INDEX. 



471 



Miller (W. H.) on the crystalline 

 form of bicarbonate of ammonia, 

 40. 



Mineral veins, Mr. Fox on, 17 ; mi- 

 neral sp,ings in Windsor Forest, 

 analysis of, 148 ; mineral waters 

 of England, discovery of iodine 

 and bromine in, 235, 283; thorite, 

 a new mineral, 392. 



Mines, Mr. John Taylor on the 

 management of, 383. 



^lolecules, active, Mr. Brown en, 

 153, 161. 



Monome functions, on the product 

 of two, 262. 



Moon, calculations for predicting 

 occultations of stars by the, 336, 

 410. 



Murchison (R. I.) on the bituminous 

 schist and fossil fish of Seefeld, 

 36 ; on the tertiary deposits of the 

 Cantal, 58 ; on the fresh-water 

 formations of Aix, 137. 



Muriatic and sulphuric acid, action 

 of, upon hydrocyanic acid, 315, 



Murray (J) on the discovery of 

 iodine and bromine in the mineral 

 waters of England, 283. 



Natural history, Mr. W. S. Mac 

 Leay on Systems and Methods in, 

 199 ; Cuvier and DeCandolle on 

 Generic Names in, 348. 



Natural system in natural history 

 asserted to be the system of the 

 Deity, 202, 208, 210. 



Needle, on the variation of the, 153. 



Obituary: — Dr. Young and Sir H. 

 Davy," 140. 



Occultations of stars by the moon, 

 calculations for predicting, 33C, 

 410. 

 Ochsenheimer's genera of the Lepi- 

 doptera of Europe, 9, 99, 188, 

 286,325,451. 



Optical phamomena. Dr. Stokes on, 

 416. 



Ores, platiiia, analysis of, 146. 



Orfila(M.) on Smithson's mode of 



detecting mercury, 394. 

 Organic matter, active molecules in, 

 161 ; action ol"|)0tash on. 367. 



Ornitiiology, 51, 110, 136, 276. 

 Osmium, pure oxide of, how to ob- 

 tain, H. 

 Oxalic acid, on the atomic weight 

 of, 166. 



Oxford Botanic Garden, Prof. 

 Schultes's description of, 358. 



Oxides of manganese, purification 

 of, 77. 



Palladium, malleable, how to ob- 

 tain, 7. 



Patents, 78, 154,317, 396,465. 



Pectic acid, 237. 



Phaenomena, optical, 416. 



Phillips (Rich.) on cyanide of mer- 

 cury, 145 ; on the oxides of man- 

 ganese; 281. 



Phosphoiic acid, 395. 



Piperine, preparation of, 314. 



Plants, which characterize the se- 

 condary and tertiary formations, 

 list of, 133. 



Platina, Dr.Wollaston on rendering 

 malleable, 1 ; spongy platina, 141 ; 

 platina ores, analysis of, 146; com- 

 bustibility of carbon increased by 

 copper and platina, 394. 



Poison in cheese, 312. 



Potash, action of, on organic matter, 

 367. 



Potassium, bromide of, 1 44 ; bromine 

 and bromide of, 152. 



Pressure, Mr. Bevan on measuring 

 the force of, 284. 



Prideaux (J.) on the atomic weigiit 

 of oxalic acid and of mercury,! 66. 



Pyrometer, new, 312. 



Reviews of books : — Dr. Graham's 

 Chemical Catechism, 47 ; Dr. 

 Clark on the Influence of Climate, 

 305. 



Rocks, saliferous, of North America, 

 equivalent formation of, in En- 

 gland, 75 ; secondary stratified 

 rocks, on, 213; European rocks, 

 classification of^ 440. 



Rock-salt in the " saliferous rock" 

 of North America, 71. 



Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris, 

 139, 309, SSV. 



Royal Institution, 69. 



Royal Society of London, 51, 135. 



Ritchie (W.) on the electric and 

 chemical theoriesof galvanism, 52. 



Sandstone, new red, on the forma- 

 tion of, 71. 

 Sang (Edw.j on the product of two 

 monome functions, 262. 



Schist, bitmninous, of Seefeld, 36. 

 Schidtes (Prof) on the cultivation 

 of botany in England, 351, 42k. 



