Index . 



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^alt, method of making, in tlie great 

 Loo-choo island, 145. 



Saltness of the sea, 32. 



Sand of the Rhine, nature of, 390. 



Santi, Prof., the discoverer of pearl- 

 sinter, 443. 



Sedative?, on, 372. 



Selenium, properties of, 13. 



Senebier, M., biographical account of, 

 241. 



Seppings, Sir., on the use of diagonal 

 braces in ship-building, 448. 



Serpentine, on, 46S. 



Shropshire, on the valleys and water- 

 courses of, 69. 



Silver, solution of oxide of, in ammonia, 

 25 — fulminating preparation of, 26 — 

 from luna cornea, easy method of 

 obtaining, 143. 



Sirium, 312. 



Smithson, J., on the colouring matters 

 of vegetable?, 448. 



Soaps, oi>, 27. 



Somersetshire, geology of the south- 

 western part of, 13->. 



Sorbic acid, on, 22, 290. 



Spiders devour sulphate of zinc, 454. 



Spiral oar, on, 246. 



S|)odumene of the Tyrol, 392. 



Sleel. on softening, 58. 



Stimulants, on, 372- 



Storm in Sussex in 1729, 49. 



Stromeyer, M., analysis of kupfernickel 

 by, 152. 



Sulphate of nickel, form of the irystals 

 of, 28. 



zinc devoured bv a spider, 



454. 



Sulphur, action of, on the muriates, 

 393. 



Sulphuret of phosphorus, on, 12. 



Sulphurous acid and sulphuretted hy- 

 drogen, compound of, 441. 



Byrne, J., Esq.. on coal naphtha' as a 

 solvent of caoutchouc, I 12. 



Synovia of an elephant, aualvsis of, 

 12!). 



T. 



Tantalite found at Bod-'iimais, 393. 



Tar, coal, substance from, dissolves 

 caoutchouc, 1 12. 



Tartar, property of, to dissolveoiides, 8 

 — action of, on borax, I 13. 



Taylors, Messrs., on the construction of 

 fire-places to steam-boilers, 51. 



Thermometer, metallic, 6. 



Thomson, Dr. Thomas, history of che- 

 mistry for 1817 by, 1— analysis of 

 brass by, 19 — on triple prussiate of 

 potash, 102 — biographical account of 

 Bergman by, 82 1 — on the weight of the 

 atoms of bodies, 33S, 436 — on the rain 



2 



which falls in Glasgow annually, 376 

 —on the magnesia alba of the shops, 

 386— on the action of sulphurous acid 

 gas on sulphuretted hydrogen, 441 — 

 on perqnadrisulphate of iron, 461 — 

 on serpentine, 468. 



Tiarks, Dr., table for computing heights 

 by the barometer, 456. 



Tin, peroxide of, 17 — and antimony, 

 alloy of, analysis of, 20 — and bis- 

 muth, alloy of, analysis of, 21 — and 

 lead, alloy of, analysis of, 21. 



Tortoises, respiration of, 42. 



Tourmaline, existence of boracic acid 

 in, 314. 



Trap, on a bed of, in a colliery near 

 Walsall, 134. 



Triple prussiate of potash, on, 102,214. 



Tritton, Mr,, on the distilling apparatus 

 of, 75, 234. 



Tungstate of lime, analysis of, 388. 



Tungstic acid, acidity of, shown, 144. 



i'vtler, Hon. A. F., biographical ac- 

 count of, 401. 



V and U. 



Vauquelio, M., on the production of 

 potassium, 16 — on sulphuret of plati- 

 num, IS — on the salts of platinum, 

 28 — on spurred rye, 36 — on potatoes, 

 '9 — analysis by, of the gases in the 

 intestines of an elephant, 119 — analy- 

 sis by, of the synovia of an elephant, 

 120 — analysis by, of the eggs of the 

 pike, 148— on sorbic acid, 295 — on 

 the action of alcohol on oil of berga- 

 motte, 150 — analysis of rice by, 151. 



Viper, poison of, 42. 



Vis viva, on, 444. 



Vogel, M., analysis of different species 

 of corn by , 37 — on the action of 

 borax on tartar, 112 — on the bilberry 

 and the colour of wine, 231 — on the 

 action of sulphur ou the muriates, 

 393. 



Uranium, union of its peroxide with 

 carbonate of potash, 31 — oxide of, 

 found in Cornwall, 133 — on the acid- 

 ity of peroxide of, 144. 



Ure, Dr. Andrew, on the relations 

 between muriatic acid and chlorine, 

 378. 



Urinary calculus of a horse, 43. 



W. 



Wallerite, 71. 



VVarburtou, 11., Esq., on chromate of 

 iron as. a volcanic production, 139. 



Weaver, Thomas, Esq., on the geologi- 

 cal relations of the east of Ireland, 

 137. 



Weeds, injurious effects of bnrying, 87. 



Wheeler, James Lowe, on the mode of 

 obtaining chloric acid, 22. 



