INDEX to VOL. XI. 



A CIDS: — acetic, 51 3; ampelic,406; an- 

 hydrous camphoric, 221 ; anhydrous sul- 

 phuric and sulphurous, 321, 566; arse- 

 nious, 482 ; camphovinic, 221 ; chromic, 

 489; formic, 399 ; fumaracid, 164; gal- 

 lic, 323; iodic, 219; lampic, 512; anew 

 organic, 564; nitric, 554; oxalhydric, 

 142; polygalic, 561; sulphonaphthalic, 

 565. 



Aerial currents, on Mr. Whewell's in- 

 struments for registering, 474. 



./Ethereal oils, preparation of, 159; ele- 

 mentary constituents of, 161. 



Addams (R.) on the action of cold air in 

 maintaining heat, 446. 



Africa, on the ring money of, 132. 



Algaj, their mode of generation, 385. 



Alkalies and metallic oxides, on the com- 

 binations of sugar with the, 152. 



Alkalies, vegetable, on the action of iodine 

 upon the, 216. 



America, North, on the ancient state 

 of, 201 ; observations on the western 

 coast of, 91. 



Ammonia with anhydrous salts, on the 

 combinations of, 141. 



Ampelicacid, 406. 



An.pelin, on, 407. 



Amvlum, experiments on, 442. 



Anatifa vitrea, on its occurrence on the 

 Irish coast, 135. 



Andrews (Dr.) on the action of nitric acid 

 on certain metals, 554. 



Anemometer and rain gauge, on a new re- 

 gistering, 476. 



Anhydrous camphoric acid, 221 ; sulphuric 

 and sulphurous acids, a combination of, 

 321. 



Animal?, on the hereditary instinctive pro- 

 pensities of, 96 ; on the crystalline lenses 

 of, after death, 97. 



Arago (M.) on shooting stars, 567. 



Arsenious acid, solubility of, 482. 



Ashes of plants, on structure in the, 13. 



Astronomy: — aurora borealis, 194; on 

 shooting stars, 268, 567. 



Atmosphere,on the constitution of the, 195; 

 on the carbonic acid in the, 225. 



Atmospheric pressure, fluctuations of the 

 height of high water due to changes in 

 the, 195. 



Aurora borealis, phenomena of, 194. 



Babel and Babylon, on the distinction be- 

 tween, 68. 



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Bacillaria?, doubtful nature of the, 387 ; 

 notice of new discoveries of Ehrenberg 

 respecting the, 448. 



Baggy Point, on the raised beaches of, 117. 



Baker (Lieut.) on the fossil jaw of a gi- 

 gantic quadrumanous animal, 33. 



Banffshire, on some elevations of the coast 

 of, 209. 



Barlow (P.) on the electro-magnetic con- 

 ducting power of wires, and on the ef- 

 ficiency of the galvanometer for deter- 

 mining the laws of its variation, 1. 



Barlow (W. H.) on different modes of il- 

 luminating light-houses, 94. 



Baryta and strontia, on the hydrates of, 

 301. 



Barytes, carbomethylate of, 143. 



Baryto-calcite, on the right rhombic, 45. 



Becquerel (M.),on siliceous and calcareous 

 products, 403. 



Beke (C. T.) on the extent of the Persian 

 Gulf, and on the distinction between 

 Babel and Babylon, 66 ; on the com- 

 plexion of the ancient Egyptians, 344. 



Bennett (F. D.) on the anatomy of the 

 spermaceti whale, 1 96. 



Bennett (G.) on a species of glaucus, 118. 



Berberin, 338. 



Bermuda, on the carbonic acid in the at- 

 mosphere of, 225 ; meteorological ob- 

 servations taken at, in 1836, 449. 



Berzelius' (J. J.) reply to Dr. Hare's re- 

 marks on his chemical nomenclature, 

 179. 



Binks (C.) on the phenomena and laws 

 of action of voltaic electricity, and on 

 the construction of voltaic batteries, 68. 



Bismuth and iron, on the peculiar voltaic- 

 inactivity of, 544. 



Bismuth, chlorosulphuret of, 560. 



Bondsdorff ( Dr.) on the solubility of oxide 

 of lead in water, 221. 



Bonomi (Mr.) on the ring money of Afri- 

 ca, 132. 



Books, new, notices respecting, 481, 548. 



Botanical alliances, origin of the, 247. 



Botanical classification, on the present state 

 of, 48. 



Botany : — on structure in the ashes of 

 plants, 13, 413; on botanical classifica- 

 tion, 48, 137 ; Anatifa vitrea, of the Irish 

 coast, 135; progress of phytochemistry 



f" i reference to the physiology of plants, 

 56 ; origin of botanical alliances, 247 ; 



