INDEX tro VOL. LXVII. 
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A CID, new, from sulphuric acid and 
naphthaline, 326 
Africa, expedition into, sol 
Alcohol, action of lime on, 310 
Amazons, river, 431 
Ampere, on a new electro-dynamic ex- 
periment, 37 
Antimony, combinations of, 124 
Arsenic, detection of, 150 
Astronomy, 31, 47, 55, 57, 81, 131, 136, 
148, 161, 209, 219, 225, 277, 292, 
362, 376, 387, 406, 451 
Atlantic States of North America, 
gales in, 113 
Atmosphere, constitution of, 310, 321 
Aurora borealis, noise attending, 177 
Bubbage, (C.) on the general term of a 
new class of infinite series, 261; on 
the mechanical notation of machi- 
nery, 314 
Berzelius’s ( Prof.) method of detecting 
arsenic, 150 
Beverley, (T.) on Mr. Burns’s double 
altitude problem, 151 ; on curve lines, 
393 
Bicheno, (Mr. J. E.) on Systems in 
Natural History, 451 
Biziv on melaina, 317 
Books, new, 60, 219, 289 
Botany, 60, 133, 222, 290, 352, 371,409 
Brain, physiology of, 303 
Brown, (R.) on the character and de- 
scription of Kingia, 352; on pheno- 
gamous plants, 356, 409 
Burney, (Dr.) on the opposition of 
Mars to the sun, 387; luminous 
arch, 387 (see Meteorology) 
Burns, (J.) reply to Mr. Riddle on the 
double altitude problem, 47; double 
altitude problem, reply to, 131; cn 
finding the latitude, &c., 406 
Carver, (Dr.) on a meteoric stone, 102 
Chemistry, 21, 45, 72, 74, 89, 124, 149, 
150, 201, 226, 266, 300, 310, 312, 
317, 321, 326, 397 
Chilton’s (Mr. G.), analysis of the 
Maryland aérolite, 104 
Chladni’s (Dr.) new catalogue of me- 
teoric stones, &c. 3, 179 
Clark, (B.) on Oistros, 451 
Colours, invisibility of, to certain eyes, 
153 
Comets, 55, 225, 451 
Condylura, on a species of, 191 ; on the 
genus, 273 
Copper, metallic, formation of, 149 
Crystallization, effect of position on, 149 
Crystallography, 52, 149 
Currents of the ocean, 332, 438 
Curve lines, on, 393 
Cuvier, (Baron) on the physiological 
labours of the Academy of Paris,303 
Dalton, on the atmosphere, 310; reply 
to, 321 
Davies, (T. S.) on Mr. Levy’s property 
of the octahedron, 52; on P, Q,’s 
defence of Mr. Herapath’s demon- 
stration, 53; on the combustion of 
compressed gas, 152 
Davy, (Sir H.) on the preservation of 
metals by electro-chemical means, 89 
Davy, (Dr. J.) on the poison of the 
toad, 155 
Drummond, ( Lieut.) on a station-light, 
&e, 373, 453 
Duperrey’s voyage of discovery, —report 
made to the Academy of Sciences 
on, 203, 280, 362 
Earth, figure of, 161, 209 
Earthquake felt at sea, 148 
Electricity, 37, 445 
Electro-chemical preservation of metals, 
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Electro-dynamic experiment, new, 37 
Elk, fossil, on, 196 
Evaporation, theory of, Si 
Eudiometers, improved, 21 
Faraday, (M.) on the action of sul- 
phuric acid and naphthaline, 326, 
397 
Flourens’s experiments on the brain, 
303 
Fossil remains, 227 
Funicular curve, equilibrium of, 324 
Galbraith, (W-.) on the figure of the 
earth, 161 
Gambart, (M.) on a comet, 45S 
Gas, coinpressed, combustion of, 152 
Geodesical instruments, 453 
Geology, 68, 134, 193, 196, 211, 222, 
227, 229, 249, 272, 291, 302, 363, 
374 
Godman, (J. D.) on the genus Condy- 
lura, 273 
Greenwich and Paris, difference of 
longitude between, 148 
Gregory's and Huttun’s mathematical 
tables, errata in, 210 
Groombridge, (S.) on the opposition of 
the minor planets, 277 
