INDEX. 



ACIDS, hyponitrous and sulphuric, 

 analysis of a compound of, 36S. 



• sulphuric, its action on napthaline, 



22T. 



Aerolites, fall of, 149. 



■ • 3Iaryland, analysis of, charac- 

 ters of, 149. 



Amalgamation, description of the process 

 as now carried on in Germany, 196. 



Analysis of oil of wine, 291, 



— dioptase, 305. 



■ the ore of iridium, 1 7. 

 Anatomical preparations, on the preserva- 

 tion of, 31.5. 



Anthracite and plumbago, &c. experi- 

 ments on, 104. 



Archipelago, Indian, on the expediency 

 of surveying it, 178. 



Architecture, naval, on, 20, 405. 



Arseniate of iron, on, 147. 



Arsenic, on the modes of detecting of, 

 232. 



Art of embalming, 215. 



Astronomical observations, 83, 177,247, 

 367. 



— ^— — Society of London, analysis 

 of memoirs of the, 282. 



■ report of the Commit- 

 tee on IMr. Tulley's telescope, 440. 



Atmosphere, constitution of, 289. 

 Atmospheric electricity, on, 75. 

 Attractions, local, 315. 

 Australia, coasts of, account of geological 

 specimens from, 139. 



clock with a wooden pendulum, 162^ 

 meteorological table kept at Bushey 

 Heath, 94. 



Berzelius, Prof, observations on some mi- 

 neral species, 23 — discovery of lithia in 

 mineral waters, 69, 145 — on the orange 

 gas produced from a mixture of iiuor 

 spar and chromate of lead, 146 — ou 

 detecting arsenic, 232 — researches on 

 molybdffina, 235 — on the alterations 

 which must be made in the systems of 

 chemical mineralogy by isomorphism, 

 381, 420. 



Bevan, Mr. on the elasticity of ice, 450. 



Beudantite, description of, 194. 



Bigsby, Dr. on the geology of the valley 

 of St. Lawrence, 461. 



Bitumens of England and France, com. 

 parative analyses of, 70. 



Blowpipe, means of detecting lithia in 

 minerals by, 131. 



Books, analyses of, 51, 202, 281. 



■ new scientific, account of, 79, 



157,239,317,470. 



Braconnot, M. analysis of soot from a 

 wood fire, 394 — analysis of lamp black, 

 395. 



Brewster, Dr. on the phosphorescence of 

 certain fluids, 303. 



Brinkley, Dr. on the application of the 

 floating collimator to the Dublin circle, 

 460. 



C. 



B. 



Babbage, Mr. on the expression of the 



parts of machinery by signs, 292. 

 Baily, IVIr. his address on presenting the 



gold medals to Mr. Ilerschel, Mr. 



South, and M. Struve, 454. 

 Barometer, on the, 223. 

 Barlow, Mr. on the temporary magnetic 



effect induced in iron bodies by rotation, 



444. 

 Bcaufoy, Col. astronomical observations, 



83, 177, 247, 367— on the going of a 



Candle, flame of, on the, 176. 



Carbon and hydrogen, new compounds of, 

 95. 



Carpenter, Mr. on the sulphate of rhu- 

 barb, 304. 



Chalk and sands beneath it, on the, at 

 Lyme Regis, 143. 



Chapman, M. on the construction of sliips 

 of war, 413. 



Channouth, on 'traces of a submarine 

 forest at, 143, 



Chemistry, its influence in the affairs of 

 Ufc, 333. 



