Selden (Mr.) anecdote of, 261, 262.

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Sivright's (Mr.) microscopes of glass, notice of, 368-on the pyro-

electricity of the tourmaline, 397.

Sirium, a new metal, observations on, 291-293.

Slaves, treatment and manners of, at Batavia, 13-18.

Sledge (Esquimaux) described, 82.

Sleep, observations on the cause of, 238-254-phenomena of,
255-259.

Snow (coloured) notices of showers of, 189, 190-microscopical
observations on red snow, 222-229.

Soda, experiments on the carbonate of, 296-299.

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

111-124.

Somnambulism, observations on, 258.

Sound, velocity of, 369.

Spade labour, beneficial effects of, 370.

Specific gravity of gases, experiments on, 187.

Specific heat of bodies, 380-383.

Spirit-level (Russian) notice of, 370.

Starch converted into gum, 181.

Steam-plough, remarks on the practicability of, 54, 55.

Steel (Indian) analysis of, 288-290.

Stones (meteoric) conjectures on, 324-328.

Storm, violent, in New England, described, 102-106.
Strychnine, a new vegetable alkali, how obtained, 375-its com-

pounds, 376-378.

Subcarbonate of potash, experiment on, 387.

Sugar, artificial application of, to brewing, 180.

Sulphate of strontian, used as a flux, 183-of strychnine, 376.
Sulphur and oxygen, account of a new acid of, 371-375.

Sulphuret of antimony, how prepared, 386.

Swayne (Rev. G.) on budding, and on the fig-tree, 168-170.

Sweden, ancient hieroglyphics discovered in, 403.

т.

Tabasheer, observations on the vegetable substance so called,
363-365, notes.

Tapir, discovered in Asia, 191.

Tartaric acid, obtained from potato-apples, 179.

Tea-shrub at Katmandu, 398.

Temperature of mines, 401.

Tennantite, analysis of, 100-102.

Thenard (M.) new results of, on the combination of oxygen with

water, 379, 380.

Thermometers, new and delicate, account of, 183-185-and of new

self-registering thermometers, 185, 186.

Tiger-hunt in India described, 266-269.

Timbuctoo, remarks on the state of, 333, 334,

Timekeeper, new, notice of, 369.

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Toddalia, a substitute for Peruvian bark, 193, 194.
Tombs, antient Celtic, near Cambridge, notice of, 195.

Torture used in China, 341, 342.

Tourmaline, pyro-electricity of, 397.

Tubes, experimental observations on the passage of gases through,
106-110.

U.

Useful arts, connexion of, with the sciences, illustrated, 215-219.

V.

Vase, beautiful, discovered at Pompeii, 403.

Velocity of sound, 369.

Vestium, a new metal, observations on, 291-293.

W.

Water, memoir on the combined agencies of, and of oxygen gas,
in the oxidation of iron, 55-63-decomposed by iron, 182-
new results on the combination of oxygen with water, 379-
weight of water and air, 380.

Webb (Capt.) memoir of the services and proceedings of, 30-38.

Welter, see Gay Lussac.

Wodanium, a new metal, notice of, 181.

Women of Batavia, dress and manners of, 8-11

Wootz, or Indian steel, analysis of, 288-290.

Y.

Yeats (Dr.) observations of, on the opinion of the ancients, re-
specting contagion, 124-133.

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334, line 3, for Attabas, read Akkabas.

334, line 4, for Tafilett, read Tafilelt.

334, line 32, for this, Tew Woolo, read this Jew, Woolo.- N. B. This

Jew, i. e. the Jew Isaaco.

335, line 30, for Malisimid, read Malisimiel.

335, line 31, for Ber Nah, read Ber Noh.

338, line 29, for Addolon, read Addolom.

Toddalia, a substitute for Peruvian bark, 193, 194.
Tombs, antient Celtic, near Cambridge, notice of, 195.

Torture used in China, 341, 342.

Tourmaline, pyro-electricity of, 397.

Tubes, experimental observations on the passage of gases through,

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