TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1813. Α page ACID, liquid fluoric, discovered by SCHEELE, description of taken to electrize it, Acids, remarks on their influence upon the composition of Alcohol, remarks on the state in which it exists in fermented Alcohol of sulphur, or Sulphuret of carbon, experiments on it, 265 an account of some experiments under- 270 213 82 171 preparation and general properties of it, 174 be present in it, 177 181 experiments to ascertain the presence of particulars respecting the mode in which 188 93, 77 234 138 Azote and chlorine, a new substance formed by their combi- 2 B BABINGTON, DR. His letter to Sir EVERARD HOME on the 150 page Bakerian Lecture, on the elementary particles of certain crys- 51 171 188 His appendix to a paper on the alco BRANDE, WILLIAM THOMAS, ESQ. His additional remarks His experiments to ascer- BREWSTER, DAVID, LL.D. On some properties of light C Casowary, long-legged, from New South Wales, description 155 110 82 213 154 131 101 Casuarius Emu, description of its solvent glands and gizzard, 79 206 78 190 2 Concave glasses, the bad effects resulting from the use of them Chromate of lead, on the double refraction of it, 105 200 33 Condenser and air pump, on a new construction of them 138 8 73 Crystalline humour, indispensibly necessary to enable the eye 44 Crystals, on the elementary particles of certain, on the existence of two dispersive powers in all doubly refracting, Cube, origin of its form in crystallography, D DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY, LL.D. On a new detonating com- page 51 107 59 1 Some further observations on a new detonating substance, 242 His experiments and obser- vations on the substances produced in different chemical 263 106 .E Elephant, organic remains of that animal found near Brentford, F Fut, on its formation in the intestines of living animals, form principle, various attempts to procure it in a pure Gas, silicated fluoric acid, discovered by SCHEELE, descrip- Fluoric compounds, a peculiar substance exists in them, which fluo-boric acid, discovered by GAY LUSSAC and THE- 266 Glands, bronchial, on the black colouring matter of them, gastric, experiments to ascertain the coagulating power H HERSCHEL, J. F. W. Esq. On a remarkable application of His experiments to ascertain the coagulating power of the secretion of the gastric glands, intestines of living animals, HOOKE, DR. His account of the formation of certain crys- page 8 135 77 96 126 146 227 HUMPHREYS, COL. DAVID. On a new variety in the breeds 55 88 K KATER, CAPTAIN HENRY. On the light of the Cassegrai- L 206 Lamp, description of one to be used in coal mines, 205 51 Light, on some properties of it, 101 Lungs, on the colouring matter of the black spots on them, Magnesia, additional observations on its effects in preventing MARCET, ALEXANDER, M. D. His experiments on the al- His experiments on the pro- Micrometer, description of one with a single lens, Mines, coal, on the means of procuring a steady light in them. without the danger of explosion, explosions in, a few of the most considerable in N Narwhale, on the tusks of that animal, page 119 200 201 126 Near sightedness usually commences between the ages of ten 31 affects the higher classes of society more than ib. sometimes occasioned by an evident change in the spherical figure of the cornea, has no dependence on the greater or smaller not necessarily occasioned by a morbid pro- trusion of the whole eye, Observations of some principal fixed stars, results of them, 34 seldom alike in the two eyes, 35 41 ib. 3 Ursa Minoris, 3 Cephei, a Ursa Major. - X α γ γ Cephei, Cassiop. Ursa Major. y Draconis, - Ursa Major. a. Persei, -X. |