INDEX. 



A. 



ACETATE of manganese, 415. 

 Acetic acid, action of, on man- 

 ganese, 415. 



Acids, etfecfs of, on urinary calculi, 

 381. 



Acidmn muriaticum sulphuroso-carbo- 

 DJcum, 13, 189. 



Aerolite, analysis of, 23. 



Agriculture in Russia, 225. 



Air pump, new, 379- 



Allan, Thomas, Esq. answer of, to Dr. 

 Griersou's ubservatioDS on transition 

 rocks, 109. 



Ampere, M. hypothesis of, respecting 

 fluoric acid, a83. 



Animal chemistry, improvements in, 24. 



Antilunar tide, on, l'i6, 204, 469. 



Antimony, 248. 



Arithmetical machine, account of, 351. 



Arrago, M. observations of, on polar- 

 ized li^ht, 6, 



Arseniate of manganese, 417. 



Arsenic, 93. 



Arsenite of silver, 236. 



Astronomical obicrvations, 03, 133, 

 220, 280, 373, 451. 



Astronomy, improvements in, during 

 last year, 2. 



Atomic theory, Mr. Dalton on, 174 — 

 on the discovery of, .329. 



Austin, Rev. (iilbert, on a new con- 

 gtruction of a condenser and air 

 pump, 379. 



Azotane, 15, 382. 



Azote, on the coriiposition of, 17, 364. 



B. 



Basaltic clinkstone, 123. 



Beaufoy, Col. Mark, on the rcjislanre 

 of floating; bodies, 42 — astronomical 

 and magnetic ol)servations by, G.'J, 

 Uii, 2'.i0, 280, 373, 454— on the 

 method of preserving ships, 470. 



Benzoale of manganese, 414. 



Benzoic acid, action of, on mangane«r, 

 414. 



Brrard, M. on the specific heat of gates, 

 II. 



Bergman, Sir Torbern, opinions of, re» 

 Intive to the atomic theory, 334. 



Berzelius, Dr. on sulphuret of carbon, 

 14 — on the composition of azote, 17 

 — ^^on salts of lead, 17 — salts aualysed 

 by, 19 — on animal fluid?, 24 — on the 

 cause of chemical proportions, 51, 

 93, 244, 353 — table oi" the wcishts of 

 atoms by, 362 — nomenclature of, 

 450. 



Bile, composition of, 7. 



Biot, M. observations by, on polarized 

 light, 6. 



Black, Dr. opinions of, relative to t!ie 

 atomic theory, 334. 



Blood, composition of, 25. 



Books in the press, 78, 158, 238, 39S, 

 472. 



Boracic acid, composition of, 56. 



Bostock, Dr. on the hypotheses of gal- 

 vanism, 32, 85. 



Botanic memoranda, 65. 



Brain, constituents of, 27. 



Brand e, AV. T. Esq. on some electro- 

 chemical phenomena, 68 — on the 

 effects of magnesia and acids on uri- 

 nary calculi, 381. 



Braun, Piofessor, cold observed bj', 

 313. 



Brewster, Dr. on new philosophical 

 instruments, 6 — discoveries by, re- 

 specting polarized light, 6, 70, 74, 

 190, 226, 310, 386— treatise on new 

 philosophical initr.iments by, 456— 

 on the optical properties of mother- 

 of-pearl, 462 — on the optical pro- 

 perties of hot gla.-s, 46*. 



Bricks, salt sublimed during the burn- 

 ing of, 31 1. 



Brodie, B. C. E^q. on the influence of 

 the nerves on the secretions of the 

 stomach, 22S. 



Burekhart, M. on the quantity of mat. 

 ter in the planet.-., ;)06, 389. 



Cadcll, \V. A. Esq. account by, of ao 



arithmetical machine, 351. 

 Campbell, .lohn, ICsq. on the antilunar 



tide, 126,204. 

 CarboD, 59 — sulphuret of, 14, 185. 



