486 
I. 
Jamesen, Professor, geological . re- 
marks, by, on different parts of 
Sectland, 80—on mineralogical sur- 
veys, 102. 
Indigo, amalgamation of, 33. 
Ink of the cuttle fish, analysis of, 55, 
Institute of France, labours of, during 
1814, 110—prizes of, 163, 242— 
labours of, during 1815, 229, 391, 462. 
Iodine, properties of, 29. 
John, Dr. vegetable analyses, by, 49, 
5J]—animal analyses, by, 53, 56, 57 
—analysis of the membranous bodies 
of some animals, 419, 
Tolite, 401. 
tron, curious change in, 32—native, in 
Leadhills, 387—strength of, 320— 
pitch, ore of, analyzed, 62. 
meteoric, mass of, found in 
Brazil, 160—analysis of, 461. 
Yvory, Mr. on capillary tubes, 303. 
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K,. 
Ker, Mr. new rain-gauge, by, 387. 
Kieselsinter, analysis of, 62. 
Kinfauns Castle, weather at, 325. 
Knox, Mr. on the colours exhibited by 
thin plates of glass, 8. 
Kuhnt, M. on a new classification of 
grasses, 394. 
L. 
Lamp for coal-mines, 134. 
Lampadius, Mr. new photometer, by, 3. 
Laplace, M. essay on probabilities, by, 
145. 
Laugier, M. on the crystallization of 
ammonio-muriate of rhodium, 38. 
Leaden pipes, rupture of, from frost, 
234. 
Leclerc de Laval, M. on confervz, 392. 
Lee, Mr. Stephen, on the dispersive 
power of the atmosphere, 2. 
Legendre, M. exercises on the integral 
* ealculus, by, 148. 
Lemna, its mode of growth, 391. 
Leoncornute, 463. 
Leontodon toraxicum, analysis of, 51. 
Liege, accident in acoal-mine at, 260. 
Lime-stone, 126. 
Lincolnshire, geology of, 309. 
Link, H. F. on the chemical action of 
bodies on each other when triturated 
together, 426—comparison, by, of 
albumen with gluten, 455. 
Linnean Society, meetings of, 135, 386. 
Longmire, Mr. on rents, 122, 
Lynx, 462. 
M. 
Macbride, Dr. on the fly-catching qua- 
lities of the saracenia flava, 130, 
Indexs, 
Macknight, Dr. on the. mineralogy of 
Ravensheugh, 388, ; 
Magnetism, improyements in, during 
1815, 12. 
Man, specific gravity of, 82. 
Maps, ordnance, of British counties, 478. 
Marcet, Dr. on chyle and chime, 234, 
Margarine, 58, 
Mathematics, improvements in, during 
1815, 1—present state of, in Great 
Britain, 89. 
Meat, new method of preserving, 84. 
Menzies, Lieut. James, on the ventila- 
tion of coal-mines, 283. 
a dela Groye, M. on volcanoes, 
212. 
Metals, action of, on light, 5—power 
in dispersing electricity, 9. 
Meteorological tables, 87, 167, 245, 
327, 407, 481.» 
bt ial table kept near Perth, 
Meteorology of 1815. 66. 
Milt of the tench, analysis of, 55. . 
Mineral waters, analysis of, 42. 
Mineralogical surveys, on, 102. 
Mineralogy, improvements in, during 
1815, 59. 
Minerals, sale of, 478. 
Mirbel, M. elements of physiological 
botany, by, 395. 
Morney, Mr. on a mass of meteoric 
iron found in Brazil, 460. 
Morveau, M. Guyton de, death of, 322. 
Murray, Dr. mineral waters analyzed 
by, 43, 44—objections, by, to Pre-« 
vost’s theory of radiant heat, 223, 
Muscaraigne, 463. 
Myricin, 49. 
N. 
Nails analyzed, 423. 
Nervous influence on sensation, experi- 
ments on, 226, 
Nickel, 32. 
Nickel-antimonial ore, analysis of, 63, 
Nitrate of silver as a test for arsenic, 
236. 
Q. 
Optics, improvements in, during 1815, 3. 
Orobus, four species of, described, 393. 
Oxalic acid, a poison, 37—experi- 
ments on, 231, 
Oxandra laurifolia, 137. 
Oxiodic acid, 30. 
Oxygen, properties of, 26. 
Py 
Papaw-tree, effect of the juice of, 389. 
Paramoudra, what, 461. 
Parkes, Mr, on the introduction of the 
new mode of bleaching in Britain, 
98, 
