406 Index. 



Brewster, Sir David, on the polarising structure of the eye, 328 . 



On the optical properties of cyanuret of magnesia and platina 

 — On a new membrane investing the crystalline lens — On the 

 polarisation of the atmosphere, 365. 



Buckman, Professor, on tessellated pavements, 366. 



Budd, D. Palmer, on the value of gaseous escapes from blast fur- 

 naces, 358. 



Carpenter on Echinida, 371. 



Cauterization in the case of poisonous bites, 183. 



Circulation and digestion of the lower animals, remarks on, 179. 



Crinoids, fossil, of the United States, notice of, 177. 



Crocodilia, fossil, of England, account of, 248. 



Climate of the valley of the Nile, observations on, by T. S. Wells, 

 Esq., 343. 



Chemical facts connected with the tessulated pavements discovered at 

 Cirencester, by Professor Buckman, 366. 



Chambers, R., F.R.E., his account of an Iron Boat-hook found in 

 the Carse of Gowrie, 233 — Observations on Glacial Pheno- 

 mena around Edinburgh, 330. 



Coal formation of America, its extent, 175 — Lesmahago coal field, 

 account of, 313. 



Coloured glasses, the use of, in assisting the view in fogs, 170. 



Coral Island, completed account of, by James D. Dana, 65. 



Dalyell, Sir J., on the changes of the integuments by animals, 316. 

 Davy, John, Dr, on the geology 'of the West Indies, 158 — On the 



deposit in the Boilers of Steam Engines, 250, 

 Dental parasites, notice of, 184. 



Electrical phenomenon, or a new and curious application of, in the 

 working of mills, 188. 



Fallows'*, Rev. F., result of observations made at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, 148. 



Fluoride of calcium, its solubihty in water, at 60° F., by Dr 

 Wilson, 230. 



Fluorine, its presence in blood and milk, ascertained by Dr Wilson, 

 227. 



Forbes, Edward, Professor, his notes on an excursion to the He- 

 brides, 388 — On the succession of strata, and distribution of 

 organic remains in the Dorsetshire purbecks, 311 — On the 

 infra-littoral distribution of marine animals on the southern, 

 northern, and western shores of England and Scotland, 335 — 

 On the European species of Echinus, 338. 



Fossil elephant and mastodon from Africa, 183. 



Geography and Geology of the peninsula of Mount Sinai and the 

 adjacent countries, by John Hogg, F.R.S., &c., 33-255. 



Glacial theory of the erratics and drift of the xiQVf and old worlds, 97. 



Glacial phenomena around Edinburgh, described by R. Chambers, 

 Esq., 330. 



