INDEX 
TO THE 
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, 
FOR THE YEAR 1808 . 
A page 
Alburnum, on its origin and office, - - 3 13 
Alkalies , fixed, methods used for their decomposition, - 2 
theory of their decomposition and composition, 6 
their bases metallic, - - - 31 
some general observations on the relations of 
their bases to other bodies, - - - 31 
Allen, William, Esq,. His experiments made in conjunc* 
tion with W. H. Pepys, Esq. on the changes produced in 
atmospherical air and oxygene gas by respiration, - 24 9 
Alumine , experiments on its decomposition, - - 350 
Ammonia , its composition, - - 35 
contains oxygene, - 40 
its decomposition, - - 40 
amalgam obtained from it, - - 353 
Apparatus for the analysis of the compound inflammable gases 
described, - 282 
Ass , experiments on the spleen of, - I34 
Azote, whether absorbed in respiration, - - 264 
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Bark , on its inconvertibility into alburnum, - - 103 
Barytes , experiments on its decomposition, 42 
its decomposition, - - 339 
Bell, Mr. His description of the female organs of the 
wombat, - - - - 30 8 
Bengore, promontory of, described, - - - IS9 
consists of sixteen strata, - - - 193 
Berthollet, M. His experiments on ammonia examined, 37 
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