerals, electricity of, 81 



Mines, to ventilate, 120 



Montserral, iK//)/iHr of, described, 183 

 Motill's filtering stones 116 



Mnmeron instinct, 251, 350, 401 



Muriate of soda, to decompose, 27 

 Musical theorems, 434 



Must. Principles of, 246 



Nautical Almanac, error in, 304, 376, 



386,451 



Nercnus affections. New cure for, 105 



New Books, 455 



Nitroiis gas resists putrefaction, 74, 



111 



Nomenclalure nf the Neiv Pharmaco- 



pa:ia. On the absurdities of the, 



24 1 



Nugent on the pitch lake of Trinidad, 



161; on "The sulphur of Mont- 



3errat," jss 



Oil af bitter almonds, a poison, 89, 172- 

 Olive oil, analysis of, 66 



Ourang outang. On the, 188 



Oxalic acid, analysis of, 65 



Parish on culture and manufacture of 

 woad, 3^8 



PfljTi/ on nervous affections, l()5 



Patents, 160,237,315,396 



Phnrmacopceia. Remarks on Nomen- 

 clature of the New, 241 

 Phosphorescence. De'isaignes on, 3 ; 

 restored by electricity, 7 



Rail roads, on, 51 



Rejlecling semicircle, sir H, Dougbs's, 



186 



Resin, analy»i»of, 66 



Roots. 



