INDEX. 
Home, Everard, Esq. Anatomical account of the squalus 
maximus, - - - - - 212 
Hydrogen and Oxygen, experiments on the respiration of a 
mixture of these gases, - 421 
I 
Instruments astronomical, an account of a method of dividing 
them and other instruments by ocular inspection, - 105 
■ on an improved method of dividing 
them, - - - - - -221 
on a method of examining their divi- 
sions, - - - 232 
Ivory, James. On the attractions of homogeneous ellipsoids, 345 
K 
Knight, T. A. Esq. On the origin and formation of roots, I69 
— on the comparative influence of male 
and female parents on their offspring, - 392 
L 
Lax, Rev. W m. on a method of examining the divisions of 
astronomical instruments, - 23 2 
Lecture, the Bakerian , on some new analytical researches on 
the nature of certain bodies, - - - 39 
Lens , what considered, - 294 
Libavius , liquor of, experiments on, - - - - 93 
Linnaus. His opinion that the character of the male parent 
predominated in the exterior parts both of plants and 
animals controverted, - 392 
M 
Milk, on its composition, - 382 
Mucus, observations on •• - - - 373 
oj the oister, on its composition - - 3 S 1 
oj the trachea, on its composition, - 382 
Muriatic acid, experiments on, - - - 91 
further enquiries respecting, - - 468 
N 
Newtonian alternate Jits of easy refection and transmission , 
remarks on - 302 
O 
Oxygen gas, experiments on its respiration, 
415 
