INDEX TO INTRODUCTORY NOTICES AND ANNOTATIONS.
Arkrcarn stone, 161.
Achromatic microscopes, glass stands for, 435.
— . object glasses for telescopes, 438, 443.
— -glasses, five, described 477*.
Astronomic large telescope, 435-36.
Aconitine, crystallized^ see Tannin.
Adada, or wood-skin, trom the Dcmerara, 986.
Adamantine candles, see Lard oil.
Adhesive envelopes without, wax or wafers, 539-40.iKolian pitch-pipes, German silver electro-plated, 467.Africa , Western, introduction, 952.
Agates, Isle of Wight, Bavarian , and East Indian, 122;Sussex coast, 121.
Agricultural and horticultural machines and implements,introduction and notices of, 364, 368, 370, 376, 385, 392.—1271, Switzerland; 1440, United States .
--, products, seeds of stone pine, G. 1). Hesse, 1126.
Agriot, cherry-tubes, and fancy pipe carvings, 1042.
Ailsa Craig, notice of its geological structure, &c., 123.Air-exhausted cofiln—and fruit box, United States , 1451.Air-pump and apparatus for pneumatic experiments, 440.Airish mows for preservation of corn, 370.
Alabasters of carbonate of lime, Egypt , 1408.
Albumcnized glass, process for preparing, 839.
Algoe and fuci of Guernsey , 942.
Alkaloids, from Peruvian bark, for medicinal purposes,Cinchora and Quinina , 1126.
Allendale and Alston moor, see Lead ores.
Almonds, produce of Spain , 1335 ; see Bona and Constantia.Alpaca wool, combed; alpaca yarn, note on the alpaca, 492.Alpinea nutans, from the Dcmerara, 981.
Altar and vases in oriental alabaster, Borne, 1288.
Alt vono, musical instrument, G. D. Hesse, 1127.
Alum, common and refined, in blocks, Prussia, 1068; PapalStates , 1285; see Crystallized mass.
—, shale or schist, from Campsie and Whitby , 189.
-, crystallized, mass of, 189.
■ , specimens from Tuscany , 1290.
-and sulphur, Austria , 1007 ; we Sulphate of nlumino.
Amadou, extraordinary-sized pieces of, Prussia, 1078.Amber, raw yellow, Prussia, 1050.
-, raw, see Prussia and Lithuania ; and see Pipe mouth.
America, Britisli possessions in, Canada, New Brunswick ,Nova Scotia, Bermudas, West indies , British Guiana, &c.,introductory note, 957.
Ancaster stone, 139.
Andrea Ferrara’s broad-swords, see Presentation cimetar.Aneurulgicon, for application of warm medicated vapour inneuralgic affections, 465*.
Angostura bark, from the Pomeroon, British Guiana, 981.Anhydrous steam-engine, model of, 225.
Ankerite, a ferruginous variety of limestone containingspathic iron ore, Nova Scotia , 970.
Anthracite, or stone coal, Wales , 115; Devon, 143.Antimony, ores of, Tuscany, 1291 ; Spain , 1329.Anti-Sargassiau, see Metallic paint, 195.
Antimoniuret of Nickel, see Sulphurct of, Spain , 1329.Apparatus for applying a very low or anaesthetic tempera-ture in various diseases, 477.
-for removing obstructions in excretory canals, 477.
Aprons of crochet work, Ionian Islands , 947.
Aqua-fortis , see Nitric acid.
Archil (litmus, &c.), we Prussiate of Potash.
Argentiferous galena from Foxdale mines, 173; Spain , 1326,
-lead ores, Tuscany, 1291; Spain , 1326.
Argol, white and red, South Africa , 949.
Arithmometer, Franco, 1196.
Arnott’s ventilating chimney valves, 658.
Aromatic pitchfork, see Agricultural implements.Arrowroot, Bermuda , 971; Trinidad, 974 ; and BritishGuiana, 979.
Arsenic , native and combined, 173.
-, specimens of, 174 ; Arsenio-phosphatc of lend, 174.
Arsenical combinations of nickel, copper, &c., Nassau , 1132,Artesian wells, boring apparatus for, Switzerland , 1270.Artificial eye, Netherlands , 1149; teeth, 476.
-flowers, France, 1175; Sweden and Norway , 1351.
-stone, 771; and see Cements .
Artists’ pigments, 190.
Asiiantee, see Gold Coast.
Ashlar building stones, Shebdenhend quarries, 140.Asphalte, samples of causeways, &c., France, 1201; Por-tugal , 1307.
Astronomical clocks, Netherlands, 1147; Switzerland , 1266.
-universal instrument (Bavaria ), 1099.
Atlases, see General atlases, maps, &c.
Atmopyrc (patent) hood, 620.
Atmospheric recorder, 426.
Attar of roses, oils used in adulterating, see Geranium .Attaran fMoulmein timber), 751.
Aubigny and Beauvais stones, 138.
Auriferous sands, Spain , 1328.
Australasia, British possessions in,—Eastern Archipelago,Australia, Van Diemen’s Land, and New Zealand , intro-duction, 988.
Australia, South , 991, and see Burra-Burra.
Australian birds, Capt. Ince’s, 1000.
Austria , introduction to this collection, 1005.
-furniture, &c. for Her Majesty, see Furniture .
Auxiliary compensator, for adjustment of extremes of tem-perature, 415.
Axes and edge tools, United States , 1441,
Azimuth compass, Denmark , 1357.
Bacchus, a statue in Scravezza marble, Tuscany , 1299.Bach, Sebastian, organ music, Prussia, 1091.
Bagnaroln, of lapis-lazuli, Borne, 1287.
Bags, sacks, canvas, &c., 515.
Balances, of great sensibility, 446 ; Prussia, 1()53.
Balance, with weights, Netherlands , 1147, see Magneticbalance.
Balls, concentric, solid box-wood spheres, 787.
Bananas, dried without fire, British Guiana, 978.Barradoes, introduction, 971.
Barilla seed and stone, Spain , 1331.
-, plant, very largo specimen (Spain ), 1331.
Baristato, a musical instrument, Tuscany , 1296.
Barks, yielding quinine and cinchonine, 187.
-, see Angostura, Bebcerin, Blnckhcart, Cinchonine,
Cordage , and Mats, Lace Bark tree, Courida tree, Mi-mosa, Grcenheart tree, Dog-plum tree, Mora tree ; Bliizo-phora.
-, tray and box of, Canada , 967.
Barley, black, 206 ; Portugal, 1311; pearl (Spain ), 1333.Barnsley, see Coal .
Barometer, aneroid, 446.
Barrioari seeds, Dcmerara, 986.
Baryta sulphate of, 196.
Barytes, see Heavy spar, sulphate of.
Basket and junk salt for table use, 127.
Bas-relief of Pentclic marble, Greece , 1407.
Bass clarionet, inlaid ivory, Switzerland , 1272.
Bassoon , of new construction, 469.
Bastard purple wort, see Saka wood.
Baths and washhouses for the poor, 254.
“Bat printing” on the glaze, and tinting, specimens, 713.Bavaria , introduction, 1098.
Bavarian princes and architects, statues of, Bavaria , 1101.Beaten-work, in brasses, &c., process of, 761.