SECTIONS. INDEX OF AUTHORS, 



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BuiST (Dr. G.) on the currents of tlie In- 

 dian seas, 1853, 12. 



- — on remarkable hailstorms in India, 

 1855, 31. 



on the Lotus or sacred bean of India, 



1857, 96. 



* on the geology of Lower Egypt, 



1859, 101. 



on the failure of bright-coloured flowers 



in forest trees to produce pictorial effect 

 on the landscape, unless accompanied by 

 abundance of green leaves, 1859, 1 30. 



on some peculiarities of the silk trees, 



cr Bombaceae, of Western India, 1859, 1 32. 



on the aversion of certain trees and 



plants to the neighbourhood of each other, 

 1859, 133. 



Bullae (Dr. J.) on the identity of certain 

 vital and electro-magnetic laws, 1846, 29, 



BuNBURY (Sir C.) on the occurrence in the 

 Tarentaise of fossil plants of the carboni- 

 ferous period, associated in the same bed 

 with belemnites, 1848, 64. 



BuNSEN (Prof.) on a new mode of estimat- 

 ing nitrogen in organic analysis, 1840, 77. 



on the compound or radical called 



kakodyl, 1840, 77. 



on the radical of the kakodyl series, 



1841, 55. 



on kakodylic acid and the sulphurets 



of kakodyl, 1842, 35, 



, photochemical researches, with refer- 

 ence to the laws of the chemical action of 

 light, 1855, 48. 



BuNSBN (The Chevalier) en certain new vo- 

 cabularies from the eastern coast of Africa, 

 1847, 119. 



on Prussian statistics, 1849, 86. 



BuRGOYNE (Major-Gen. Sir J.), communi- 

 cation regarding the progress made in the 

 publication of the Trigonometrical Sur- 

 vey, 1853, 37. 



Burn (Dr. A.) on the growth of cotton in 

 India, 1840, 146. 



*BuRNETT (C. J.), notice of the use of pla- 

 tinum, in photography, 1859, 258. 



*BuRNETT (S. M.) on the zoology of Aber- 

 deenshire, 1859, 144. 



Burt (Mr.) on the nomenclature of clouds, 

 1833, 460. 



*BuRTON (Lieut.-Col.), visit to Medina from 

 Suez, by way of Jambo, 1855, 147. 



Busk (G.) on the employment of gutta 

 percha for modelling, 1847, 81. 



on the use of gutta percha for making 



moulds for casts of objects in natural 

 history, &c., 1847, 92, 



-- — , list of Sertularian zoophytes and Poly- 

 zoa from Port Natal, Algoa Bay, and 

 Table Bay in South Africa, with remarks 

 on their geographical distribution, and 

 observations on the genera Plumularia 

 and Catenicella, 1850, 118. 



* , exhibited drawings of new species of 



zoophytes, 1851, 76. 



, list of marine Polyzoa collected by G. 



Barlee, Esq., in Shetland and the Ork- 

 neys, with descriptions of the new species, 

 1859, 144. 



Butter (Dr. J.) on the pathology and cure 

 of squinting, 1841, 79. 



Buxton (D.) on the census (in 1851) of the 

 deaf and dumb, 1854, 132. 



Byerly (I.) on the faima of Liverpool, 

 1854, 107. 



Byrne (Oliver) on a new proportional com- 

 pass, 1844, 8. 



* on the improved compasses of M. De 



Sire L3brun,and the cold-drawn pipes of 

 M. Le Dru, 1844, 99. 



, notice of the Barege mobile, or canali- 

 zation of rivers, and of the Grenier mo- 

 bile, or moveable granary for preserving 

 corn, 1844, 99. 



Caine (Rev. W.) on the progress of public 

 opinion with respect to the evils produced 

 by the traffic in intoxicating drink, 1859, 

 205. 



Cairnbs (Prof,) on some of the principal 

 effects of the new gold, as an instrument 

 of purchase, in the production and dis- 

 tribution of real wealth, 1857, 156. 



on the laws according to which a de- 

 preciation of the precious metals conse- 

 quent upon an increase of supply takes 

 place, considered in connexion with the 

 recent gold discoveries, 1858, 174. 



Caldecott (Mr.) on meteorological observa- 

 tions made at Trevandrum, 1840, 28. 



Caldwell (Dr.) on the varieties of the 

 human race, 1841, 75, 



Callan (Rev. Prof.) on the electro-dynamic 

 induction machine, 1857, 1 1. 



Calvert (Prof. F. C.) on the physiological 

 properties of carbazotic acid, 1854, 65. 



on the action of gallic and tannic 



acids on iron and alumina mordants, 

 1854, 65. 



on the action of citric, tartaric, and 



oxalic a'^ids on cotton and flax fibres under 

 the influence of dry heat and pressure of 

 steam, 1854, 65- 



on the manufacture of iron by puri- 

 fied coke, 1855, 49. 



on alloys, 1855, 50. 



on the action of sulphuretted hydrogen 



on salts of zinc and copper, 1855, 51. 



* on the action of the carbo-azotic acid 



and the carbo^azotates on the human 

 body, 1855, 121. 



on the incrustations of blast furnaces, 



1856, 50. 



on the expansion of metals, alloys, and 



salts, 1858, 46. 



on the specific gravities of alloys, 1859, 



66. 



on the formation of rosolate of lime 



on cotton fabrics in hot climates, 1 859, 68. 



*Calvert (J.) on the supply of gold from 

 Australia and from English rocks, 1854, 

 133. 



