421 



iodine and bromine in the mineral 

 waters of South Britain, ii. 402. 



Davis (J. F.) on the Chinese year, ii. 

 187. 



Davy (E.) on a new fulminating pla- 

 tinum, ii. 63 ; on combinations of 

 platinum, ii. 124. 



Davy (Sir H.) on galvanic combina- 

 nation's by single metallic plates and 

 fluids, i. 59 ; on astringent vege- 

 tables, and their operation in tan- 

 ning, i. 114; experiments on a 

 mineral production (Wavellite) from 

 Devonshire, i. 181 ; method of ana- 

 lysing stones containing fixed alkali, 

 by boracic acid, i. 196; on some 

 chemical agencies of electricity, i. 

 247, 278; on the decomposition of 

 the earths, i. 313 ; on the nature of 

 the alkalies, phosphorus, sulphur, 

 carbonaceous matter, and the unde- 

 compounded acids, i. 318, 347; on 

 Dr. Henry's experiments on am- 

 monia, i. 346 ; electro-chemical re- 

 searches, i. 350 ; on the nature and 

 combinations of oxymuriatic acid, 

 the elements of muriatic acid, and 

 experiments on sulphur and phos- 

 phorus, i. 377 ; on the combinations 

 of oxymuriatic gas and oxygen, i. 

 385, 393 ; on some combinations of 

 phosphorus and sulphur, i. 440 ; on 

 a new detonating compound, i. 441 ; 

 experiments on the substances pro- 

 duced in chemical processes on fluor 

 spar, i. 475 ; experiments on the 

 fluoric compounds, i. 481 ; on a new 

 substance which becomes a violet- 

 coloured gas by heat, i. 483 ; on 

 iodine, i. 507 ; on the colours used 

 in painting by the ancients, ii. 11; 

 experiments on a solid compound of 

 iodine and oxygen, ii. 19; on the 

 action of acids on hyperoxymuriates, 

 ii. 20 ; on the fire-damp of coal 

 mines, and methods to prevent its 

 explosion, ii. 30, 32, 61 ; invention 

 for giving light in explosive mixtures 

 of fire-damp by consuming the fire- 

 damp, ii. 32, 35 ; on flame, ii. 59 ; 

 experiment on the combustion of 

 gaseous mixtures, and method of 

 preserving a light in mixtures of in- 

 flammable gases and air without 

 flame, ii. 61 ; fallacy of the experi- 

 ments in which water is said to have 



been formed by the decomposition 

 of chlorine, ii. 89 ; on the combina- 

 tions of phosphorus, ii. 95 ; on the 

 formation of mists, ii. 110; on the 

 magnetic phenomena produced by 

 electricity, ii. 136, 154; on the papyri 

 found in the ruins of Herculaneum, 

 ii. 145; on the electrical phenomena 

 exhibited in vacuo, ii. 159; on the 

 water and aeriform matter found in 

 certain crystals, ii. 174; on a new 

 phenomenon of electro-magnetism, 

 ii. 189; on the application of liquids 

 formed by the condensation of gases 

 as mechanical agents, ii. 193; on 

 the corrosion of copper- sheeting by 

 sea-water, ii. 207, 213, 242; on the 

 relations of electrical and chemical 

 changes, ii. 281 ; on the phenomena 

 of volcanoes, ii. 338 ; experiments 

 on the torpedo, ii. 354. 



Davy (Dr. John) on a gaseous com- 

 pound of carbonic oxide and chlo- 

 rine, i. 420 ; experiments on the 

 combinations of different metals and 

 chlorine, &c. i. 425 ; experiments on 

 different combinations of fluoric acid, 

 i. 437 ; experiments on animal heat, 

 i. 515; on the temperature of the 

 ocean and atmosphere, and on the 

 density of sea-water, ii. 73 ; on the 

 urinary organs and secretions of 

 some of the amphibia, ii. 94 ; on 

 the urinary organs and urine of two 

 species of the Rana, ii. 140; on the 

 buffy coat of the blood, ii. 170; on 

 corrosive sublimate, ii. 1 73 ; obser- 

 vations on air found in the pleura, 

 ii. 202, 215; on the changes which 

 have taken place in some ancient 

 alloys of copper, ii. 258 ; on the poi- 

 son of the common toad, ii. 262. 



Dead Sea, analysis of the water of, i. 

 275. 



Deafness, remedy for a particular spe- 

 cies of, i. 62. 



Declination of some of the fixed stars, 

 on the changes in, ii. 182, 183, 203. 



Delambre's solar tables, corrections in 

 the elements of, required by the 

 observations made at tte Greenwich 

 Observatory, ii. 328. 



Delphinus Gangeticus, description of 

 the teeth of, ii. 99. 



Density of sea-water, ii. 73, 111 ; of 

 the earth, ii. 107, 148. 



