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SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



entrances to, by B. B. Stoney, 1857, 

 198. 



Bath, oriental, Dr. E. Haughton on the, 

 1857, no. 



Bath waters, W. Herapath's analysis of the, 

 1836, 70. 



Batteries, floating and fixed, Q-. Eennie on 

 the construction of, 1858, 220. 



— — , galvanic, M. KuMa's, 1853, 44. 



, graphite, for telegraphic purposes, C. 



V.Walker on, 1852, 132. 



Battery, hydro-electric chain, Pulverma- 

 cher's, W. H. Walenn on, 1851, 52. 



, gas, on a new form of the, by W. Sy- 



mons, 1855, 15. 



, gas voltaic, W. R. Grove on experi- 

 ments on the, 1845, 30. 



, small voltaic, of extraordinary energy, 



W. R. Grove on a, 1839, 36. 



, Maynooth cast-iron, on a modification 

 of the, by W. Symons, 1856, 16. 



Beach, raised, in the limestone clifi" under 

 the Hoe at Plymouth, Dr. E. Moore on 

 the discovery of organic remains in the, 

 1841, 62. 



Beaches, raised, in Cornwall and Devon, 

 Mr. Bartlett on the, 1841, 61, 62. 



Beams or girders, T. M. Gladstone on mal- 

 leable iron for, 1852, 126. 



, iron, on the strength and best forms 

 of, by Prof. E. Hodgkinson, 1831-32, 610. 



■ ■ , on the effect of impact on, by Prof. 

 E. Hodgkinson, 1833, A-^i. 



Beans, legumin in. Prof. Liebig's experi- 

 ments on the, 1841, 53. 



Beaimiont's (Elie de) theory of the paral- 

 lelism of contemporaneous lines of eleva- 

 tion. Rev. W. D. Conybeare on its appli- 

 cation to Great Britain and Ireland, 1831- 

 32, 587. 



Beauty, on the geometrical basis of, by 

 R. D. Hay, 1850, 131. 



Bedford Level, Rev. Prof. Sedgwick on the' 

 changes in the river drainage of the, 1845, 



45- 



Bee, common hive, Rev. H. H. Higgins on 

 the death of the, supposed to be occa- 

 sioned by a parasitic fungus, 1858, 124. 



Bees, on their instinctive tendency to form 

 hexagonal cells, by R. L. Ellis, 1858, 

 122. 



— — , on the formation of the cells of, by 

 W. B. Tegetmeier, 1858,? 132. 



, on the development of sex in, by 



Rev. W. Ldtch, 1855, 1 1 1 . 



Beef, experiments on the preservation of, 

 by G. Hamilton, 1854, 69. 



BecKites found in the red conglomerates of 

 Torbay, W. PengeUy on the, 1856, 74. 



Beet-sugar manufacture in the IJnited King- 

 dom, Prof W. N. Hancock on the pro- 

 spects of the, 1851, 100. 



Beetle found imbedded in some artificial 

 concrete, 1846, 82. 



Beetles, mummy, J, O. Westwood on, 1860, 

 123. 



Bellinurus, a subgenus of Limulus, W. H. 

 Baily on, with descriptions of two new 

 species (B. regina and B. arcuatus), 1858, 



Bellis perennis, Prof. Dickie on a mon- 

 strosity of, 1852, 66. 



Ben Cruachan, W. Hopkins on the distri- 

 bution of granite rocks from, 1851, 59. 



Bennett and Penrose's sliding helicograph, 

 1852, 129. 



Berber language. Prof. F. W. Newman on 

 the Soukaneeah dialect of the, 1850, 142. 



Berbers or Brabers, of Morocco, E. Schla- 

 gintweit on the, 1860, 177. 



Bergmehl, or mountain meal, of Sweden, 

 Prof. Ehrenberg on, 1838, 116. 



Berkeleyan controversy, an attempt to solve 

 some of the difficulties of the, by well- 

 ascertained physiological and psycholo- 

 gical facts, by Dr. R, Fowler, 1855, 123. 



hypothesis, second physiological at- 

 tempt to unravel some of the perplexities 

 of the, by Dr. R. Fowler, 1859, 160. 



Berkeley's (Bishop) ' New Theory of Vision,' 



Sir D. Brewster on, 1848, 49. 

 theory of vision. Sir D. Brewster on, 



1849, 6. 



Bernoulli's theory of gases as applied to 

 their internal friction, their diffusion, 

 and their conductivity for heat, Prof. 

 Maxwell on the results of, 1860, 15. 



— — theory of wind instrimients, an expe- 

 rimental proof of, 1831-32, 559, 



Beroe of the British seas, 1839, 85. 



cucumis, and the genera or species of 



Ciliograda which have been founded upon 

 it, Prof. E. Forbes on, 1849, 76. 



pileus, R. Gamer on, 1839, 93. 



Berwick and North Durham coal-field, 

 D. Milne on the, 1838, 76. 



Berzelius, Dr. R. Hare on the chemical 

 nomenclature of, 1836, 44. 



Bicellaria Alderi, G. Busk on, 1859, 145. 



Bichromate of potash, Prof. T. Thomson on 

 the manufacture of, in Glasgow, 1840, 62. 



Bicyanide with binoxide of mercury, Prof. 

 Johnston on a new compound of, 1838, 



59- 

 Bile, Dr. Kemp on the functions of the, 



1844, 86. 

 , Dr. Thudichum on the physiological 



relations of the colouring matter of the, 



1860, 147. 

 Biliary concretions, Dr. De Vrij on, 1847, 



59- 



ducts. Dr. Olliffe on a peculiar dis- 

 ease of the, 1843, 79. 



Bill circulation of Great Britain, Mr. Lea- 

 tham on the, 1840, 184. 



Binnen or inland lake. Dr. L. Becker's re- 

 marks as to the earlier existence of the, 



1850, 73. 



Binocular instruments, A. Claudet on the 

 means of increasing the angle of, 1860, 

 61. 



vision, and on the stereoscope for 



