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INDEX. 



Deluge, Greek traditions of the, 25. 



Dcebereiner on some new combina- 

 tions of platina, 150. 



Don (D.) on deviations from the ordi- 

 nary structure in Telopea sjieciocis- 

 sinui, 70. 



Echidna, some remarks on the, 146. 



Echinoderniata, growth and bilateral 

 symmetry of, 369. 



Egerton (Sir P. G.) on the ossiferous 

 caves of the Harts and Franconia, 

 296. 



Electric storm, description of a, 418. 



Electric action, on, 6. 



Electrical kite, caution to experiment- 

 ers with, 317. 



Electricity, Prof. Faraday's researches 

 in, 161, 252, 334, 424, 456. 



Electricity, caloric, and ponderable 

 bodies, analogy between, 1 10. 



Electricity of tourmaline, 133. 



Encke's comet, 304. 



Entomological Society, 236. 



Equations, interesting case in, 188. 



Eye, on the spectra of the, 192. 



Fairholme (G.) on the Falls of Nia- 

 gara, 11. 



Faraday (Prof.), researches in electri- 

 city, 161, 252, 334, 424, 456* ; on the 

 magneto-electric spark and shock, 

 349, 444. 



Fish, on the classification of, 459. 



Fluids, elastic, atomic constitution of, 

 33. 



Fluor spars, muriatic acid in, 78. 



Forbes (Prof.) on the electricity of 

 tourmaline, 133. 



Fossils collected in Cutch, 217; fossil 

 wax, 316; fossil fish, 461. 



Fox (R. W.) on magnetic attraction 

 and repulsion, 1 ; on electrical ac- 

 tion, 6. 



Gasteropoda, new genus of, 312. 



Gay Lussac on the purification of car- 

 bonate of soda, 316. 



Geological Society, 53, 211, 292, 459; 

 anniversary address, 53. 



Geology: — on the Falls of Niagara, 

 1 1 ; on the future extension of the 

 English coal-fields, 44 ; Mr. Green- 

 ough's Address to the Geological 

 Society, 53; discovery of bones of 

 the iguanodon, 77 ; on the stratifi- 

 cation of Derbyshire, 121 ; on the 

 quantity of solid matter suspended 

 in the water of the Rhine, 21 1 ; geo- 

 logy of the neighbourhood of Read- 

 ing, 212 ; on the Temple of Serapis 

 at Pozzuoli, 213; views respecting 

 geological cycles, 215; variations of 

 temperature in a thermal spring at 

 Mallow, 216 ; on the delta of Kan- 

 der, 216; fossils collected in Cutch, 



217 ; on the gravel and alluvial de- 

 posits of Hereford, Salop and Wor- 

 cester, 217 ; notice of the coast from 

 Whitstable to the North Foreland, 

 219; on the ravines, passes and frac- 

 tures in the Mendip Hills, 220; on 

 the tertiary formation of Murcia, 

 220; geology of the Bermudas, 222; 

 on the organic remains in the lias 

 series of Yorkshire, 222; on the 

 loamy deposit in the valley of the 

 Rhine, 223 ; on certain trap rocks 

 in Salop, &c, 225, 292; observations 

 on wells dug at Diss and Hampstead, 

 295 ; on the ossiferous caves of the 

 Hartz and Franconia, 296 ; on the 

 occurrence of freshwater shells be- 

 neath the gravel, 297 ; on subterra- 

 nean temperature, 446; geological 

 distribution of fossil fish, 461 ; sau- 

 rian bones found in the magnesian 

 conglomerate, 463 ; geological sur- 

 vey of the United States, 466. 

 Glass, action of high pressure steam 



on, 297. 

 Goose, Sandwich Island, 233. 

 Gopher-wood of Scripture, on the, 244. 

 Gbttingen, new magnetical observatory 



at, 344. 

 Graham (Prof.) on phosphuretted hy- 

 drogen, 401. 

 Gray ( Mr.), description of the new ge- 

 nus Ganymeda, 73. 

 Greenough (G. B.), address to the 



Geological Society, 53. 

 Griffiths (Mrs.) on the spectra of the 



eye and seat of vision, 1 92. 

 Halley's comet, on the reappearance 



of, 284. 

 Harding (Prof.), notice of, 319. 

 Hare (Dr.), apparatus for freezing 



water, 377. 

 Hausmann (Prof.) on Mr. Whewell's 

 account of his mineralogical works, 

 158. 

 Henry (Dr. W. C) on the atomic con- 

 stitution of elastic fluids, 33; reply of 

 Dr. Prout to, 132. 

 Henslow's clinometer, improvement 



in, 159. 

 Herschel (Sir J. F. VV.), micrometrical 



measures of double stars, 302. 

 Hogg (J.) on the influence of the cli- 

 mateof Naples on vegetation, 46, 102. 

 Honey of Trebizond, 313. 

 Hopkins (W.) on Mr. Farey's account 

 of the stratification of the limestone 

 districts of Derbyshire, 121. 

 Horner ( W. G.) on an interesting case 



in equations, 188. 

 Horner (L.) on the quantity of solid 

 matter suspended in the water of the 

 Rhine, 211. 



