INDEX. 



Boumon, Comtc de } on the triple sul- 

 phuretof lead, copper and antimony, 

 225, 251, 321 



Bradley, Mr. on grafting and budding 

 of trees, 338 



Brain, structure of, 72 



Bruckmann on the rice-stone of the 

 Chinese, 375 



Brochaut, M. on " Transition Strata," 

 78 



Brogniart, A. on the glauberite, 65— 

 On the strata in the vicinity of Paris, 

 77 



Broussonnefs theory of the construc- 

 tion of the leaves of the sensitive 

 plant, 268 



Bucholz, M. on dead lime, 382 



Burney, James, Esq. on the progress 

 of bodies floating in a stream; with 

 an account of some experiments made 

 In the river Thames, with a view to 

 discover a method for ascertaining the 

 direction of currents, 49— His new 

 method of measuring a ship's velo- 

 city, 57 



C. on the best shape for stills, 204 



Cadell, Mr. 13 



Cadet, M. his experiments on camphor, 

 ated water as a test of soda, 319 



Camera lucida, 146 



Camper, M. 297 



Cayley, SirG. on aerial navigation, 164 



Cels, M. 79 



thaptal, M. on the best shape for alem- 

 lics, 201— His account of some co- 

 ours for painting, found at Pompeii, 

 &2 

 ChiJren, J. G. Esq. his account of 

 so.ie experiments performed with a 

 vier to ascertain the most advanta- 

 geos ravi-hod of constructing a Vol- 

 taic ppiiatus, for the purposes of 

 chcrr^al research, 150 

 Chladni,M. on the vibrations of elas- 

 tic surges, S12 



Clouds, formation of, 106 



Colours for painting, found at Pompeii, 



S02 

 Comets, 197 



Cook, Mr. B. on the use of iron for 



stairs and instead of the timbers of 



houses, as a security against fire, 126 



Copal varnish, free from colour, 67 



Cordier, M. on the dusodile, a new 



species of mineral, 223 

 Cork, preparation of, for modelling, 



222 

 Cotesian theorem demonstrated, 278 

 Cotton, to be cultivated in France, 79 

 Crell on the Chinese rice-stone, 576 

 Cruickshank, Mr. his fulminating sil- 

 ver, 237 

 Cubieres, M. De, on the lote-tree, 74 

 Curaudau, M. on boracic acid, 24 — 

 His description of a process, by means 

 of which potash and soda may be 

 metallized without the assistance of 

 iron, 37, 285— On the new properties 

 of the alkaline metals, 40 — On the 

 influence the shape of a still has on. 

 the quality of the product of distil* 

 lation, 201 

 Currents of water, experiments on, 49 

 Currents in the British Channel, 379 

 Cuvier, M; on the skeletons of animals 

 fuund in the earth, 76— On the strata 

 in the vicinity of Paris, 77— On the 

 fossil bones found in Corsica, 196 — > 

 On the species of carnivorous ani- 

 mals, the bones of which are found 

 mixed with those of bears in caverns 

 in Germany and Hungary, 295 



D'Ak-mbert's equation of sound, 310 

 D'Arcet, M. on the glazing of pottery, 



305 

 D'Arcet, jun. M. on the impossibility 



of freeing soda and potash from water, 



71 

 Darwin, Dr. on the vegetable life, 262 

 Daubenton, M. 298 



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