I^JDEX. 
Blood, researches on the 
Blood, arterial, colour of . , , . 
Blowpipe, practice of the 
Blowpipe, new form of . . .... 
Boat of Indian rubber . . .... 
Boat, sailing and rowing treble .... 
Boat, Burden's, introduction of, into 
France . . . . .... 
Boats, traction of, in canals 
Bodies, living, subject to continual 
changes .... .... 
Booth’s method of lighting coal- 
mines .... .... .... 
Boring — Fort William . . .... 
Botanical Society of London .... 
Botany of Cashmere and Himalaya . . 
Brain, remedies for diseases of the . . 
Bramley’s introductory lecture 
Brande on floor-cloth manufacto! 
Breakwater at Madras . . . , 
Brett’s hospital 
Bromelia pinguis, a specimen of 
Bude light .... 
Burman empire, communication of, 
with the British possessions 
Burners, supply of gas for . . 
Cab, new safety .... 
Cabul, relics from 
Cachar and Arracan . . 
Calculating machine .... 
, by Babbage .. 27 
Calcutta, bistoi’y and census of 
Calico-printing, patent for improve- 
ments in . . 
• , Thomson on 21 — 63 — 103- 
—243 
Calorimeter, Hare’s 
Canal between Rajmahl and Culna . . 
Canton and Macao, temperature 
of . . .... .... 
Caoutchouc, spirit distilled from. . . . 
manufacture . . . , 227- 
substance described .... 
-,the uses to which applied . . 
-for cbirurgical purposes .... 
for insulation in voltaic batte- 
ries . . . . .... 
Capillary tubes in metals . . .... 
Capillary attraction . , .... 
Carbonate of lead and zinc 
Carbonate of soda 
Carbonic acid, solidification of .... 
Carnivora, indication of a new genus 
of the . . . . .... 
Cart, excavating and self-loading .... 
Cashmere, flora of . . .... 
Catamaran .... .... 
Cement, marble .... .... 
Census of Calcutta . . .... 
Cerium, examination of the salt of . . 
Chameleon, new species of .... 
Charcoal, optical properties of .... 
, improved modes of prepar- 
9 
218 
68 
494 
27 
129 
405 
514 
13 
234 
597 
685 
662 
545 
290 
23 
303 
675 
171 
32 
299 
192 
293 
360 
299 
24 
—32 
691 
239 
-141 
495 
301 
237 
217 
-344 
228 
229 
230 
469 
342 
454 
1 
365 
386 
580 
395 
622 
101 
464 
691 
123 
391 
275 
Chemical facts .. .. .... 217 
Chemistry . . .... 352 — 686 
, application of optics to .... 238 
reduced to mathematical prin- 
ciples 537— 660 
-, important facts in, by Exley 657 
.392 
693 
618 
506 
1 
220 
166 
365 
Chemists, conflicting opinions among 
Chesney on steam navigation .... 
China, Russian influence in .... 
Cholera .... 
Chrome iron ore 
Chromium, oxalate of .... 
Chromium, oxide of, in crystals .... 
Cinnamon trade . . .... 
Cinnyris, a new species of, inha- 
biting Nepal . , 
Clairant, theory of .. .... 
Clay found in the bottom of caverns 
Clelland, Me, the zealous geologist . . 
Cloth, drawing on . . .... 
'^■^Coal, rocks anterior to .... 
Coal in the valley of theNerbuddah 
Coins, silver and bronze, of the 
Roman Republic 
Coins in the clouds 
Colours, accidental . . . . . . 
-, porcelain 
272 
42 
173 
335 
192 
214 
416 
Combustion, spontaneous .... 
Copper sheathing, preservation of. . . . 
Corn in the spring crop .... 
Corn, price of, in relation to the 
function of vitality .... 
Cotton, cultivation of .. . 
-, preparation of, for the mar- 
.. 127 
.. 469 
.. 20 
.. 685 
49—608 
.. 294 
ket 
India 
progress of cultivating, in 
-, Sea island, perennial 
culture of, in Persia 
and 
Central India , .... 
in the Doab and Bundelcund 
in Ava . . .... 263— 
in Cachar and Dacca .... 
on the Harrow hills .... 
— — . — Wight on the cultivation of . . 
crop, state of the 
Courtallum, flora of, by Dr. Wight. . 
Cramaux - . . • . • 
Crosse’s extraordinary experiments 
by voltaic power 
Crosse, Mr. a visit to . . .... 
Crystallization, phenomena of .... 
Cutter, straw . . .... 
Cyanamide • • • • 
Cyanogen - . . • • • 
Cylindrical tube, simultaneous vibra- 
tion of a • • . . 
Davy’s safety lamp .... 
Deers, uses of the infra-orbital cavi- 
ties in . . .... 
Definite proportions .... 
Depth of water in seas and rivers, 
instrument for ascertaining .... 
680 Discoveries in science, recent 
481 
548 
204 
205 
206 
207 
261 
262 
-264 
315 
316 
431 
366 
430 
37 
483 
676 
385 
144 
166 
166 
106 
184 
523 
81 
605 
36 
