610 



INDEX, 



Books, new, 127, 202, 263, 379, 536, 602. 



Boomarang, on the path of the, 329. 



Booth (J.) on the conic sections, 104. 



Botany : — on the structure and growth of 

 the more perfect plants, 53 ; on the stem 

 of plants, 62 ; Cucubalus baccifer found 

 in the Isle of Dogs, 93 ; fossil ferns, 95; 

 Laminaria digitals, 96 ; on the genus 

 Chara, 97; development of the organi- 

 zation in phaenogaraous plants, 172, 241, 

 292 ; Flora of Jamaica, 263 ; structure 

 of Cuscuta europa?a, 531 ; on the mosses 

 of Upper Assam, 532 ; Mora tree of Gui- 

 ana, 532 ; existence of stomata in moss- 

 es, 533. 



Bottinger (M.) on the colours of metals, 

 298. 



Brayley (E. W.) on the theory of volcanos, 

 533; on the porphyritic amygdaloid of 

 Devonshire, 568, note. 



Brett (R. H.) analysis of some double salts 

 of mercury, 235. 



Brewster (Sir D.) on a singular develop- 

 ment ofpolarization in the crystalline lens 

 after death, and on cataract, 22 ; on Von 

 Wrede's theory of the absorption of light, 

 115 ; on Poisson's theory of the atmo- 

 sphere, &c. 1 23 ; on the colours of mixed 

 plates, 355. 



British Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, 110. 



Brooke (H. J.) on an apparent case of iso- 

 morphous substitution, 406. 



Broughton (J. D.), notice of, 278. 



Burr (F.), geology of the line of the Bir- 

 mingham and Gloucester railway, 573. 



Butler's (Dr.) theory of the action of the 

 siphnncle in the pearly nautilus, 503. 



Bunt (T. G.) on a new tide-gauge, 430. 



Cabiric mysteries in India, 110. 



Calc spar, on the formation of, 465. 



Calculi, composed of cystic oxide, 337; uri- 

 nary, account of the collection in St. Bar- 

 tholomew's Hospital, 412. 



Cambridge Philosophical Society, 452. 



Camphor, action of iron at a high tempera- 

 ture on, 460. 



Camphoric acid, 297. 



Carbonate of lime, crystalline form of, 465, 

 470. 



Carbonates, earthy, and alkaline nitrates, 

 analogy in atomic constitution between, 

 480. 



Carmine, adulteration of, 462. 



Cataract, on, 25. 



Cetrarin, on, 296. 



Chara, influence of heat, &c. on the circu- 

 lation of the, 457. 



Chelostoma florisomnis, 18. 



Chemical analysis, indirect, 229. 



Chloride of tungsten, on, 461. 



Chlorides, metallic, their detection in bro- 

 mides and iodides, 136. 



Chlorine, new compounds of, 220 ; its ac- 

 tion on a;theis, 297. 



Chloro-cyanide of ammonium andmercury, 

 analysis of, 256; of sodium and mer- 

 cury, analysis of, 237 ; of calcium and 

 mercury, 238 ; of barium and mercury, 

 analysis of, 239; of magnesium and mer- 

 cury, analysis of, 239 ; of strontium and 

 mercury, analysis of, 240. 



Chromate of lead, dimorphism of, 387. 



Chrome aUm, new method of obtaining, 

 218. 



Chrome, bichromate of the perchloride of, 

 83. 



Chromium, teriodide of, 321. 



Citric acid, constitution of, 381. 



Clark's (Mr.) geological survey of Suffolk, 

 512. 



Clarke ( Rev. W. B. ) on the peat bogs and 

 submarine forests of Bourne Mouth Val- 

 ley, 579. 



Coal deposits of England, on the unity of 

 the, 127. 



Colebrooke (H. T.), notice of the late, 272, 

 438. 



Colombia, meteorological observations 

 made between 1820 and 1830, 148. 



Colouring matter of leaves in autumn, 135. 



Colours of metals, 298 ; of mixed plates, 

 355 ; of thin plates, mode of exhibiting, 

 28. 



Conic sections, on the, 104. 



Conilurus, a new species of the Australian 

 Rodent, 96. 



Cooper (D.) on the luminosity of the hu- 

 man subject after death, 420. 



Copper, arsenical, 217; protoxide of, the 

 action of protoxide of iron on, 299. 



Cork, on the formation of, 54. 



Crabro spinipectus, 15. 



Cratoraus megacephalus, 14. 



Crook (Dr. W. H.) on the unity of the coal 

 deposits of England, 127. 



Crystalline form of carbonate of lime, 465, 

 470. 



Crystalline lens, on a singular development 

 ofpolarization in the, 22. 



Crystalline structure, on, 145. 



Crystals : — of the hydrates of barytes and 

 strontia, 52 ; on the optical theory of cry- 

 stals, 73, 259, 341. 



Cucubalus baccifer, 93. 



Curtis's (J.) Guide to an Arrangement of 

 British Insects, 202. 



Cuscuta europsa, structure of, 531. 



Cyanogen, on, 339. 



Cystic oxide, on calculi composed of, 337. 

 Dalton (Dr.) on the constitution of the 

 atmosphere, and on the sulphurets of 

 lime, 158, 397. 

 Daniell ( Prof. ), the Copley medal awarded 



to, 350 ; on voltaic combinations, 364. 

 Darwin (Mr.) on the formation of mould, 



