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INDEX TO VOL. LV. 



A CORNS, a substitute for coffee, 73 

 JouUeralions of food, &c. Accutn on, 

 59, 102 

 Africa. Travels in, 3 \ 0, 396 



Alcohol, to rectify, by a piece of blad- 

 der, 67; action of, on sulphuric acid, 

 295, 359 

 Amber, Composition of, 468 



Analysis. Wavelite, 67 ; red rain, 231 

 Anatomical preparations preserved by 

 brine, 298 



Anchors. Brunton's, 456 



Annular eclipse of the sun, 1820. On, 85 

 Apiaries. Espinasse on, 329 



Apoplexy. Case of, 76 



Arctic lard expedition, G I 



.^sA.on plagTie, 18 



Asiatic CoUe/te, 283 



Astronomical Society, HI, SOI, 225, 306, 

 384, 465 

 Astronomy, 401,439 



Atmosphere. On phenomena of, 295 

 Aitr action, local. Error in table of, 

 357 

 'Babylon. Ruins of, 213 



Baily on annular eclipse of the »un, 85; 

 Ota Pole star, 401 



Bunda. Volcano of, 371 



BaHow on magnetic attractions, 132 

 Br~es. On management of, 329 



Bi'd, enormous sized, 75 



plack rain in America, 77 



BJighl m wheat, to prevent, 72 



Boiler, Explosion of a, 74 



Bonriycastle. On magnetic fluid, &:c. 

 441 

 Bvtks, new, 57, 139, 150, 223, 300;463 

 IJ^racic acid, found in the crater of Yul- 

 cano. 66 



Bo^tidetCs cure of dry rot in ships, 348 

 Bracamnnt on action of sulphuric acid 

 on ligneous bodies, iS, U8 



Braconnoi'i mineral ye}low dye, 181 

 Bristol Literary and I hUosophical Jnsti- 

 tutinn, 229 



Brown, (JP. J.) on Jameson's Mineralo- 

 gy, 31 ; answer to, 241 ; reply, 352 

 B-'Ucine. A new alkali, 289 



Cubles, iron and hempen, comparative 

 strength of, 456 



Caiher.nre-v.ool goal. On 355 



Cary't MeleortUgical TMes, 160, 240, 

 320,400,473 



Caviglia on the Temple of the Sphinx, 

 351 

 Chain cables. On strength of, 456 



Chevreul on Zircon 377 



Cicero's De Republica found in the 

 Vatican 30$ 



Civil year. Proposal to correct, 248, 

 314,350 

 Cies:z's improved gas apparatus, 138 

 Cnj/ee, subotitute tor, Ti 



C'-rnpass. Deviations on, caused by 

 masses of iron, 441 



Conical balls. On, 75,147,230 



C'lntagion in the plague. Report on, S 

 Crocodile's flesh eaten in Upper Egypt, 

 237 

 Culinary poisons, ice, Accum on, 59, 

 102 

 Curry on p'ague, 8 



CulhOert's hydro-pneumatic apparatus, 

 249 

 Dabit on sulphuric ether, 295, 359 



De la Tour's Sirene, 293 



De'phine. A new alkali, 292 



Density of the earth, 83 



Deul-cenothionic acid. How obtained, 

 360 

 Divining-rod, Note on the, 465 



Z)ri/ rn/, to prevent, 74 ; in ships, 348 

 Dupin's Memoir of Monge, 175 



Earthquakes, 69, 235, 236, 312 



Eclipses. Catalogue of ancient, 244, 

 344, 439 

 Einsle's ivory paper, to make, 179 



Elaterium. Experiments on, 389 



E'atin, what, and how obtained, 390 

 Elba has no effect on compass, I4S 

 Elec^tical battery. New,, 468 



Electricity, medical efiicacy of, 57 



E nerald mines, the ancient, re-discover- 

 ed, 307 

 Espinasse on bees, 329 

 Expediiio"s of discovery, 470 

 Bye. New membrane in, 126 

 Farfy, defence of Prony by, 1 10, 321 -, 

 on the Sotne, 321 ; on Greeuough's 

 geological map, 379 

 Fish nil, on volatility and inflammabi- 

 lity of, 25^ 

 Firman on a new property of light, 

 183,417 

 Fossil animal remains, 65 

 Prank on plague, 1 8 



