INDEX. 



Africa, races of the Western Coast of, 

 429. 



Alison (Dr). Observations on the spe- 

 culations of the late Dr Brown, and 

 of other recent Metaphysicians, re- 

 garding the exercise of the Senses, 

 170. 



Defence of the doctrine of Vi- 

 tal Affinity against the objections 

 stated to it by Humboldt and Dr 

 Daubney, 105. 



Alkaloids, vegetable, on the action of 

 compounds of Ethyl and Amyl on, 

 244. 



Alligated vibrations, 507. 



Allraan (Prof.) on the structure of 

 Pedicellina, 486. 



on the true signification of 



certain reproductive phenomena in 

 the Polyzoa, 604. 



Alloxan, on a spontaneous metamor- 

 phosis of, 196. 



Amides of the fatty acids, 305. 



Amyl, on, 251. 



Ancient British Pottery, analysis of, 

 505. 



Ancient Chinese literature and philo- 

 sophy, 433. 



Anderson (Thomas), M.D. Descrip- 

 tion and analysis of Gurolite, a new- 

 mineral species, 1. 



on the products of the de- 

 structive distillation of animal sub- 

 stances, 64, 238, 505. 



Researches on some of the 



crystalline constituents of Opium, 

 132, 215, 244. 



on the colouring matter of 



Rottlera tinctoria, 296. 



Preliminary notice on the de- 



compositions of the Platinum salts 

 of the organic alkalies, 309. 



Anencephalic Child, history of an, 

 482. 



Animal matters, destructive distilla- 

 tion of, 64, 238, 505. 



Animated creatures, their poAver over 

 matter, 110. 



Annelid tracks in millstone grits in 

 Clare, 294. 



Antique marble bust, 115. 



Aqueous vapour, weight of, condensed 

 on a cold surface, 43. 



Archaic languages of India, Phonetic 

 and Structural character of, 24. 



Argus, Scotch, 349. 



Argyll (Duke of). Notice of a Ter- 

 tiary Fossiliferous deposit, underly- 

 ing basalt, on the Island of Mull, 21. 



■ on a Diatomaceous deposit in 



Mull, 58. 



Notice regarding the occur- 

 rence of Pumice in the Island of 

 Tyree, 120. 



on a Roche Moutonnee on the 



summit of the range of hills sepa- 

 rating Loch Fine and Loch Awe, 

 459. 

 Arthur's Seat, deflection of plumb-line 

 at, 364. 



Glacial phenomena of, 497. 



Asianesian languages. Phonetic and 



Structural character of, 25. 



compared with the American 



and Tar tar- Japanese languages, 16. 



Atmosphere, on the place of the Poles 

 of, 101. 



Atmospheric Manoscopy, 368. 



Austin (Fort-Major Thomas). Obser- 

 vations on the Crinoidea, showing 

 their connection with other branches 

 of the Echinodermata, 433. 



Ayrton (William) on the ovum and 

 young fish of the Salraonidae, 428. 



Azote and Oxygen, relations between, 

 263. 



Baden-Baden, analysis of mineral wa- 

 ters, 22. 



Balfour (Prof.) on certain vegetable 

 organisms found in coal from For- 

 del, 218. 



