GENERAL INDEX OF VOLS. 1 12 OF THE 



hydrous, Ti. 321, 566; tartaric, xii.381 ; 

 tartaric and pyrotartaric, v. 397 ; tel- 

 luric, iv. 76; titanic, vi. 113, 201; 

 tungstic, ix. 232 ; valerianic, v. 396 ; 

 xanthomethilic, x. 488. 

 Acoustic figures, ii. 144. 

 Acoustics, on the production and propa- 

 gation of sound, vi. 25. 

 Adam ( Dr. W. ) on the osteological forms 

 in adults of the human species, iii. 457 ; 

 on human osteology, vi. 57. 

 Addams (R.) on a peculiar optical phae- 

 nomenon, V. 373; on the repulsive ac- 

 tion of heat, vi. 415; on the action of 

 cold air in maintaining heat, xi. 446. 

 Addison (W.) on an extraordinary me- 

 teor seen at Malvern, iii. 37. 

 Aerial currents, on Mr. Whewell'sinstru- 



ments for registering, xi. 474. 

 JEther, formation of, viii. 258 ; by fluo- 

 ride of boron, ii. 77. 



, hydrocyanic, v. 397 ; hydrosulphu- 



ric and hydroselenic, ix. 318; iodic, 

 ii. 415 ; cenanthic, x. 418 ; sulphurous, 

 xii.474. 



■, spark during the freezing of 

 water by, iv. 156. 



, action of bromine upon, ix. 149; 

 facts relative to, ix. 395. 

 .Slthereal oils, preparation of, xi. 159; 



elementary constituents of, xi. 161. 

 Others, action of chlorine on, xii. 297. 

 ^therine, sulphate of, xii. 474. 

 Africa, on the ring money of, xi. 132. 

 Afzelius (A.) notice of, x. 470; xii. 279. 

 Agassiz ( Dr.) on the growth and bilateral 

 symmetry of Echinodermata, v. 369 ; 

 on the classification of fish, ▼. 459; on 

 Lepisosteus, vi. 384; on fossil fishes, 

 vii. 485 ; on the principles of classifi- 

 cation in the animal kingdom, vii. 491 ; 

 on the fossil beaks of four species of 

 Chimaera, viii. 6 ; on fossil fish found 

 in English collections, viii. 72 ; the 

 Wollaston Medal awarded to, viii. 310. 

 Agnew on the pyramids of Gizeh, xii. 



379. 

 Air, its action on lead, v. 81 ; vibration 

 of in a cylindrical tube, vii. 300 ; in- 

 fluence of its artificial rarefaction and 

 condensation in some diseases, viii. 62; 

 action of mushrooms on, viii. 82. 



, atmospheric, on the quantity of 

 oxygen in, xii. 401. 

 , compressed, its effects on the hu- 

 man body, ix. 147. 



, heated, its conducting power for 



electricity, ix. 176, 452. 

 Airy (Prof.) on a new analyser, and its 

 use in experiments of polarization, i. 

 75 ; on the phaenomena of Newton's 

 rings formed between substances of 



different refractive powers, i. 400 ; ii.20 j 

 remarks on Mr. Potter's experiment ort 

 interference, ii. 161, 451 ; reply to, ii. 

 276; researches into the numerical va- 

 lue of the mass of Jupiter, ii. 314 ; iii. 

 233 ; iv. 383 ; account of an aurora bo- 

 realis, ii. 315 ; answer to Sir D. Brew- 

 ster on the undulatory theory of light, 

 ii. 419 ; Report on the progress of as- 

 tronomy during the present century, ii. 

 457; deductions founded on observa- 

 tions of the aurora borealis of Septem- 

 ber 17 and October 12, iii. 461 ; on 

 the solar eclipse, July 16, 1 833, v,305; 

 on the position of the ecliptic, v. 307 ; 

 on the parallax of a Lyraj, xii. 280; on 

 the intensity of light in the neighbour- 

 hood of a caustic, xii. 452. 

 All)umen, new combinations of, ix. 109; 

 nature and properties of, x. 85 ; action 

 of electricity on, x. 357. 



and bichloride of mercury, com- 

 pound of, X. 420. 



Alcohol, a new acid formed by its com- 

 bustion around an incandescent pla- 

 tina wire, xii. 220. 



and indigo, their analogy consi- 

 dered in their combination with sul- 

 phuric acid, X. 324. 



Aldehyd, a new compound, viii. 83. 



Alepisaurus, a new genus of fishes, iii. 

 379. 



AlgEB, their mode of generation, xK 

 385. 



Algebraic equations, vKi. 402. 



elimination, viii. 538 ; theorem of, 



ix. 28. 



Alison (Dr.) on the vital powers in arte- 

 ries leading to inflamed parts, and on 

 the cause of death in asphyxia, vii. 5lO. 



( R. E.) on the earthquake of Chili, 



Feb. 20, 1835, viii. 74. 



Alkalies, vegetable, ammonia in, vi. 78 ; 

 action of iodine on the, x. 500. xi.216. 



and metallic oxides, on the com- 

 binations of sugar with the, xi. 152. 



Alkaline nitrates and earthy carbonates, 

 analogy in atomic constitution be- 

 tween, xii. 480. 



Allan ('hicmas), memoir of, iii. 317. 



Allanite, analysis of, vi. 238. 



Alloys, fusing points of, i. 264. 



of iron and copper, vi. 81. 



Almonds, bitter, composition of oil of, 

 iii. 389. iv. 70. 



Aloe plant of Socotra, x. 226. 



Alum, a new variety of, xii. 103, 124 ; 

 chrome alum, newmethod of obtaining, 

 xii. 218. 



Aluminum, atomic weight of, vii. 75. 



Ambreine, on, iii. 382. 



America, researches in the geology of. 



