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SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Olacial diluvium in Switzerland and Pied- 

 mont, Dr. C. Martins and B. Gastaldi on, 

 1850, 90. 



phenomena of the neighbourhood of 



Edinburgh, R. Chambers on the, 1850, 

 78. 



■ phenomena in Scotland and the north 



of England, R, Chambers on, 1854, 79. 



phenomena of the Lake district of 



England, J. Bryce on the, 1855, 80. 



Glacier, the Sulden, Sir T. D. Acland on 

 a remarkable movement of, 1847, 60. 



Glacier-friction on the north-west side of 

 Bantry Bay, G. B. Airy on numerous 

 traces of, 1843, 62. 



Glacier-ice, attempt to establish the plastic 

 nature of, by Prof. J. D. Forbes, 1844, 

 24. 



Glaciers, J. Stark on the structure and mode 

 of formation of, 1842, 58. 



, Canon Moseley on the cause of the 



descent of, 1860, 48. 



, R. Mallet on the mechanism of the 



movement of, 1837, 64. 



: , W. Hopkins on the cause of the mo- 

 tion of, 1843, 62. ■ 



, General Sabine on their agency in 



transporting rocks, 1843, 62. 



, on the explanation of certain geolo- 

 gical phenomena by the agency of, by E. 

 Batten, 1844, 57. 



. , ancient, in Glenmessan, C. Maclaren 



on traces of, 1850, 90. 



, ancient, of North Wales, Prof. A. C. 



Ramsay on the thickness of the ice of the, 

 1854, 94. 



, on the former existence of, in the 



valleys around Snowdon, 1848, 78. 



^-— and boulders in Switzerland, Prof. 

 Agassiz on, 1840, 113. 



of the Himalayas of Kemaon, A. and 



R. Schlagintweit on the, 1855, 152. 



, palaeozoic, Prof. A. C. Ramsay on the 



former probable existence of, 1854, 93. 



, on the plasticity of ice, by Prof. J. 



Thomson, 1857, 39. 



, R. Mallet on the stony debris called 

 " moraine," found on, 1837, 66. 



, W. Mil ward on the origin of " dirt- 

 bands" on, 1848, 71. 



Glands, conglobate. Dr. Jeffreys on the uses 

 of the, 1840, 156. 



, gastric and intestinal, Prof. A. Thom- 



. son on the, 1840, 149. 



, orbital, in birds, P. J. Selby on, 1834, 



609. 



Glasgow Bridewell, Dr.Cleland on the, 1835, 

 123. 



Glasgow observatory. Prof. Nichol's account 

 of the, 1840, I. 



Glass, coloured, M. Splittgerber on the ma- 

 nufacture of a, 1845, 29. 



, coloured, employed in glazing the 



palm-house in the Royal Botanic Garden 

 at Kew, R. Hunt on the, 1847, 51. 



, decomposed, found at Nineveh and 



other places, Sir D. Brewster on the', 

 1859, 11; 1860, 9. 



Glass, decomposed, R. Thomas on thin films 

 of, 1860, 19. 



, Sir D. Brewster on the decomposition 



of, 1840, 5. 



, decomposed, Sir D. Brewster on the 



rings of polarized light produced in, 

 1840, 6. 



etched in relief by hvdrofluoric acid, 



1859, 88. 



, G. Bontemps on some modifications 



in the colouring of, by metallic oxides, 

 1849, 35. 



, its colouring matter diminishes its 



power of transmitting heat, 1833, 382. 



, L. Schwabe on his method of spin- 

 ning, 1842, 114. 



, on the peculiar action of mud and 



water on, by Dr. C. W. Bingley, 1858, 45. 



of antimony, R. Potter on its power 



to reflect light, 1833, 377. 



cells for mounting microscopic objects 



in fluid, C. Brooke on a method of 

 making, 1854, 47. 



furnaces, T. M. Greenhow on an air- 

 duct to be used in, for the prevention of 

 smoke, 1844, 35. 



Glass-making (plate) in England, H. How- 

 ard on, 1846, 1 01. 



manufacture of Glasgow, Dr. Strang 



on the, 1856, 153. 



tubes, Dr. T. Andrews on a simple in- 

 strument for graduating, 1857, 37. 



tubes for eudiometrical purposes, im- 

 proved method of graduating, by C. T. 

 Coathupe, 1839, 62. 



Glaucoma scintillans, an infusorial animal- 

 cule, J. Samuelson on the, 1856, 98. 



Glaux maritima, found on the banks of the 

 Droitwich canal, 1847, 61. 



Globes, spherical, on the printing of, by I. 

 J. Silbermann, 1858, 154. 



Glosso-pharyngeal nerve. Dr. M. Hall and 

 S. D. Broughton on the sensibility of the, 

 1836, 125. 



Gluten, soluble, from wheat, W. C. Jones 

 on a peculiar form of, 1836, 74. 



Glycerine, on a process for obtaining and 

 purifying, and on some of its applica- 

 tions, by G. F. Wilson, 1855, 75. 



Glyptodon reticulatus, G. ornatus, G. tu- 

 berculatus, G. clavicaudatus, new species 

 of the gigantic extinct Armadilloes of 

 South America, 1846, 67. 



Gneiss and mica-schist, J. B. Jukes on the 

 alteration of clay-slate and gritstone into, 

 by the granite of Wicklow, 1856, 68. 



-■ rocks in the north of Scotland, Prof. J. 



Nicol on the age and relations of the, 

 1858, 96. 



, red sandstone, and quartzite, on the 



relations of the, in the north-west High- 

 lands, by Prof. Nicol, 1859, 119. 



Goadby's solution for preserving soft ani- 

 mals, 1846, 65. 



