INDEX. 



A. 



A CIDS, freezing points of, ascer- 



-lIl tained by Cavendish, p. 11. 



Acidiim miiriatico-sulphuroso-carbo- 

 nicum, 473. 



Acrid principle, S95. 



il:^niiigen, local formation at, 194. 



Agate, plant in, 217. 



Agriculture of Berwickshire, 260. 



Air, aimospheric, analysed by Ca- 

 vendish, 11. 



, yielded by fermentation and 



putrcfaciioLi, 9. 



, phlogistication of, examined by 



Cavendish, 12. 



Alcohol, freezing of, 221. 



, in wines, 74. 



• , of sulphur, account of, 383, 



393, 470. 



Allan, Thomas, Esq. on minerals 

 from Greenland, L'9 — on the transi- 

 tion rocks of Werner, 414, 



Allanite, 108. 



Alopecuras pratensis, 65. 



Alumina, test of, 67. 



' ■, pure, 467. 



Ammonia, singular decomposition of, 

 392. 



Amphibole, 105. 



Anderson, Mr. on two plants, 148 — 



on a new species of rubus, 385. 

 Animal heat, on the origin of, 211. 

 Annesleyana, 224. 

 Antimonane, account of, 60. 

 Apatite, 102. 



Arrago, M. memoirs of, on optics, 

 235. - 



Arragonite, new analysis of, 384. 

 Arsenic, experiments on, 75. 



— ^ , its action on animals, 63. 



Arsenicane, account of, 60. 

 Astragalus campestris, discovered in 



Scotland, 225. 

 .Astronomical observations, 300, 370, 



458. 



Atmometer, 467. 



Atomic theory, some observations 



on, 472. 

 Augite, 106. 



Austin, Mr. on an apparatus for 



condensing gas, 309. 

 Azote, composilion of, 466. 

 , singular compuund of, with 



chlorine, 63. 



B. 



Balena mysticetus, account of, 5', 



, organs of hearing 



in, 56. 



Bayle, experiments of, on vomiting, 



430. 



Reaufoy, Col, astronomical and mag- 

 netic observations by, SCO, 370, 

 458. 



Berai d on the specific heat of gases, 

 389. 



Bergman's analysis of sea water, 39. 

 Berwickshire, agiiculiure of, 260. 

 Berzelius and lilarcet on alcohol of 



sulphur, 383, 470. 

 Biot, researches of, on light, 225. 

 Birds, on the organs of digestion of, 



74. 



Bismutliane, account of, 60, 



Bitter spar, primitive crystal of, 57. 



Blagden, Sir Charles, on short-sight- 

 edness, 222. 



Blumenbach, Professor, observes 

 plants in stones, 217. 



Bossut, memoirs of, 314. 



Bostock, Dr. on galvanic electricity, 

 464. 



Botany Bay, account of, 43, 120. 

 Brande, Mr. on the alcohol in wines, 

 74. 



Brewsfer, Dr. on new properties of 

 light, 221, 302. 



Britain, population of, 40. 



British mariner's guide, 404. 



Brodie, B. C. Esq. his experiments 

 and observations on the action of 

 poisons on the aniiiial system, 61~ 

 experiments on ihi; influence of the 

 brain in animai fieat, 211. 



Brooks, Mr, on new shells, 224. 



Brown, Mr. on naked seeds, 310. 



Brownea, species of, described, 149. 



Burckhart's tables of the moon, 2?S, 



