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INDEX. 
nochromatic lamp^ and the composition ot flames, \6S . — on the 
laws of polarisation in rectangular plates of glass, 178. — on a new 
reflecting telescope, 323. 
Brinkley, Rev. Du, on the parallax of the stars, 380.— -on the ele- 
ments of the comet of 1821, 382. 
Buenos Ayres, storm of snow at, 387* 
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Camphor tree of Sumatra described, 89* 
Cannibalism, notice of a species of, in Sumatra, 87* 
Carolina, N. plumbago found there, 394. 
Cast-iron converted into black lead, 197, 391. 
Cathartine, the active principle of senna, 389. 
Cavern at Waterton described, 404. 
Cecil, Rev. Mr, on a machine moved by hydrogen gas, 364. 
Celestial phenomena from July 1. to October 1. 1822, l62. — from 
October 1. 1822 to January 1. 1823, 31^. 
Ceres, declinations and meridional passages of, 177« 
Chabasie, analysis of, 10, 11. 
Ckaragne of the Lake of Geneva described, 244. 
Chromium, properties of its alloys with steel, 361. 
Chronograph described, 385. 
Clarke, Dr E. D. on the crystallisation of water, 189. 
Clasp-k7iives swallowed by an American seaman, 204. 
Clouds, on the formation of, 181. 
Combustion, spontaneous, of a species of earthy matter, 1 05. 
Comet, on the great one of 1811, 172. — on the comet of 1821, 174. 
181.— on the comet of 1822, 177. 385. 
Copernicus, notice respecting the house of, 144. 
Copper raised in Great Britain in 1821-2, 406. 
Creeks, on the formation of, 151. 
Cryptogamia of Scotland, 396. 
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Daubeny, Dr, on the columnar structure of trap-rocks, 64.— on the 
^methods of separating lime from magnesia, 108. 302. 
Davy, Sir Humphry, on the water in the cavities of rock-crystal, 186. 
— on electrical phenomena in vacuo, 226. 
Devastations in the Canton of Appenzel, 183. 
Dick, Mr, on the visibility of Venus, 177. 
Don, Mr David, on two new genera of Nepaul plants, 82.— on the 
natural family of plants called Polemoniacese, 283. 
Ductilimeter, Regnier’s described, 370. 
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Earthquake accompanying the fall of the barometer, 184. 
Edmondston, Mr Lawrence, on the Arctic Gull, 90. — on the Green- 
land Kittiwake, 94. — on the Colymbus Grylle, 101.— on the 
Snowy Owl, l66. 
Electricity of minerals, 181. 
in vacuo, on the phenomena of, 226. 
