The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Volume 1

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On the Limits of Vaporisation By M FARADAY F R S Director
70
On the Effects of Electricity upon Minerals which are phospho
77
On the Development of the several Organic Systems of Vegetables
83
Contributions to the Physiology of Vision No I
101
Description of the Horns of the Prussian Elk Difference between
118
ANALYSIS OF NEW BOOKS
142
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150
Anatomical Investigation of the Structure of the Eyes in Insects
152
On the Power of Horses B Bevan Esq
159
Size for Illuminators Artists c
165
On Pyrophosphoric Acid and the Pyrophosphates
167
Atomic Weight of Titanium Rose
173
NATURAL HISTORY
185
Surgical Recovery of an
191
Snow of the Winters 18291830
196
Village lighted by Natural
203
On a peculiar class of Optical Deceptions By M FARADAY F R S
205
Description of a Mode of erecting light Vaults over Churches
224
Account of a New Comet observed by M DABADIE
241
On the ElectroChemical Decomposition of the VegetoAlkaline
250
Observations on Mr Rennies Paper on the peculiar Habits
261
On the Darkness between the Primary and Secondary Rainbows
281
On the Mode of Ascertaining the Commercial Value of Ores
293
A Mode of Regulating the Supply of Water between Intersecting
307
On the First Invention of Telescopes collected from the Notes
319
Proceedings of the Royal Institution
333
Life of Sir Humphry Davy Bart LL D late President of the Royal
347
Plantæ Asiaticæ Rariores or Descriptions and Figures of a select
360
FOREIGN AND MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE
368
Force of Terrestrial Magnetism
374
Compression of Fluids Professor Oersted
375
Peculiar Appearance of Saturns Ring
376
On the Decomposition of Metallic Salts by the Voltaic Pile and on the state of Chlorides Iodides c in solution
377
Voltaic Test of the State of Metals
378
Powerful Electromagnet constructed by Professor Moll
379
Crystallization of Bismuth
393
Composition of Fulminating Gold
394
ParaTartaric Acid and Paracompounds
395
On Salicene by MM Pelouze and Jules Gay Lussac
396
Preparation of Salicene
397
Change of Colour in the Wood of certain Trees
398
Presence of Manganese in the Blood Professor Wurzer of Marburg
399
Berzelius Method of preparing Urea
401
On Distillation of Nitric Acid by E Mitscherlich
402
On the Combination of Chloride of Gold with the Chloride of Potassium
409
NATURAL HISTORY
415
Structure of Leaves
421
To restore the Elasticity of a damaged Feather
427
Humboldt
434
On the Employment of Notation in Chemistry By the Rev
437
On the Plant intended by the Shamrock of Ireland By I
453
An Account of a Remarkable Instance of Anomalous Structure
476
On the First Invention of Telescopes c By Dr G MOLL
483
On the Contrivances of some Animals to secure Warmth
496
On the Aurora Borealis of the 7th of January 1831 By Dr MOLL
519
On the Height above the Surface of the Earth of a Luminous Arch
525
On Elaterium and a New Principle obtained from it by Analysis
532
On the RippleMarks and Tracks of certain Animals in the Forest
538
547
547
ANALYSIS OF Books and SELECTIONS FROM THE TRANSACTIONS
571
Acta Academiæ Cæs Leop Carol Naturæ Curiosæ Bonnæ
595
A Barometer of a new Construction Proposed by M Kupffer
601
New Dipping Needle
608
On the Preparation of Iodic Acid Serullas
614
A new Metal Vanadium associated with Iron Sefström
625
NATURAL HISTORY
637
On the Earthquake at Odessa on the 26th of November 1829
643
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