INDEX, 



A. 

 ACETIC sether, preparation of, 219 

 Acid, sulphuric, fabrication of, 41— 



gallic, facts towards a history of, 58 



— sulphurous, 303 

 Acoustics, experiments in, 211 

 Adhesion of bodies to the surface of 



fluids, 169 

 ^theogamia of Palisot de Beauvois, 



307 

 ./Ether, acetic, see Acetic aether. 

 Affinities of substances to fluids, 286 

 Alegar, premium for the improvement 



of, 232 

 Algss, 309 

 Ambergris, on, 340 

 Anfrye, M. his analysis of ancient pew- 

 ter, 311 

 Animal resistance to the effects of heat, 



144, 215 

 Arran, Isle of, mineralogical and geo- 

 logical observations in, 344 

 Artillery, improved matches for, 31 

 Astringents, action of, upon solutions 



of iron, 58 

 Attraction and repulsion of small bodies 



floating on the surface of liquids, 



164 

 Austin, Mr. J. account of his new 



weaving loom worked by steam and 



water, 175 

 Autographs from stone blocks 231 

 Auzilly, M. 10. 



Baduel, M. 227 



Banks, Sir Joseph, his experiments on 

 the influence of a high temperature 

 of the atmosphere on the animal 

 economy, 145 

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Baraiilon, M. on ancient pew' a r, 311 



Bartholdi's process for obtaining pure 

 galiic acid, 59, 6Q, 62 



Beauvais's systsm of the fructification 

 of mosses and mushrooms, 307— 

 His insects collected in Africa and 

 America, 310 



Berger, M. 215 



Bergman on cast iron, 187 



Berthollet, M. his researches into tha 

 nature and properties of the gallic 

 acid, 58, 61.— On prussiate of pot- 

 ash, 89, 92, 109. — On capillary at- 

 traction, 174.— On cast iron, 187> 

 189. — On the degrees of oxigenation 

 indicated by the colour of precipitates, 

 268. — On sulphurous acid, 303 



Berthollet and Guy ton on the fabrica- 

 tion of sulphuric acid, 45 



Bigger, Mr. Walter, 1 78 



Billardiere's, " Flora of New Holland," 

 3©9 v 



Binocular telescope, 201 



Blagden, Sir Charles, on atmospheres 

 of high temperature, 145, 215 



Blasting rocks, by means of sand, 

 227 



Blende, on, 337 



Boerhaave's theory of respiration, 143 



Boiler, a newly-constructed one, for 

 saving fuel, 5. — Improvement in, 

 312 



Bonpland, M. 309 



Bookbinders' cutting-press, improved, 

 336 



Borda, M. his proposed matches for 

 artillery, 32 



Bosc, M. 307 



Boucne, M. his experiment of the 

 application of the powers of elec- 

 tricity to discharge cannon, 232 



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