xxvm. 



Medlco-Laurentian Library founded at Florence, 78 



Medulla of the hair, 89 



Meetiug extraordinary called, 137, 143, 203, 205 



Meeting suspended, 173 



Members elected : — Corresponding — W. Reynolds 



M.D.,57; T, Spencer, 57 

 Members elected :— Ordinary— R. W. Anderson, 



20; J, Avi8on,.V); Edward Banner, 20; William 



Bean, 20; J. Brewer. 143; H. J. Cauty, 198; 



John L.Clare, 28; Dr. Cohen, 204 ; James Dowie, 



28; W. Ferguson. 151; Rev. A. Fishel, 143; 



Edward Htbson, 4: Alfred Holt, 83 ; George 



Hunt, 20; M.C.Jones, 198; \V. La88ell,jun,14:<; 



N. McLeod 115; F. P. Marrat. 19.H; Rev. J. W. 



Milner, 205; James Newlands, 4:»; J. C. Radish ; 



20; J. Rowe, 204; J. T. Towson, 28; R. G. 



"Williams, 115 

 Members, list of, Session 42, App. xix. 

 Menai Straits bridge, 18 

 Metayer system of France, 32 

 Meteorological results, 1851-^52, App. v. 

 Merops apiaster, 174 

 Mexico, tenure of land, 30 

 Military tactics, books on , 69 

 Milner, Rev. J. W. elected member, 205 

 Miniature paintings in old manuscripts, 68 

 Mineral elements, 116 

 Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of France 



from the United States, instructions, 43 

 Missal, Salisbury, exhib. 127 

 Moguls' tenure of land, 29 

 Mole, hair of, 90, 93 

 Moon, mountains of, 5 

 Monroe, Colonel J., letter of instructions from E. 



Randolph. 43 

 Montfaucon quoted, 65, 67; on Greek MSS., 69 

 Moses, law of, how ftrst written, 60 

 Moss, Rev. J. J., on explosion at Furnace, 155; 



exhib. watches, 155 

 r.Ioiise, hair of, 87, 90 

 Mythological conception of Janus, 143 



Natica monilifera, 115 



Natural history, manuscripts on, 69 



Nautical terms, history of, 204 



Necker, autograph of, 206 



New Brighton, villa at, 15 



Newlands, James, elected, 43 



Ninevehan art, 52 



Nisbet, W. exhib. fruits of Pekea guianensis, 132; 



cocoa nut, 132; portraits of Roscoe, 198; seeds 



of coracco nuts, 43 

 Norway, manuscripts of, 60 

 Nuts, coracco, exhibited, 43 



O. 

 Observatory, meteorological results taken at Liver- 

 pool, 1851-52, App. V. 

 Organic power, IIG 



Organizes and animates, on the power that, 115 

 Ornament, architectural, 19 

 Ornithorynchus, hair of, 87, 89, 94, 96 

 Orthotrichum pumillum, exhib. 204 

 Osier's anemometer, results of, 1851-52, App. v. 

 Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 76 

 Ovid's Metamorphosis quoted, 64 



P. 



Painting as a fine art, 50 ; miniature, in old manu- 

 scripts, 68 



Paleography, meaning of, 78 



Paper, linen, discovery of, 06 ; cotton, first used, 

 65, 81 ; cotton, restricted in its use, 65 



Papilio eurymedia, exhib. 126 



Papyrus, books written, 61 ; prohibited to be ex- 

 ported from Egypt, 62 



Parchment, invented by Eumenes II, 62 ; used 81, 



Parhelia, ol)served in Liverpool, 191 



Paris Matthew, mentioned, 76 



Parliament, Houses of, 14 



Patrons, Roman, 39 



Patricians, 37 



Peccari, hair of, 87, 91, 92, 96 



Pediculus pubis, 107 



Peirce, General, Daguerreotype of, 152 



Pekea guianensis, exhib. 132 



Pendulum expeiiment, 3, 8 



Pens for writing, first mentioned, 68 



Pentaptycha, 64 



Persia, conquerors of, 28; tenure of land in, 29 



Peru, tenure of land, 30 



Petrarca mentioned, 78 



Pha-scumalteniifoliuni and Floerkianum,exliib. 204 



Phojuicians, conquerors, 28 



Phillips, Professor, letters from, 208 



Philology, Rev. A. Ramsay on, 174 



Photogi-aphic pictures , exhib. 205 



Picton, J. A., elected on Council, 3 



Pig's hau-, 91 



Plates, explanation of, 219 



Plebeians, 37 



Pluviometer, results of, 1851-52, App. v. 



Poetry, Mr. Behrend on the metres of Hebrew, lOH ; 

 its relation to art, 50 



Poggio mentioned, 78 



Poland, tenure of land, 31 



Polypodium alpestre, exhib. 166 



Polytechnic Society, invitation from, 173 ; invita- 

 tion to, 152 ; letter from, 154 



Popular literature, 22 



Populus Romanus, 37 



Porcupine, spine of, 91, 92 



Porsena subdued Rome, 34 



Portrait of Mr. Yates presented, 57; 



Committee, vote of thanks to, 59 



Power that organizes and animates, 115 



Prayers of monkish scribes, 76 



Prayer book of Mary of Burgundy, noticed, 71 ; of 

 Francis I. of France, noticed, 71 



President elected, 131 



Presidents and Secretaries of learned societies in- 

 vited to attend meetings, 137 



Printed books, first, 68 



Printing invented, 78 



Proceedings, expenses of No. v. and vi. compared, 2; 

 proposed discontinuance of publication of, 203, 20."> 



Quill of hedgehog, 91 ; of porcupine, 91, 92 



Rabbit, hair of, 89, 94 



Racoon, hair of, 87 



Ramsay, Rev. A., on comparative philology, 174 



Randolph, E., letter to Colonel Moiux)e, 43 



Rape of Sabines, 157 



Rat, hair of, 90 



Rathbone, T. W., letter from, 83 



Records, national, unprotected state of, 82 



Redish, J. C, elected, 20 



Report, session xli, 1 ; session xlii, 129 



Rete mucosum, 96, 99 



Reynold.s, Sii- Jo.shua, quoted, 11 



Reynolds, Dr. VV., elected, 57 



Rheno-Danubian wall, VyH 



Rhinoceros, horn of, 92, 99 



Richelieu, Cardinal, autograph of, 206 



Ring worm, 107 



Roman history, trustworthiness of, 156 



Roman, tenure of land, 28; conquerors, 28 ; ai-t, 

 51,52 



Roman roads in England, unpublished map ex- 

 hibited, 126 



Rome, architecture of, 10; cupola of St. Peter's, 

 n ; palaces of, 15 



Roscoe, centenary celebration, LH, 173; portraits 

 of, exhib. 198 



Rowe, James, elected member, 204 



Rubrics, ancient, (i7 



Rubus calvatus, R. Lindleranus, muci-onatus, and 

 nitidus, 126 



Rumford quoted, 93 



Ru.skin, Mr., Stones of Venice, quoted, 16 



Russia, tenure of land, 31 



Ryot tenancy, 31 



