INDEX. 



ABRAHAM, Mr. J. H. notice of his 

 paper, entitled, " Practical Ob- 

 servations on the Communication and 

 Concentration of the Magnetic In- 

 fluence," 152. 



Acids, increased action of, upon alloys, 

 cause of, 205. 



. in mineral substances, on the dis- 

 covery of, 384. 



. sulphuric, its action upon indigo, 



88. 



Africa, coast of, observations on the wea- 

 ther, on, 360. 



Agricola, on a mineralogical work of, 315. 



Alkanctas a test, on, 39fi. 



Alkohomctrical application of the ther- 

 mometer, 313. 



Alloys of steel, on the, 199. 



Alps, geology of, 11— saiiferous series of, 

 215 — on Hannibal's passage through 

 the, 193. 



Alum, ammoniacal, composition of, 409. 



Ammonia, muriate of, its existence in 

 sea water, 264. 



Analysis of indigo, 8T— uranite of Corn- 

 wall, 57 —ultimate, of animal and vege- 

 table substances, on the, 345. 



Arseniate of potash, crystalline form of, 

 450. 



Attraction, chemical, general remarks on, 



255. 

 Aurora Borealis, observations en, 388. 



112, 173, 266, 344, 452— summary of 

 meteorological table kept at Bushey 

 Heath, during 1822, 112. 



Bell, Mr. Charles, notice of his paper on 

 the motions of the eye, &c. 39 1 . 



Bigsby, Dr. notice of his paper on the 

 geography and geology of Lake Huron, 

 307. 



Blood, serum of, on the presence of oil in, 

 197. 



Bodies, gaseous, on, 250. 



Bohemia, mountains of, geology of, 14. 



Bones, accumulation of, in the caves of the 

 vale of Pickering, &c. on the, 127. 



human, fossil, recently found in 



Germany, 17. 



Bonsdorf, Mr. r.'ialysis of malacolite, 225. 



Books, new scientific, 77, 157, 237,316, 

 397,471. 



Brisbane, Sir T. notice of his communica- 

 tion respecting Mr. Rumker's observa- 

 tions made at the observatory at Para- 

 matta, &c. &c. 233. 



Brooke, H. J. on the crystalline form of 

 some new minerals, 38 1 — on the crys- 

 talline form of artificial salts, 449. 



Buckland, Prof, accumulation of bones 

 in the caves of the vale of Pickering, 

 &c. 127 — notice of his paper on the 

 bones discovered in caves in various 

 parts of England, 466. 



B. 



Baltic, coasts of, distribution of the car- 

 boniferous series of, 138 — saiiferous se- 

 ries of, 2 1 2. 



Barium and strontium, sulphates of, on 

 the means of distinguishing between, 

 359. 



Barlow, Prof, analysis of his essay on 

 magnetic attractions, 453. 



Baron von Schlotheim, account of fossil 

 bones, 17. 



Bauer, Mr. account of the vibrio tritici, 

 66. 



Bay salt, examination of, 262. 



Bcaufoy, Col. astronomical observations, 



C. 



Carbonate of lime exists in sea-water, 

 206. 



Carboniferous series, description of what 

 is included in the term, 138— distribu- 

 tion of, 138— of the coasts of the Baltic, 

 138 — of Scotland, 1 38 -of Ireland, 

 139— cf England, 130— of France, 140 

 — Northern ' France, Netherlands, and 

 Germany, 142. 



Carburettcd hydrogen gas and gunpowder, 

 experiments on the comparative explo- 

 sive force of, 4 1 6. 



Carpathian mountains, geology of, 1 5. 



Caucasus, range of, geology of, 16. 



