INDEX. 
tending to investigate their local arrangement in space, and 
to determine the extent and condition of the milky way, 302 
Chank, the mode in which the animal belonging to this shell 
sheds its eggs, - - 298 
Colchicum autumnale , farther observations on the use of it in 
gout, - - - - 262 
Corpus luleurn, notice taken of an error into which physiolo- 
gists have fallen respecting it, - - 256 
D 
Davy, Edmund, Esq.. On a new fulminating platinum, 136 
Davy, Sir Humphry, LL. D. Some researches on flame, 45 
— — Some new experiments and 
observations on the combustion of gaseous mixtures, with 
an account of a method of preserving a continued light in 
mixtures of inflammable gases and air without flame, 77 
Davy, John, M D. Observations on the temperature of 
the ocean and atmosphere, and on the density of sea-water, 
made during a voyage to Ceylon, - - 275 
Differences . two general propositions in the method of them 234 
Dupin, Charles, (correspondant de l’Institut de France) 
de la structure des vaisseaux Anglais, consideree dans 
ses derniers perfectionnementSj 86 
E 
Equations , differential, in what the most extensive methods 
of integrating them, consists, - - 212 
Equation, functional, admits of three species of solutions, 210 
F 
Fishes , the circulation of their blood described, - 5 
Fixed stars, on their parallax, - - 158, 353 
Flame , some researches on it, - - - 45 
G 
Galvanism, its effects in restoring the due action of he lungs, 22 
■ — employed with success in many cases of habitual 
asthma, - _ 24 
Gaseous mixtures , some new experiments and observations on 
their combustion, with an account of a method of preserv- 
ing a continued light in mixtures of inflammable gases 
and air without flame, - - _ - 77 
