~ Index. 
Galway. 
Vn —_ 
102 
Galvanism, discovery of, 79. 
Modification of electricity, 95 
Galvanometer, Pepys’s, 86 
Gautherot on attraction by the 
‘pile, 85 
Gay-Lussac’s experiments, 92 
Grotthus on:the arborization of 
metals, 89 
Guyton on rit 9e oxides, 89 
Haldane’s experiments, 83 
Henry decomposes acids and 
ammonia, 83._ Observations 
on the pile, 98 
Hisinger’s experiments on the 
decomposition of bodies, 87 
Humboldt’s experiments, 81 
Telgisiy ; 
Tnetitute of France, their report, 
81 & 
Intensity of the galvanic pile, 
95 
of the galvanic pile, 
Biot’s remarks on, 
85 
Tridium melted, -94 
Lagrave’s animal pile, 86 
Lehot on the galvanic current, 
85 
Leyden phial charged by gal- 
vanism, 84 
M 
Medicine, galvanism employed 
in, 87 
GALVANISM 
Metallic leaves burnt by galva- 
nism, : 
solutions revived by 
galvanism, 83 ~ 
Metals, combinations of, pro- 
duce galvanism, 79 — ae) 
Muriatic acid said to be gene- 
rateds B8easis ad Lanny 
Nerves, experiments on, by the 
' French Institute, 81 
Nicholson and Carlisle discover 
the chemical effects 
of the pile, 82 
*s observations on the 
size of the plates, 
Osmium melted, 94 
Oxides, metallic, observations 
on, by Guyton and Bucholtz, 
89 
Oxygen necessary to the action 
of the pile, 83 
Pacchioni and Peele’s experi- 
ments, 88 
Pepys’s galvanometer, 86 
Pile, galvanic, discovery of, $2. 
Described, ib. Ritter’s 
experiments, 87. The- 
ory of, 98 
of Ritter, 87 
\Plates, size of, Nicholson’s ob- 
servations, 83. Foureroy’s, 
: 84. Biot’s, 85 
Potassium formed, 90 © 9 
Priestley’s observations on the 
~ pile, 85 , 
Ritter on the eonhettion be-. 
tween galvanism and mag- 
‘netism, 86.) Forms the 
_ ¢ondaty. pile, 8%. Experi« 
ments on the galvanic pile, 
-ib, ho so 
Robison’s experiments on the 
“sensations, 80’ 9 ©) © 
Salts, experiments on, by 
Cruickshanks, 83. Decom- 
posed by Davy, 89 ~ 
Shock produced by.the pile, 82... 
' Gay-Lussac’sobservations on, — 
- 92. De Luc’s, 93 
Singer’s experiments, 98. Ob- 
jections to Davy’s hypothe- 
sis, 100 
Soap, Erman’s experiments on, 
88. 
‘Soda supposed to be generated, 
88 CT Sie 
Sodium formed, 90. ~~ 
Spark, galvanic, produced, 80 _ 
Sultzer’s observations on the 
taste, 80. .. 
Sylvester’s experiments, 88° 
T - 
Thenard’s experiments on gal- 
vanism, 92 ad 
-Trommsdorff burns metallic 
leaves, 84 “ah 
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. 
et 
GAL rapt 
GALWAY, a maritime county of Ireland,-in the 
rovince of Connaught. 
It-is bounded on the north 
Trough apparatus, 83.) 
g 2s. pee oh Bal OL | 
Uopotar bodies, Exman's’ ‘re. 
marks on, 868 = 8 
L ‘ “u Mi> swiss! ran 
‘Valli’s. experiments and hypo- 
thesis, 80. rye wo sue towels 
Van Marum compares clectri- 
city and galvanism, 84 
Vassali’s experiments on ‘the 
“human body, 8605 oy" 
Volta ascertained that galva- 
nism depends upon electri¢i- 
ty, 80. Acts thro 
“nerves, ib. Could not pro- 
. duce contractions in the in- 
voluntary muscles, ib. Dis- 
covers the pile, 82) Thinks 
it analogous to the torpedo, 
ib. ' Defends the electric hy- 
pothesis, ib. Did.not notice’ 
the chemical action of the 
pile, ib. His hypothesis ex- 
* amined, 97. 
- his hypothesis, ib. - 
oltaic pile. See Galvanic Pile. 
pen ani ameivedls 
Water decomposed by galva- 
‘nism, 82 as x 
‘Wells's experiments, 81." Ob- 
servations on Volta’s hypo- 
thesis, “ib. sors reat 
Wollaston’s experiments . sein 
chemical action of the *. 
sh | lementay battery. 28 
baat t 
+ ae opat 
GAL 
branch of rural economy 
they pay great attention ; 
those who engage in it have both ye and capi- 
y Mayo and Roscommon ;'on the east by Tipperary 
and Kin s County; on the south by Clare ; and on 
the west by the Atlantic ocean, Its aspect is various, 
some parts of it being almost in a, state of nature, and 
other parts. of it fertile'and cultivated. The western 
district is rocky and mountainous ; the eastern district 
is flat with the exception of some low mountains on the 
borders of Clare. ‘The soil here is warm’ and fertile, 
and capable of considerable, improvement... The sub- 
stratum being limestone, the verdure is almost every 
where rare eit, luxuriant. The best land) in: the 
county is situated between Mount Talbot and Portumna, 
and along by Ballyroan and Kilconneltenagh. That 
which stands next in quality, extends from Athenry to 
the town of Galway. It is not arable on account of its 
rocky nature, but, produces excellent. pasturage for 
sheep. The third division in point ‘of quality; lies in 
the neighbourhood of: Monadee, affording véry coarse 
grass, mixed with heath. The fourth ‘comprehends 
Conamara and Joyce’s land, and is quite destitute of 
_cultivation. 
Agriculture is in a very backward state. . Indeed, \al- 
-most the whole country ‘is appropriated to grass. In 
some places, however, they raise wheat)’ barley, oa’ 
and flax, “Potatoes, of rissteiy they Have in Gitnier 
“There are scarcely any ditches or hedges ; their fences 
consisting mostly of dry stone walls. hey have an ex- 
cellent breed of long horned.cattle, and the finest flocks 
of sheep that are any where to be seen. To this last 
‘tal ; and accordingly it isin avery flouris condition. 
The principal hikes for aide tk that of ‘pallinasloe, 
situated on the east border of the county. ~ Labour is 
generally paid by rent or price of corn acres, meadow 
or grass of a cow. In 1811, the average price of vari- 
‘ous articles were calculatéd as follows: A man the year 
round, £11, 10s.°9d.;'a woman ditto £6, 10s. ; car- 
penter per day 2s, 2d. ; masori ditto 2s. 53d. ; slater ditto 
2s. 34d. ; quarryman 1s.1d.; thrasher 9d, ; saddle-horse 
ditto. 4s, 4d.; plough ditto 5s. 5d. ; grazing a cow per 
week 2s. $d.; oak per foot 4s/; ash ditto»3s. 3d. ; 
‘bricks per 1000'£1.; a car mounted £4, 11s. ; pota~ 
toes per stone ay ; salt butter, per cwt. £3; 145. 8d. ; 
‘fresh ditto per lib. 1s. 23d.; hay per ton £2, 178. 6d.; 
whiskey per. gallon Qs. ; ale per quart $d.; porter 
gallon Is. 6d.; beef es 53d. ; mutton ditto 6d, ; 
veal ditto 8d. ;, pork ditto 33d. ; lambs per score £19, 
10s, ; cheese per libs 1s. 4d. ; shoeing a horse 4s. 4d. ; 
‘shoes per pair Qs. 9d. ; salt per stone-1s. 1d. ; Swedish 
iron, per. cwt. £1, 8s. 6d. ;.undressed flax BE SG 
£3, 14s. 8d.; wool per stone £1.;, fowls per couple 
As. 8d. 5 wheat’ perbarrel £1, 18s. 54d.; barley ditto 
15s. Gd.; oats ditto: 10s. 1d; malt ditto £1, 15s: 6d.; 
flour, Ist, pér ewt. £1, 9s. 4d. ditto, 2d, ditto £1, 
4s.; ditto, 8d, ditto 17s. ; oatmeal per cwt 14s. ; la- 
‘bour in hay-er corn. harvest. per day 1s, 1d.; mowing 
gvass per acre 4s, 64d.; rabbits per. couple 1s. 1d. ; 
milk per quart. 2d.; herrings per 100, 5s.:8d. ;’ corm 
acres of oats per acre £5, 6s. 10dd.; iditte’ meadow 
