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INDEX. 



Gay Lussac, observations of, 84. 

 Girard, benevolence of, 123. 



Habitations, Smithson on, 138. 

 Hail, form of crystals of, 80. 

 Hatchett's experiments on sulphurets, 35. 

 Haiiy, Abb6, analyses quoted by, 98. 



on calamines, 18, 126. 



on form of ice, 80. 



on specular iron ore, 54. 



on zeolite, 42. 



Henry on muriate of soda, 57. 

 Honorable notice of Smithson's researches, 



132. 



Huel Boys, sulphuret from, 34. 

 Human remains, total absence of, in fossil 



world, 114. 



Hutton, Dr., compliments of, to Smithson, 

 119. 



on zeolite, 43. 



Ice, crystalline form of, 80, 134, 147. 



Igneous action, Lewis C. Beck on, 130. 

 Smithson on, 130. 



Ignorance always attended with loss, 104. 



Improved method of making coffee, 87. 



Improvements in lamps, 78. 



Increase of knowledge by Smithson, 124. 



Inspiration of book recording a universal 

 deluge, 104. 



Irby, J. R. McD., on the works and char- 

 acter of Smithson, 143. 



Iron, reduced from fibrous to granular 

 state, 127. 



Isis, coloring matter of figure of, 102. 



Johnson, Walter R., on scientific character 

 and researches of Smithson, 123. 



Kennedy on zeolite, 43. 



Kirkdale Cave, on formation of, 103, 137, 155. 



Klaproth on barytes and soda, 56. 



on topaz, 90. 



on ulmin, 47. 



on zeolite, 42, 46. 



Knowledge, Smithson on, 104, 124, 139. 

 Kryolite, experiments with, 98. 



Lamps, improvements in, 78, 133, 155. 

 Lead, aluminate of, G7. 

 sulphuret of, G5, 147. 

 Letter from Dr. Black describing* a very 



sensible balance, 117. 



Letter of Smithson to Sir Joseph Banks, 32. 

 Lewis, Wm., on muriate of iron, 58. 



Maclure, endowment by, of an academy 

 for science, 123. 



Magnitude of objects not a test of their 

 importance, 101. 



Manuscripts of Smithson, 137, 148. 



Marcet, experiments of, 45. 

 on dropsical fluids, 56. 



Marsh, experiments on arsenic, 133. 



Means of discrimination between sulphates 

 of barium and strontium, 81. 



Memoir on scientific character and re- 

 searches of Smithson, by W. R. John- 

 son, 123. 



Mendip Hill calamine, 21. 



Mercury, detection of minute quantities 

 of, 75, 132, 144. 



Mesotype, 43. 



Metallic copper, fibrous, 68. 



Metallic tin, 74. 



Method of fixing crayon colors, 120. 



Method of fixing particles on the sappare, 

 90. 



Mineralogy, Smithson's papers on, 147. 



Mineral substances, acids in, 82, 134. 



Minium, account of discovery of, 32, 128. 

 Miracle to sweep away consequences of 



deluge, 117. 



Molybdic acid, test of, 85. 

 Mulberry, coloring matter of, 62. 

 Muriatic acid, test of, 83. 

 Mull, Smithson's visit to, 139. 



Native combination of sulphate of barium 



and fluoride of calcium, 71. 

 Native compound of sulphuret of lead and 



arsenic, Go. 

 Native hydrous aluminate of leader plomb 



gomme, G7. 

 Native minium, 32. 

 Natrolite, 42. 

 Naumann, G5. 

 Nitric acid, test of, 86. 

 Noah's ark, 106, 107. 

 Northwitch, Smithson's visit to, 140. 

 Notes on minerals and rocks by Smithson, 



148. 



Oban, Smithson's visit to. 140. 

 Observations on Penn's theory of the Kirk- 

 dale Cave, 103. 



Particle and planet subject to same laws, 

 101. 



Pelletier's experiments on calamines, 24. 



Penetration of solids by fluids, 75. 



Penn's theory of the formation of the Kirk- 

 dale cave, 103. 



Phosphoric acid, test of, 84. 



Plomb gomme, 67, 131. 



Potassium, chloride of, in the earth, 89,135. 



Proportion of elements, Smithson's theory 

 of, 29, 37. 



Psammis, King, specimen from tomb of, 

 102. 



Quadruple and binary compounds, 34. 



Researches of Smithson, W. R. Johnson, 



123. 



Rozier, on sappare, 91. 

 Russell, Dr., on tabasheer, 1. 



Saline substance from Mount Vesuvius, 52. 



Sap green, coloring matter, 64. 



Sap of the elm tree, 51. 



Sappare, method of fixing particles on the, 



90, 135, 147. 



Saussure's sappare, 87, 91. 

 Silica, acid nature of, 154. 



test of, 86. 



Silver mines of North Carolina, 128. 

 Smithson fund, April, 1844, 141. 

 Smithson, James, account of unpublished 

 writings of, 138. 



manuscripts of, 137. 



on the works and character of, J. R. Mc- 

 D. Irby, 143. 



scientific character and researches o 

 by \V. R. Johnson, 123. 



scientific journeys of, 139. 

 Snow, form of crystals, 80. 

 Somersetshire, calamiue from, 21. 

 Staffa, Smithson's visit to, 139. 

 Strontium, sulphates of, 81, 134, 144. 

 Struve on zeolite, 46. 

 Sugar-loaf paper, coloring matter of, 61. 

 Sulphates of barium and strontium, 71, 81, 



114, 132. 



Sulphur, blow-pipe test for, 144. 

 Sulphuret from Huel Boys, 34. 

 Sulphuret of lead and arsenic, 65. 

 Sulphurets, paper on, 34, 129, 131, 144. 

 Sulphuric acid, test of, 83. 

 Symbols used by Smithson, 153. 



