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Sines, table of, to centesimal parts of the 



versed sine, iii. 99. 

 Siphuncle in the pearly Nautilus, on the 



action of the, xii. 503. 

 Sitka, mean temperature of, i. 427. 

 Sivatherium giganteum, ix. 193, 277; 

 discovery of a head of the, xi. 208 ; 

 notice of additional fragments of the, 

 xii. 40. 

 Skey (F.) on the muscular fibre of animal 



and organic life, x. 377 ; xi. 194. 

 Skins, method of dressing in Morocco, 



iii. 297. 

 Sleep, on the nature of, iii. 143. 

 Sloth, on the structure of the, ii. 308. 

 Smilacine, analysis of, v. 465. 

 Smith (A.), method of finding the equa- 

 tion to Fresnel's wave-surface, xii. 335. 



(J.) on some fossil trees, vii. 487 ; 



on changes in the relative level of sea 

 and land in the West of Scotland, x, 

 136. 



(J. D.) on the composition of iodide 



of iron, vii. 156 ; analysis of German 

 silver, and the separation of zinc from 

 nickel, viii. 80 ; on the separation of 

 barytes and strontia, viii. 259 ; on the 

 composition of carbonate of zinc, viii. 

 261 ; on the hydrates of barytes and 

 strontia, ix. 87 ; on the supposed new 

 metal donium, ix. 255 ; on the solubi- 

 lity of carbonate of hme in hydrochlo- 

 rate of ammonia, ix. 540. 



• (Mr. T.) on certain phaenomena of 



vision traced to functional actions of 

 the brain, i. 249 ; remarks on, ii. 168 ; 

 on the muscularity of the crystalline 

 lens, iii. 5. 

 Smyrna, on the geology of, xi. 202. 

 Snipes of Nepal, several kinds of, ix. 143. 

 Snow, red, viii. 80. 

 Soane (Sir J.), notice of the late, xii. 



278. 

 Soap-bubble, on a permanent, xi. 375. 

 Societies : — 

 Astronomical Society, grant of a royal 

 charter to the, i. 234 ; proceedings 

 of, ii. 222, 378, 475 ; iii. 231, 290 ; 

 iv. 230, 295, 381 ; v. 300 ; vi. 221, 

 305, 449 ; vii. 69 ; ix. 291 ; x. 227 ; 

 xii. 280, 521. 

 British Association, i. 77 ; ii. 319, 455 ; 

 iii. 151 ; iv. 319 ; v. 386 ; vii. 71, 

 118, 237, 289, 385, 480; viii. .W; 

 ix. 228, 312 ; xi. 396, 474, 551. 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society, i. 

 75, 400 ; ii. 314, 380 ; iii. 235, 461 ; 

 iv. 66, 312, 463; vi. 73, 395; vii, 

 70 ; vui. 78, 429 ; ix. 71 ; x. 316, 

 485 ; xii. 452. 

 Entomological Society, iv. 384 ; v. 

 236 ; vii. 420. 



Geological Society, i. 220; ii. 147, 

 300, 466; iii. 42, 219, 368; iv. 48, 

 147, 225, 370, 441 ; v. 53, 211, 

 292, 459; vi. 63, 146, 312, 376; 

 vii. 52, 213, 316, 412, 513 ; viii. 71, 

 156, 310 ; ix. 382. 489 ; x. 68, 136, 



306, 388, 471; xi. 98, 201, 307, 

 390; xii. 86, 284, 433, 508, 564. 



Roval Geological Society of Cornwall, 



iii. .305 ; vi. 153 ; xi. 478, 

 Royal Institution, i. 72 ; ii. 309 ; iii. 



71; iv. 296; v. 74; vi. 394; vii. 



70 ; viii. 348 ; ix. 71 ; x. 317, 485 ; 



xii. 451, 533. 

 Linnrean Society, i. 71 ; ii. 67, 222, 



307, 377; iii. 69; iv. 52, 150, 309, 

 381, 454 ; V. 70, 298 ; vi. 72, 220, 

 379; vii. 519; viii. 75, 255, 345, 

 423, 580 ; x. 71, 223, 464 ; xfl. 92. 

 531. 



Meteorological Societv, xii. 291, 601. 

 Roval Society, i. 60, 378 ; ii. 131, 291, 

 373, 464 ; iii. 37, 141, 215 ; iv. 125, 

 220, 291, 360, 436 ; v. 451 ; vi. 

 55, 142, 297, 371 ; vii. 136, 207, 

 411; viii. 147, 412, 545; ix. 376, 

 522; X. 62, 141, 210, 376; xi. 89, 

 189 ; xii. 204, 269, 347, 426. 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, iv. 70 ; 



viii. 424. 

 Zoological Society, i. 392, 460 ; ii. 68, 

 230, 476 ; iii. 60, 148, 293, 372 ; iv. 

 54, 297, 377, 454 ; v. 72, 143, 230, 

 311, 379; vi. 68, 150, 223, 307, 

 380, 452; vii. 64, 152, 222, 328, 

 417, 519; viii. 161, 346; ix. 66, 

 136, 224, 298, 388, 503; x. 287, 

 479; xi. 118, 196, 394, 469; xii. 

 211, 441, 526, 592. 

 Soda, carbonate of,its purification, v. 316; 

 chloride of, its use in fever, viii. 64 ; on 

 the equivalent of, xii. 324. 

 Soda-alum, on the water of crystallization 



of, ix. 26. 

 Sodium, experiments with, iv. 318 ; chlo- 

 ride of, action of oxalic acid upon, v. 

 445. 

 Solanaceae, property of the alkalies of the, 



xi. 334. 

 Solania, iii. 464. 



Solar echpse, x. 180, 230; very ancient, 

 xii. 282 ; solar eclipse of July 16, 1833, 

 V. 305, 311; solar eclipse of May 15, 

 1836, viii. 293, 589, 590; ix. 73; me- 

 teorological observations made during 

 the, ix. 393. 

 Solar rays that occasion heat, x. 219. 



spectrum, lines of the, viii. 384. 



Solid of least resistance, on the, viii. 66. 

 Solids, linear expansion of, by heat, i. 266. 

 Solly (E. jun.) on the conducting power 

 of iodine, bromine, and chlorine for 



