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SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Death by aconite, Dr. E. E. Harvey on the 



mode of, 1860,133. 

 • by chloroform and ether, Dr. C. Kidd 



on, 1860, 136. 



from a blow on the stomach, Dr. 



Holland on the cause of, 1837, 104. 



Deaths in the metropolis, on the fluctua- 

 tions in the number of, during fifteen 

 years, by Dr. W. A. Guy, 1855, 167. 



Decidua vera (uterine). Dr. Montgomery on 

 a newly-discovered peculiarity in the 

 structure of, 1836, 121. 



Decimal coinage and accounts, showing the 

 impracticability of the franc or tenpenny 

 miit, J. A. Franklin on, 1854, 135. 



accoimts and coinage, on the plans 



which have been proposed of, by T. W. 

 Eathbone, 1854, 143 ; 1855, 184. 



coinage, W. Miller on, 1854, 14a. 



fractions, A. Peacock on, 1842, 10. 



system, plan for simpHfying and im- 

 proving the measures, weights, and money 

 of this country, by General Sir C. W. 

 Pasley, 1856, 146. 



system, uniform, of measures, weights, 



and coins throughout the world, S. Brown 

 on the advantages to statistical science of 

 a, 1856, 133. 



■ system, Very Eev. Dr. Peacock on the 

 proposal of the Commissioners for the in- 

 troduction of a, 1842, 8. 



Declination, magnetic charts of, S. Beswick 

 on a method for computing, 1850, 3, 



, magnetic, J. A. Broun on the effect 



of height in the atmosphere on the diurnal 

 variation of, 1850, 7. 



■■ magnetometer, J. A. Broun on the 

 construction of silk suspension threads 

 for the, 1850, 10. 



Declinometer, C. Brooke on the results ob- 

 tained by automatic registration of the, 

 1847, 40. 



Decomposition, electro-chemical, Prof. Fara- 

 day on, 1833, 393. 



of alcohol, voltaic. Prof. A. Connell on 



the, 1840, 81. 



of bituminous coals by heat, Dr. Hayes 



on some modified results attending the, 

 1857, 50. 



of water unde pressure, by the galva- 

 nic battery, J. P. Gussiot on the, 1853, 



39- 



, spontaneous, of xyloidine. Dr. Glad- 

 stone on the, 1853, 41. 



Deeds, on the registry of, in the West 

 Eiding, 1858, 175. 



Deglutition of alimentary fluids. Prof. J. H. 

 Corbett on the, 1860, 216. 



Delhnan's method of observing atmospheric 

 electricity, Prof. W. Thomson on, 1856, 



17- 

 Dendronotus, a new genus of MoUusca nu- 



dibranchiata, J. Alder and A. Hancock on, 



1845, 65. 

 Dennett's rockets for preserving lives from 



shipwreck, notice 01, 1840, 214. 



Density in saturated vapours, J. J. Water- 

 ston on the gradient of, 1852, 2. 



of various bodies when subjected to 



enormous compressing forces, W. Fair- 

 bairn on the, 1854, 56. 



Dental system in mammalia, Prof. Owen 

 on the homologies and notation of the, 



1848, 91. 



Dentition in the ruminants and other orders 



of mammalia, J. Goodsir on the follicular 



stage of, 1839, 82. 

 of the British pulmoniferous mollusca, 



W. Thomson on the, 1850, 126. 

 Deposits, post-pliocene, on the occurrence 



of works of human art in, by Sir C. Lyell, 



1859, 93. 

 , superficial, of the valley of the Aire 



at Leeds, T. P. Teale on the, 1858, iii. 

 Derbyshire rottenstone. Prof. Johnston on 



the, 1853, 52. 

 Desiccating process, E. Davison on a, 1849, 



114. 

 Desiccation of the earth and atmosphere, 



general and gradual, J. S. Wilson on the, 



1858, 155. 

 De Vico's comet, Eev. Prof. Powell on, 



1849, 2. 



Devonian and carboniferous systems of 



Westphalia, Sir E. I. Murchison on the, 



1839, 72. 

 or Old Eed system of Eussia, Sir E. I. 



Murchison on the, 1840, 106. 

 district of Ireland, E. Griffith on the, 



1843, 46. 



fossils of Devon and Cornwall, W. 



Pengelly on the chronological and geo- 

 graphical distribution of the, 1860, 91. 



rocks in North Africa, Prof. E. Forbes 



on Dr. Overweg's discovery of, 1851, 

 58. 



rocks in the south of Ireland, J. B. 



Jukes on, 1852, 51. 



strata of the south of Ireland, Profs. 



Harkness and Blyth on the cleavage of 

 the, 1855, 82. 



Dew-point, Eev. W. V. Harcourt on obser- 

 vations upon the, 1835, 54. 



, Capt. Shortrede on a chart of the, 



1847, 42. 



, Dr. Anderson on the, 1840, 40. 



, Dr. Apjohn on the, 1835, 27. 



formula (Dr. Apjohn' s), verification of, 



1843, 36. 



hygrometer, improvements on a, by 



Prof. A. ConneU, 1855, 38. 



Diabetes, Dr. Percy's contributions to the 



chemistry of, 1845, 39. 



mellitus, Dr. Clay on, 1842, 87. 



, Prof. T. Thomson on the sugar in 



urine of, 1838, 43. 

 Diabetic sugar, crystallized, Dr. E. D. 



Thomson on the composition of, 1841, 



54- 

 Dials which give the latitude, the line of 

 north and south, and chronometer time, 

 W. Carlile on, 1858, 41. 



