ABEL, M., the mathematician, 135
Academy of Sciences, of Paris, 191
Acid, hyposulphuric, 410

sulphuric, its action on vegetable
matter, 196

-, native, 200
Epinus, theory of, 154
Ainger, A, on the early history of the
steam-engine, 322, 374-his lecture
on single pendulums, 365
Air, relation between its density, pres-
sure, and temperature, 56-vegeta-
tion in, at different pressures, 203-
on the temperature and condensation
of, 277-on sonorous vibrations of,
379-action of mushrooms upon, 427
hot, its ascent through tubes, 179
Alipeda, illustrations of, 262
Alizarine, preparation of, 198
Alloyed iron plate, 181

Alps, comparative heights of, 436
Alum, manufacture of, 196
Alumina, observations on, 196
America, North, on mortality in, 252
Amici, Professor, improvements in his
microscope, 270

Ammonia, peculiar production of, 189
-, muriate of, 193

-, nitrate of, 295
Amsterdam, declining commerce of, 252
Animals, molluscous, in diluvial depo-
sits, 208-shock felt by, 406
Annales de l'Industrie quoted, 179
Anning, Mr., of Lyme, 346
Antiquities, Roman, 186

Arago, Mr., experiment made by, 162—
on the steam-engine, 322
Archæology, 186

Arion, anecdote of, 282

Armstrong, on the medicinal powers of
music, 281

Arrow-root, composition of, 416
Arsenic, method of detecting it in sul-
phur, 192-sulphuret of, 413

Arsenical cobalt, spontaneous inflamma-

Astronomical and Nautical Collections,
159

Atmosphere, influence of woods on it, 91
Audouin, M., 438

Auldjo, Mr., opinion of, 388

Babinet, M., 184, 395

Bagnold, Capt., his account of an earth-
quake at Lima, 429

Baily, Mr., letter to, respecting survi-
vorships, 90

Balmanno, Mr., 365

Bancroft, Dr., his observations on in-
digo, 296

Bankes, Sir Joseph, 223

Barlow, P., Esq., his communication
respecting radiating electricity, 134
Barometer, its diurnal variations, 184
-depression of, 436

Baron, Dr., experiments of, 250
Bath, analysis of the mineral water
of, 78

Bats and their allies, 262
Beatson, Governor, 106

Becquerel, M., experiments by, 189
Belemnites, investigation of, 440

Bennet, Mr., electrometer invented by,
134

Berlin Academy, transactions of, 1
Beryl, large crystal of, 201

Berzelius, M., process of, 413

Bessel, M., account of his pendulum ex-
periments, 1

Bigsby, Dr., on the topography of the
river Niagara, 39

Bilberry, or whortleberry, 185
Biot, M., experiments by, 15, 22
Births, on the proportion of boys to
girls, 422

Bittern, great American, 425

Blake, Capt., his geological specimens,

Bonnycastle, Charles, Esq., his observa-
tions on radiating electricity, 134
Bonomi, Ignatius, on the construction
of fire-proof buildings, 320

Boode, M., 425

Borda, M., experiments by, 15, 22
Bordeaux, marble monument discovered
at, 186

Bore, M. de, observation of, 189
Bostock, Dr., 353

Bouvard, M., on the diurnal variations
of the barometer, 184

Bowman, Mr., his account of the gossa-
mer spider, 205

Boyle, experiments of, 56-his fuming
liquor, 409

Boys, proportion of to girls, 422
Braconnot's indelible ink, 414
Brainard, Mr., 208

Bramah's hydrostatic press, 334
Branca, apparatus proposed by, 330
Brande, W., Esq., on the supply of water

to the metropolis, 350-on the action
of sulphuric acid and alcohol, 373
Brandes and Echterling, Messrs., 202
Brard, M., his test on the action of
weather on building stones, 371
Brockedon, Mr., on lithographic chiaro-
scuro, 372

Bromide of carbon, 410
Bromine, price of, 189
Brown, Mr., discovery of, 363
Brunel's block machinery, 381
Bryant, Mr., on ancient mysteries, 434
Buckland, Professor, on fossil hyenas,
212

Buckner, M., experiments by, 195
Buildings, altitude of certain ones, 183
-, fire-proof, construction of, 320
Burel, M., 182

Burnand, M., experiments by, 396
Burnett, Gilbert, his illustrations of
nature, 261-on vegetable metamor-
phosis, 356-on electro-filtration, 374
Buzengeiger, M., 407

Candolle, M. de, his French Flora, 427
Canna Indica, 223
Carbon, bromide of, 410
Casper, Dr., 256

Caton, Rev. Mr., 365

Caus, S. de, invention of the steam-en-
gine attributed to him, 156, 328

Caverns, remains of animals found in,

216

Cements, hydraulic, 182
Ceric acid, 198
Cetadioptric microscope, 271

Ceylon, musical instruments from, 380
Chain bridge, erected at the Hyde, 314
Charcoal, animal, 185

Chevreul, M., on the varieties of wool,
197

Chiaro-scuro, its application to lithogra-
phy, 372

Children, still-born, 255

Chinese arts and manufactures, 372
Chippewa, village of, 40

Chladni, discovery of, 383

Chlorides, metallic, 191

of platina, 420

Chlorine, preparation of compounds of,
409-its effect as an antidote to hy-
drocyanic acid, 421

Chrome, sulphate of, 193

Chromium, protoxide of, 413
Circulation, organs of, 236

Clarke, E. J., his account of, Mont
Blanc, 385

Climates, cold, naturalization of plants
in, 221

Clocks, use of plumbago in, 401
Cloth, woollen, electricity of, 189
Clouds, rain, &c, experiments regard-

ing the theory of, 56

Cod, fungus found in the stomach of
one, 442

Coffee, its introduction into Europe,

426

Davy, Dr., 414.

Sir H., remark of, 298

Death, vocal sounds after, 424

Delarive and Candolle, experiments
made by, 187

Deluc, M., conjectures of, 69
Derosne, M., 398

Desault, a French physician, 285
Despatch, to be deciphered, 27

Diamonds, supposed discovery respect-
ing, 190

Diana's Peak, St. Helena, 106
Dillon, Captain, 379

Diseases cured by music, 283

Disney, John, his account of a chain
bridge, 309

Distemper and disease, distinction be-
intween, 235

Dobereiner, M., experiments made by,

203

Dogs, sagacity of, 35

Dollond, telescopes of, 180-discovery
of, 390

Drummond, Mr., discovery of, 378
Duclos, M., his description of a new
species of ovula, 219
Dutrochet, experiments of, 376
Dyeing, particulars relative to, 294

Earth, revolutions of the, 113-ellipti-
city of, 165

Earthquake, extraordinary effect of one,
429

Earthquakes, in Holland, 202
Eaton, Professor, 200, 201, 208
Eggs and apples, French, 426
Egidi, M., 200

Electricity, radiating, observations on,

134

Fires, prevention of, in theatres, 183
Fischer, M., on the chemical action of
light, 188-experiments made by, 192,
193

Flax, method of preparing, 181
Flint-glass, manufacture of, 191
Fontenelle, M., on spontaneous human
combustions, 209

Forbes, Capt. F., mineral springs dis-
covered by, 89

Fossil hyænas, new species of, 211
Fossil saurians, account of the order in
which they were found, 345
France, cutting down of woods in, 91
Fresnel, Mr., on the undulatory theory
of light, 159, 185

Frick, M., his preparation of protozide
of chromium, 413

Fulgorites, in Westphalia, 202
Fungus, vegetable, 442

Galen and Paracelsus, systems of, 241
Gannal, M. discovery of, 190
Gas, burners, 408

olefiant, 191

exhaled by mushrooms, 427
Gay-Lussac, M., experiments of, 57,
69, 409, 421.

Geiger and Reimann, experiments of,
192,

Geneva, metreological observations made
at, 436

Geological Notices of St. Helena, 101*
Geology, new system of, 113

George, Mr. R. F., 78

Gesner's notes on Quinctilian, 287

Gibbes, Sir G. S., experiments of, 378
Giron, M., opinion of, 260

Glass, manufacture of, for optical pur-
poses, 390

Glucinum, decomposed, 194
Gnat, stinging of a, 424

Goldkronach, method of preparing flax
at, 131

Goniometer, microscopic, described, 402
Goring, Dr., on the Amician micro-
scope, 270

Gossamer spider, particulars respecting,

205

Grains, from the sky, 430

Granaries, destruction of weevils in, 425
Grand Island, some account of, 42
Granite, pinite found in, 440
Grapes, on preserving the must of, 185
Great Britain, mortality in, 244 1
Grebel, M., experiment of, 205
Greek papyrus, translated, 186
Green, Mr., his lecture on ancient coins,

363

Guericke, Otto, experiments of, 333

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Guibourt, M., his experiments on starch,
Gunpowder, analysis of its produce, 290

Hæmorrage, from leech-bites, method
of stopping, 210/

Haldat, M. de, on magnetism, 393
Halsewell, Mr., collections of, 384.
Hawker, Rev, Peter, discovery of, 345
Hawkins, Dr. Bisset, review of his
work on Medical Statistics, 243
Heat, conduction of, by wood, 187-
Laws of, 277h...
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Hebert, M., 401

Heeren, M., his preparation of hyposul-
phates, 410

Hellyer, Mr., 391 6 195020
Henderson, Thomas, Esq., his lunar
occultations of the fixed stars, 172
Henri, is on the adulteration of flour,,
399 smoz no, pad gure30
Hering, Mhis experiments on blood,
5421vai 2979dajajoaa
Hero, of Alexandria, on the use of
bsteam 325 qe 20
Hessell, Dr., on the crystallization of
ice, 186
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Hindu Sculpture, specimens of 372
Holland, earthquakes in, 202;:
Hollunder, M. experiments by, 189, 196
Horse Shoe Fall, described, 46
Hospitals, mortality in, 253

Hutton, Dr. James, his theory of rain,
67 Geɛ dvd to od vod
Huygens, discovery of, 366
Hyde, chain-bridge erected at, 314
Hydraulic cements, 182

- dime, preparation of, 182

Hydro-carbon, 431-fi ka
Hydrophobia, inoculation of, 423
Hyænas, fossil, new species of, 211
Hyposulphuric acid, 410.

Leuz, M., the philosopher, 442018 sq
Levant, hyæna of, 212 07 A
Life, human, duration of, 246feznozib
Light, undulatory theory of 150018414-
chemical action of, 162, 188,refrac-
tion of, 395
Lightning rods, 403

Lima, earthquake at, 429 i

Limbs, fractured, mode of curing, 210
Lime, hydraulic, preparation of, 182-
Limestone, curious particulars respect-
ing, 51

Linnæus, classification of, 265do,`l,
Liquefaction, influence of, 404

Lithographic chiaro-scuro,
372
Logerhelm, M., his experiments on iron,

393 E
London, on the supply of water to, 350
Longitude, rules for finding the differ-
ence of, 165

Love's Labour Lost, allusions to, 239
Lowry, Mr., experiments of, 408
Lullaby, a contraction of lull-a-baby, 286
Lunar occultations of the fixed stars, 172
Lunel Viel, cavern of, fossil hyænas
discovered in, 211

Mac Culloch, J., on the naturalization
of plants in colder climates, 221-his
miscellaneous inquiries, 290
Macintosh, Mr., 294

Madder, colouring principle of, 198
Magnetic needle, its horizontal force,
395

Magnetism, by rotation, experiments

400

Medical Statistics, elements of, 243
Meikle, Henry Esq, on the relation be-
tween the density, pressure, and tem-
perature of air, 56 his refutation of
Mr. Ivory's Remarks," 109-his
discussion with Mr. Ivory, 277
Mercury, its supposed presence in sea-
water, 192,

Meta, river, pastenaca of the, 218-con-
ducting power of, 407
Metallic chlorides, 191

Metals, their influence on the motion of
magnetised bodies 183
Metamorphosis, vegetable, 356
Meteoroligical Diary for Dec. 1828, and
January and February, 1829, 220
for March, April, and May, 444

Microscope, Amician Cetadioptric, mo-
difications in its structure, 270 oct
Microscopic chemistry, organic principles
in, 196

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goniometer, described, 402

Millet, M., smoke disperser of, 398oma Is
Mineral springs, in Windsor Forest,
analyzed, 89

Mineral, new, 431

Mineral water, of Bath, analysis of, 78
Miscellaneous Intelligence, 179, 393 **
Mitchell, Mr. S., on sea-serpents, 207
Mittis, M. de, experiments of, 181
Molluscous animals, in diluvial deposits,
208

Mongrels, remarkable, 437...
Monkey, sagacity of one, 35 je doda
Mont Blanc, ascent of, 385
Montpellier, collections of, 2160279bayaH
Monument, marble, discovery of, 186
Moore, Daniel, Esq., bust of, 350 --
Morgan, Octavius, Esq, on some 'new
phenomena of Vesuvius, 1324
Muller, Major, comospheres, invented
by, 363

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Mushrooms, action of, upon air and
water, 426
Music, medical, 281