515 



Hottentots, physical and moral cha- 

 racteristics of, 456. 



How (Henry) on certain Salts of Co- 

 menic Acid, 54. 



on Meconic Acid, and some of 



its derivatives, 99. 



on the action of the Halogen 



Compounds of Ethyl and Amyl on 

 some vegetable alkaloids, 244. 



Some additional experiments 



on the Ethers and Amides of Me- 

 conic and Comenic Acids, 277. 



Horse, poisoning of, by lead, 119. 



Hygrometer, new, 228. 



Ice, on the gradual passage of, into 

 the fluid state, 14. 



India, Ethnology and Languages of, 24. 



Insect-Vision, 487. 



Instruments employed in Geographi- 

 cal Astronomy, simplification of, 

 161. 



Interest strictly chargeable for short 

 periods of time, 274. 



Interfering Light, on the absolute 

 intensity of, 98. 



Involuntary Muscular Tissue, minute 

 structure of, 413. 



Iodine. On a general method of ef- 

 fecting the substitution of Iodine 

 for Hydrogen in organic compounds, 

 235. 



lodo-Pyromeconic Acid, properties of, 

 235. 



Irrawaddy, Delta of, 471. 



Iron and its Alloys, 43, 46. 



Iron, native, in Liberia, 327. 



Jacob (Captain W. S.), II.E.I.C.S. On 

 a revision of the Catalogue of Stars 

 of the British Association, 279. 



James (Captain II.) Account of the 

 proceedings of the Conference, held 

 at Brussels in August and Septem- 

 ber 1853, for establishing a uniform 

 system of Meteorological Observa- 

 tions in the vessels of all nations, 

 and of the arrangements proposed 

 to be made for conducting the re- 

 sults of the observations taken on 

 land with those taken at sea, 218. 



on the Deflection of the 



Plumb-line at Arthur's Seat, and 

 on the Mean Density of the Earth, 

 364. 



on a necessary correction in 



the Height of the Barometer de- 

 pending on the force of the wind, 

 124. 



Johnston (A. K.) Historical notice of 



the progress of the Ordnance Sur- 

 vey in Scotland, 31. 

 Johnston (A. K.) Notice of a collec- 

 tion of Maps, 477. 



Keith Medal, delivery of, to Dr An- 

 derson, 337. 



Kelland (Rev. Prof.) on the Interest 

 strictly chargeable for short periods 

 of timev 274. 



on Superposition, 296. 



on a problem of Combina- 

 tions, 326. 



Kemp (Alexander) on a modification 

 of the process for the determination 

 of Nitrogen in Organic Compounds, 

 126. 



Kilmun, Moraines in, 279. 



Lateral Refraction, case of, in Tene- 

 riffe, 487. 



Lassell (Mr). Notice of some of his 

 recent Astronomical discoveries, 80. 



Laumonite, 123. 



Lead. On the organs in which lead 

 accumulates in the horse, in cases 

 of slow poisoning by that metal, 

 119. 



Lee (Rev. Dr Robert). Some remarks 

 on the Literature and Philosophy of 

 the Ancient Chinese, 434. 



Liberia, occurrence of native iron in, 

 327. 



Light. On the Variations of Plane- 

 Polarised Light, 3. 



Light, Solar, 365. 



Action on the ultimate ner- 

 vous structures of the Eye, 487. 



Linear Vibrations, theory of, 507. 



Lister (Joseph), F.R.C.S. On the mi- 

 nute structure of the Involuntary 

 Muscular Tissue, 413. 



Logan (J. R.) on the Ethnology and 

 Languages of India, 24. 



Login (T.), C.E., Pegu, on the Delta 

 of the Irrawaddy, 471. 



Low (Professor) on the Chemical 

 Equivalents of certain bodies, and 

 the relations between Oxygen and 

 Azote, 263. 



Lowe (Dr \V. H.). Observations on 

 Poly oramatus Artaxerxes, the Scotch 

 Argus, 349. 



Luminiferous Medium, on the possible 

 density of the, 253. 



Lunar Rainbow, on the recent fre- 

 quent occurrence of, 25. 



M'Donald (Dr W.) on the principles 

 of the Stereoscope ; and on a new 



