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INDEX TO VOL. XIV 



i\.BBENE (M. A.) on the influence 

 of native magnesia on the germination 

 and fructification of vegetables, 238. 



Acetone, on the action of, on the bi- 

 chloride of platinum, 84. 



Acids :—aconitic, 76; alloxanic, 232; 

 carbonic, equilibrium of, in the atmo- 

 sphere, and its influence on vegetation, 

 365; chloro-chromic, 230; cyanoxalic, 

 232; erythric, 231 ; hydrocyanic, 186; 

 mesoxalic, 233 ; mykomelinic, 234 ; 

 nitric, products obtained by the reac- 

 tion of, on alcohol, 324 ; oxalhydric, 

 329; oxaluric, 235; parabanic, 234; 

 selenic, preparation of, 396 ; uric, 231. 



^ther, hyponitrous preparation of, 326. 



— — , valerianic, on the composition and 

 properties of, 74. 



Others, on the theory of the, 163. 



Air and light, effects of, in restoring 

 faded colours, 416. 



Airy (G. B.), a catalogue of 726 stars, 

 reduced to 1 830, 228 ; experiments on 

 iron-built ships for the purpose of dis- 

 covering a correction for the deviation 

 of the compass produced by the iron, 

 497. 



Alcohol, action of chloride of zinc on, 

 156 ; observations on some of the pro- 

 ducts obtained by the reaction of ni- 

 tric acid on, 324. 



Aldehyd, production of, 329. 



Alloxan, properties of, 231. 



Amilen, composition of, 156. 



Ammonia, action of the sulphate of, on 

 glass, 75 ; use of, in fixing photo- 

 graphs, 474 ; oxalurate of, 235. 



Amygdalin, decomposition of, by emulsin, 

 414. 



Analyses: — of fire damp from coalmines, 

 1; of native iron, 32; of valerianic 

 JEther, 74; of fossil copal, 87; of or- 

 ganic mineral substances, 88 ; of be- 

 rengelite, 89 ; of middletonite, 93 ; of 

 guaquilite, 93; of naphthalin, 152; 

 of wax, 155; of the oil of potatoes, 

 156; of a mineral water, 301 ; of re- 

 sins, 340; of rose mica lepidolite, 393; 

 of perikline, 397 ; of oligoclas, 398 ; 

 of delvauxene, 474 ; of idocrasc, 476. 

 Analytic crystals, observations on, 19. 



ritird Series. Vol. 14. No. 9-2. ./"(//y 1839. 



Arsenic, on the separation of, from cop- 

 per, 78. 



Arteries, on a remarkable property of, 

 174. 



Asia Minor, geology of a part of, 455. 



Astronomical observations made atWilna 

 in 1835,67. 



refractions, on the theory of, 276, 



342. 



Society, proceedings of, 67, 226, 



314,521. 



Astronomy : — on the shooting stars of 

 Nov. 12, 1838, 39; astronomical ob- 

 servations made at \Vilna in 1835, 67 ; 

 determination of the parallax of Cygni 

 (61), 68 ; on the passage of the moon 

 across the Pleiades in 1839, 177 ; a ca- 

 talogue of 726 stars reduced to 1830, 

 228; on the theory of astronomical re- 

 fractions, 276, 342 ; on a curious ac- 

 count of the comet of 1472, 260; on 

 the annular eclipse of the sun, May 15, 

 1836, 229; on the parallax of a Cen- 

 tauri, 316 ; method of determining the 

 longitude by moon-culminating stars, 

 521 ; on the suspected variability of a 

 Cn5S!o;)eiVp, 528; observations of Encke's 

 comet, 529 ; on Ptolemy's catalogue 

 of stars, 530 ; observations on the solar 

 eclipse of Sept. 18, 1838, 536, 540; on 

 errors of heliocentric longitude and 

 ecliptic polar distance of Venus, 228 ; 

 on the position of Lacaille's stations 

 at the Cape of Good Hope, 522. 



Atmosphere, on the colours of the, 419. 



Azote, on the absorption of, by plants, 



237. 

 Babbage (C), Prof. Moll's reply to his 

 pamphlet on the decline of science in 

 England, 296. 

 Babylonia and Chaldaea, on the alluvia 



of, 426. 

 Baily (F. ) on Ptolemy's catiilogue of 



stars, 530. 

 Barometer, description of a compensating, 

 adapted to meteorological purposes, 

 367. 

 Baroscope, description of a hydropneu- 



matic, 36 1. 

 Barry (Dr. M.), researches in embry- 

 ology, 493. 



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