INDEX. 163 



Pacchioni and Peele's experiments, 61 . 



Pepys's galvanometer, 48. 



PfalPs experiments, 41. 



Philip employs galvanism in asthma, 53. 



Pile, galvanic, discovery of, 23. 



theory of, 114. 



of De Luc described, 89. 



of Hachette and Desormes, 92. 



of Ritter, 54. 



of Zamboni, 91. 



Plates, size of, Biot's remarks on, 43. 



Children's remarks on, 94. 

 Fourcroy's remarks on, 40. 

 Nicholson's remarks on, 28. 

 Platina wire, experiments on, 93, 95. 

 Potassium formed, 75. 

 Priestley's observations on the pile, 45. 



Hitter's experiments on the galvanic pile, 55. 



observations on the connexion of galvanism with 



magnetism, 48. 



secondary pile described, 54. 



Robison's experiments on the sensations, 9. 



Salts, experiments on, by Cruickshanks, 30. 



decomposed by Davy, 68. 



.1 remarks upon the decomposition of, 142. 



Shock produced by the pile, 24. 



, De Luc's observations on, 85. 



Gay-Lussac's observations on, 



81. 



Simon's experiments on the combustion of metals, 47. 



Singer's experiments, 127, 133. 



Soap, Erman's experiments on, 64. 



Soda supposed to be generated by galvanism, 62. 



Sodium formed, 75. 



Sultzer's observations on the taste, 9. 



Sylvester's experiments on the production of acid and al- 

 kali, 62. 



