INDEX. 



A. 



AcCUM, f. Esq. 239 



Acid, acetic, constituent principles of, 



71 

 Acid, carbonic, produced from carbonic 

 oxide, by means of oximuriatic gas, 

 226 

 Acid gas, a new, 28 

 Acid, nitric, its action on indigo, 551 

 Acid, oxalic, constituent principles of, 



71 

 Acid, phosphoric, preparation of, 383 

 Acid, sulphuric, mixtures of with wa- 

 ter, 319 

 Acid, volatile, experiments on, 359, 363 

 Aconite, experiment? on the power and 



operation of it^ poisoin, 301, 324 

 Acoustics, experiments in, 103, 169 

 Alloy, native, of gold, 137 

 Almonds, bitter, experiments on the 

 power of the essential oil of, on the 

 animal economy, 300, 324 

 Amalgam of mercury and silver, new 



process for making, 156 

 Amalgamations, various, 293 

 Ambergris, a new analyis of, 381 

 Amer, e^iijcriments on, 353, 363 

 Analyses, mode of performing, appa- 

 ratus, &c., 66— Cautions, 67— Ex- 

 planation of certain facts relative to, 

 71 

 Analysis of a stucco for preserving 

 Stone, 12— Of pus, 17, 113— Of mu- 

 cus, 25, 113— Of oxalic and acetic 

 acids, 71— Of resin, 72 — Of olive 

 oil, 72— Of crystallized sugar, 72— 

 Of beech wood, 72— Of the mineral 

 water of Bagn^re,79— Of the waterof 

 Ussat, 79— Of the water of Nieder- 

 bruiin, 80— Of zeolite, 135— Of a 

 native alloy of gold, 138-^ Of the ce- 

 ment of an antique mosaic, 140 — 'Of 

 human bones, 256— Of neutral salts, 

 £60— Of a Chinese gong-gong, 307 

 *— Of the yellow resin of New Hol- 

 land, 310— Of hedge hyssop, 365 

 —Of ambergris, 381 

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Anderson, A. Esq. on the decomposi- 

 tion of water in two or more separate 

 vessels, 183 



Animal substances, dessiccation of, 19*. 



Ants, economy of, 10 



Apparatus for cleansing chimneys, 344 



Apple, the burrknot, 76-^The Spring- 

 Grove, 77 



Aquatinta, Improveiment in, 220 



Arago, M. 192, 266 



Arbor Dianae, method of making, 156 



Artillery at sea, charges of the greatest 



efficacy for, 81 

 Attraction, chemiical, 193 

 Augsburgh beer, mode of preserving 



B. 



Bachelier, M. his process for the com- 

 position of a preservative stucco j 

 inquiry relative to, 10 

 Bagnere, mineral water of, analysed, 79 

 Bancroft, Dr. E. N, 17, 296, 334 

 Banks, Sir J. 379.-^His account of a 

 new apple,77— On the forcing houses 

 of the Romans, with a list of fruits 

 cultivated by them, now in our gar- 

 dens, 147— iOn the horticultural ma- 

 nagement of the sweet or Spanish 

 chestnut-tree, 202 

 Barber, J. T. Esq. 226 

 Barks, various, from India, 276, 279 

 Barytes, whiter water-colour prepared 



from, 34 

 Bauhoff, M. 379 

 Baume, M. 156 

 Bedford, duke of, 273 

 Beech wood, component parts of, 72 

 Beer, method of keeping, 80 

 Bell-metal of China, analysis of, 807 

 Belies lettres, lectures on, 239 

 Belloni, M. 140 



Berthollet, M. 10, 260, 262— His prize 

 question on the specific heat of gases, 

 78 — His experiments on sound pro- 

 duced in vapour, 171.^0n chemical 

 attraction, 194, 197 



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