INDEX. 



FarsoTO, Dr. 49 



Peach, new varieties of, 221 



Pear, new vaTiety of, 210 



Fearson, Dr. G. his reply to some ob- 

 servations and conclusions on the na- 

 ture of the alkaline matter in drop- 

 sical fluids, and in the serum of the 

 blood, 145— Answered, 230 



Fendvilum, compensation, for a clock, 

 199,316 



Pepys, W. H. Esq. on the decomposi- 

 tion of sulphate of iron by animal 

 matter, 377 



Percy, M. 77 



Pfaff, Professor, 65 



Phillips, W. Esq his description of the 

 oxide of till, found in Cornwall, 

 240, 319 



PhcEnix, J. on the zig-zag motion of 

 the electric spark, 248 



Pitch, method of making, 347 



Plants,, mechanism of theii leaves, 1— - 

 Of their flowers, 81— Fresh-water, 

 241 



Platina ore of St. Domingo, 77 



Potash, oxalate of, 23— Superoxalate 

 apd quadroxalate of, 24 



Potatoes,^ native country of, 290 



Prizes proposed by the Caledonian Hor- 

 ticural Society, 237 



Proust, M. his hypothesis of aerolites, 

 229 



Prussic acid, 236 



Pulverization, waste occasioned by, 9 



Q. 



Quantities, imaginary, algorithm of, 

 193 



Ramsden'^s dividing machine, 7 

 Reld, Mr. A. his compensation pendu- 

 lum, 199— Remarks on its want of 

 originality, 316 

 Refrigeration of animals exposed to great 

 heat, 361 



Reuss, M. 269, 333— -On the aeroHtcs 

 that fell near Lissa, in Bohemia, in 

 1808, 224 



Richardson, Dr. W. on strata, 40' 



Ritter, M. his experiments on the de- 

 composition of ■water, 87, 91 



Ro.no„Dr. 182 



Rose, Mr. 32 



Salisbury, Mr. W, his culture of mad- 

 der, 155 



Salts, triple, 259 



Saussure, M. on the analysis of olefiant 

 gas, 69 



Scientific Institution* lectures at, 240 



Scientific News, 78, 159,, 237, 317, 383 



J5cotland, mineralogy of, 383 



Scott, Claude, Esq. 114 



Sea snake, 383 



Serum, alkaline matter in, 145, 230 



Sheppey, strata a,nd fossils of„ 49 



Shute, Mr.T. his chirurgical lectures,. 80 



Sight, expeiiments on, 321 



Silex, see Sublimation. 



Silver ore, analyses of, 378 



Singer, Mr. G. J, on some phenomena 

 of electro-chemical decomposition, 

 90, 216— Hischemicallectures, 24.9 



Smith, Dr. S. 384 



Dr.J.S. 155 



the Rev. J. 384 



■■■ Mr. W, on the peculiarity of 

 certain fossils to certain strata, 39 



Soda, oxalate of, 25— Superoxalate of, 

 26— Sulphate of, 357 



Solander, Dr. 50 



Spark, Mr. G. his method of ascertaining 

 the hour in the night, by an appa- 

 ratus connected with a common 

 watch, 201 



Spires of iron, 78 



Sponges, essays on, 384 



Stancliffe, Mr. J. on an improved di- 

 viding machine, 7 



Stones, meteoric, 224, 223 



Strata, 



