SECTIONS. INDEX OP SUBJECTS, 



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of testing its presence in hydrocyanic 

 acid, 1835, 45. 



Muriatic acid, Prof. Barker on its separation 

 from peroxide of iron, 1835, 52. 



— — acid. Dr. E. D. Thomson on its exist- 

 ence in the stomach during digestion, 



1839, 58. 



Murichi, or Ita palm, of Guiana, Sir R. 



Schomburgk on the, 1845, 71. 

 Muscae volitantes. Sir D. Brewster on the 



phenomena and cause of, 1840, 8. 

 — — volitantes, T. Nunneley on, 1858, 141. 

 Muscat, Imaum of, on the possessions of 



the, 1852, 113. 

 Muscle, rectus abdominis. Sir D. J. H. 



Dixon on cases of laceration of the, 1837, 



124. 



Muscles, Dr. E. du Bois-Reymond on a new 

 eifect produced on, by the electric current, 

 1852, 78. 



, on the mode of action of galvanic 

 stimuli directly applied to the, by Prof. 

 Remak, 1855, 131. 



of the extremities of birds, Prof. Sun- 



devall on the, 1855, 137. 



• and nerves, Dr. Madden on the con- 

 nexion between the, 1837, 106. 



Muscular contractility and the nervous sys- 

 tem, Dr. J. Reid on the connexion between, 



1840, 155. 



■ "" sense, a demonstration of the, by Gr. 

 H. Lewes, 1859, 167. 



svstem, M. Zaglas on the morphology 



of the, 1850, 138. 



Museum, Ordnance Geological, Prof. Phil- 

 lips's notice of the, 1843, 61. 



— , Mineralogical and Geological, of the 



Imperial Mining Department of Vienna, 

 Prof Haidinger on the, 1842, 39. 



Museums, on the preparation of fishes for, 

 1839, 82, 84. 



, local, W. Sharp on the formation of, 



1839, 65. 



Mushet band of ironstone of the coal-field 

 of Scotland, R. Bald on the, 1846, 62. 



Music, Grecian, Dr. S. Rootsey on, 1836, 



37. 



Musk-ox (Bubalus moschatus), fossil, addi- 

 tional evidence of the, from the Wiltshire 

 drift, by Prof. Owen, 1856, 72. 



Muslin, on the salts for rendering it non- 

 inflammable, 1859, 86. 



- (embroidered) manufacture of Scotland 

 and Ireland, on the rise, progress, and 

 value of the, by Dr. Strang, 1857, 167. 



• manufacture (sewed) in Ireland, on 



the progress of the, 1852, 118. 



Myada?, J. Alder and A. Hancock on the 

 branchial currents of the, 1851, 74. 



Myliobatis, Prof. Owen on the teeth of the, 

 1838, 138. 



Myliobatus, J. Couch en the egg-purse and 

 embryo of a species of, 1846, J5o. 



Myology, comparative, M. Zaglas on, 1850, 

 138. 



Myriapoda, J. F, Brandt on the, 1840, 137. 



Myrmecophilous insects. Dr. J. A. Power on 



1858, J 29. 



Mytilus crenatus, on the naturalization in 

 England of, 1833, 448. 



Naphtha, on a fluid obtained in manufac- 

 turing it, by M. Scanlan, 1835, 40. 



— — , on the action of nitric acid on, by 

 Drs. Smith and Leigh, 1844, 33. 



, coal, Dr. Leigh on a new product ob- 

 tained from, 1842, 39. 



— — , coal, on some of the basic constituents 

 of, by C. G. Williams, 1855, 74. 



Napier's rods, Mr. Hawkins on Oossham*8 

 improvement of, 1836, 132. 



Nasmyth's steam-hammer for pile-driving 

 Dr. R. Greene on, 1845, 92. 



Natatores, J. Hogg on the classification of 

 the, 1846, 78. 



National accounts, on the mode of keeping 

 and stating the, by C. Jellicoe, 1854, 

 138. 



— — strength, as tested by the numbers, 

 ages, and industrial qualifications of the 

 people. Dr. J. Yeats on, 1855, 199. 



Natural history as a branch of education, 

 R. Patterson on, 1841, 77. 



' liistory : on the variation of species, by 



Rev. L. Jenyns, 1856, 10 1. 



history, A. Goadby on Fizeau's pro- 

 cess of etching, and its application to 

 objects of, 1845, 76. 



• history, &c., G. Busk on the use of 



gutta percha for moulds for casts of ob- 

 jects in, 1847, 92. 



" Natural History of Deeside and Braemar," 

 by the late Dr. Macgillivray, edited by 

 Dr. Lankester, notice of, 1855, 1 1 8. 



Nature, on the disguises of, by A. Murray, 



1859, 175. 



Nautilus Inglisii, a new species, from the 

 Halifax coal beds, 1847, 64. 



• (paper and pearly), on the shells of, 



1846, 82. 



— — PompiHus, Prof Van der Hoeven on 

 the structure of, 1847, 77. 



subsulcatus, found in the older strata 



of Devonshire, 1840, 103. 



Naval architecture, J. Owen on, 1833, 430. 



architecture in Great Britain, G. Har- 

 vey en, 1831-32, 607, 6c8. 



architecture, British, H. Chatfield on, 



1836, 129. 



architecture : R. Rawson on the oscil- 

 lations of floating bodies, 1849. 5. 



— — architecture : on the wave principle in 

 the construction of steam-vesse!s, 1849, 

 30. 



architecture and steam navigation, J. 



S. Russell on the progress of, with notice 

 of the large ship of the Eastern Steam 

 Navigation Company, 1854, 160. 



Navigation : on the compasses in ircn ships, 

 1854, 49, 53, 55. 



of iron ships, on the principles and 



measures on which safety may be reason- 



