IN HEX TO INTRODUCTORY NOTICES AND ANNOTATIONS.

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Beeswax, Tasmanian , Van Diemen’s Land, 998.

Beet-root sugar, specimens of, Austria , 1009-10.

Bel, or Bengal quince, .see Indian Bael.

Belgium , introduction, 1150.

Bell in bronze, Saxony , 1106.

Bells, two church, 666.

Berambi, shrub, fruit of, British Guiana, 979.

Berkshire, soils and application of, 127.

Bermudas, introduction, 971; and see Arrowroot.

Berry-wax, from Gape of Good Hope, 950.

Bichromate of potash, ornament in, 187.

Bird’s-eye maple, plank of, Canada , 903.

Bisque tiring and printing, 724.

Bitumen, see Coal . Bituminous shale, see Shale.

Black flagstone or “ Posidonia ” schist, 140.

Blackheart, section of, from the Demerara, 984.

Black, for copperplate printing, and other compoi i.,G. 1). Hesse, 1127. , 0 loa

Black lead—Cumberland; Malaga (Spain ); Ceylon, &c.,

-, plumbago, crucibles, United States , 1403.

■-, see Clays, Chromate of iron, 8tc.

Black pots, see Crockery , common. , , „

Black raw wool, product of Nuoro sheep, Sardinia , 1303.Blackwood or Lightvvood of Tasmania , sideboard993.

i used in

. 115.

’ of, 992,

993.

Blast furnace, for smelting ore, model of one, 149.

Bleaching powder, 193.

Blind, embossed books for, letters raised in relief, 551.

Blood of animals, see Food .

Blood-stones, specimen of, slit by a self-acting machine, 6-7Bloom of iron, 11. C., produced at Fast Kies, Norway t 600.Blow-pipe, of the Guiana Indians, and arrows ejectedthrough it, 986.

Blowing-machines of furnaces of the Ural, Kussia, 1369.

Blue gum, plank of {Eucalyptus globulus ), 999.

-gum-tree, or stringy bark, 997; and see Kino, and

Gum-kino, 999.

*-iohn-spnr vase, after the antique, 766.

"r -lias, see Lias, Limestone .

Blue diamond (Mr. Hope’s), weighing 177 grains, &c., 682.Boeiari, bush-rope from Demerara, 981.

Bohemia, see Garnets .

Bohemian mineral produce, ores of uranium, &c., Austria ,1007.

Boiler plate iron manufactured for the naval department,Russia , 1365.

Bolivia , note of the collection, 1429.

Bona andConstantiaMines,Commission of; Algeria : ores,sulphurets, galenas, 8tc., of various metals, 1262.

Bone oils, specimens of refined, Prussia, 1070.

Bonnets ana hats, 578.

Bookbinding, various specimens of, inlaid, fee., 545, 540.

-, machines for use in, United States , 1433.

Boots and shoes, 524.

Boracic acid, Tuscany , 1294.

Borax, refined, boracic acid, &c., 188.

Botany tops, see Yarn .

Bottling liquors, apparatus for, and machine for corkingBouquet, composed of diamonds and rubies, 093.

Bovey coal, or lignite, 133.

Boyce’s (Dr.), collection of cathedral music, 545.

Brabant, or raw German hair, see llair.

Bramiey Fall Quarry stone, 139.

Branch-pipes, flexible, &c., Canada , 967.

Brass and copper wire, drawu, 032; from rolled, 630.

— candlestick and snip-lamp, &c., 030.

foundry, specimens of ornamental stamped, 622.r~— window cornices, 622.

B»azil, note of the collection, 1429.

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Bristles, Kussia, 1370; and note on the trade.

Britannia bridge, model of, and of the apparatusfloating the tubes, 321. See Hydraulic press.

-metal, tea and coffee service (Italianpatterns), 679.

British cutlery, specimens of, 591.

Bromide of iodine; its action on daguerreotype metallicplates, 441.

Bronze , figures in, &c. t Prussia, 106G.

-powders, Bavaria , 1098.

Brookes’s self-registering thermometer, 425.

Brown coal or peat, see Coal .

Brymbo coal, see Minerals, specimens of.

Buck seeds, shoots of 2'ous-les-tnolsi British Guiana, 986.Buck-pot, used in preparing pepper-pot, 986.

Buhl work, see Intcrsiatura.

Building stones and coal, Limerick, &c., 129.

-- stones, marbles, &c., in 6-inch cubes, 114,

-- and road materials, Isle of Man , 140.

-Portugal , 1309.

-materials, and Pictra Macigno, Tuscany , 1290.

Bully-tree, sections of, from the Demerara, 983.

Burrowe’s mustard, specimens of, United States , 1437.Burmese vase, bamboo elaborately carved, Chinn, 1420.Burnishing process, 723; stones, various, France , 1234.Burra-Burra mines; oxides, carbonates, &c., of copper, fromSouth Australia , 991.

Burry wool, see Wool .

Busts, in frosted glass, of Her Majesty, Prince Albert,Shakspeare, Milton, &c., 700.

Bush rope, see Boeiari.

Butterfly-chintz muslin, displaying a combination of per-manent colours, &c., 556.

Button-makers’ productions, fringes, &c., Saxony , 1111.Buttonsofgold, brass gilt by mercury, &c., 627; of horn, 628.

j-, livery, naval, military, showing devices, &c., 024.

•, illustrative scries: also real stone, fancy, &c., 025.

note oi me conecuon, ita;i.

— axes, gun, and hand-harpoon, 637.

Brazilian palm-leaf Wellington hats, registered, 587.Breakwaters at Plymouth and elsewhere, models, 312.Bricks , assortment of, hollow for making tiles, &e., Auio:i8.

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Bricks and tiles, in imitation of mosaic pavement, PapalStates , 1285.

Bridge, T-slmpcd, for railways, &c., on girders, 310.Bridport, staple manufactures of, 514.

Brimstone , see Roasted Pyrites.

Brine, from the salt-works at Droitwich , 2()7.

Brine springs, note on their treatment, processes, &c., 1126."—manufacture of salt-pan, on Continent , 1120.

Bristol district, see Rocks .

Bristol formations, rocks, &c., from the defile of the Avonold red and grey sandstones, conglomerates, &c.), 12 L

Cabacalli, sections of, from the Demerara, 984.

Cabinet, a, of Maryland woods, U. S. , 1459; of stinkwond

(S. Africa ), 950.

—— organ, containing composition pedals, 471.

-pianoforte, Denmark , 1357.

Cadmium, Russia , 1360.

Caen stone, wrought on face, 138.

Cairngorm stones, from Aberdeenshire , &c., 123.

Calculating machine (Wertheimer’s), 451.

Calfskins, brown, japanned, &c.; sheepskins, Austria , 1022.Calicoes, Switzerland, 1278; printed, United States , 1431.California , see Charts.

Calotype and paper negatives, 839-40; (Jersey), 941; seePhotographic pictures.

Camaru, or Tonquin bean, British Guiana, 983.

Camden, view of, near Syduey, N. S. Wales , 990.

Camera obscura, see Photographometer.

Camphine and caniphinc lump, Hesse Darmstadt, 1128.

Camphor, refined, 187.

Canada , introductory note, 957.

Canadian furs, 530.

-single sleigh, 968.

307. | Candelabra (Wilkinson’s), &c., 677.

Canucl coal, model of monument to Lord Durham, &c., 78

carving on, China , 1420.

—, also vases manufactured from, 140.

Canoes of aborigines, Van Diemen’s Laml, models of, 997.Cantharides, and Cantharidin, the principle of the same,

196.

Canvas prepared with hard surface for pictures in oil, 821.Caoutchouc , natural, and in various stages of manufacture,&c., 782, 783; British Guiana, 980.

Cape woods, South Africa , 951.

Capsicums, many varieties of, British Guiana, 978.

Card-setting machine, 268.

Carmine, lake, &c., 197.

Carpenters’ bench-screw, improvement in, 299.

-patent and other loeks, 604.

Carpet for Her Majesty, 565.

Carpets, rugs, &c., 571; France , 1241.

Carrett, see Steam pump.

Carriages of different kinds, Austria , 1013.

Carriage axles, Colliuge’s principle, 029.

-mournings ; saddlers* ironmongery, &e. f manufacture

of, 035. 7

Currigeen moss, 198*.

Carved mantelpiece, France , 1234.

Cassava palm, see Matupi and Starch.

I Oassiuct, woven on power-looms, Saxony , 1110.

[ Cassiterite, Portugal , 1307.

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