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INDEX TO VOL. LXII. 



Ac 



.CID, prussic, formation of, 234 

 AJJinity and Analogy, relations of, 194 

 Atbite, 314 



Alcohol, converted into acetic acid by 

 protoxide of platinum and oxygen, 290 

 Alloy of zinc and iron, 168 



Altitude and Azimuth instrument, 15 

 Ammonia, its decomposition by heated 

 metals, 285 ; liquefied, 421 



Analysis, derivative, 244, 348, 433 ; of 

 an acid earth from Persia, 75 ; of 

 cadmia, IIG; of erlan, 242; of cin- 

 namon stone, 355 ; of chrysoberyl, 

 357; of boracite, 359 ; of borax, iiirf. 

 of molybdate of lead, 187; of tar- 

 tarus stibiatus, 188; of green garnet, 

 423 

 Anatomy, comparative, 462 



Animals, new species of, 387, 395 



Animated nature, natural distribution 

 of, 192, 200, 274 



Anorthite, 314 



Anthracite, experiments on, 131 



Arc of the meridian, measurement of, 

 in India, 78 



Arc, trisection of, 10 



Aifwedson on certain minerals, 355 

 Ashes of Vesuoizis contain carbon, 87 

 Astronomical instruments, 15, 184, 292, 

 311, 312, 377, 389, 454 ; information, 

 389, 391. 450, 466; notices, 15; 

 tables, 16, 161, 190, 276, 278, 280 

 Atmosphere, facts respecting, 154 



Baily, on occultations of the fixt Stars, 

 161 

 Barlow, on electro-magnetic combina- 

 tions, 321 

 Barometer, air, 214 

 Beaches, ancient, of Jura, 72 

 Bears, exuvia- of, 112 

 Becquerel on elect, by pressure, 204, 263 

 Behoni's progress in Africa, 76 

 Bessel's astronom. observ., 185, 454, 466 

 Black-lead, fusion of, 121 

 i//oit7«y;<.', improved, 9; compound, 121 

 Bonnet on tlie series of affinities, 193 

 Boolcs, new, 66, 142, 218, 300, 384, 451 

 Boracic salts with fixed bases, method of 

 analysing, 359 

 Boracite, its composition, 360 

 Borax, its composition, 359 

 Botanical notices, 55, 380, 440, 455 

 Bouesncl on cadmia, 1 15 

 Brazilian chrysoberijl, 357 



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Brcdberg on the green garnet of Sala, 

 423 

 Breguet, (M.) death of, 239 



Breilhavpt and Gmelin on orlan, 241 

 Bridges, suspension chain, 425 



Brhiidey on declination of fixed stars, 

 183, 296, 453, 454 

 Brunei on tunneling, 139 



Buchanan on mill-work, &c. 218 



Buckland on the exuvia; of bears, 112 

 Cadmia, on 115 



Cadmium, method of obtaining, 166; 

 its properties, 167 ; its sulphuret as 

 a pigment, 167 



Caloric of gases and vapours, 328 



Carbon in the ashes of Vesuvius, 87 



Carbonic acid gas, liquefied, 419 



Carbonic oxide, converted into carbonic 

 acid by oxidized sulphuret of plati- 

 num, 291 

 Carex, new species of, 455 

 Carnot, death of, 158 

 Cauliflowers, on the culture of, 404, 405 

 Ceylon Literary and Agricultural So- 

 ciety, 147 

 Chain bridges, 425 

 Chemical cction an effect of motion, 361 

 Chesnut bark, 152 

 Chlorine, fluid, on, 413, 423 

 Chlorine and Chlorate ofjyotassa, medical 

 applications of, 397 

 Chrysoberyl, its composition, 357 

 Cinnamon-stone of iNIalsjcJ, 355 

 Circle, quadrature of, 338 ; mural 183, 

 292, 311, 390, 454; transit, 312 

 Classification, natural, of animals and 

 vegetables 255, 274 

 Club, Zoological, 456 

 Cobalt facilitates combination of gases, 

 283 

 Cockburn on cauliflowers, 404 

 Collimation, line of, of the transit in- 

 striunent, 377 

 Comet, Encke's, 307, 308 

 Compass, effect of cold on, 74 

 Condensation of muriatic gas, 415; of 

 gases into liquids 4 1 6 

 Cranberry, cultivation of, 382 

 Crawford on Pythagoras's theorem, 310 

 Crystals, metallic, nat. formation of, 21 

 Curves, Jopling's apparatus for describ- 

 ing, 157,211,235 

 Ci/nnogow, production of, 153; liquefied 

 421 



