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SECTIONS. INDEX OF AUTHORS, 



the Geological Section: — On the occur- 

 rence of works of human art in post- 

 pliocene deposits, 1859, 93. 



Lyell (Sir C), notice of Dr. Dawson's con- 

 firmation of the discorery of a land shell, 

 or Pupa, in the coal formation of Nova 

 Scotia, 1859, 95. 



Lynch (Lieut.) on the ascent of the river 

 Euphrates, 1838, 99. 



Lyon (Rev. C. F.) on some phenomena of 

 mirage on the east coast of Forfarshire, 

 1850, 42. 



Lyons (Prof.) on the importance of intro- 

 ducing a new and uniform standard of 

 micrometric measurement, 1857, 115. 



, notice of Dr. Hardy's instrument for 



the local application of chloroform, 1857, 

 115. 



Mac Adam (J.) on the fossiliferous beds of 

 the counties of Antrim and Down, 1852, 



Macadam (Dr. Stevenson) on the central 

 heat and density of the globe, as also the 

 causes of volcanic phenomena, 1850, 88. 



• on the presence of lead in hydro- 

 chloric and nitric acids, 1854, 72. 



■ on the distribution of iodine in the 



mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, 

 1854, 72. 



on the cause of the phenomena ex- 

 hibited by the Geysers of Iceland, 1854, 



73- 

 on the chemical composition of the 



waters of the Clyde, 1855, 64. 

 on the detection of strychnine, 1856, 



on an improved electric lamp invented 



by Mr. W. Hart, 1858, 55. 



* on M. de Luca's claim to be the dis- 

 coverer of the non-presence of iodine in 

 the atmospheric air, rain-water, and snow, 

 1858, 56. 



. on the production of a frosted surface 



on articles made of aluminium, 1858, 

 56. 

 * on the analysis and valuation of ma- 

 nures, 1859, 72. 



M'Alister (Rev. J.), statistical notices of 

 the bhnd asylum at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 

 1838, 167. 



M'Andrew (R.), dredging the coasts of 

 Anglesea, 1844, 63. 



— — on some animals new to the British 

 seas, 1844, 64. 



, notice of a Medusa caught by, 1845, 



• , additions to the marine fauna of Bri- 

 tain discovered by, 1845, 66. 



, Crustacea found in cruising round the 



British coast, 1846, 80. 



* on some marine animals from the 



Bristol Channel, 1848, 125. 



• , notice of zoophytes, mollusca, &c., 



observed on the coast of Norway, 1855, 

 J13. 



Macartney (Dr.) on the natural history of 



the common toad, 1833, 441. 

 on the structure and functions of the 



nervous system, 1833, 449. 

 on the organ of voice in the New 



Holland ostrich, 1836, 97. 



on the means of preserving animal 



and vegetable substances, 1836, 99. 



on the structure of the teeth, and ac- 

 count of their decay, 1836, 115. 



on means to suppress haemorrhage 



from arteries, 1839, 97. 



on rules for finding with exactness the 



position of the principal arteries and 

 nerves, 1839, 102. 



M'Bain (Dr. J.) on a skull of a manatee 

 from Old Calabar, 1859, 150. 



* on the duration of life in the Actinia 



mesembryanthemum when kept in con- 

 finement, 1859, 152. 



* on the skull of a wombat from the 



bone-caves of Australia, 1859, 152. 



* on the skull of a seal from the Gulf 



of California, 1859, 153. 



Maccaiue (Prof.) on the directions of plants 

 as influenced by light, 1847, 55. 



M'Callum (Rev. A. K.) on juvenile delin- 

 quency — its principal causes and proposed 

 cure, as adopted in the Glasgow Refor- 

 matory Schools, 1855, 173. 



M'Clelland (J.) on measures relating to 

 the adoption of the family and agricul- 

 tural system of training in the reforma- 

 tion of criminal and destitute children, 

 1855, 179. 



*M'CoMBiE (Hon. T.) on the aboriginals of 

 Australia, 1859, 186. 



on the statistics of the trade and pro- 

 gress of the colony of Victoria, 1859, 

 218. 



*M'Cormac (Dr. H.) on the connexion of 

 atmospheric impurity with disease, 1852, 

 119. 



on the origin of tubercular consump- 

 tion, 1855, 131. 



* on the influence of inadequate or 



perverted development in the production 

 of insanity, disease, want, and crime, 

 1857, 164. 



M'CosH (Rev. Prof.), morphological ana- 

 logy between the disposition of tJie 

 branches of exogenous plants and the 

 venation of their leaves, 1852, 66. 



• on the morphology of pines and firs, 

 1854, 99. 



on the correspondence between the 



leaf-venation and ramification of the 

 plant, 1854, 100. 



■ on some traces of harmonious colours 



in plants and the plumage of birds, 1854, 

 101. 



M'CoY (F.) on the plants of the New South 

 Wales and Van Diemen's Land coal- 

 fields, 1847, 64. 



, list of organic remains in the frontier 



chain of Scotland, 1850, 107. 



