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SECTIONS. INDEX OP SUBJECTS. 



ably looked for in the, by Eev. Dr. 

 Scoresby, 1854, i6i. 



Navigation : on the magnetism of iron ships 

 and its changes, by Rev. Dr. Scoresby, 

 1855, 12. 



: on the variation in the rates of chro- 

 nometers, by J. Hartnup, 1854, 20. 



. , inland, suggestions relative to, by 



Prof. Hennessy, 1860, 211. 



■ , steam, in rivers, J. S. Russell on, 



1837,130. 



, steam, in America, Rev. Dr. Scoresby 



on, 1844, 97. 



, steam, on the progress of, 1854, j6o. 



Neara, a new genus of British shells. Dr. 

 Gray on, 1838, no. 



Nebalia, Dr. Baird on the genus, 1847, 74. 



Nebvda 25 Herschel, Earl of Rosse on the, 

 1845, 4. 



Nebulse, drawings to illustrate recent obser- 

 vations on, by the Earl of Rosse, with 

 remarks by Rev. Dr. Robinson, 1852, 22. 



and stars at the Cape of Good Hope, 



Sir J. P. W. Herschel on, 1838, 17. 



Needle, dipping-, on a peculiar source of 

 error in experiments with, 1833, 412. 



Needle-pointing, on, 1831-32, 59. 



Needles, Prof. Matteucci on the electrization 

 of, in different media, 1846, 46. 



Negi'etti and Zambra's new maximum ther- 

 mometer, 1855, 24. 



Negro races of the Indian Archipelago and 

 Pacific islands, W. J. Crawfurd on the, 

 1851, 86. 



variety of mankind, on the ethnolo- 

 gical and physical characters of the, 1857, 

 117. 



women, J. Roberton on the period of 



puberty in, 1842, 82. 



Nekrasowzers of Bessarabia, on the, 1846, 115. 



Nemadactylus, a new genus of marine fish, 

 from Van Diemen's Land, Sir J. Richard- 

 son on, 1841, 71. 



Nemalite (an American mineral), Prof. Con- 

 nell on the analysis of, 1846, 39. 



Nematophora (thread-bearers). Prof. Hux- 

 ley on the, 1851, 78. 



Neottia gemmipara of Smith, Rev. W. 

 Hincks on two living specimens of the, 

 1843, 78. 



Nephelescope, an instrument to measure the 

 expansion of air, 1840, 31. 



Nephelogene, notice of a, 1859, 74. 



Nereis tubicola, from the coast of Scotland, 

 1843, 76. 



Nerve, glosso-pharyngeal, Dr. M. Hall and 

 S. D. Broughton on the sensibility of the, 



1836, 125. 



, glossD-pharyngeal, Dr. Reid on the, 



1837, 109. 



, pneumogastric, or ' par vagum,' Dr. 



J. Reid on the, 1837, no. 

 , spinal accessory, Dr. J. Reid on the, 



1837, 112. 

 Nerve-physiology, on the necessity of a re- 



fbrm in, by G. H. Lewea, 1859, 166. 



Nerves, fifth pair of. Dr. N. Fowler on the 

 functions of the, 1840, 156. 



, eighth pair of. Dr. J, Reid on the 

 functions of the, 1838, 124. 



, Dr. Macartney on finding with exact- 

 ness the position of the, 1839, 102. 



— — , Dr. A. Waller on their structure in 

 the glands at the inferior surface of the 

 tongue, 1848, 83. 



, on the value of the origins of, as ahomo- 



logical character, by Prof. Owen, 1848, 93. 



, cerebral. Dr. M. Hall and S. D. 



Broughton on the sensibilities of the, 

 1834, 676. 



, sensory and motory, on the supposed 



distinction between, by G. H. Lewes, 1859, 

 168. 



and muscles. Dr. Madden on the con- 

 nexion between, 1837, 106. 



of the Hirudo medicinalis and other 



leeches, on the admixture of nervous and 

 muscular fibres in the, by Dr. P. Redfern, 

 1859, 174. 



Nervous disorders. Dr. Newbiggin on the 

 effect of Croton oil in. 1840, 156. 



system, Sir C. Bell on the proper 



method of studying the, 1834, 667. 



— — system and the irritability of muscles 

 in living animals. Dr. J. Reid on the 

 connexion between the, 1834, 671. 



system and museidar contractility. Dr. 



J. Reid on the connexion between the, 

 1840, 155. 



system, Dr. J. Reid on the functions 



of the, 1836, 119. 



system. Dr. Macartney on the struc- 

 ture and functions of the, 1833, 449. 



system, on an abnormal condition of 



the, by Dr. W. Camps, 1855, 121. 



system, on the action of alcohol on 



the, by Dr. W. Marcet, 1859, 170. 



system and anatomy of the Bryozoa, 



Prof. Aliman on the, 1849, 71. 



Nesodon imbricatus and N, Sulivani, new 

 species of fossil mammalia from South 

 America, Prof. Owen on, 1846, 66. 



Nest of the black redstart. Dr. M. Barry on 

 a singular locality of a, 1852, 71. 



Neuralgia, some remarks oh, by Sir J. Mur- 

 ray, 1839, 106. 



, Dr. Newbiggin on the influence of 



Croton oil in, 1840, 156. 



Neuralgic disease, T. M. Greenhow on the^ 

 beneficial effects of mercurial action in, 

 1838, 124. 



Newcastle coal-field, J. Buddie on the, 1838,- 



74- 

 Newspapers of various countries, statistics 



of, by P. L. Simmonds, 1855, 188. 

 Newtonian wave-lengths, 1859, 20. 

 Newton's (Sir Isaac) reflecting microscope, 



R. Potter's new construction of, 1831-32, 



7J- 

 theory of the colours of natural bodies^ 



Sir D. Brewster on, 1831-32, 547. 

 rings, on, 1831-32, 5 56. 



