INDEX TO VOL. IX. 



A. M. H., description of the harvest- 

 bug, 15. 



Acetate of copper, new species of, 395 



Acids : — acetic, 78, 1 1 1 ; arsenious, 230 

 benzoic, 78; carbonic, 12, 77, 78, 

 111,153,327; chiorochloniic, 152 

 chloro-ciiromic, 12; chromic, 152 

 formic, 149; hyilriodic, 76; hydro 

 bromic, 149; hydrochloric, 78, 151 

 255; hydrocyanic, 314; hydrofluoric, 

 77,107,152; hydroleic, 153; hydro- 

 stearic, 153; hydrosulphuric, 255 

 316; hydroxanthic, 317; hyponi 

 trous, 77; iodic, 76; margaric, 153 

 metamargaric, 153; molybdic, 232 

 monohydrated sulpho-carbetheric, 

 317; muriatic, 12, 232, 233; nitric, 

 12, 53, 77, 113, 122, 259; nitro 

 hydrochloric, 113; oxalic, 78, 155 

 phosphoric, 75, 154,261; phospho 

 vinic, 396; sulphocarbic, 318; sul 

 phocetic 154; sulphocyanic, 443; sul 

 pholeic 153; sulphomargaric, 153: 

 sulphostearic, 153; sulphovinic, 154 

 318; sulphuric, 12, 78, 87, 152, 153, 

 154,261, 322,396; sulphurous, 543 

 tungstic, 232. 



Air, compressed, its effects on the hu 

 man body, 147 ; heated, its conduct 

 ing power for electricity, 176, 452. 



Albumen, new combinations of, 109. 



Algebraic elimination, theorem of, 28. 



America, North, on the carboniferous 

 series of, 124, 407. 



Ammonia, muriate of, 232 ; hydro- 

 chlorate of, solubility of carbonate of 

 lime in, 540 ; iodate of, 443. 



Andrews (Dr.) on the conducting power 

 of certain flames and of heated air 

 for electricity, 176. 



Antelope, Abyssinian, 142; Indian, 306; 

 Chiru, 306. 



Antimonial copper, 149. 



Apjohn (Dr.) on certain statements re- 

 lative to his hygrometrical researches 

 made by Dr. Hudson, 187. 



Argonauta hians. Lam., description of 

 the shell and animal of, 301. 



Arragonite, artificial crystals of, 230. 



Arsenious acid, reducing powers of, 230. 



Artificial crystals and minerals, method 

 of makini:, 229, 537. 



Astronomical Society, 291. 



Astronomy : — on the solar eclipse of 

 May 15, 1836, 73; aurora borealis, 

 44, 73, 230; meteors in India, 74; 

 on the latitude of Mr. Snow's ob- 

 servatory at Ashurst, 291 ; transits 

 of the moon and stars observed at 

 Argos, 292; observation of Halley's 

 comet, 292 ; transit of Mercury over 

 the sun's disc. May 5, 1832, 293; 

 Denmark royal medal for cometary 

 discoveries, 294; Sir J. Herschel's 

 catalogue of double stars observed at 

 Slough, 295 ; ephemeris of Halley s 

 comet, 296. 



iEther, action of bromine upon, 149 •, 

 hydrosulph uric and hydroselenic, 318,- 

 facts relative to, 395. 



Atomic confusion, 317. 



Aurora borealis, 73, 230 ; phaenomenon 

 connected with the, 44. 



Austen (R. A. C.) on the geology of part 

 of Devonshire between the Ex and 

 Berry Head and the coast and Dart- 

 moor, 495. 



Eabbage (C), notice of a remarkable 

 paradox in the calculus of functions 

 Mr. Graves' explanation of, 334, 443. 



Babylon and Babel, on the non-iden- 

 tity of, 34. 



Barlow (P.) on gradients on railroads, 

 380. 



Barytes and strontia, hydrates of, 87. 



Beke (C. T.) on the Persian Gulf, and 

 on the non-identity of Babylon and 

 Babel, 34. 



Bennett (E. T.) on several rodent ani- 

 mals, 68 ; remarks on the Indian an- 

 telope, 306, 310; on the brush-tailed 

 kangaroo, 388. 



Berthier (M.) on the magnetic action 

 of manganese, 65. 



Berzelius (Prof) on meteoric stones, 

 429. 



Bibromide of mercury, 148. 



Bimana, Qundrumana, and Pedimana, 

 on the natural affinities which sub- 

 sist between the, 302. 



Bird (G.) on certain new combinations 

 of albumen, with an account of some 

 curious properties of that substance, 

 109. 



Birds, notes on various, 66, 139, 141, 

 142, 147, 227, 503, 511, 512, 552. 



