INDEX. 



4?5 



£vnporalio7i ly steam. Accident at- 

 tending, "~'^ 

 Explosion of a boiler, "72 

 Faretj on fossil shells, CI 1 ; answer to 



297, C.53, 300 



Facts respect- 



3 



3G1 



391 

 444 

 416 



4G4 

 21 



S02 

 34 

 34 



31C 



Gilby, 278; reply to. 

 Fat sithslance^. On nature of, 

 F)r compared with oak. 

 Fire-damp. Davy on, 

 Fluids. On elasticity of, 

 Forsleroa the brain,' 9, 398 ; metetiro- 

 logy by, 77, 157, 238, 3i»S 



FiissU'shdls. Localities of, '211 



Fre7ich hislilute, 73 



FumigutiotLS. On medical, 2W 



G(is lii;hls. On. 317 



Gehleii. Death of, 31G 



GeUiline. To prepare from bones, IS ; 

 an excellent aliment, ^'^ 



Geology, l-~^-. --5, 282, 465, 47 1 



Gdtii. Geological observations by, 

 182, 361 ; answer to, 278 



Gill on boilers for strong steam, 

 Ctltte from bones, 

 Uiihl. On uat>ire of, 

 G'inse grease. On, 

 Grease of geese, ducks, &c. 

 Gun-lock. Q'.iere, 

 Gunnery. Exper. at Woolwich, 234 

 Hi-it. On diliusion of, 167 



ilC'Tings. Dutch method of curing, 

 27; London's method, 41 



Ilou-ldy on fracture of electrical jars, 

 205; on Franklin's theory, 401 



Hrulrurgijiio-chOtre. VanMons on, 152 

 Hijdrn!:en metallised, 152; this fact 

 doubted, 234 



Huilrnphniia. Remedy for, 316 



lil-flsott (Mrs.) on anatomy of vegeta- 

 bles, -16. SI 

 he, conductor of electricity when 

 scraj>ed, 71 

 Idria. Quicksilver mines of, COG, 330 

 l-jlammable gas of coal-mines. On, 

 444 

 l7iHline. On, 292 

 I'dine, a re.igent for sugar, 315 ; Davy 

 on, 345 

 hJiiie united uilh chlorine. On, 72 

 Iiiin, cast, improved, 318; ualine, a 

 mass of, 318 

 J jiiiesiin's pre/die to Ciivier. On, 225 

 Joiie: on rt-flecting compass, 7 

 Kilchener ou achromatic lenses, 122 

 Lamp, safe. Sir H. Davy's. 448 ; Dr. 

 Clanny's and Ltr. Murray's, 45K ; 

 Mr. St«-phcnson's, 459 

 Lurd, composed of oil and suet, 3:i 

 Learned Soiielus, 150, 319,387, 466 

 Ledures, 15i), 238, 319, 472 

 Le ll'.KX on typhus fevtr, 290 

 L'&ld. J!yp(xlit5tt coiictniingi 195; 



laws concerning. 



Living organised bodies, 



ing. 



Locntitics of(nr.l. On, 4G5 



London on curing herrings, 41 



Mains on light, 297 



Maps. Proposed index to, 21 1 



Marrow. Composition of, 33, 34 



Me.li.cme, 290, 392 



Merniry. Voltaic exper. on, 421 



Melailic sails. On, 44, 24<; 



Mrtfuric stones. On, 154, 155, 245, 313 

 Meleoiologi/, 77,80, 153, 231', 231, 

 ' 238, '240, 320, 398, 400, 473 

 Milk-, an antidote against poison of 



mushrooms, 392 



Moses. Cosmogony of, 225, 285 



Murray on diffusion of heat, 167; on 



mineral waters, 264; safe-lamp, 470 



Mushrooms. Remedy for poisonous, 



392 



Neii^ booki, 68, 145, 230, 312, 375, 4i I 



Oiik compared with Cr, 391 



Obituary, 316, 0.9tJ 



Oils. Composition of, 35 



OplK.'i, 1 22 



Organised bodies, living. Facts respect- 

 ii>g, 3 



0-udation. On, 397 



Ojiuiiliue. Note on, 423 



Painliug, encuiislir, of the ancients, 21 

 /'urAe-f on citric acid, 48, lOO 



Patents. New, 75,237,31^ 



Pnyssc, 306, SSC 



Peliifyiiig spring, Cambridgeshire, 318 

 Pharmociipieia. New edition, 145 



Piiosphorus. Exptr. on, 152 



Pigments of the ancients, 21 



PiUailhly iniiierni Hrticri analysed, 2S4 

 Polarization 4)f light, 297, 353, 363 

 Poiossane. What ? 420 



Piithaid on cosmogony of Moses, 28.> 

 Prize ijueslions, 73,74 



Quicksilver mines, 306, 330 



Rancidity. On, 137 



Rejlectiiig compass. Capt. Kater's neu, 



Richardson on wheel-carriages, 24:> 

 Ronalds on electric clock, '20.3 



Rooks useful to agriculture, 69 



RoyalSociety, 150,387.466 



Ha/'e-lamps for mines, 448,458,466,40^) 

 Salts. On metallic, 45, 246; on solu- 

 bility of alkaline and earthy, 4 19 

 Saponi/icniion. On, 137 



SC'lzeu the traveller. Particulars re- 

 specting, 39 5 

 Ship-building. On Seppings's improve- 

 ment, 352 

 Sievcrs on curing herrings, 27 

 SUe.i. C.iiboiiic acid from, 15J 



