The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 - Various

FORSEPTEMBER, 1827.
		Thermometer.		Barometer.		Wind.
		Lowest.	Highest	Morn.	Eve.	Morn.	Eve.
Saturday	1	37	60	30.20	30.20	E	EbS
Sunday	2	42	64	30.20	30.18	NE	NE
Monday	3	44	64	30.18	30.18	NE	NE
Tuesday	4	51	59	30.18	30.18	NE	NE
Wednesday	5	51	61	30.17	30.17	NE	NE
Thursday	6	48	57	30.17	30.17	NE	NE
Friday	7	51	59.5	30.17	30.15	NE	NE
Saturday	8	52	60	30.11	30.07	NE	EbS
Sunday	9	51	62	29.83	29.77	EbS	SW
Monday	10	55	67	29.74	29.69	SW	SW
Tuesday	11	55	69.5	29.66	29.58	SSE	SbW
Wednesday	12	55	62.5	29.54	29.57	SW	W
Thursday	13	50	61	29.70	29.93	W	W
Friday	14	46	65	30.03	30.03	W	W
Saturday	15	50	67	30.10	30.13	W	WNW
Sunday	16	58	67	30.17	30.17	WbN	W
Monday	17	57	66	30.17	30.16	E	ENE
Tuesday	18	57	62	30.13	30.10	ENE	NE
Wednesday	19	45	57	30.02	30.02	SW	W
Thursday	20	46	54	29.69	29.70	SE	NE
Friday	21	43	63	29.70	29.48	NNE	SW
Saturday	22	45	60	29.44	29.34	SW	WbS
Sunday	23	43	59	29.30	29.40	SW	WSW
Monday	24	40	60	29.50	29.50	SE	SW
Tuesday	25	42	61	29.50	29.50	SSW	S
Wednesday	26	48	65	29.48	29.48	SE	S
Thursday	27	52	66	29.48	29.57	NE	NE
Friday	28	48	64	29.57	29.57	NE	SE
Saturday	29	47	61	29.57	29.54	E	SE
Sunday	30	53	63	29.60	29.60	SE	SE

FOR OCTOBER, 1827.
		Thermometer.		Barometer.		Wind.
		Lowest.	Highest	Morn.	Eve.	Morn.	Eve.
Monday	1	52	65	29.67	29.70	SE	SE
Tuesday	2	54	63	29.74	29.90	E	ENE
Wednesday	3	46	62.5	30.04	30.12	ENE	ENE
Thursday	4	45	60	30.21	30.23	NE	NNE
Friday	5	42	62	30.28	30.17	NNE	NNE
Saturday	6	44	61.5	30.10	29.96	E	E
Sunday	7	43	58	29.87	29.73	E	SbE
Monday	8	39	61	29.60	29.33	SE	SE
Tuesday	9	46	62	29.20	29.08	SE	WSW
Wednesday	10	48	53	29.20	29.13	SW	NE
Thursday	11	46	56	29.04	29.08	SW	SW
Friday	12	44	55	29.12	29.32	W	W
Saturday	13	34.5	53	29.39	29.39	W	W
Sunday	14	44	57	29.60	29.68	W	SW
Monday	15	46	61	29.70	29.71	SW	SSW
Tuesday	16	57	64	29.71	29.71	SW	SSW
Wednesday	17	49	62	29.71	29.69	SE	SE
Thursday	18	38	61	29.69	29.63	SE	E
Friday	19	45	60	29.63	29.63	ENE	E
Saturday	20	52	62	29.63	29.59	E	E
Sunday	21	50	59	29.50	29.42	E	E
Monday	22	52	59	29.28	29.10	EbS	SE
Tuesday	23	51	59	29.02	29.18	SE	SE
Wednesday	24	47	60	29.44	29.74	SE	WbS
Thursday	25	46	59	29.87	29.88	WbS	SSW
Friday	26	52	61	29.96	29.84	SW	SE
Saturday	27	46	60	29.63	29.46	SE	SSW
Sunday	28	45	57	29.31	29.50	NE	NE
Monday	29	33	48	29.77	29.88	NE	WNW
Tuesday	30	33	52	29.82	29.68	W	W
Wednesday	31	46	53	29.64	29.64	NW	NNW

FOR NOVEMBER, 1827.
		Thermometer.		Barometer.		Wind.
		Lowest.	Highest	Morn.	Eve.	Morn.	Eve.
Thursday	1	32	50	29.87	29.90	NW	NW
Friday	2	37	51	29.68	29.90	W	NNW
Saturday	3	30	53	29.98	29.98	W	W
Sunday	4	41	56	30.00	30.03	W	W
Monday	5	44	56	30.10	30.20	W	W
Tuesday	6	45	57.5	30.18	30.11	W	W
Wednesday	7	45	48	30.06	30.03	W	W
Thursday	8	43	49	30.00	29.96	E	E
Friday	9	44	53	29.77	29.68	W	WbN
Saturday	10	46	54	29.73	29.80	WbN	W
Sunday	11	47	57	29.80	29.80	W	NW
Monday	12	35	53	29.97	30.00	NW	WbN
Tuesday	13	40	60	30.00	30.02	WbN	WbN
Wednesday	14	50	50	29.98	29.88	EbS	SE
Thursday	15	41	48	29.66	29.50	SW	SE
Friday	16	37	47.5	29.30	29.39	E	ESE
Saturday	17	30	47	29.62	29.69	ESE	SE
Sunday	18	36	51	29.86	29.95	E	E
Monday	19	45	50	30.02	30.02	EbS	S
Tuesday	20	45	48	30.00	29.92	W	NW
Wednesday	21	36	39	30.01	30.01	NbW	N
Thursday	22	31	34	29.80	29.60	W	W
Friday	23	17	36	29.58	29.47	W	W
Saturday	24	22	33	29.60	29.79	WbN	WbN
Sunday	25	21	39	29.79	29.80	W	W
Monday	26	37	45	30.08	30.12	WNW	NW
Tuesday	27	38	47	30.17	30.10	SW	SW
Wednesday	28	36	45	29.88	29.70	S	SE
Thursday	29	39	49	29.27	29.30	SE	WbS
Friday	30	35	51	29.30	29.30	W	W

INDEX. [◊]

Abernethy, Mr., [337]
Aberration, of glass and of diamond lenses, compared, [20]
Absorption from the surface, remedies thus applied, [493]
Abydus near Thebes, excavations by Mr. W. Banks at, [182]
Acid, on a new vegetable, [217]
Acon, Mr., James, on the growth of early and late grapes, [159]
Adamant, difficulty of making lenses of, [16]
Adams, Mr., his account of the Aurora Borealis seen in London, [398]
Africa, season of malaria and fevers, [41]
African travellers, hint respecting, [55]
Agens Physiques, leur Influence sur la Vie, par W. F. Edwards, D.M., [137], [296]
Agnano, Lake, [45]
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]

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Stamford Street.

TRANSCRIBER'S ENDNOTE

[Part 1.] [Part 2.] [Index.]

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 essays. The transcriber created the cover page, by modifying the scanned image of the original title page of the Journal, and hereby assigns it to the public domain.

Original printed page numbers are shown as "[p052]". THIS IS SMALL CAPS. Italics look like this. Ditto marks are sometimes deleted, and replaced with repeated text if necessary. Hyperlinks ◊ will take the user to the one of the tables of contents.