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INDEX TO VOL. XL VIII. 



Academy, Royal. Anniversary of, 

 459 

 Acciim's Essay on Reagents, 310 



^/cit/ of phosphorus, 271 



AiriaL 7iaiigalii,it. On, 144 



/Ifrica. Proposal to colonize, 74; ex- 

 pedition to, 1.51,232,465 

 j^griculliire, considered as a science, 26 1 

 AUeidurgli. Minea of, 387 

 America. On the peopling of, 4, 205 

 Anatomy, Cnmpnralive, 383 

 Anatomy i,f regHahles, 96, 173, 278,401 

 Animals. Non-descript, exhibiting, 390 

 Aniwilies. On value of, 449 

 Antiquities. Ruins of Velleia, 394 

 Antrim, cnuntu nf, geology of, 246 

 Architecture, JSanul. On, 458 

 Asia, central, well known to the an- 

 cients, 71 

 Asthma, galvanism a cure for, 383 

 Atomic Theory. On the origination of, 

 363, 408 

 Ailelrees of carriages, compared, 93 

 Azote and Oxygen. Combinations of, 

 331 

 Beef. On smoking, 37 

 Belfast Academital Institution, 384 

 Beudant. On Mollusca;, 223 

 Biluminized tree iouvA 150 toises deep, 

 388 

 Blood. Medicines ict through medium 

 of, 337 

 Blow pipe, improved, 151 ; exper. 

 with, 463 

 Bonnard, on mines in Saxony, 386 

 Books, new, 61, 62, 140, 229, 300,381, 

 455 

 Sorium, to extract, from borax, 389 

 Brain. Di»5i;ction of, 153 

 Brandling on safety lamp , 349 

 Brasil. Mass of native iron in, 417; 

 exper. on, 424 

 Bread. To improve, 4G5 

 Brevet d' Invention. Instructions for ob- 

 taining, 130 

 Bridge. The Waterloo or Strand, I 

 Brown on thcrmometrlc scales, 385 

 Buds, Fi'o2uer, formed in the root, 174 

 Calculus. A new species of, 27, 222 

 Caledonian Canal. State of, 39 

 Canal giles, constructed of iron, 4i> 

 Cardona. Salt mines of, 3-'5 

 Cartiogei, irheel. Kxper. en, Si 

 Cast lion. Mushet ou, 205, 354 



Chemical Philomphy. Walker's, 241,342 

 Cbemistry. New revolution in, 467 

 Children on safety-lamps, 191 



Circle. On the, 362 



Circulatiim of sap denied, 99, 103, 406 

 Clarkx's blow pipe, 151, 463 



C(ia! Mines. Ventilation of, 206 



Culours if Men. On, 437 



Combustion if Explosive Gases, '24, 36, 81 

 Corner of 1815. On, 59 



Contagion. On destroying, 70 



Cooper on a urinary calculus, 27, 222 

 Copenhagen, cabinets and libraries in, 

 125 

 C'ir?2, Musty, to recover, 458 



Corolla if a Flotver, how formed, 183 

 Cosmogony of Moses, 18,111, 117,201, 

 276 

 Craniidogy, 153 



Curlew. Variety of, 395 



Davy (Sir H.) on explosive mixtures 

 and safety lamp, 24, 51, 197 



Davy (E.) on improving bread, 465 

 Dea/ness, the diving bell recommended 

 for, 22 



De Buch. On limits of perpetual snows, 

 289 

 De Liic\'i electric column, 242, 342 

 De Nelis on electricity, 127 



Dilalalioii. On the laws of, 373, 44-^ 

 Diving litd, 3l means to cure deafness, 

 22 

 Dobernier's process for obtaining bo- 

 rium, 389 



Dogs. Medicines for, 155 



Donovan on hydrogen, 138 



Drummond Qn meteoric stones, 28 ; on 

 planetary influence, 321 



Diying Stove. A quere, 390 



Duliing on combinations of phosphorus 

 and oxygen, 271 ; of azote with oxy- 

 gen, 33 I ; on laws of dilatation, 442 

 Karthquake in Scotland, 150, 2^4, 431 

 Eclipse, 440, 442 



Edgeu-nrth on wheel carriages, 83 ; re- 

 port on, 92 

 Electricity, 127, '241, 344 

 Edinburgh Royal Society, 71 

 Electric I ohinln, De 1-ucs, 242, 342 

 Electrometer. Walker's, 242 

 Ether, iulphuric, alters by age, 314 

 Euhnrmonic Organ, 416 

 Era cswe Gases. On, 24, 36 , 81, 191, 

 196, 2SG 



