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INDEX. 



tified oil of coal-tar to the preser- 

 vation of meat and vegetables, 

 331. 



Royal Astronomical Society, proceed- 

 ings of the, 145,321. 



Roval Society, proceedings of the, 71, 

 149, 239, 316, 491, 662. 



Sabine (Lieut.-Col.) on the annual 

 variation of the magnetic declina- 

 tion at different periods of the day, 

 491. 



Salm-Horstraar (Prince) on the forma- 

 tion of anhydrous crystallized alum, 

 573. 



Schaw (Lieut. H.) on pendulum ex- 

 periments, 410. 



Schoenbein (C. F.) on the joint influ- 

 ence exerted by light, and the ox- 

 idability of certain substances upon 

 common oxygen, 22. 



Senarmont (H. de) on the artificial 

 formation of corundum and diaspore 

 by the wet method, 161. 



Sound, on the theory of, 36, 162. 



Spheroid, on the measurements of 

 azimuths on a, 145. 



Steam, on the effect of fluid friction in 

 drying, 273. 



Stokes (Prof.) on the principles of 

 hydrodynamics, 60 ; on the colours 

 of thick plates, 419 ; on a new ellip- 

 tic analyser, 420. 



Strickland (H. E.) on the elevatory 

 forces which raised the Malvern 

 Hills, 359. 



Sugar, on the production of, in the 

 liver of man and animals, 326. 



Sun, total echpse of the, on the 28th 

 July, on the, 81 ; notice of a spot 

 on the disc of the, 326. 



Sykes (Col.) on depressions of the 

 wet-bulb thermometer at Ahmed- 

 nuggur, 564. 



Sylvester (J. J.) on a certain funda- 

 mental theory of determinants, 142; 

 on the dialytic method of elimina- 

 tion, 221 ; on a remarkable disco- 

 very in the theory of canonical 

 forms and of hyperdeterrainants, 

 391. 



Talbot (H. F.) on instantaneous pho- 

 tographic images, 154. 



Tebay (S.) on the motion of a pendu- 



lum affected by the earth's rota- 

 tion, 376. 



Thacker (Rev. A.) on a formula for 

 calculating the apsidal motion in 

 pendulum experiments, 159 ; on the 

 motion of a free pendulum, 275, 

 412. 



Thomson (Prof. W.) on the etlect of 

 fluid friction in drying steam which 

 issues from a high-pressure boiler 

 into the open air, 273 ; on the me- 

 chanical theory of electrolysis, 429; 

 on the application of mechanical 

 effect to the measurement of electro- 

 motive forces, and of galvanic re- 

 sistances, in absolute units, 551 ; 

 on the magnecrystallic property of 

 calcareous spar, 574. 



Tidal streams of the English Channel 

 and German Ocean, observations on 

 the, 318. 



Transits, description of an apparatus 

 for observing, 323. 



Tyndall (Dr. J.) on the progress of 

 the physical sciences. 26 ; on dia- 

 magnetism and magnecrystallic ac- 

 tion, 165, 574; on the polarity of 

 bismuth, including an examination 

 of the magnetic field, 333. 



Vapours, on the tension and latent 

 heat of different, 483 ; on the cen- 

 trifugal theoiy of elasticity as ap- 

 plied to, 509 ; on a general law of 

 density in saturated, 565. 



Walsh (J.), memoir of the late, 348. 



Wartraann (Prof. E.) on atmospheric 

 shadows, 160. 



Waterston (J. J.) on a general law of 

 density in saturated vapours, 565. 



Weld (Rev. A.) on a remarkable flood 

 at Chipping, in Lancashire, 209. 



Weld (W. R.), notice of a spot on the 

 sun's disc, 326. 



Wet-bulb thermometer, on depres- 

 sions of the, at Ahmednuggur, 564. 



Whewell (Rev. W.) on the transfor- 

 mation of hypotheses in the history 

 of science, 500. 



Woods (Dr. T.) on the heat of che- 

 mical combination, 268. 



Zantedeschi (M.) on a new static and 

 dynamic theory of ultimate par- 

 ticles, 249. 



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