INDEX. 



ACADEMY of Sciences at Paris, 

 139, 225. 



Acid formed by the slow combustion of 

 ether, 22. 



Adams, J., Esq. ; formulas by, from 

 Lacroix's differential and integral 

 calculus, 204. 



Adam's Peak, geological account of, 

 143. 



Africa, attempts to penetrate into the 

 interior of, 72. 



Aikin, Arthur, Esq., on the valleys and 

 water-courses of Shropshire, 69 — on 

 a bed of trap in a colliery near Wal- 

 sall, 134. 



Albin, 310. 



Alcohol, union of, with oxalic acid, 23 

 — action of, on oil of bergamotte, 150 

 — combustion of, by a lamp without 

 flame, 245. 



Alison, Rev. A., biographical account 

 of Lord Woodhouselee, 401. 



Alkaline sulphurets, nature of, 24. 



Allan, T., Esq., on the geology of the 

 environs of Nice, 383. 



Almonds, 39. 



Alumina, preparation of, 24. 



Animal substances, composition of, 40. 



Annular eclipse of the sun, 179, 249. 



Aquaregia, action of, on antimony, 21. 



Arsenic, new method of detecting, 8. 



Atmospherical phenomena, near Gos- 

 port, 235, 368. 



Atoms of chemical bodies, weight of, 

 338, 436. 



Axinite, existence of boracic acid in, 

 314. 



Azote, nourishing properties of sub- 

 stances destitute of, 39. 



B. 



Bacon, Lord, on the scope and influence 

 of his writings, 382. 



Baily, Francis, Esq., on au annular 

 eclipse of the sun, 179, 249. 



Barley, analysis of, 201. 



Bauhof, M.J.C. 1)., on the union of al- 

 cohol and oxalic acid, 23. 



Beaufoy, Col., astronomical, magncti- 

 cal, and meteorological observations 

 by, 76, 154, 236, 316, 396, 470— on 

 the spiral oar, 246. 



Berard, M., on the composition of animal 

 substances, 40. 



Bergamotte, oil of, action of alcohol on, 

 150. 



Bergman, Sir Torbern, biographical 

 account of, 321. 



Berthollet, M., on theelements of nitric 

 acid, 350. 



Berzelius, Professor, on peroxide of tin, 

 17 — on the composition of certain 

 carbonates, 30 — on the colouring mat- 

 ter of the blood, 42. 



Beudant, M., on the property of certain 

 salts to give their crystalline forms to 

 others, 27. 



Bilberry, experiments on, 232. 



Black-lead mine in Glen Strath-Farrar, 

 453. 



Boiling point of fluids, on, 129. 



Bombay, weather in, 209. 



Bones, fossil, near Margate, 70. 



Boracic acid found in tourmaline and 

 axinite, 314. 



Borax, action of, on tartar, 113. 



Boston, diary of the weather at, 436. 



Braconnot, M.,on extractive, 34 — ana- 

 lysis of rice by, 38 — on sorbic acid, 

 290. 



Bfass, analysis of, 19. 



Breguet, M., metallic thermometer by ,6. 



Brewster, Dr., on the primitive form of 

 carbonate of lime, 69 — on the laws of 

 polarisation and double refraction in 

 crystals, 451 — on the absorption of 

 polarised light by crystals, 452. 



Brisbane, Sir T., on a method of deter- 

 mining the time with accuracy, from 

 a series ofaltitudes of the sun taken on 

 the sarof side of the meridian, 384. 



Brisson, M., biographical sketch of, 43. 



Brugnatelli, M., on metallic alloys ob- 

 tained by galvanism, 228. 



Bucholz, Prof., analysis of tungstate of 

 lime, by, 388. 



Buckland, Prof., on an insulated group 

 of slate and greenstone rocks in Cum- 

 berland and Westmoreland, 223. 



Burney, W.,Esq., on parheliaseen near 

 Gosport, 235, 368. 



— Capt. James, on the geography 



of the north-eastern part of Asia, 446. 



Cadmium, properties of, 152. 

 Calculus, Lacroix's differential and inte- 

 gral, formulas from, 204. 



