476 
Berzelius, M. on the attraction of moist- 
ure by peroxide of copper, 154—extract 
from his memoir on the alkaline sul- 
phurets, 284, 343. 
— on sulphurets, notice respect- 
ing, 469. 
Bewick, Mr. analysis of his history of 
British birds, 294. 
Bezoars voided by a woman, account of, 
312. 
Black urine, 71. 
Blowpipe, an account of the principal 
characters of earths and metallic oxides 
before the, 271. 
Boase, Mr. on the difference in the annual 
statements of the quantity of rain falling 
in adjacent places, 18. 
Body, force of, in motion, compared with 
a dead weight, 165. 
Bones found in a cave at Kirkdale, 
account of, 133. 
Bonsdorff, M. on the use of tincture of 
Brazil wood, in distinguishing several 
acids, and on a new yellow colour ob- 
tained from it, 23—analysis of amphi- 
bolic minerals, 316. 
Books, new scientific, 78, 157, 237, 318, 
397, 471. 
Boracic acid, effects of, upon Brazil wood 
paper, 24. 
Brandes, Prof. observations on the depres- 
sion of the barometer, Dec. 25, 1821, 
263. 
BraziJ, iron ore from, analysis of, 310. 
wood, effects of sulphuric acid 
upon the colour of, 24. 
— tincture of, on the use of, in 
distinguishing several acids, 23. 
Brooke, Mr..on a new lead ore, 117. 
Buckland, Rev. W. notice of his paper on 
the formation of valleys by diluvial ex- 
cavations, as illustrated by the valleys 
which intersect the coast of Dorset and 
Devon, 66—account of the bones found 
in a cave at Kirkdale, 133, 173. 
C. 
Calcareous rocks, on siliceous petrifactions 
imbedded in, 236. 
Cambridge Philosophical Society, analysis 
of their Transactions, 61, 289. 
Carbon, hydriodide of, discovery and com- 
position of, 153. 
Carbonate of magnesia, native, analysis of, 
389. 
Cassius, powder of, its chemical nature 
considered, 55, 
Cave, account of bones found in one, at 
Kirkdale, 133, 173. 
Cecil, Rev. W.. notice of his paper on the 
application of hydrogen gas to produce a 
moving power in machinery, &c. 62. 
Index. 
Characters, principal, of the earths and 
ae oxides before the blowpipe, 
271. 
Charcoal, fusion of, 122. 
Children, Mr. on diaspore, 146. 
Chloride of gold and sodium, method of 
preparing, 156—composition of, 156. 
Chromate of iron, analysis of, 76. 
Citric acid, effects of, upon Brazil wood 
paper, 25. 
Clarke, Dr. notice of his paper on the 
crystallization of water, 61. 
Colophonite, analysis of, 396. "i 
Common verdigris, on the composition of, 
16]. 
Compression of water, instrument. for 
measuring of, 236. 
Constantine Pogonatus, Greek fire suppos- 
ed to be invented during his reign, 391. 
Conybeare, Rev. J. J. on works in Niello 
and the Pirotechnia of Venoceio Birin- 
guccio Siennese, 364—on siliceous pe- 
trifactions imbedded on calcareous rocks, 
236—on Greek fire, 434. ! 
Rev. W. D. notice of his pa- 
per, entitled, additional notices on the 
fossil genera of ichthyosaurus and ple- 
siosaurus, 66. 
Copper, acetate of, composition of, 164. 
general return of the quantity of, 
raised in Great Britain and Ireland, 
154. 
——— ores, average produce of the, 154. 
peroxide of, analysis of, 154. 
— attraction of moisture 
by, 154. 
Cornwall, Royal Institution of, Report of, 
395, 
Corrosive sublimate, unacted upon by 
light, 64. 
Coulommiers, analysis of magnesite from, 
389. 
Crystalline form of diaspore, on the, 17. 
Cutanus, near Madrid, analysis of magne- 
site from, 389. 
D. 
Definition of a straight line, 71. 
Deflagrator, improved account of, 119.- 
Diaspore, on the crystalline form of, 17. 
Deuchar, Mr. an account of several cir~ 
cumstances connected with the ductility 
of glass, 358. 
Dobereiner, M. on the preparation of for- 
mic acid from tartaric, 311. * 
Ductility of glass, an account of several 
circumstances connected with, 358. 
E. 
Egg, weight lost by, during incubation, 
source of the earthy matter of, 65. 
