INDEX. 



573 



Faraday's (Prof.) experimental researches 

 in electricity, 64, 147, 294, 324, 396, 

 455 ; on ray-vibrations, 345, 532. 



Ferrocyanide of potassium, on the con- 

 version of, into the sesqui-ferrocyanide, 

 21 1 ; on the decomposition of, by solar 

 light, ib. 



Fire-damp of the Newcastle coal-mines, 

 on the composition of the, 437. 



Fluxions, on the invention of, 222. 



Forbes (J. D.) on the viscous theory of 

 glacier motion, 219. 



Fox (R. W.) on certain pseudomorphons 

 crystals of quartz, 5. 



Fresenius (M.) on the composition of the 

 phosphate of ammonia and magnesia, 

 155. 



Gardner (Dr. D. P.) on the function of 

 plants, 425. 



Garnet, analysis of the, 152. 



Gas lighting in China, notice respecting 

 the antiquity of, 209. 



Gerhardt (M.) on the action of nitric acid 

 on wax, and on the dry distillation of 

 wax, 66 ; on the equivalent of chlorine, 

 566. 



Glacier motion, on the viscous theory of, 

 219. 



Glass, action of magnets on, 399. 



Gobley (M.) on the composition of the 

 yolk of eggs, 158. 



Goodsir (J.) on the supra-renal, thymus 

 and thyroid bodies, 220. 



Graham (Prof. T.) on the proportion of 

 water in the magnesian sulphates and 

 double sulphates, 289 ; on the compo- 

 sition of the fire-damp of the New- 

 castle coal-mines, 437 ; on a new eudio- 

 metric process, 566. 



Gregory (Prof. W.) on the preparation 

 of alloxan, 550. 



Guanite, description and analysis of, 548. 



Guano deposits, account of various sub- 

 stances found in, 546. 



Gulf-stream, on the influence of the, in 

 reference to the mild winters which 

 occasionally occur in England, 317. 



Hail, on the formation of, 104. 



Harcourt (Rev. W. V.) on certain state- 

 ments in Lord Brougham's Lives of 

 Black, Watt and Cavendish, 106, 478. 



Heberden (Dr. W.), notice of the late, 

 408. 



Heights, on the use of the barometric 

 thermometer for the determination of, 

 220. 



Heintz (M.) on a reaction for the disco- 

 very of sulphurous acid, 157. 



Hennessy (H.) on the connexion be- 

 tween the rotation of the earth and the 

 geological changes of its surface, 106. 



Henry (Prof.) on the spots of the sun, 

 230 ; on a simple method of protecting 

 from lightning buildings with metallic 

 roofs, 340; on capillarity, 341. 



Henwood (W. J.), abstract of meteorolo- 

 gical observations made in the interior 

 of Brazil, 364. 



Hippuric acid, on the decomposition of, 

 into benzoic acid and sugar of gelatine, 

 567. 



Hopkins (T.) on the causes of the semi- 

 diurnal fluctuations of the barometer, 

 166, 416. 



Horses, experiments on the mechanical 

 power of, 448. 



Hunt (R.) on the influence of magnetism 

 on molecular arrangement, 1. 



Hypophosphites, preparation of, 237. 



Iguana, examination of a urinary calculus 

 from the, 36. 



lljenko (M.) on the volatile acids of 

 cheese, 234. 



Infinite geometrical series, general ex- 

 pression for the sum of an, 10. 



Integrals, on certain definite multiple, 

 373. 



Jerrard (G. B.) on the resolution of alge« 

 braic equations of the fifth degree, 63. 



Jesuiticus on Fresnel's theory of double 

 refraction, 144, 215. 



Jones (Dr. C. H.) on the secretory appa- 

 ratus and function of the liver, 223. 



Joule (J. P.) on the mechanical powers 

 of electro-magnetism, steam and horses, 

 448; on atomic volume and specific 

 gravity, 527. 



Kepler's works, observations on a collec- 

 tion of, 387. 



Langberg (Chr.) on the determination of 

 the temperature and conducting power 

 of solid bodies, 161. 



Laskowski (M.) on the volatile acids of 

 cheese, 234. 



Lassell (W.) on the solar eclipse of 1845, 

 and on the transit of Mercury, May 8th, 

 1845, 223. 



Lead, on the solubility of the oxide of, in 

 pure water, 17. 



Ledererite, analysis of, 563. 



Lewy (M.) on some new compounds of 

 perchloride of tin, 416. 



Lhotsky (Dr. J.) on Kepler's works, 387. 



Light, on the aberration of, 15, 76, 90, 

 176, 335, 393; on the magnetization 

 of, 64, 294, 324 ; action of electric cur- 

 rents on, 303 ; on the equations apply- 

 ing to, under the influence of magnet- 

 ism, 469. 



Lightning, on a simple method of pro- 

 tecting buildings from, 340. 



Lincolnite, observations on, 562. 



