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Index. 



in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, 

 104. 



Light and heat, solar, remarks on, 81, 

 '287. 



■ from terrestrial sources, 



on, 181. 



Lightning, conductors of, instructions re- 

 specting, 427. 



Lillehonne, analysis of the statue found 

 at, 101. 



Lime, chloride of, instructions for the as- 

 say of, 218. 



. fluate of, 334. 



and magnesia, method of estimating 



the quantities of, 99. 



» oxalate of, decomposed by potash, 



309. 



. silicated fluate of, composition of, 



455. 



Liquids, expansion of, on the, 254. 



Limestone, Aberthaw, analysis of, 72, 



Lithia, fluate of, 333. 



M. 



Mac CuIIoch, Dr. notice of his paper on 

 the possibility of changing the residence 

 of certain fishes, 394. 



Magnesia and lime, method of saturating 

 the quantities of, 99. 



. fluate of, 334. 



Manganese, oxidule and oxide, fluates of, 

 335. 



- peroxide of, composition of, 

 225. 



Manna, existence of, in the leaves of ce- 

 lery, 385. 



Marobia, description of, 398. 



Massotti, M. notice of his paper on the 

 variation of the mean motion of the co- 

 met of Encke, 1 45. 



Mathematics, application of, to chemical 

 analysis, 99. 



Mediterranean, temperature of, 472. 



Meionite, analysis of, 389. 



Mercury, fluates of, 337. 



Meteorological table, 78, 150,239, 319, 

 399, 473. 



Mines, temperature of, on the, 446. 



Minerals and fossils, American localities 

 of, 312, 391. 



produced by heat, 467. 



- pyro-electricity of, 469. 



rare, found in the vicinity of 



Edinburgh, 156. 

 ■ Scotch, localities of, 468. 



Vesuvian, notice of, 392- 



Mitscherlich, Prof, on the contraction of 

 crystals by heat, 393 — on the produc- 

 tion of minerals by heat, 467. 



Mollusca, pulmonobranchous, on the na- 

 tural arrangement of, 107. 



Morphia, on the means of detecting the 



presence of, 228. 

 on Mr. Battley's method of 



preparing, 343. 

 Moyle, on the temperature of mines, 446 



N. 



Nerves, optic, on semi-decussation of, 

 294. 



Nickel, fluate of, 335. 



Nitrogen, aeriform compounds of, analy- 

 ses of, 299, 344. 



Nordhausen, sulphuric acid of, on the, 

 259. 



O. 



Observations, astronomical, 11, 141, 286, 



329, 419. 

 Optic nerve, on semi-decussation of, 294. 

 Optical axes of crystals, on the inclination 



of the line dividing the, 393. 

 Oxalate of lime decomposed by potash, 



309. 

 Oxide, cystic, on the, 146. 

 nitric, on the use of, in eudiome- 



try, 149. 

 — — — of manganese, composition of, 



225. 

 Oxygen and hydrogen, inflammation of a 



mixture of, underwater, 387. 



P. 



Papilonida?, on the arrangement of, 119. 



Paratonnerres, or conductors of lightning, 

 instructions respecting, 427. 



Patents, new, 78, 158, 238, 318, 393, 

 472. 



Patten, Mr. on a new air pump, 255. 



Penn, Mr. observations on his theory con- 

 cerning the formation of the Kirkdale 

 cave, 50. 



Pepper, black, on zirconia in, 149. 



Petalite, discovery of, on Lake Ontario, 

 73. 



PfafF, C. H. on the deoxidizing property 

 of the vapour of water, 45. 



Phillips, it. analysis of argillaceous iron 

 ore, 72 — of Aberthaw limestone, 72 — 

 composition of the chalybeate prepara- 

 tions of the London Pharmacopoeia, 

 149. 



answer to his observations 



on the London Pharmacopoeia, 463. 



Phosphorus and iodine, action of, 154. 



Phosphuretted hydrogen, on the composi- 

 tion of, 213. 



gas, on, 247. 



Pinite, analysis of, 309. 



