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Accum's (Mr.) treatise on coal-gas, notice of, 317.
Acid, (new) of sulphur and oxygen, account of, 371,375-Caseic
acid, notice of, 389, 390-pyroligneous acid, 391.

Ægina Marbles, remarks on, 229-238.

Africa, observations on the geography of, 329-340.
Air, on the weight of, 380.

Alcohol, on the formation of, in fruits, 385.

Alkali, quantity of, yielded by potatoes, 183-account of a new

vegetable one, called strychnine, 375, 379.

Alloys of platinum, 387.

America, notice of a scientific excursion in, 198.
Ammonia, experiments on the carbonate of, 294-296.
Animal calculi and concretions, experiments on, 193.
Antimony, sulphuret of, how prepared, 386.

Antiquities, Greek, found in the Crimea, notice of, 195-at Arles,
196-at Pompeii, 403-at Namur, ib. in Sweden, ib.

Asbestos, used in micrometers, 369.

Atmosphere, resistance of, to falling bodies, 369.
Aurora Borealis, remarks on the height of, 188.

B.

Bagnold's (Capt.) pocket blow-pipe, notice of, 186.

Batavia, why peculiarly unhealthy to Europeans, 1, 2, 276-
symptoms and treatment of the fever prevalent there, 2, 3-
public hospitals, 4-ignorance of a Dutch physician, 5-the
manner of living of the Batavians a cause of their sickliness, 6
-description of it, ib. 7-dress and manners of the women, 8-
11-account of the different kinds of inhabitants, 12-Euro-
peans, ib. Portuguese descendants of the first occupants of
Batavia, ib. native Javanese, ib.-slaves, 13-their treatment,
manners, and customs, 14-18-character of the Javanese and
Malays, 18, 19-roguery of the Chinese settlers and mer-
chants, 19, 20-account of a singular antiseptic powder
used by the Batavians, 273, 274-the sciences, why little
cultivated at Batavia, 276-structure of the edifices there,
277, 278-sketch of the country round it, 278, 279-account
of the buffaloes there, 280, 281-notice of the upas tree, 283-
of the nutmeg plants, ib. 284-extraordinary vegetable gems,
285, 286-expedients of the Batavians to prevent the attacks of
mosquitoes, 287-their jealous care of the pepper-plants, 288.
Bauer, (Francis, Esq.) microscopical observations of, on the red

snow, 222-229.

Bean of St. Ignatius, analysis of, 379.
Belzoni, (M.) notice respecting the operations and discoveries of,
in Nubia, 344-346.

Bhote, productions of, 65-description of the Bhôtiya villages, 66
-and inhabitants, 67-temperature of the weather there, 67,68.
Bidder (George) notice of, 198-List of some of the questions pro-
posed to him, and of his replies, 346-349.

Bleeding, successfully employed in a singular case of cough,

43-48.

Blow-pipe (pocket) notice of, 186.

Bodies, on the specific heat of, 379-383.

Bourgeois (Sir Francis) anecdote of, 262, 263.

Brande (E. Esq.) on a singular case of cough cured by extensive
bleeding, 43-48.

Brande (W. T. Esq.) introductory discourse of, delivered at the
London Institution, 205-222.

Breguet (M.M.) notice of the new time-keeper of, 369.
Brewing, application of artificial sugar to, 180.

Brewster, (Dr.) observations of, on the physical and optical pro-

perties of Tabasheer, 363-365, notes.

Bridge (ancient) over the Rhine, notice of, 196.

British Museum, proposal for removing to Somerset-House, 111-

124-observations on it, 259-266.

Budding, or inoculation of trees, remarks on, 168.

C.

Calculi (animal) analyses of, 193.

Carbonates of ammonia and soda, experiments on, 294-299-of

strychnine, 377, 378.

Carbonic acid gas, action of, on fruits, 385.

Caseic acid and caseous oxide, experiments on, and properties of,
389-391.

Chinese settlers and merchants of Batavia, character of, 19, 20-
cruelty of the Chinese magistrates, 341-343.

Cinchona, substitute for, 193, 194.

Cobalt, new process for separating, from nickel, 181.

Cockerell (C. R. Esq.) observations of, on the Ægina Marbles, 229-

238.

Colburn (Zerah) notice of, 198.

Cold, on the artificial production of, 177-observations thereon

383.

Collectors of libraries and museums, remarks on, 259-266.
Congelation, on the limit of constant, in the Himalaya mountains,

38-43.

Contagion, observations on the opinions of the ancients on, 124-133.
Cooper Mr.) on the separation of lime and magnesia, 392.

Copper ore from Cornwall described, 95-100-analysis of it, 100-
102-analysis of a protoxide of copper, 181, 182-notice of
native copper, 399.

Cough, singular case of, cured by extensive bleeding, 43-48.
Cow-pock, native in India, 192.

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