Chapter XXVI: Letter XIX: gives a definition of the ellipsis, which would be a (20)

Air, night, why avoided, 43

Air, on the determination of the mean temperature of the, 223

Alimentary substances, on, by Dr. Prout, 480

Alkaline springs of the West Riding of Yorkshire; their presumed virtues, 25

Altheine, a new vegetable principle; discovered by M. Bacon, 217

Aluminum, preparation of, 474

Americans, North, possess swift merchant vessels, 32

Amici’s microscopes, Professor, 198

Ammonia, its presence in argillaceous minerals, 489

Amphitheatres, Roman, 366

Anatomy of animals, the comparative by C. J. Carus, M.D., 377

Ancient substances, chemical researches relative to certain, 209

Animal economy, conversations on the, 382

― fossil, generally found at Roman stations, 368

― known to the Romans, 369

Apatite, composition of, 490

Apothecaries, Society of, incorporated, 338

Apothecary, dissertation on the word, 337

Apples, kept well in corn, 496

Arago’s, Mr., experiment on the refractive power of bodies, 444

Architecture, naval, its theory, 26

Architecture, on the modern ornaments of, 292

Armies destroyed by the influence of malaria, 54

Arnold, Mr. J. R., respecting the naturalisation of fish, 496

Arsenic, its separation from nickel or cobalt, 209

― sulphuret of, 476

Astronomical and nautical collections, 113 _et seq._ 428

Average duration of human life in various countries, 58

Audition, experiments on, 67

Augustus Cæsar, Egyptian tablets relating to his victory, 314

Aurora Australis, described by Mr. Forster, 408

Aurora Borealis, seen in London, its description, by Mr. Kendall, 385

― ―, general description of this phenomenon, 405

― ― seen in the day-time at Cannonmills, 489

― ― in Siberia, 489

Aurora, Guido’s; critical examination of the composition, 11

Bacon, Anthony, Esq., stoves employed in his garden, 174

Banks, Mr. William, his discovery of the list of monarchs in hieroglyphics, 182

Bark-beds, Mr. Bregazzi’s thermometer for, 425

Barometrical observations reduced to a standard temperature; by S. Foggo, 458

Barrowby, Dr., anecdote of, 345

Basse, the, a voracious enemy of other fish, 325

Bellani, M., his reclamations of chemical discoveries, 469–470

Berthier, M., on porcelain, 478

Berzelius, M., 471

―, his canons, 64

Beurré d’Aremberg Pear, described, 173

Bichat’s treatise on asphyxy, 141

Biot, M., pendulum apparatus employed by him, 155

Birds, subjected to experimental inquiry, 299

Bismuth, property of, 202

―, its separation from mercury, by potassium, 476

Bisulphuret of copper, volcanic, 226

Bitter principle from aloes, on the, 214

Bitter substance produced by the action of nitric acid on indigo, silk, and aloes, 210

Blair, Dr. Patrick, his history, 344

Bleeding, practice of, height to which it was carried in France, 331

Blight in fruit-trees prevented by painting a garden wall, 169

Blowpipe, treatise on the use of the, by John Griffin, 380

Bond, Thomas, Esq., on the cultivation of strawberries, 168

Botanic garden at Chelsea, 337

Bouvart, M., humorous anecdote, 330

Branches of trees, their direction, 490

Bromine, M., A de la Rive on, 465

―, its elementary nature ascertained, 466

―, prepared for sale by M. Balard, its discoverer, 466

Browne’s, Mr., articles in the _Ed. Rev._ relative to the hieroglyphics, 317

Bruckman, Mr., his employment of the plough in excavations, 197

Brunel, Mr., his carbonic acid engine, 65

Bull, Marcus, on fuel, 378

Burckhardt, I. L., travels in Nubia, 189

Burnett, Mr. Gilbert, 76

Burton, Mr., his discovery of a triple inscription in Egypt, 92

Butler Dr., William, his tobacco practice, 339

― ― ―, anecdotes of, 342

Caledonia, the proportions of this ship, 33

Camaldoli, convent of, 45

Camellias, on the cultivation of, 172

Cantharides, preservation of, 231

Carbazotate of ammonia, 212

― of baryta, 213

― of copper, 213

― of lime, 213

― of magnesia, 213

― of potash, 212

― of silver, 213

― of soda, 212

Cardoon, on the varieties of, by Mr. A. Mathews, 162

Carlini, professor, his pendulum experiments on Mont Cenis, 153

Case, Dr. John, 330

Cattle, subject to intermittents and epidemics, 59

Celery, on the transplanting of, 168

―, upon the culture of, by T. A. Knight, Esq., 166

Cementation of iron by cast iron, 207

Champollion Figeac, M., 185

Champollion, M., his interpretation of hieroglyphics, 185, 315

_Chemical Manipulation_, by Michael Faraday, F.R.S., 221, 275

Chemistry, elements of, by Dr. Edward Turner, 60

Cherry, Chinese, [Prunus Pseudocerasus], described by T. A. Knight, Esq., 173

Chevalier, MM. Vincent, their aplanatic object-glasses for diverging rays, 248;

their microscopes, 257

Chinese language, Baron Von Humboldt’s letter on the genius of the, 92

Chloride of lime applied in cases of burns, 231

Chlorine, on its existence in the native black oxide of manganese, by John M’Mullen, Esq., 258

Chromate, new double, by Mr. Stokes, 477

Chronology, the Bible, compared with that of the hieroglyphics, 185

― of Manetho, the, 180

Chrysanthemums, 426

Circle of the seasons, and perpetual key to the calendar and almanack, 381

Cities of Great Britain compared with those of other European nations, 285

Cleopatra of Egypt, tablet containing her name, 313

Cline, Henry, epitaph for the eminent surgeon, 333

Clock, improved, made by F. Houriet, of Loch, 454

Cobalt, deuto-sulphuret of, 476

Cobbett’s English Grammar, 96

Cochrane’s, Captain C. S., Journal in Colombia, 356

Cocoa palm, the, 262

Coins, British, having the tapir and elephant on them, 358–361

Columbium, a metal discovered by Mr. Hatchett, 277

Combination of numerous bodies effected by the use of feeble electric currents, 462

Comet, Ephemeris of the periodical, for its return in 1828, 428

Commerce of the Romans with India, 361

Complexions, sallow, in countries subject to malaria, 58

Cooper, Sir Astley, 337

Coptic alphabet, the, 177

Cordus, Euricus, account of, 330

Corn, its alteration in a subterraneous repository, 492

Corpuscular forces, on the action of, 448

Covelli, M. N., his examination of Vesuvius, 226

Crambe maritima, on its cultivation, 497

Currants, preserved upon the bushes, 169

Curves, on the beauties contained in the oval and elliptic, by R. R. Reinagle, R.A., 1

Cyanic acid, on the composition of, 203

Dahlies, on, by Mr. William Smith, 170

Dahlia, display of beautiful varieties of the, 426

Dalmahoy, epitaph for, 334

Danaus, his migration from Egypt to Greece, 185

Davy, Sir Humphry, experiments by, 62

Denham, Major, 55

Desideratum in naval architecture, stated, 32

Désormes, M. Clement, on the action of a current of air, and the pressure of the atmosphere, 193

Deutoxide of barium, preparation of, 474

Diamonds, formed into single lenses for microscopes, 15

Diamond lenses, letter of Mr. G. Dakin, 459

Diet, attention to, essential to travellers in tropical countries, 55

Diffraction, theory of, 434

Dominica, fever at, 59

Douglas, Mr. David, 191, 383

Douglasia, a new genus of plants, described, 383

Dragon’s blood, new substance contained in, 218

Drowning, recovery from, 231

Duncan, Sir William, M.D., 344

Dumas, M., on the properties of sulphur, 468

Dutrochet, Dr., his experiments, 77

Ear, physiology of the, 67

Edwards, Dr. W. F., De l’Influence des Agens Physiques sur la Vie, 137

Egg-plants, on the esculent, by Mr. A. Mathews, 167

Egyptian history, on the recent elucidations of early, 176

Electric currents, use of feeble, by M. Becquerel, 462

Electrical excitation, M. Walcker on, 201

Electricity, 62

Elephant, number of species unknown, 365

Elephants, carnivorous, 356

Elephants, remains discovered near Belturbet, remarks thereupon, 354

― still existing in North America, 356

Enchorial inscriptions, 310

Encke, Professor, on the return of the periodical comet, 428

Engiscope, improved Amician, 200

Engle, M., his mode of preserving paper, 198

English language, on the character of the, 93

Ethers, on the mutual action of these and other substances, 221

Etruscan vases; illustrations given, 12

Europe, climate of its various divisions, 40

Evelyn, Alexander, Esq., 190

Exodus, disquisition relative to the date of the, 186

Faraday, Mr., his Chemical Manipulation, 61

― ―, his experiments on the disinfecting soda liquid, 84

Faro in Sicily, remarkable effects of malaria, 51

Fashion destructive of taste, 14

Ferro-prussiate of potash, on its preparation, by M. Gautier, 207

Fever attendant on the houses of the opulent at Rome, 52

Fever, causes of intermittent, 40 _et seq._

Fish, on the naturalisation of, by Dr. Mac Culloch, 320

― Chinese method of fattening, 234

― subjected to experiments by Dr. Edwards, 297

Fish-store or depot, recommended by Dr. Mac Culloch for London, 328

Flora Danica, coloured set of the, 192

Fluidity, of sulphur and phosphorus, by Mr. Faraday, 469

Fluoric acid and fluates, experiments on, 205

Fog from across the sea, a vehicle of ague, 46

Fossil bones and remains, 353

France, large districts of, insalubrious, 57

Frigates, large French, with curvilinear sterns 36

Friction diminished by the use of soapstone, 455

Fruits, the specification of those of the best quality, displayed before the Horticultural Society, 192

Fruit-trees, on planting the alluvial banks of rivers with, 170

― on walls, protecting frame for, 167

Fuel, on the varieties of, and the apparatus for their combustion, by M. Bull, 378

Gadus Polachius, the, [or whiting pollack], 73

Gaseous exhalations of the skin, upon the, 230

Gases, on the specific heat of, by MM. de la Rive and Marcet, 200

Galvanism, effects of it in cases of asphyxia by submersion, 230

Gardening among the Romans, 264

― landscape, 270

― ornamental, 268

Genus of plants, discovered in North America, by Mr. David Douglas, 383

Gold, compounds of, 209.

―, a native argentiferous, M. Boussingault’s tables of, 225

Gore, Mr. R. T., 377

Goring’s, Dr., modification of the Amician reflector, 15, 199

Gower, Charles, M.D., his humour, 334

Gowrie, Carse of, 39

Grammar, English, disquisition respecting, 95

Grapes, observations on the growth of early and late, by M. J. Acon, 159

Grapes of the Portugal yellow fruit, grown at Hampstead, 426

Greece subject to autumnal fevers, 56

Greeks, ancient, uninfluenced by arbitrary fashions, 14

Grindall, Richard, sketch of, 335

Grose, Captain, Samuel, 453

Guido, his Aurora, 11

Hachette, M., 193

Hannibal’s line of march indicated by the fossil remains of his elephants, 368

Hare’s, Dr., experiments on opium, 215

Hayes, Captain, 28

Head, Captain, _Rough Notes_ of, 494

Heat, its evolution during the compression of water, 201

Hecquet, Philip, the prototype of Dr. Sangrado, 331

Henderson’s, Mr. T., calculations of lunar phenomena, 450

Henry, Dr., his style, 61

Hieroglyphical fragments with some remarks on English grammar, 92

― ― illustrative of inscriptions in the British Museum, 310

Hieroglyphic Catalogue of the Egyptian kings, discovered, 182

Hieroglyphics, their language, 92

― the old Chinese, 94

Hippopotamus, the, 362

History of Egypt developed by the modern science in hieroglyphics, 178

Holbeck Spa, in Yorkshire, 21

Holland, calculation as to the duration of life in, 58

Holly trees and hedges in Scotland, described by Joseph Sabine, Esq., 174

Horticultural Society, communications to the, 168

― ― proceedings of the, 190, 425

Horticulture, modern improvements of, 261

Howship, Mr., 249

Hoya, description of the several plants of the genus, 164

Human organization and phenomena, 303

Humboldt, letter to the Baron, 92

Hunter, Dr., 50

Hunter’s, Dr., anatomical lectures, 336

Huskisson, Mr., his speech on the shipping interests, 35

Hyposulphuric acid, its preparation, 473

Iceland moss, on a new acid existing in, 484

Indigo and indigogene, M. Liebeg on, 220

Injection, cold, for anatomical preparations, 461

Inman’s, Dr., naval constructions, 28

Insects, method of putting them to death, 493

Instrument to enable young persons to acquire a knowledge of the stars, by S. Lee, Esq., 371

Iodous Acid, on, 204

― ― preparation of, 466

Italy, its shores pestilential in summer, 41, 56

Jalapia, uncertain nature of, 483

Jamaica, malaria, at, 50

Jebb, Sir Richard, M. D., his blunt manner of speech, 333

John of Gaddesden, surgeon, 336

Josephus, his extracts from the history of Manetho, 180

Karnac at Thebes, palace of, 184

Kings of Egypt, chronological list of the, 180

Kinic acid prepared without alcohol, 482

Kitchen gardening, 272

Knight, T. A., Esq., on the culture of celery, 166

― ― on the culture of the mango and cherimoyer, 190

Labarraque, M., his chloride of oxide of sodium, 84

Lamprey, sea, described, 72

Laudanum, denarcotized, 215

Lens, diamond, art of forming it, 15

Lenses, sapphire, Mr. Pritchard’s, 459

Leopards, the breed of dogs crossed with, 365

Liebeg, M. Just, 210

Light, undulatory theory of, by M. Fresnel, 113, 431

― duration of its effects upon the eye, 457

― its effects on vegetation, 490

― on the apparent decomposition of white, 458

― on the measurement of the intensity of, 457

Lightning, destruction of an oak by, 487

Lignin or woody fibre, 481

Lime and litharge, their mutual action, 475

Lime, on the incandescence and light of, 201

Lindley, Mr. J., his account of a new genus of plants, 109

Lines, theory respecting beauty in, 2

Linnæus, the sexual system of, 269

Liquefaction of gaseous substances, experiments of Sir H. Davy, 62

Lister, Mr. J., 248

Lithotrity, reward adjudged to M. Civiale for his discovery of, 230

Litmus as a test, fallacy of the infusion of, 214

Lloyd’s list, calculation of shipwreck from, 26

Lucretius, reference to, 62

Luminous appearances in the atmosphere, 222

Lunar observation, rule for the correction of a, by Mr. W. Wiseman, 135

Lunar phenomena, calculations of, by T. Henderson, Esq., 450

Mac Culloch, Dr. J., review of his Essay on Malaria, 100

Madder, purification of, 219

Magnetic repulsion, results of M. Becquerel’s experiments, 202

― effects of metals in motion, on the, 456

Malaria, an Essay on the production and propagation of, by Dr. Mac Culloch; reviewed, 39, 100

― accompanying fogs, 48

Mammiferæ, observations on, 305

Mammoth, the, considered to be fabulous, 371

Man, remarkable hairy, in Ava, 493

Mandouei, King, inscription at Karnac bearing this name, 188

Manetho, his history of Egypt written in Greek, 179

Manganesic acid, on, by M. Unverdorben, 204

Manganese, new chloride of, discovered by M. J. Dumas, 475

Mango-Capac, suppositions respecting him, 359, 360

Mangosteen, living plants introduced from the East Indies, by Captain Drummond, 191

Mantua, Napoleon’s precautions against sickness before, 54

Mapp, Mrs., celebrated bone-setter, 341

Maremma of Tuscany, 58

Mastodon, the bones of the, 356

Mathews, Mr. Andrew, 167

Maurandya Barclaiana, a new Mexican flower, 425

Mayerne, Sir Theodore, M.D., 340

Mayo, Dr. Herbert, on the sensitive plant, 76

Meadows, drains in, cause malaria and fever, 104

Meconic acid, Dr. Flare’s method of obtaining, 217.

Medical garden, Mrs. Gape’s, 338

Melons, grown on open borders, 172

Mellitic acid, preparation of pure, 483

Memnon, or Amenophis, statue of, 181

Mems., Maxims, and Memoirs, by W. Wadd, Esq., 329

Menes, monarch of Egypt, 180.

Mental powers affected by residence in a pestilential climate, 58

Merchantmen, bad construction of British, 26

Merritt’s statistical notices of the population of the British empire, 283

Metals, three supposed new, discovered by Professor Psaun, 478

Meteoric fire-ball at New Haven, 487

― phenomenon described by Chladni, 488

Meteorological diary for June, July and August, 1827, 236

― ― for September, October, and November, 500

― Essays by Mr. Daniell, 379

― observations at Chiswick, plan of a journal of, 169

Mexico founded by the Aztecs, 359

Microscope, Dr. Brewster quoted respecting the improvement of the, 17

― with a double convex diamond lens, 17

― with sapphire lenses, 406

Mimosa Pudica, observations on the motion of its leaves, 76

Moist air, the chief conductor of malaria, 46

Moisture and heat, effects of their combination, 41

Moles, destruction of, 232

Montezuma’s address to Cortez, relative to his ancestors, 359

Montfalcon, medical observation by, 45

Moon, on the supposed influence of the, by M. Arago, 222

Morphia, its extraction from dry poppy heads, 216

Nantes, 57

Narcotine, pure, its preparation, 483

Naval construction, observations on the state of the English, 25

Naval revision, commissioners of, 27

Nitre, peculiar formation of, 205

Nitric acid, test for the presence of, 205

― ― on a peculiar, by Mr. Phillips, 467

Northern light, or streamers, described, 405

Notes to books condemned, 97

Nubia, monuments of, 184

Nugæ Canoræ, or Epitaphian Mementos of the Medici Family of Modern Times, 329

Nugæ Chirurgicæ, or a biographical miscellany, by W. Wadd, Esq., 329

Object-glasses of M. M. Chevalier, the aplanatic, 248

Ohio, the American man of war, 35

Old system of ship-building, evils entailed by it, 35

Opium, Dr. Hare’s test of the presence of, 215

Orache, varieties of, and cultivation of, by Mr. W. Townshend, 170

Orchards, and orchard fruit, 271

Osymandyas, statues of, the Mandouei of the inscription at Karnac, 189

Oval and elliptic curves, evidenced in the motion of ships, the form of feathers, leaves, and fruits, 13

Ovals, formed into elegant diagrams, 6

Ousirei, tomb of king, discovered by Belzoni, 187

Owl, the Coquimbo, 494

Oxalate of lime, existence of its crystals in plants, 214

Oxygen gas, 141

Paintings, Egyptian sepulchral, discovered by Belzoni, 187

Paper, preservation of it from humidity, 198

Parian marbles, the, 185

Passifloras, eatable, 169

Pears, five varieties of, from Jersey, 173

― the most celebrated, 426

Pendulum apparatus, the Milan, 155

― experiments on Mont Cenis, by Professor Carlini, 153

Penitentiary in Westminster, 52

Pennsylvania, the extraordinary length of this American first-rate, 35

Persian monarchs, their names in the Phonetic characters of Egypt, 188

Peter the Great, anecdote of, 338

Petromyzon Marinus, description of the, 72

Petroleum wells, Burmese, 490

Pharaohs, dynasty of the, 178

Philæ, inscription on the base of the obelisk of, 178

Phillips, Mr. Richard, 258

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for 1827, 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

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TRANSCRIBER'S ENDNOTE

Original spelling and grammar has generally been retained, with some exceptions noted below. Illustrations are moved from inside paragraphs to between paragraphs. Footnotes are moved from the bottoms of pages to the ends of the relevant articles. There are uncommon Unicode characters, e.g. on page 451; these are rendered as images in the html and mobile versions.

Original printed page numbers are shown like "[p052]". Original small caps LOOKS LIKE THIS. Italics look _like this_. Ditto marks are sometimes deleted, and replaced with repeated text if necessary.

Large curly brackets, "{" or "}", used to indicate combination or grouping of information on two or more lines, have been eliminated from this ebook. In some cases, the large brackets have been replaced by "{" or "}" on multiple lines. Otherwise the information has been recast if necessary, preferring minimal changes, to retain the original meaning.

The original Journal of July–December, 1827 was evidently printed in two parts, at different times. The title page of the first part (page 1) was printed with a footer "JULY–OCT. 1827.". The title page of the second part (page 237) contained a similar footer "OCT.–DEC. 1827.". The text of these footers have been moved into the titles on the same pages.

The Table of Contents for the first part was labeled "_Jul.–Oct._ 1827" The Table of Contents for the second part was not similarly labeled, but the transcriber has inserted a label "_Oct.–Dec._ 1827". The separate Tables of Contents have been placed together at the beginning of this edition. The section titled "Proceedings of the Horticultural Society." that starts on page 190 originally had no entry in the Table of Contents; such an entry has been inserted. The original Table of Contents for part one did not include a reference to the Meteorological Diary for Jun–Aug; such a reference has been inserted. The two Meteorological Diaries were originally printed as three-month tables, approximately 7.4 inches wide by 3.9 inches, turned 90°, using 6.5 point type. These tables have been divided into three tables each—one for each month.

Page 31: In the phrase "ratio of which to the breadth has been augmented by them from about 3-1/4.1, to 4.1", the phrase "3-1/4.1" apparently denotes a ratio of 3.25:1, and "4.1" must mean a ratio 4:1.

Pages 136 and 137: The characters, such as M′, S′, M, S, etc. denoting mathematical variables were originally printed in italics. This notation has been discarded on these pages.

Page 194: In the text following 'M. Hachette says, “The air', there was no closing quotation mark. Three quotation marks have been inserted, to close the paragraph, and to enclose the apparent quotation in the paragraph below.

Page 223: There is an equation that originally ended "sin. [(_n_−1) 30° + 124° 8′)]". The last right parenthesis is not balanced, and has been removed.

Page 227: There was no closing quotation mark for the quotation begun on the previous page; such a mark has been added at the end of the first paragraph.

Page 253: "sufficient far" was changed to "sufficient for".

Page 277: "Chemical apparhtus" was changed to "Chemical apparatus".

Page 288: "rea advantages" was changed to "real advantages".

Page 313: The quotation mark immediately following 'It begins immediately with' has no closing quote. This structure has been retained.

Page 315: "children, for ever. 28" was changed to "children, for ever. (28)".

Page 376: In "bring the scale L to cnt it", "cnt" was changed to "cut".

Page 425: "council,) the chair" was changed to "council, (the chair".

Page 428: in the table of Elements, the two "}" replace one big "}", meant to suggest that the text "Mean Equinox 1829 Jan.9.72" goes with both lines.

Page 451: The large table (originally 7.0 inches wide by 3.8 inches, turned 90°, printed in 9 point type) was divided into two parts, retaining the first column in both parts. The table on page 452 was restructured to three columns instead of six.

Page 455: For the quotation begun 'Bailey of Boston, says, “I understand', a closing quotation mark has been inserted at the end of the paragraph.

Page 459: "74° − 32° = 42° .00305 × 42" was changed to "74° − 32° = 42°; .00305 × 42". And "and 30.597 + 052 = 30.649" was changed to "and 30.597 + .052 = 30.649".

Page 463: In "The effects are produced either with or without access to air", "to" was illegible, and has been inserted.

Page 479: The larger table ("Crucibles, &c.") has been divided into two tables.

Page 491: The quotation beginning 'Troy, April 30, 1827. “Clouds and rain' had no close quote. New quotation marks were inserted at the end of that paragraph, and around the apparent quotation in the following paragraph.

Scans of the original printed book are available from archive.org/details/quarterlyjournal37roya. Based on the stated scanning rate of the Internet Archive copy, the Journal page size was about 4.3 inches wide by 7.8 inches high. The first paragraph of the first article on Page 1, "On the Beauties . . .", which is typical of an html h2 level article, was printed in a column 3.7 inches wide, using type with height 11 points, with 2 points leading between lines. The heading "III. Natural History" on page 486 is a typical html h3 level heading. It was printed in 9 point small caps type. The paragraph below it, a typical h4 level article, was printed in 9 point type, with no leading.