INDEX. 



475 



fareg (Sen.) on Trigonometrical Sur- 

 vey, 427 

 Figtiier on precipitating gold, 227 

 Fiorin Grass. Richardson on, 135 

 Flame, Sir H. Davy on, 24; Murray, 

 J. on, 286, 360 

 FoTster on Meteorology, 8 ; on alter- 

 nating colours of stars, 39S 

 Fossil. A singular, 388 

 French Academy, 468 

 Freyberg. Mines of, 387 

 Frignnjic Mixture. New, 460 

 Galvanism a cure for asthma, 383 

 Gases. On dilatation of, 375 

 Gas-Lights,The Borough, 388 

 Gay Lu^sac on sulph. ether, 314 

 Geography, Antient. On, 7 1 

 Geological Society, SCO 

 Geology, 161,246,300 

 Gold, oxide of. On precipitating, ii27 

 Comez on destroying contagion, 70 

 Gos/orti, (Countess of) letters to, 161, 

 246 

 Gout. Remedy for, 338, 341 

 Gram, jV/«s/^, to recover, 458 

 G-rcmmbiiJge on solar eclipse, 371 

 Giiyton de M'^rveati. death of, 76 

 Hiimel on diving bell, 22 ; on safety 

 lamp, 36 

 Heales on niagnesio-sulphate of soda, 

 202 

 IJent. On accumulation of, by friction, 

 2!»; iiUei.se, to produce, 151 

 IhiculnncanWtS. Unrolling of, S89 

 Hmgins on itoinic. theory, 363, 408 

 H'^dgsnii on s.ifety lamp, 350 

 H<ir}ie on feet of animals which move 

 contrary to gravity, 70 ; on certain 

 medicines, 337, 341 

 Horn on vision, 117; on cosmogony, 

 117, 216 

 Hunter's Nautical Indicator, 154 

 tiydro^eii. Impurities of, 133 

 ilLel-'oH (Mrs.) on physiology of vege- 

 tables, 96, 173,278,401 

 In-^iis on earthquake in Scotland, 431 

 t'lk, iv}itifia. Improved, 145 

 iron, on alloying vvfith manganese, 295, 

 354 ; Nalme. A mass of, 417; cxper. 

 en, 424 

 JiipHil or yarjtish. To make, 152 

 Jiuwaninn Soiiely, 142 

 Kmghl (T. A.) bome opinions of, con- 

 « rovei ted, 1 05 ; on action of deta^-hcd 

 leaves, 345 

 Km^til (Wm.) on exper. on siifc-lan-ps, 



urn 



Lamps for mines, 24, 36, 81, 191, 19G, 



197, 2S6, 348, 451 



Lrarned Soi iilies, 72, 14 1, 383, 451, 



Leather. Varnishes for, 152 



Leaves, the lungs of plants, 99 



Leech. On the, 383 



Life, vegetable. New view of, 278 

 Lizards found in a chalk rock, 469 

 London. Nev/ bridge at the Savoy, I 

 MacCulloch on making wine, 62; on 

 mineralogy of Sky, 300; his frigoriSc 

 mixture, 4f;0 



Mngnesia. New use of, 465 



Mugnesio-sidpliale of soda, 71, 202 



Manganese. On alloying iron with, 295, 

 354 

 Marbles. On foreign and British, 302; 

 Parian, works executed in, S04 



Materials. On strength of, 433 



May cock on Voltaic excitement, 165, 

 255 

 Medicines. On action of, 337 



Mercury, red oxide of. Exper. on, 14S 

 Metals. New ideas on, 145 



Meteoric Stones. On, 28 



Meteorology, 8, 79,157,237,317, 397,470 

 Mineralogy, 122, 300 



Mi'/es. Safety-lamps for, 24,36, 81, 

 191, 196, 107, 286; in Saxony, 386 

 Milchdl on origin of the native Ameri- 

 cans, 4 

 Mollusca: Exper. on, 223 

 Mnrnay on Brasilian mass of native 

 iron, 417 

 Murrny (Mr. J.) on safety- lamp, 286, 

 43! ; on flame, 286, 360, 431 

 Muscles of vegetables, 105, 107 

 Nautical Almanac. Errors in, 34,461 

 Nauliral Indicator, 154 

 Naval Anhitectine. On, 458 

 Neplunists. On theories of, 161 

 Nt icinan's h'io-w\)i'r,e, 151 

 Ni^er. On its junction with the ocean, 

 74 

 Nitrate of Potash contains water in tlie 

 state of ife, 71 

 Oil, Rape. To improve, 233 

 Oll-crs on a new comet, and on a work 

 by Professor Bessel, £9 

 Ooen. A quere, 390 

 Organ. Improved, 446 

 Oxy,;en. Combinations of, 271,331 

 Parian Marble. Works executed in, 

 304 

 Patents, 77, 130, 236, 316, 395 

 Pater on vision, 353 

 Perspiration (f Plants denied, 99, 100, 

 173, 407 

 Petit on laws of dilatation, 373, 442 

 Phenomenon. A remarkable, observed 

 at sea, 73 

 PhosjihiTus. Solvent for, 145 J on com- 

 binations of, 271 

 pill siihij of vegetables, 9G, 173, 278, 

 401 



