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INDEX. 



Liquids, on the cohesion of, 293. 



Lithofellinic acid calculi, examination of, 

 192. 



Liver, on the secretory apparatus and 

 function of the, 223. 



Loomis (Prof.) on the winter storms of 

 the United States, 200. 



Louyet (Prof.) on a new mercurial trough, 

 406. 



Maclagan (Dr.) on the conversion of 

 sugar into a substance isomeric with 

 cellulose and inuline, 12. 



Magnesia, analysis of the hydrated silicate 

 of, 152. 



Magnesian sulphates, on the proportion 

 of water in the, 289. 



Magnetic lines of force, on the illumina- 

 tion of, 64, 294. 



Magnetism, influence of, on molecular 

 arrangement, 1 ; on the equations ap- 

 plying to light under the influence of, 

 469. 



Magnets, action of, on metals, 455. 



Malaguti (M.) on chloro-acetic acid, 154. 



Mallet (R.) on the vorticose movement, 

 assumed to accompany earthquakes, 

 537. 



Marignac's (Prof.) observations on Messrs. 

 Playfair and Joule's memoir on atomic 

 volume and specific gravity, 527. 



Mathematical Society, notice respecting 

 the late, 225. 



Matter, on the magnetic condition of, 

 147, 396 ; on the constitution of, 443. 



Mercurial trough, description of a new, 

 406. 



Mercury, observations on the transit of, 

 224. 



Metals, on the action of magnets on, 455. 



Meteoric iron, analysis of, 154. 



Meteorological observations, 71, 159, 

 239, 343, 423, 569. 



made at Gongo Soco in the in- 

 terior of Brazil, abstract of, 364. 



— phaenomena of 1842, observations 



on the, 241. 



registration, on the application of 



the photographic camera to, 73. 



Meteorology of Bombay, on some points 

 in the, 24. 



Meyer (E. I.), analysis of the molares of 

 a fossil rhinoceros, 158. 



Micrometer, description of a new, 229. 



Middleton (J.) on a cobalt ore found in 

 Western India, 352. 



Mineralogy : — influence of magnetism on 

 crystallization, 1, 94; pseudomorphous 

 crystals of quartz, 5 ; origin of the con- 

 stituent and adventitious minerals of 

 trap and allied rocks, 49 ; phosphate of 

 alumina, 68 ; disthene, 1 50 ; kerolite, 



152 ; Elie pyrope or garnet, ib. ; dia- 

 spore, 336 ; analysis of a cobalt ore 

 from Western India, 352; guanite,548; 

 phacolite, 557; yttro-cerite, 559; ot- 

 trelite, ib. ; dysluite, 561 ; polyadel- 

 phite, 562; beaumontite, ib.; ledere- 

 rite, 563 ; oriental jade and tremolite, 

 568. 



Minerals of trap and the allied rocks, on 

 the origin of the, 49. 



Molecular arrangement, influence of mag- 

 netism on, 1, 94. 



Moon (R.) on Fresnel's theory of double 

 refraction, 134; on the evaluation of 

 the sums of neutral series, 136; reply 

 to Jesuiticus, 215. 



Musical sounds produced in metals by 

 discontinuous electric currents, on the, 

 544. 



Optics, physical, contributions to, 212. 



Ottrelite, on the identity of, with phyl- 

 lite, 559. 



Owen (Prof.) on the structural relations 

 of organized beings, 525. 



Oxalates, on several new series of double, 

 156. 



Ozone, relation of, to hyponitric acid, 432. 



Pegmine, observations on, 368. 



Phacolite, observations on, 557. 



Phonetics, inquiries in the elements of, 

 47. 



Phosphate of ammonia and magnesia, on 

 the composition of, 155. 



Phosphate of soda, composition of, 155. 



Photographic camera, on the application 

 of the, to meteorological registration, 

 73. 



Phyllite, on the identity of, with ottrelite, 

 559. 



Pierre (M. J. J.) on the double salts of 

 the magnesian group, 235. 



Piesse (S.) on certain impurities in com- 

 mercial sulphate of copper, 565. 



Planet Astraea, notice respecting the, 69. 



Planet, equations for the determination of 

 the motion of a disturbed, 20. 



Plants, researches on the functions of, 

 425 ; constitution of the internal gas 

 of, 426 ; on the absorption of gases by, 

 429. 



Playfair (Dr. L.) on atomic volume and 

 specific gravity, 527. 



Poggiale (M.) on some new double haloid 

 salts, 232. 



Polyadelphite, notice respecting, 562. 



Potter (Prof.) on physical optics, 212. 



Pouillet (M.) on the recent researches of 

 Prof. Faraday, 324. 



Powell (Prof.) on a new double-image 

 micrometer, 229. 



Pyropine, observations on, 368. 



