162 INDEX. 



Hachette and Desormes* pile, 92. 



Haldane's experiments, 31. 



Haiiy's opinion respecting galvanism, 150. 



Henry decomposes acids and ammonia, 32. 



's observations upon the action of the pile, 125. 



Hisinger's experiments on the decomposition of bodies, 59- 



Humboldt's experiments, 14. 



Icstitute of France, report by, 17. 

 Institution, Royal, galvanic battery at, 95. 

 Intensity of the galvanic pile, 107. 



, Biot's remarks on, 44. 



Iridium melted by galvanism, 100. 



Lagrave's animal pile, 52. 



Lehot on the galvanic current, 4-5. 



Leyden phial charged by galvanism, 41 . 



Medicine, galvanism employed in, 53. 

 Metallic leaves burned by galvanism, 39, 47. 

 solutions revived by galvanism, 30. 

 Metals, combinations of, produce galvanism, 5. 

 Morveau's experiments on metallic oxides, 65. 

 Muriatic acid supposed to be generated, 60. 

 Muscles involuntary, experiments on, 9, 11, 49. 

 Muscular contraction, experiments on, 4, 8, 10, 14, 19, 24, 

 49,51,81. 



Nerves, how effected by galvanism, 10, 18. 

 Nicholson and Carlisle's experiments, 26. 



*s observations on the size of the plates, 28. 

 Nysten's experiments on the involuntary muscles, 49, 



Oersted's hypothesis of galvanism, 146. 



Osmium melted by galvanism, 100. 



Oxides, metallic, experiments on, 65. 



Oxygen necessary to the action of the pile, 3J, 42. 



