part II. contents, 379

Phonetic characters of the Egyptians, 176

Phosphorus, crystallization of, 206

―, solutions of it in oils, 206

―, its fluidity at common temperatures, 469

Phosphoric acid, its singular habitude with albumine, 473

Physical agents, on the action of, 137 _et seq._

Physicians, college of, the new and old buildings, 332

Physiology, 139

Pine apples preserved by removing their crowns, 228

Pine-cone, enormous, of Pinus strobus, from the river Columbia, 191

Pitcairn, Dr., his treatment of fever, 332

Planting of trees a safeguard against contagious winds, 53

Plants, on acclimatizing, at Biel, in East Lothian, 164

― report upon the new or rare, at Chiswick, 167

Platina, Dobereener’s, finely divided, 477

Pleischel, M., 201

Plough, use of the, in excavating canals, 197

Polypi, cure of nasal, 232

Pomological Magazine, the, 427

Pontine marshes, the, 53

Pope, cause of the poet’s death, 76

Porcelain pottery, its analysis by M. Berthier, 478

Portsmouth dockyard, education of architects for the royal navy, 26

― Duchess of, admonished by her physician, 331

Potash, ferro-prussiate of, remarks on M. Gautier’s preparation, 484

― sulphate of, 467

Powder, on the inflammation of, when struck by brass, 207

Power, microscopic, of various lenses, 20

Priestley, Dr., on the relation of gases to respiration, 141

Pritchard, Mr. A., on the forming of diamonds into microscopic lenses, 15

Prothéeïte, a new mineral, discovered in the Tyrol, 226

Proto-carbazolate of mercury, 213

Prout, Dr., on the composition of simple alimentary substances, 481

Quadrupeds, remarks on some supposed to be extinct, 350

Quartz, peculiar crystals of, by Mr. W. Phillips, 223

Quinia, rewards for the discovery, 229

―, sulphate of, preparation of, 482

Raffles, Sir Stamford, relates that the tapir exists in Sumatra, 361

Raphael, his painting of the dispute on the sacrament, 11

― principle in his compositions, 11

Raspberries, red and white Antwerp, 169

Red cabbage, infusion of, a chemical test, 278

Reevesia, new genus of plants named, 109

Reeve, Dr. Thomas, 344

Reeves, Mr., genus of plants sent by him from China, and named Reevesia, 109

Reflector, Amician, 17

Refraction, single, its superior light, 16

Reinagle, R. R., Esq., discourse on the oval and elliptic curves, 1

Repulsions, on peculiar physical, by M. Saigny, 455

Reynolds, Henry Revell, M.D., his personal elegance, 334

Rheine, a new substance from rhubarb, 218

Rhubarb, Buck’s (rheum undulatum), 168

― upon forcing garden, by Mr. W. Stothard, 173

Rive, M. A. de la, observations on bromine, 465

Robertson, Mr. John, on fruit-trees, 170

Rocks under the surface of the sea, how discoverable, 198

Rome; accidental causes of malaria, 51

Rosa Indica, branches budded upon the, 190

Roses, method of increasing the odour of, 228

Rosetta stone, the, its importance to learning and history, 178

Rowing pins in boats, means of securing them, 460

Royal Society, proceedings of the, 424

Royal Navy, architectural education for this service, 26

Rubens, the coronation of Mary de Medicis: character of the composition, 11

Sacchara, tablets transmitted by Mr. Salt from, 311

Sail, quantity of in ships, 36

Salad-herbs, on growing them at sea, 233

Salamanders subjected to experiments, 142

San Quintino, letter to the Cavaliere, with remarks on M. Champollion’s opinions, 310

Savart, M. Felix, 67

Sapphire lenses, by Mr. A. Pritchard, 459

Scarborough, Sir Charles, his works, 331

Screws, on the adhesion of, 453

Sea-kale, on the cultivation and forcing of, 497

Selenic acid, 472

Selenium and oxygen-selenic acid, new compound of, 471

Selenium, its separation from sulphur, 470

Sensitive plant, Dr. Mayo’s observations on its leaves, 76

Seppings, Sir R., vessel built on his system, 28

Ship-builders, 27

Ship-building, great principles of the art of, 31

Ships, French, their great relative length, 31

Ships with four masts, 37

Shisak, king of Egypt, identified in the inscriptions at Bubaste, 185

Sicily, insalubrious villages of, 45

Sickness and death of Prince Henry in 1612, 340

Sienna, mortality at, 56

Skeleton of an elephant in a tomb at Mexico, 359

Smith, Mr. W., on the varieties of the dahlia, 170

Smyth’s, Captain, respecting the climate of Sicily, 45

Snails, their destruction by common salt, by M. Em. Rousseau, 493

Soapstone used in diminishing friction, 455

Soda liquid, disinfecting of, M. Labarraque, 84

Soleb, on the river Nile, 184

Solubility of substances by heat diminished, 202

Sowando in Russia, fall of the lake, 227

Spallanzani, investigations of, 142

Spawn of fishes, Chinese method of transporting the, 327

Squadrons, experimental, 29

Squalls of wind on the African shores, 486

Stanley, near Wakefield, mineral spring at, 21

Stars, Mr. Lee’s instrument for gaining an early knowledge of them, 371

Statistical Notices by Mr. Merritt, 283

Steam and heat, experiments by Mr. Perkins, 461

Steam-engines, improvement in, 453

Stoop, on the means used with the intention of curing a, by Mr. Shaw, 237

Stoves, heating them by hot water, 174

Strawberries, novel method of cultivating, 168

Street, Mr. John, on acclimatizing plants, 164

Strix Cunicularia, or Coquimbo owl, 494

Sulphate of copper, its decomposition by tartaric acid, 208

Sulphocyanide of potassium in saliva, 208

Sulphur, on certain properties of, 468

Tar-water introduced as a remedy by Bishop Berkeley, 342

Tattam, Mr., his Coptic grammar, 92

Tests, chemical; litmus paper and turmeric paper, 279

Theory of the oval and ellipse, applied to an historical composition of Raphael, 11

Thomas Dawson, M.D., his marriage, 330

Thomson, Dr. Thomas, 60, 64

Thought, experiments on, 308

Tic douloureux, on, 346

― ―, surmise respecting its cause and nature, 108

Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, 185

Transportation of fishes, 326

Trufle, organization and reproduction of the, 491

Tulley’s, Mr. W., double object-glass, 254

Turner, Dr. Edward, 60

Turtle, fossil remains of the, 364

Tobacco, a preventative against disease, 55;

old song on, 38

Tollet, Geo., Esq., on the preservation of apples, 168

Tooke, Horne, his grammatical in inquiries, 95

Torpid animals, experiments on, 300

Torpor, vegetable, 228

Transpiration; inquiry of Dr. Edwards into the causes of perspiration, 151

Tusks, species of elephants without, 365

Tychsen, M., of Gottingen, 316

Varley, Mr., 17.

Vases, Etruscan, 12

Vases, formed from the oval, 7

Villa Borghese, deserted, 52

Ville de Paris, the, her proportions, 33

Viper, bite of the, remedies, 232

―, on the poison of the, 232

Vegetable diet important, in Africa and Hindostan, 55

Vegetable substances, condensed, and preserved for ships’ provisions, 229

Velocity, the great purpose of naval construction, 34

Vesuvius, Mount, 226

Vogel, M. on heavy muriatic ether, and chloric ether, 204

Undulations of light, theory of the, 113

Unicorn, the, 362

Wadd, W., Esq., 346

Watson, Sir William, his treatise on time, 310

Wild-beasts, their destruction by the Romans and Moguls, 366

Wilkes, John, his flashes of wit, 345

Wilkinson’s, Mr., inscriptions, 319

Willaumez, Admiral, his frigates having a round stern, 36

Wine, M. A. Chevalier’s tests for the natural colouring matter of, 215

Wiseman, Mr. W., on the correction of lunar observations, 135

West, Mr. William, his analysis of a mineral water, 22

Wohler’s, M., cyanic acid, 203

Wollaston, Dr., 67, 276

Woods and coppices, occasioning disease, 104

Woodville, Dr., his death, 345

Writing, indelible, 223

Writing, the formal Egyptian, 177

Young, Dr., 113, 316, 318.

Zinc, preparation of pure oxide of, by M. Hermann, 476

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Stamford Street.

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