476 



Index. 



Boron, its preparation, 152. 



Bostock, Dr. on the boiling point of ether, 

 196. 



Bowdich, T. E. Esq, notice of his paper 

 on fossils found in Madeira, 149. 



Brewster, Dr. on rice-paper, 3 1 6. 



Bricks, saline efflorescence on, 83. 



Brinkley, Dr. his merits as an astronomer, 

 63— notice of his paper on Sir T. Bris- 

 bane's astronomical observations at Pa- 

 ramatta, 386. 



Brisbane, Sir Thomas, notice ofliis astro- 

 nomical observations, 145, 386. 



British Museum, 232. 



Brookite, a new mineral, description of, 

 140. 



Buckland, Prof, on the cave of Kilhloch, 

 284— notice of his paper on the valley 

 of Kingsclere, 465 — on hyaena caves in 

 Devonshire, 470. 



C. 



CladmUerotts blende, 231. 



Capacities for heat, atomic, of various bo- 

 dies, 117. 



Cerium, is not contained in torrelite, 22 1 . 



Cette, freshwater formations at, 387. 



Chemical attraction, its force in various 

 bodies, 112. 



philosophy, mathematical prin- 

 ciples of, 109, 381. 



■ statics, BerthoUet on, 167. 



Chevreul, M. his examination oif the 

 Kiihloch animal earth, 284. 



Children, J. G. summary view of the 

 atomic theory according to Berzelius, 

 185, 336 — on torrelite, 221 — on sele- 

 nium from Anglesea, 52 — on titanium 

 in mica, 230— on silica in sponges, 431. 



Chlorides of titanium, 1 8. 



■Circulation, materno-foetal, 306. 



Clement, M. on ingots of copper obtained 

 via hitmidA, 228, 



Climate of the antediluvian world, 97, 

 207. 



Cobalt, oxide of, solubility in ammonia, 

 69. 



Cobaltic acid, 69, 



Gold produced by the combination of me- 

 tals, 389. 



Collimator, floating, 143. 



Colour, red, of felspar, and of an earthy 

 compound, 432. 



Colquhoun, Mr. his memoir of BerthoUet, 

 1,81, 161. 



Comet, a new, 1 46. 



Cornfield, !Mr. R. notice of his paper on 

 the occultation of Jupiter by the moon, 

 148. 



Compound of nitrate of silver and cyanu- 

 ret of mercury, 131. 



Conchology, important work on, 233. 



Copper, ingots of, obtained via Iiumidd, 

 228. 



Copper sheathing of ships. Sir H. Davy 

 on its preservation, 297 — other experi- 

 ments on the subject, 299. 



Corals, contain silica, 431. 



Crichton, Sir A. on the climate of the an- 

 tediluvian world, &c. 97, 207. > 



Crocodile, fossU, 469. ^ 



Cyanuret of mercury and nitrate of silver, 

 compound of, 131, 



Daniell, J. F. Esq. notice of his paper on 

 the construction of the barometer, 144. 



Davy, Sir H. notice of his address to the 

 Royal Society, Nov. 30, 1824, 61— ad- 

 ditional experiments, &c. on preserving 

 the copper sheathing of ships, 297 — 

 analysis of the second edition of his 

 work on the Safety I>amp, 454 — on the 

 action of spongy platinum on gaseous 

 mixtures, 459. 



Density of dry air, and its variations from 

 pressure and temperature, 437. 



Dictionary, Explanatory, of the apparatus 

 and instruments employed in the various 

 operations of philosophical and experi- 

 mental chemistry, analysis of, 56. 



Diluvial and alluvial formations, on their 

 origin, 24 1 . 



Distillation, on the acceleration of, 157. 



Dcebereiner, M. on the action of platinum 

 powder on gaseous mixtures, 313 — on 

 cold produced by the combination of 

 metals, 389 — on gallic acid and iilmin 

 390 — his eudiometer, 416. ' 



Dry air, its density, 437. 



Dorpat, observatory of, 309, 



Dyeing, BerthoUet on, 87. '' -fv - 



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Edelcrantz, Baron, biography of, 321, 

 Egyptian mummies. Dr. Granville on, 



462. 

 Electrical conducting ^eiw^r Of Buitedi re- 

 sins. 234. ~ot: ,bnsi iTSTiO 



Elk, fossU, 463. ■ • '" ■■'^f ■' 



Embalming, process of, amotig the ancient 



Egyptians, 46 ■?. ' 



Emmett, Rev. J. B. on the mathematical 

 principles of chemical philosophy^ 109, 

 381 — on the solar spots, 381. " • 



