INDEX to VOL. VIII. 



i\.CIDS:—ulmic and azulmic, 226; 

 formic, 228; arsenious, 277; sul- 

 phuric, 297, 298 ; butyric, lactic, 

 and fuming nitric, 297; atmospheric 

 carbonic, SOI ; citric, 428. 



Miher, constitution of acetic, 155. 



Algaroth, powder of, its composition, 

 408. 



Alison's (R. E.) narrative of an ascent 

 of the Peak of TenerifFe, 23, 140, 

 195, 248, 433. 



Alkalies, action on organic bodies, 226. 



Alloy in silver, detected by the mag- 

 netic needle, 230. 



Alps, Austrian, on the structure of, 81. 



Antimony, muriate of, 408. 



Arabic names of stars, on, 368. 



Arsenic, detection of poisoning by, 277 ; 

 in sea-salt, 387. 



Arseniurets of hydrogen, 302. 



Astronomy : — Rumker's elements of 

 the comet in Pegasus, 50 ; solar 

 spots, 78 ; royal grant to Sir J. 

 South, 232 ; occultation of Alde- 

 baran, 234, 465 ; the planet Mercury, 

 235; lunar occultations of the pla- 

 nets and fixed stars in October, 316; 

 Aurora Borealis,316, 392, 465; ob- 

 servations for September, 393 ; lunar 

 occultations of fixed stars in No- 

 vember and December, 394. 



Astronomical Society, 290, 456. 



Atmospheric carbonic acid, 301. 



Atomic weights of simple bodies, table 

 of, 161, 423. 



Aurora Borealis, 316, 392, 465. 



Austria and Bavaria, sketches of the 

 geology of, 64. 



Azulmic acid, 226. 



Babbage (C), Captain Sabine's notice 

 of his publication, 44 ; notes on Dr. 

 Roget's letter to the President of the 

 Royal Society, 72 ; Dr. Roget in 

 reply to, 73 ; notes on Dr. Roget's 

 reply, 153; Socius in reply to Mr. 

 Babbage, 354. 



Baily (F.) on Mayer's catalogue of 

 zodiacal stars, 460. 



Barium, on the chloride of, 181. 



Barometrical measurement of altitudes, 

 250. 



Barytes, sulphate of, in cannel-coal, 

 304. 



Basalt, magnetic polarity of two rocks 

 near Niirburg, 174. 



Bavaria and Austria, on the geology 



of, 64. 

 Bessel's (Prof.) additions to the theory 



of eclipses, &c, 268, 342, 417. 

 Bevan (B.) on the power of horses, 22. 

 Birds of passage, arrival of, 444. 

 Bismuth, subnitrate of, 408 ; submu- 



riate of, 409. 

 Botany : — on the botany of South 



Africa, 223 ; on the Narcissean 



group of plants, 130; "Flora De- 



voniensis," 375. 

 Boue (Dr. Ami) on the geology of 



Austria and Bavaria, 64. 

 Bowie, (Mr.) on the botany of South 



Africa, 223. 

 Brayley (E. W. Jun.) on the origin 



and formation of rock-basins, 331. 

 Bromine in mineral waters, 61 ; and 



its hydrate, preparation of, 225. 

 Brown's (Mr.) microscopical observa- 

 tions, 296. 

 Bunt (T. G. ) on the late eclipse of the 



moon, 388. 

 Bushmen, 222 ; of the Orange river, 



remarks on, 390. 

 Butyric acid in urine, 297. 

 Calculus, analysis of a biliary, 228; of 



variations, on the, 321. 

 Calendar of the meetings of scientific 



bodies, 400. 

 Cankrien (H. K.) on the problems of 



the calculus of variations, 321. 

 Cannel-coal, sulphate of barytes found 



in, 304. 

 Cape of Good Hope, botany of the, 222. 

 Capybara, 63. 



Carbonic acid, atmospheric, 301. 

 Carboniferous strata, disturbance of, 



404. 

 Carnbrea hill, 334. 

 Carter (Dr.) on the preserved bodies of 



aboriginal Peruvians, 59. 

 Cassius, purple powder of, 385. 

 Charring of wood at low temperatures, 



383. 

 Challis (Rev. J.) on the different re- 



frangibility of the rays of light, 169. 

 Children (J. G.) Abstract of Ochsen- 



heimer's genera of the Lepidoptera 



of Europe, 259. 

 Chloride, — of barium, on the composi- 

 tion of, 180; of iodine, precipitated 



by sulphuric acid, 297 ; of silver, 



464. 



