SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



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Agriculture, Rev. Dr. Thomson on meteo- 

 rology in relation to, 1849, 33. 



, W. D. Cooley on a physico-geogra- 



phical survey of the British Islands, par- 

 ticularly in relation to, 1846, 72. 



Ague and consumption. Dr. Grroshaus on 

 the supposed antagonism between, 1847, 



94- 

 Ainos (a Siberian race). Prof, von Midden- 



dorffonthe, 1846, 115. 

 Air, atmospheric, Dr. Prout on, 1831-32, 



570-574. 

 , on applymg atmospheric, to propul- 

 sion, 1846, 113. 



, blasts of, Prof. J. Thomson on fans for 



causing, 1852, 130. 



, expired, on the determination of the 



carbonic acid contained in the, by Dr. E. 

 Smith, 1858, 142. 

 , Dr. Andrews on an apparatus for de- 

 termining the quantity of hygrometric 

 moisture in the, 1851, 29. 

 , Dr. Cormack on its effects when in- 

 jected into the veins, 1840, 157. 



, Dr. Reid on the amount required for 



respiration, 1838, 131. 



, horizontal motion of the, F. Osier on 



a portable self-registering anemometer for 

 recording the direction and amount of, 

 1858, 38. 

 , Mr. Espy on an instrument to mea- 

 sure the expansion of, 1840, 31. 



, Prof. Pliillips on the temperature of 



the, in York Minster, 1841, 29. 



of tropical climates. Prof. Eankine's 



remarks on Prof. Smyth's mechanical 

 process for cooling the, 1852, 128. 



, Prof. Stokes on the resistance of, to 



pendulums, 1848, 7. 



, G-. Rush on the temperature of the 



upper regions of the, during balloon 

 ascents, 1849, 30. 



and water of towns, Dr. R. A. Smith 



on sulphuric acid in the, 1851, 52. 

 Air-bubbles formed in water, Prof. Tyndall 



on, 1851, 26. 

 Air-engine, on the means of realizing the 

 advantages of the, by Prof. Rankine, 

 1854,159. 

 Air-pump, new, 1855, 207. 

 ■ , modern, Prof. G. Wilson on the in- 

 vention of the, 1859, 89. 



, improved form of, W. Ladd on an, 



1860, 65. 

 Air-sirene, Prof. Donaldson's description of 



the, 1850, 176. 

 Air-tight fabrics. Prof. Williams on the 



therapeutic application of, 1842, 77. 

 Ajuh, a kind of whale, found by Dr. Vogel 

 in the River Benue, Central Africa, de- 

 scription of the, 1856, 98. 

 Alarum for steam-boilers, J. Hopkinson on 



a safety, 1853, 119. 

 Albanians, Dr. Latham on the distribution 



of the, politically, 1856, 145. 

 Albatros, Prof. Retzius on the peculiar de- 



velopment of the Vermis cerebelli in the, 

 1855, 133. 

 Albinoism, Dr. T. Inman on a case of, in a 



black man, 1854, no. 

 Albion mines. Nova Scotia, H. Poole on the 



meteorology of the, 1854, 35. 

 Albumen, Prof. Hayden on the physiolo- 

 gical relations of, 1857, no. 

 and caseine, A. G-ages on the com- 

 parative action of hydrocyanic acid on, 

 1859, 162. 

 Alcohol, A. Gages on the action of chloride 

 of nitrogen on, 1857, 47. 



, Prof. A. W. Williamson on the setheri- 



fication of, 1850, 65. 



, Dr. W. Marcet on the action of, on 



the nervous system, 1859, 170. 



, Prof. Graham on the concentration 



of, in Sommering's experiments, 1854, 

 69. 

 , A. Connel on the voltaic decompo- 

 sition of, 1840, 81. 



, Dr. G. Bird on the products obtained 



by the action of nitric acid on, 1838, 55. 



and nitric acid. Dr. T. Thomson on 



the specific heats of, 1837, 43. 

 Alcohols and tea, the action of, contrasted, 



by Dr. E. Smith, 1860, 145. 

 Alcynoe of the British seas, 1839, 85. 

 Alcyonella stagnorum, T. P. Teale on, 1836, 



104. 

 Alderia, a new genus of nudibranchiate 



mollusca. Prof. Allman on, 1844, 65. 

 Alexandria imperatricis, Sir R. Schom- 



burgk's description of, 1844, 71. 

 Alga, Prof. Allman on Sorodiscus rivularis 

 discovered in Ireland, 1846, 89. 



, microscopic, as a cause of the pheno- 

 menon of the coloration of large masses 

 of water. Prof. Allman on a, 1852, 64. 

 Alg03 and other plants, Chevalier de Claus- 

 sen on their employment in the manufac- 

 ture of soaps, 1855, 103. 



, freshwater. Prof. G. B. Knowles on 



the movements of the Oscillatoria!!, 1856, 

 88. 

 , freshwater, Prof. Allman on an ap- 

 parently undescribed genus of, 1847, 

 81. 

 , marine, Prof. Dickie on the distribu- 

 tion of the, on the British and Irish 

 coasts, 1852, 65. 



of the Isle of Wight, W. Thompson 



on the, 1846, 83. 



, Dr. F. Cohn on the sexuality of the, 



185.5, 122. 

 Algebra, Rev. Prof. Jarrett on the sum- 

 mation of certain circular functions, 

 1847, 5. 

 Algebraic couples, or conjugate functions, 

 as tending to illustrate the doctrine of 

 imaginary quantities, Sir W. R. Hamilton 

 on, 1834, 519. 

 equation, Prof. Sylvester on the rela- 

 tion of Sturm's auxiliary functions to the 

 roots of an, 1841, 23. 



