INDEX. 



A. 



ACIDS, use of, incases of urinary 

 calculus, 64. 



Agate, anion of, on light, 14S. 



Aikin, Mr. Arthur, on a bed of 

 greenstone in Staffordshire, 67. 



Albumen of the blood, 200. 



Alcohol, on the freezing of, 63, 471 

 — state of, inspirits, 231 — effect of, 

 on breathing, 336. 



Alcohol of sulphur, 315. 



Allen, Thomas, Esq. on Greenland, 

 3S9, 471. 



Alumina, subsulphate of, 238. 



Ammonia, on the nature of, 276, 357. 



Anhydrous carbonate of copper, 464. 



Animal fluids, on the composition of, 

 19, 195, 377. 



Antimonial acids, 60. 



Ardea argula, glands in the gizzard 

 of, 230. 



Astronomer, travelling, instruments 

 necessary for, 102. 



Astronomical observations at Hack- 

 ney Wick, 52, 138. 



Atmometer, 46. 



Atomic theory in chemistry, history 

 of, 445 — explanation of, 44ft— diffi- 

 culties to which it is liable, 4 17. 



Atoms of chemical bodies, weight of, 

 41. 



Axley, Mr, his theory of electricity, 



65. 

 ^zolane, account of, 150, 827. 

 A/ote, on the composition of, 6.J, 

 17 6, 27 6, 357. 



B. 



Barometer, daily rate of, at London, 

 Pari*, and (» ueva, 408. 



Bats, Indian, li-t of, 00— table of, 

 SOS. 



Beaofoy, Col. Mark, utraoomioal 

 and magactical observation*, i>\, 

 i 285, SOI, 887, 444— de- 

 scription of bis compass for ascer- 

 taining tin- dally variation, 

 on the instrumenti necessary foi a 



travelling astronomer, 102 — on I 

 stability of vessels having a well on 

 board, 355. 



Beauvois, M. de, on the pith of 

 plants, 72. 



, M. Palisot de, on grasses, 

 75. 



Bell-metal, composition «rf, 209. 



Berard, M. on the speci6c heat of 

 gases, 123, 811, 279, 369, 426— 

 on the properties of light, 161. 



Berger, Dr. account of the Isle of 

 Man, by, 155. 



Berwickshire, on the agriculture of, 

 184. 



Berzelius, Dr. Jacob, on the compo- 

 sition of animal fluids, 19, 195, 

 377, 415 — on the antimonial acids, 

 60 — on the oxides af tin and tellu- 

 rium, 61 — on the Stature of muriatic 

 acid, 254 — on the nature of azote, 

 hydrogen, and ammonia, '^76, 357 

 — on ulinin, 314 — on the oxides of 

 gold, 314 — on bile, 377 — on sa- 

 liva, 379 — on mucus, 381 — on the 

 humours of the eye, 385 — on the 

 cause of chemical proportion-, J 1','. 



Biddery ware, account of, 260, 471. 



Billardiere, M. de la, on the plants 

 of Syria and Libanut, 75. 



Bile, chemical account of, 377. 



Blaek jack lode, what, 68. 



Blagden, sir Charles, on vision, 233. 



Blood, constituents of, 19 — Human, 

 203 — form and size of the globulin 

 of, 115. 



Boleticacid, 109. 



Brande, W, T. Esq. on the use of 

 magnesia in easel of urinary cal- 

 calus, 01- hi the state ol alcohol 

 in fermented liquors, 881. 



Brew ter, Dr. i tperimenti an Ijgut, 

 bv, 148— on the properties of 



'■ 

 Bro lie, B. C. Esq. on the iuflnrnrr 



of the verves on mutoular motioQ, 



164. 

 Bucbols, Mr. on the reparation 



manganese from ii ■ n. 

 Bnprettes, 308. 



