INDEX. 



471 



Hydrogen, phosphuretted, 401. 



Hydrogen and platina, compound of, 

 155. 



Ions, table of, 429. 



Iguanodon, discovery of bones of the, 

 77, 



Iridium, preparation of, 314. 



Ivory (J.) on the equilibrium of fluids, 

 454. 



Jacobson (M.) on the physical and 

 therapeutic properties of chroinate 

 of potash, 238. 



K. on some curious facts respecting 

 vision, 375. 



Kalium, crystallization of, 399. 



Keith (Rev. P.) on the internal struc- 

 ture of plants, 112, 181, 284; on 

 phytological errors and admonitions, 

 205. 



Kenrick ( Rev. J.) on the Greek tra- 

 ditions of the deluge, 25. 



Lantern-fly, observations on the, 144. 



Lead, brown phosphate of, 78 ; sub- 

 oxide of, 79 ; on the action of water 

 and air on, 81 ; on its electric rela- 

 tion to iron, &c, 92. 



Levyne, analysis of, 40. 



Lithic acid, composition of, 465. 



Light, experiments on, 321 ; applica- 

 tion of photometry to the undulatory 

 theory of, 439. 



Linnaean Society, 70, 298. 



Lyell (C.) on the loamy deposit in the 

 valley of the Rhine, 223. 



Lyon (D.) on magnetic substances, 

 415. 



Magnesia, borates of, 156. 



Magnetic attraction and repulsion, 1. 



Magnetic substances, on, 415. 



Magnetical Observatory at Gottingen, 

 344. 



Magneto-electric spark and shock, 349, 

 444. 



Magneto -electrical experiments, 376. 



Manufactures of the ancients, 355. 



Margaron, 153. 



Meteorological table : for May, 80 ; 

 for June, 160; for July, 239; for 

 August, 320 ; for September, 400 ; 

 for November, 468. 



Mortality, influence of high and low 

 prices on, 278. 



Moseley (Prof.) on the principle of 

 least pressure, 95 ; Mr. Horner's con- 

 siderations relative to, 188. 



Mummy cloth of Egypt, on the, 355. 



Mural circles, Greenwich, 305; Cape 

 of Good Hope, 309. 



Murchison (R. I.) on the gravel and 

 alluvial deposits of Hereford, Salop, 

 and Worcester, 217 ; on certain trap 

 rocks in Salop, &c, 225, 292. 



Muriatic acid in fluor spars, 78. 



Nelson (Lieut.) on the geology of the 



Bermudas, 222. 

 Niagara, on the Falls of, 11. 

 Nixon (J.) on the tides in the Bay of 



Morecambe, 264. 

 Nordenskiold on Phenakite, 102. 

 Oleon, 153. 

 Optical phsenomenon, peculiar, 373. 



Ornithorhyiichus paradoxus, on the 

 young of, 235. 



Osmiridium, on, 101. 



Osmium, preparation of, 314. 



Owen (R.) anatomy of the Calyptreridx, 

 72 ; on the structure of the heart of 

 the Perennibranchiate Amphibia, 150; 

 on the young of the Ornithorhynchus 

 paradoxus, 235. 



Oxalic acid, action of chloride of so- 

 dium upon, 445. 



Parabolic curves, the arcs of, 455. 



Parallelogram of forces, demonstration 

 of the, 39. 



Parilline and parillinic acid, analysis 

 of, 465. 



Payen (M.) on the action of tannin, &c. 

 on the roots of plants, 157. 



Penguins, on the habits of, 231. 



Persian Gulf, former extent of, 244. 



Phenakite, a new mineral, 102. 



Phillips (J.) on subterranean tempe- 

 rature, 446. 



Phosphuretted hydrogen, on, 401. 



Photometry, on, 327 ; its application to 

 the undulatory theory of light, 439. 



Phytological errors and admonitions, 

 205. 



Plants, on the internal structure of, 

 112, 181, 284; action of tannin on 

 the roots of, 157. 



Platina, on some new combinations of, 

 150; discovery of in France, 158. 



Platina and hydrogen, compound of, 

 155. 



Poggiale (M.) on the active principle 

 of sarsaparilla, 463. 



Polyspherite, 78. 



Potash, chromate of, physical and the- 

 rapeutic properties of, 238. 



Potassium, cyanuret of, 465. 



Pratt (J. H.), demonstration of the pa- 

 rallelogram of forces, 39 ; improve- 

 ment in Henslow's clinometer, 159. 



Protoxide of tin, 79. 



Prout (Dr.), reply to Dr. W. C. Hen- 

 ry, 132: 



Pyrotartaric acid, distillation of, 397. 



Rees (G. O.) on the existence of tita- 

 nium in organic matter, 398. 



Reviews : — Dr. Daubeny's Inaugural 

 Lecture on the study of Botany, 75 ; 

 Transactions of the Entomological 

 Society, 462. 



Richardson (W.), notice of the coast 



