INDEX. 



CID gas, carbonic, conversion of, to 

 . a fluid form, 95. 



• muriatic, conversion of, to 



a liquid, 92. 



sulphurous, conversion of, 



to a fluid form, 93. 



boracic and tartaric, on their 



atomic weights, 245. 



• hydrocyanic, its action on vege- 



table life, 46S. 



muriatic, on the existence of, 



in the stomachs of animals, 147. 



Acetate of barytes, crystalline form of, 

 3G5. 



lime, phosphorescence of, 235. 



strontia, crystalline form of, 



288. 



Albite, composition of, 51. 



Alkalies, vegetable, composition of, ac- 

 cording to different authorities, 314. 



Ammonia and magnesia, sulphate of, 

 crystalline form of, 117. 



Ammoniacal gas, conversion of, to a fluid 

 form, 97. 



Analcime, analysis of, 353. 



Ancient bronze, composition of, 73. 



Annual mean, results of meteorological 

 registers, 281. 



Anorthite, composition of, 58. 



Arago, M. account of volcanos at present 

 in activity, 201. 



Arfwedson, M. examination of oxidum 

 manganico-manganicum, 267 — on ura- 

 nium, 253 — on the decomposition of 

 metallic sulphates by hydrogen gas, 

 329 — analysis of cinnamon-stone, 343 

 — Brazilian chrysoberyl, 345 — boracite 

 from Luneburg — borax, 347. 



Arsenic, on the detection of small quan- 

 tities of, 131. 



tests of, on the methods of cm- 

 ploying of, 30. 



Astronomical observations, 29, 121, 197, 

 278, 328, 406. 



Autun, uranite of, analysis of, 235. 



B. 



Babingtonitc, a new mineral, account of, 



275. 

 Baiiy, Mr. F. on the ensuing opposition 



of Mars, 107. 



Barlow, Mr. observations and experi- 

 ments on the daily variation of the hori- 

 zontal and dipping needle, &c. 183. 



Barometers, mountain, account of im- 

 provements in, 313. 



variation, diurnal, 468. 



Barytes, acetate of, crystalline form of, 

 365. 



nitrate of, crystalline form of, 



21. 



uraniate, analysis of, 261. 



Beaufoy, Col. on the stability of floating 

 bodies, 81 — astronomical observations 

 by, 29, 121, 197, 278, 328, 406— mean 

 results of the meteorological register 

 kept by him, 28 1 . 



Becker, M. experiments on the action of 

 hydrocyanic acid on vegetable life, 468. 



Berger, Dr. reply to Mr. Henslow's ac- 

 count of the Isle of Man, 367 — re- 

 marks on his reply, 407 . 



Berthier, M. on the preparation of oxido 

 of nickel, 395. 



Berzelius, Prof, notices of his paper on 

 silicon, &c. 459. 



Biggs, Mr. on the expansion of gases, 

 133. 



Birds, migration of, on the, 66. 



Bismuth, sulphuret, analysis of, 355. 



Bitartrate of potash, crystalline form of, 

 161. 



Blue, prussian, patent for dyeing with, 

 396. 



Books, new, scientific, account of, 77, 

 156, 237,317,470. 



Boracic acid, atomic weight of, 248. 



Boracite, analysis of, 347. 



Borax, analysis of, 347. 



Bowdich, Mr. accountof the death of, 317. 



Brain, on the comparative anatomy of the 

 human, 65. 



Brande, Mr. analysis of cinchonia, quina, 

 and morphia, 315. 



Brinkley, Dr. notice of his paper on the 

 north polar distances of the principal 

 fixed stars, 149. 



British Museum and Edinburgh Review, 

 76. 



Bronze, ancient, on the composition of, 

 73. 



Brooke, Mr. on the crystalline form of 

 artificial salts, 20, 117, 161, 287, 364 

 .—account of childrenitc, somervillite, 



