CONTENTS. 



FAQB 



Art. X. On Impressions of Rain-drops in Ancient and Mo- 

 dern Strata. By Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S., 

 &c., 70 



XI. On the Temperature of Man within the Tropics, 74 



XII. On the Total Solar Eclipse of 1851, July 28. By 



G. B. Airy, F.B.S., Astronomer Royal, . 76 



XIII. On the Composition of Nullipores and some Coral- 



lines. By M. Damour, .... 85 



XIV. Note on an Incrustation of Black Oxide of Man- 



ganese. By John Davy, M.D., F.R.S., &c. 

 Communicated by the Author, . . . ,87 



XV. 1. Parasites and their Relations to other Animals, 88 

 2. Parasitic Life, . . . . . 91 



XVI, On the Estuary Beds and the Oxford Clay at Loch 

 Staffin, in Skye. By Professor Edward Forbes, 

 F.R.S., V.P.Q.S., &c., .... 92 



1. Oxford Clay, . . . . . 101 



2. Staffin Estuary Shales, . . . . IQl 



XVII. Physical Demonstration of the Earth's Motion of 

 Rotation, by means of the Pendulum. By M. L. 

 FOUCAULT, . . . . . . 101 



XVIII. Observations on the Effects of Local Influences 

 upon the Formation of Strata. By Mr Oscar 

 Fraas, . . . . . . 106 



XIX. Experiments on the Thermotic Effect of the Com- 

 pression and Expansion of Air. By Professor 

 . PiAzzi Smyth. Communicated by the Author, 114 



XX, Observations on the Thermotic Effect of the Com- 



pression of Air at the Kinneil Iron-Works, Dec. 

 29, 1860, 119 



XXI. On the Relation between the Changes of Tempe- 

 rature and Volume of Gases. By William 

 Petrie, Esq., C.E. Communicated by the Author, 120 



