520 



justment of the eye to distinct 

 vision, 343. 



Vision, binocular, 356. 



Vital Affinity, defence of the doctrine 

 of, 105. 



Volatile Bases produced by destruc- 

 tive distillation of C Inchon iae, 314, 



Water, compressibility of, 58. 



Water, on the computation of the spe- 

 cific heat of, 90. 



Weights and Measures, Turkish, 349. 



Western Coast of Africa, races of, 429. 



Williams (C. Greville), on the volatile 

 bases produced by destructive dis- 

 tillation of Cinchonine, 314. 



Researches on Chinoline and 



its Homologues, 370. 



Wilson (Dr G.), on the crystallization 

 of bicarbonate of ammonia in sphe- 

 rical masses, 57. 



on the organs in which lead 



accumulates in the Horse, in cases 

 of slow poisoning by that metal, 1 1 9. 

 on two new processes for the 



detection of Fluorine when accom- 

 panied by Silica, and on the pre- 

 sence of Fluorine in Granite, Trap, 

 and other Igneous Rocks, and in the 

 Ashes of recent and fossil plants, 

 143. 



Wilson (Dr G.) on a supposed me- 

 teoric stone alleged to have fallen 

 in Hampshire in September 1852, 

 147. 



on Nitric Acid as a source of 



the nitrogen found in plants, 189. 



on the total invisibility of 



Red to certain colour-blind Eyes. 

 226. 



on the extent to which the 



theory of vision requires us to re- 

 gard the eye as a Camera Obscura, 

 303. 

 on the transmission of the 



actinic rays of light through the 

 eye, and their relation to the yellow 

 spot of the retina, 371. 



on Mr J. Nickles' claim to be 



the discoverer of Fluorine in the 

 Blood, 463. 



Wilson (James). Notice of the blind 

 animals which inhabit the Mammoth 

 Cave of Kentucky, 200. 



Wise (Dr Thos. A.) Notes on some 

 of the Buddhist opinions and monu- 

 ments of Asia, compared with the 

 symbols on the ancient sculptured 

 " Standing Stones " of Scotland, 

 272. 



Works of Art, occurrence of, in the 

 older deposits, 158. 



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