476 



Index. 



Cadmium, fluate of, 335. 



Calculi, on a new method of destroying 

 them, 396. 



Calculus, urinary, description of, 1 52. 



Camphor, on the cause of its rotatory mo- 

 tion in water, T5. 



Carlsbad, on the mineral waters of, 123. 



Chalybeate preparations of the London 

 Pharmacopoeia, composition of, 1 49. 



Celery, manna in the leaves of, 385. 



Cerium, filiates of, 336. 



Children, Mr. on the characters of some 

 mineral substances before the blowpipe, 

 36 — chemical examination of baryto- 

 calcite, 115 — reply to an erroneous 

 statement respecting Sir H. Davy's me- 

 thod of defending the copper sheeting 

 for ships' bottoms, 141 — chemical exa- 

 mination of brochantite, 245 — on the 

 mistatements respecting Sir H. Davy's 

 method of protecting the copper 

 sheeting of ships' bottoms, 362 — che- 

 mical examination of roselite, 441. 



Chilton, Mr. description of an improved 

 rain gauge, 109. 



Clarke, Rev. E. D. biographical notice of, 

 401. 



Chloride of lime, instructions for the assay 

 of, 218. 



Chromium, fluates of, 336, 337. 



Chrysoberyls, American and Brazilian, 

 analyses of, 305. 



Cinnamon stone, analysis of, 310. 



Clocks, improvement in, 7 6. 



Cobalt, fluate of, 335. 



Columbite of Haddam, account of, 359. 



Conybeare, Rev. J. J. biographical sketch 

 of, 162. 



Copper, acetates of, on the composition of, 

 188. 



, fluate of, 335, 336. 



. metallic, soluble in ammonia, 77. 



peroxide of, organic analysis by, 



308. 



sheeting, on the method of pre- 

 venting the corrosion of, 94. 



vessels, on the applicability of Sir 



H. Davy's discovery to, 177. 



Corrosion of copper sheeting, and the me- 

 thod of preventing, 94. 



Gumming, Rev. Mr. on the use of gold 

 leaf as a test of electromagnetism, 321. 



Crystals, contraction of, by heat, 393. 



artificial, pyro-electricity of, 469. 



Cystic oxide, on the, 146. 



D. 



Dana, Mr. on the use of nitrous gas in 



eudiometry, 149. 

 Daniell, Mr. remarks on his work on hy- 



grometry, 215. 



Daniell, Mr. reply to the remarks of X, 

 257, 139. 



reply to him by X, 348. 



Daphne, alkali of, on the, 305. 



Davies, Mr. on an application of mathe- 

 matics to chemical analysis, 99. 



Davy, Sir H. on the corrosion of copper 

 sheeting by sea water, and the method 

 of preventing, 94 — defence of his me- 

 thod of defending copper sheeting, 141 

 • — reply to the mistatements respecting 

 his method of copper sheeting, 362. 



E. 



Edinburgh, rare minerals found in the 



vicinity of, 156. 

 Elder berries, juice of, as a test, 384. 

 Electricity, abstract of a memoir on a new 

 method of measuring the powers of bo- 

 dies to conduct, 39. 



— on the transmission of, through 

 tubes of water, 48, 1 16. 



produced by the congelation of 



water, 1 57. 



positive and negative, distinc- 

 tion of, 236. 



Electric current, on certain motions pro- 

 duced by, in fluid conductors, 170, 271. 



Electromagnetic effects, mode of employ- 

 ing them to ascertain the change which 

 certain solutions undergo by contact 

 with the air, 42. 



Electromagnetism, on the use of gold leaf 

 as a test of, 3<*1. 



Emmett, Rev. Mr. on an anomaly pre- 

 sented by the combination of potassium 

 and oxygen, &c. 205 — on the expan- 

 sion of liquids, 254. 



Engine, explosive, account of, 157. 



steam, on the advantages, &c. of 



high, mean, and low pressures, 357. 



Erlanite, a new mineral, description of, 

 389. 



Etna, Mount, height of, 472. 



Eudiometry, on the use of nitric oxide in, 

 149. 



Expansion of liquids, on the, 254. 



Explosive engine, account of, 157. 



F. 



Faraday, Mr. examination of taschium, 

 149. 



Fayerman, Dr. on the use of acetate of 

 lead in hydrophobia, 232. 



Fitton, Dr. inquiries respecting the geolo- 

 gical relations of the beds between the 

 chalk and the Purbeck limestone series 

 in the south-east of England, 365 — no- 

 tice of his paper on the geology of the 



