Index. 823 



Boilers, importance of covers for iii, 195. 



made of wood iii, 20,21. 



proper size for iii, 102. 



Boilers and fire-places, experiments on various . . . iii, 63-1 19. 



stewpans, description of various . . . iii,' 427-460. 



materials for construction of . iii, 335-346. 



Boiling, cooking of food by iii, 175-180. 



Bread, experiments on baking iv, 529-541. 



perpetual oven for baking iii, 145147. 



use of, in soups iv, 402, 418. 



Brewhouse boiler, description of (with plates) . . . iii, 92, 160. 



CALECANNON, experiments on feeding with iv, 545. 



Caloric, hypothesis of, i, 488; ii, 42, 72, 119, 167, 168, 191, 198, 



209, 222, 244, 247,. 248. 



Calorific power defined ii, 425. 



of various liquids . ^ ii, 425. 



Calorific rays emitted by all bodies iii, 41. 



animal substances ii, 67. 



Calorimeter, description of a new ii, 370. 



Candle flame, gold melted by i, 370. 



fluctuation of light emitted by iv, 35. 



standard, for photometry iv, 17, 187,213. 



Cannon, experiments made with (plates) i, 173-190. 



iron i, 182. 



Cantonment of troops in Bavaria iv, 247, 715. 



Capacity for heat of various liquids ii, 425-434. 



Carbonic acid, capacity of, for heat diminished by elevation 



of temperature ii, 415. 



Carriages, advantage of employing wheels with broad 



felloes for iv, 661-678. 



Chamouny, curious phenomenon observed on gla- 

 ciers at ii, 251-257. 



Charcoal, combustion of, at low temperatures ii, 365. 



heat developed in combustion of ii, 403. 



new experiments upon wood and . . . . ii, 362-369. 

 quantities of, obtained from different kinds 

 of wood, ii, 461-468 ; by Gay-Lussac and 



The'nard, ii, 465, 473 ; by Proust ii, 467. 



reduction of gold and silver by iv, 82. 



