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INDEX to VOL. XXIV. 



ACETONES, on the conversion of, 



into alcohols, 309. 

 Acetylene, researches on, 22, 18/; on 



the occurrence of a compound of, 



in copper gas-pipes, 384. 

 Air, on the temperature of the inferior 



layers of the, 244. 

 Air thermometer, on some properties 



of the, 263. 

 Aldehyde, on the conversion of, into 



alcohol, 191. 

 Alloys of lead-zinc and bismuth-zinc, 



on the, 317 ; of gold-tin, 320. 

 Alps, on the conformation of the, 169, 



377. 



Aluminate of baryta, on soluble, 27. 



Aluminium bronze as a material for 

 the construction of philosophical 

 instruments, on, 508. 



Amperian repulsion, observations on, 

 126. 



Amylene, on a new method of form- 

 ing, 24 ; on the hydrate of, 386. 



Analvsis, correlations of, 531. 



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Angstrom (A. J.) on the Fraunhofer- 

 lines visible in the solar spectrum, 1 . 



Aniline, on the colouring matters pro- 

 duced from, 547. 



Asterism, and Brewster's luminous 

 figures, observations on, 497. 



Atkinson's (Dr. E.) chemical notices, 

 22, 185,305,381,519. 



Atmosphere, on the aqueous vapour 

 of the, 350. 



Auroras boreales, on the, 51. 



Balloon ascents, on the determination 

 of temperature and pressure in, 

 213. 



Barometer, on the lunar semidiurnal 

 variation of the, 66. 



Barth (M.) on a new acid from milk- 

 sugar, 529. 



Baryta, on the detection of, 520. 



Bauer (M.) on some new ethers, 305. 



Baxter (H. F.) on nerve force, 11. 



Bechamp (M.) on nitric compounds 

 of starch, 526. 



Becquerel (M.) on the temperature of 

 the inferior layers of the air, 244 ; on 

 electro-chemical reductions, 383. 



Beetz (Prof. W.) on the colour of 

 water, 218. 



Beilstein (M.) on the preparation of 

 zinc-ethyle, 306; on hydracrylic 

 acid, 308. 



Benoit (M.) on a mode of applying 

 the electric light for mining pur- 

 poses, 408. 



Benzoic acid, on new derivatives of, 

 190. 



Benzyle, on a new method of pre- 

 paring, 24. 



Berthelot (M.) on acetylene, 22, 187. 



Bianchi (M.) on the combustion of 

 gunpowder in vacuo and in various 

 gaseous media, 407. 



Birt (W. R.) on the solar energy as 

 manifested in 1861-1862, 561. 



Bismuth, on the oxides of, 28. 



Bolton (J.) on a clay deposit near 

 Ulverston, 74. 



Bontemps (G.) on the window-glass 

 of Pompeii, 78. 



Book, new : — Kirchhoff's Researches 

 on the Solar Spectrum, 52. 



Boole (Prof. G.) on a question in the 

 theory of probabilities, 80. 



Bose (M. von) on the lead-zinc and 

 bismuth-zinc alloys, 317 ; on some 

 gold-tin alloys, 320; on the influ- 

 ence of temperature on the electric 

 conductiugpowerof themetals, 405. 



Bouis (M.) on cenan thole, 385. 



Brewster (Sir D.) on the action of 

 various coloured bodies on the spec- 

 trum, 441. 



Briegleb (M.) on nitride of magne- 

 sium, 381. 



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