434 
&. 
Campbell, Mr. John, on the upright 
growth of vegetables, 389, 443. 
Capillary tubes, on, 303. 
Caracal, the lynx of the ancients, 462. 
Carbonate of magnesia, indurated, 404. 
Carbonate of strontian, native, com~ 
position of, 399, 
Carbonic acid in urine and blood, 56. 
Carnelians of Cambay, some account 
of, 140. 
Carolan, M. W. on the bird fly, 366. 
Cary, Mr, H. on iron tube barometers, 
468. 
Cassini, M. Henri, on synantherex, 392. 
Caterpillars in Switzerland, 243, 
Catoblepas, 463. 
Cauchy, M, on definite integrals, 150. 
Cerastium, subdivision of the genus of, 
394, © 
Cerin, AY. 
Chabanne’s, Marquis de, method of ven- 
tilating houses, 113. 
Chapman, William, Esq, on the pro- 
bable formation of mineral coal, 460, 
Charcoal, its property of absorbing 
gases, examined, 22. 
Chemical action of bodies on each 
other when triturated together, 426. 
Chemistry, improvements in, during 
1815, 17. 
Chevreuil, M. on fat bodies, 58—on 
soap and saponification, 232. 
Children, Mr. experiments, by, with 
am immense galvanic battery, 11. 
Chime, analysis of, 234, 
Chlorates, account of, 39. 
€bloric acid, properties of, 34, 
Chloride of azote, decomposition of, 
433. 
Chlorine, whether a simple body, 272 
nature of, 27. 
Chloro-cyanic acid, 55. 
Chromate of iron, analysis of, 63. 
Chromic acid, on, 36. 
Chyle, analysis of, 234. 
Cinchonin, experiments on, 47. 
Cinnamon stone, description of, 242, 
Circle, no part of, a straight line, 468. 
Clanny, Dr. Reid, account, by, of a 
lamp for coal-mines, 134, 368. 
Clay, on burning, as a manure, 317. 
Clifc, Mr. experiments on carps, by, 
Coal gas, on, 158. 
——, mineral, on the probable forma- 
tion of, 460. 
——— mines at Liege, accident at, 260 
—on the lighting of, 117—lamp for, 
319—in France, 314. 
Cockspur in wheat, on, 394. 
Coke, some remarkable appearances 
in, 307. { 
Index. 
Colchicum autumnale, effects of, as a 
medicine, 459, 
Combustion, apparent, explained, 439, 
apes salt, structure of the crystals, 
Composite, observations on, 229, 
Conferve, on, 392. 
Copland, Mr. introduces the new mode 
of bleaching in Aberdeenshire, 101, 
Copper, 32—new ore of, 321, 470, 
Coquebert Montbert, M, on preserving 
sea specimens, 387. 
Cordier, M. analysis of green-stone, by, 
Coxe Dr. Redman, speculations, by, 
Criopyrite, account of, 82. 
Crystals, on the formation of, 386. 
Cutaberlard, G. Esq, on certain organic 
remains, 137. 
Current to the west of Scilly, on, 130. 
Cuvier, M. on some animals mentioned 
by the ancients, 462—on the anatomy 
of molussa, 463—on ascidiw, 464, 
ery what, 360—properties of, 
Cypher, new, proposed, 105, 
D. 
Dacosta, Mr. on native iron, 387. 
Dalton, Mr. John, vindication of his 
theory of the absorption of gases, 
215. 
Davenport, Richard, Esq, answer, by, 
to Dr. Murray’s objections to Pre- 
_ vost’s theory of radiant heat, 302. 
Davy, Mr. Edmond, discovery of ful- 
minating platizum, by, 468, 
, Sir H. ena new method of pre- 
venting explosions in ceal-mines, 135 
—on the effect of wire sieves in pre- 
venting explosions, 225, 
Decandolle, M. on the cockspur in 
wheat, 394—on double flowers, 395, 
Delabillardiere, M. on the plants o 
New Caledonia, 391, . ; 
Delambre, M. theoretical and practical 
astronomy, by, 146, 
Desvaux, M. on the subdivision of the 
genera cerastium and arenaria, 394, 
Dew, fact respecting, 84. 
Diamond cutting, account of, 459. 
Dick, T. L, Esq. on the worm with 
which the Stickleback is infested, 
106. 
Dip of the magnetic needie, 12. 
Dobereiner, Professor, on fermenta- 
tion, 2i—experiment, by, 30—me- 
tallizes charcoal, 31. 
Donegal, county of, physical geography 
of, 138. 
Donovan, Mr. on sorbic acid, 37-08 
his prize essay, 473, 
