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GENERAL INDEX OF VOLS. 1 12 OF THE 



ous system in animals, xi. 13, 413; on 

 the composition of vegetable mem- 

 brane and fibre, xi. 421 ; reply to the 

 objections of Professors Henslow and 

 Lindley, xi. 424. 



Rectangnlar forces, on, x. 105. 



Rees (G. O.) on the existence of titanium 

 in organic matter, v. 398 ; on the pre- 

 sence of titanic acid in the blood, vi. 

 201 ; on hvdrate of magnesia, x. 454. 



Refraction of heat, vi. 134, 205, 284, 

 366; viii. 103, 479; ix. 166, 170; of 

 the rays in crystals, on the, i. 1, 136 ; 

 polarization by, xii. 549. 



double, xii. 47, 145 ; exhibited in 



the oxalate of chromium and potash, 

 vi. 305; xii. 47, 145; on Fresnel's 

 theoiy of, x. 24. 



conical, iii. 114, 197. 



Refrigeration, mode of measuring, viii. 

 59. 



Reflexion, viii. 103, 246; polarization by, 

 xii. 553 ; crystaUine, laws of, x. 42 ; 

 reflexion from metals, on the laws of, 

 X. 382. 



Regnault (M.) on sulphonaphthalic acid, 

 xi. 565. 



Reichenbach (M.) on kreosote, iv. 390. 



Reid (Mr.) anatomical description of the 

 Patagonian Penguin, vii. 519; on a 

 new species of Perameles, xi. 198. 



Reimsch (M.) on chlorosulphurets of lead, 

 copper, bismuth, and zinc, xi. 560. 



Ren wick (Prof.) on the height of the 

 Rocky mountains of North America, 

 X. 73. 



Reptile, gigantic, new, vii. 327. 



Repulsion by heat, on, xii. 317. 



Resin, Kauri or Cowdee, from New Zea- 

 land, xii. 249 ; its use in the arts, xii. 

 253. 



Resins, chemical examination of, xi, 158. 



Resistance, on the solid of least, viii. 66. 



Respiration, on, xii. 300 ; on the mecha- 

 nism of, ii. 354 ; theory of, vii. 141; of 

 di\ing animals, vii. 502; of insects, ix. 

 532; of plants, on, xi. 537 ; of insects, 

 xi. 189. 



and irritability, mutual relation of, 



i. 73. 



Respiratory organs, influence of the, vii. 

 212. 



Retin Asphalt, composition of, xii. 560. 



Retina, on the effect of compression and 

 dilatation on the, i. 89 ; on the undu- 

 lations excited in the, by luminous 

 points and lines, i. 169 ; experiments 

 on the efl'ect of Hght on, i. 251 ; ii. 162 ; 

 iv. 241; vision of the, iv. 43; visibility 

 of, iv. 354 ; of the eye of the common 

 calamary, viii. 1. 



Retinic acid, salts of, xii. 562. 



Retingle, new carburets of, xi. 404. 



Retinnapthe, new carburets of, xi. 404. 



Iletinole, new carburets of, xi. 404. 



Reviews of books : — Dr. Goring and Mr. 

 Pritchard's Microscopic Cabinet,i. 163; 

 Edmonds's Life-tables, i. 204; E.Hodg- 

 kinson on Suspension Bridges and Iron 

 Beams, i. 207 ; Mr. Babbage on the 

 Economy of Machinery and Manufac- 

 tures, i. 208 ; Comparative Account, — 

 Population of Great Britain, i. 218, 

 361 ; Dr. Pearson's Introduction to 

 Practical Astronomy, i. 370, 450 ;Todd 

 on the Anatomy and Physiology of the 

 Organ of Hearing, i. 375 ; Bevan's 

 Guide to the Carpenter's Rule, i. 457 ; 

 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Cal- 

 cutta, ii. 371 ; Report of the British As- 

 sociation, &c.ii. 455 ; iii.129; Prof. Ren- 

 nie's Alphabet of Scientific Cliemistiy, 

 iii. 35 ; Dr. Pearson's Practical Asti'o- 

 nomy, iii. 133 ; Leyboum's Mathema- 

 tical Repository, iii. 239 ; Young's Ele- 

 ments of Plane and Spherical Trigono- 

 metry, &c., iii. 363 ; Theory and Solu- 

 tion of Algebraic Equations, viii. 402 ; 

 Analytical Geometry, xii. 602 ; Analy- 

 sis of Inorganic Bodies, by J. J. Ber- 

 zelius, translated by G. O. Rees, iii. 

 463 ; Abstracts of Philosophical Trans- 

 actions, from 1800 to 1830, iv. 47 ; 

 Mr. Lubbock's Mathematical Tracts, 

 iv. 218 ; Rev. W. D. Conybeare's Re- 

 port on Geological Science, iv. 427 ; 

 Dr. Daubeny's Inaugural Lecture on 

 the study of Botany, v. 75 ; Transac- 

 tions of the Entomological Society, v. 

 462 ; Allan's Manual of Mineralogy, 

 vi. 53; Parkes's Chemical Catechism 

 (13th edit.) by Brayley, vi. 214 ; the 

 West of England Journal of Science 

 and Literature, vi. 293 ; Royle's Illus- 

 trations of the Botany, &c. of the Hi- 

 malaya Mountains, vii. 132 ; Sturm 

 on the Solution of Numerical Equa- 

 tions, vii. 384 ; Whewell's Newton and 

 Flamsteed, viii. 139 ; Wiegmann's Her- 

 petologia Mexicana, viii. 410; Cooper's 

 Flora Metropolitana, viii. 411; Samou- 

 elle's Entomologist's Useful Compen- 

 dium, viii. 412 ; Webster's Principles 

 of Hydrostatics, and Theory of the 

 Equihbrium and Motion of Fluids, viii. 

 544 ; Pambour's Treatise on Locomo- 

 tive Engines upon Railways, ix. 135 ; 

 The Botanist, ix. 371 ; Gaudichaud's 

 Vegetable Physiology, ix. 372; Solly 

 on the Human Brain, x. 286 ; Leit- 

 head's Electricity, xii. 127; Macfad- 

 yen's Flora of Jamaica, xii. 263 ; Hood's 

 Treatise on Warming Buildings, xii. 

 202 ; Curtis's Guide to an Arrangement 



