GENERAL INDEX, 



Conducting power of various fluids, tables of . . 

 Conductors of heat, concerning the ..... 



various experiments ou . . . 



Connexion between the polarisation and the double refraction of light 

 Constellations, remark on the ...... 



Converging and diverging beams of light, phenomena of . . 



Convex and concave mirrors, concerning .... 



lenses ...... 



and concave screws ...... 



Cooling effect of perspiration, experiments on ... 



heated bodies, table of ...... 



Cordage, remarks on the rigidity of . . 



experiments and tables on the rigidity of . 



Correspondencebet\\een the different scales of thermometers, table of 

 Coulomb compared with Vince as an experimentalist . . 



his experiments on friction detailed .... 



Cuw tree, description of that curious tree .... 



Crank, applications of ....... 



triple, described ....... 



Crichton's metallic thermometer, described .... 



Crown, Hiero's, account of the detection of its alloy 



wheels described, with their application 

 Cryophorus, or frost bearer, account of that instrument . 

 Crystal {rock) its refraction ...... 



Crystals of ice float in the atmosphere . , . 



different axes arid planes of their refraction . 

 having one axis of double refraction, list of . 

 law of double refraction ...... 



absorbing, lists of ...... 



. . doubly refracting, absorption of light by 



. . . . influence of heat upon . . . 



having two axes, law of their double refraction 



regular, effects of pressure upon .... 



. . composite doubly refracting, effects of pressure upon the 

 structure of ....... 



. . rhomboidal, formation of . . . . . 



table of, with character of their axes . 



of their different polarising intensities . . 



colours produced by their action on polarised light 



and systems of rings produced by . . . 



. . possessing a double system of coloured rings . . 

 of Rochelle salt, spectra in ..... 



Ctesebes's pump, description of ...... 



Cubezite, new species of double refraction in .... 



Cuckoo, some account of that bird ..... 



Curious experiment with sulphate of potash and copper 

 Curvature of lenses, table of ...... 



Cyanometer (Saussure's) description of .... 



Cycloid, description of that curve, and its application to pendulums 



D' AlemberC s principle ....... 



Danish balance, description and principle of . . . 



Decomposition of white light, experiments on . . , 



Definite proportions, remarks on that chemical doctrine . 

 De la Hire's pump, description of .... 



De-oxydizing power of the prismatic spectrum . 



Descent of falling bodies, investigation of the laws of . 



table of .... 



Description of a chromatic Vernier for subdividing tints 

 Deviation of the polarised tints from those of Newton's scale 

 Devonshire, account of a remarkable intermitting spring in 

 Diagonal barometer, description of .... 



Diamond, its relation to charcoal . . . , 



Differential thermometer, Leslie's, description of 



Diffraction of light, account of ..... 



Dilation of solids by heat, table of .... 



Dioptrics, definition and objects of the science . , , 

 Direction of gravity, line of , . , . . 



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