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(5ENERAL INDEX OF VOLS. 1 — 12 OF THE 



B»t, on a new genus of, iv. 300. 



, long-eared, habits of, viii. 265. 



Bate (Mr.) on an improvement in medal- 

 ruling, ii. 288. 



Bath, geological table of strata in the vi- 

 cinity of, ii. 46 ; on the gases of certain 

 springs at, iv. 221, 225. 



Bats, habits and ojconomy of, vi. 388. 



Batten (Dr.), notice of the late, xii. 277. 



Baup (M.) on kinic acid and some ki- 

 nates, ii. 479. 



Bayfield (Capt.), on the transportation of 

 rocks by ice, viii. 558. 



Beaumont's (M. de) theory of the paral- 

 lelism of contemporaneous lines of ele- 

 vation, iv. 404 ; remarks on, i. H8. 



Beck (Dr.) on the geology of Denmark, 

 viii. 553. 



Becquerc4 (M.) on the reduction of me- 

 tals by electricity, x. 154; on an electro- 

 magnetic balance, and on a battery with 

 invariable currents, x. 358; on sili- 

 ceous and calcareous products, xi. 

 403 ; Copley medal awarded to, xii. 

 348. 



Beke (C. T.) on the Gopher-wood of the 

 Scriptures, iii. 103 ; on the former ex- 

 tent of the Persian Gulf, iv. 107 ; re- 

 ply to Mr. Carter on the Gopher-wood, 

 iv. 280 ; reply to his papers on Gopher- 

 wood, and former extension of Persian 

 Gulf, v. 244; on the advance of the 

 land in the Persian Gulf, vi. 401 ; vii. 

 40 ; on the Persian Gulf, and on the 

 non-identity of Babylon and Babel, 

 viii. 506 ; ix. 34 ; xi. 66 ; on the com- 

 plexion of the ancient Egyptians, xi. 

 344. 



Bell (Dr.) geology of Mazunderan, xii. 

 57J. 



(Sir C.) on the functions of the 



brain, v. 451 ; on the spinal chord, vii. 

 138. 



(T.) on two reptiles hitherto un- 



described, iii. 375 ; on the neck of tlie 

 Three-toed Sloth, iii. 376 ; description 

 of Cyclemys, a type of a new genus of 

 the freshwater tortoise, v. 143 ; on the 

 genus Galictus, xii. 529. 



Bennett (E. T.) on the new genus La- 

 gotis, iii. 149; on Felis viverrinus, iii. 

 294 ; on a peculiar species of monkey, 

 iv. 61 ; on several rodent animals, ix. 

 68 ; remarks on the Indian antelope, 

 ix. 306, 310; on the brush-tailed kan- 

 garoo, ix. 388 ; notice of, x. 465. 



(F. D. ) on the anatomy of the sper- 

 maceti whale, xi. 196. 



• (G.) on the habits of the King 



Penguin, v. 231 ; natural history and 

 Iiabits of the Ornithorhynchus para- 

 doxus, vi. 307; on tlie phosphorescence 



of the ocean, xii. 211 ; on a speciesd^ 

 Glaucus, xi. 118. 



Bennetts (John) on tlie electro-magnet- 

 ism of veins of copper-ore in Corn-wall, 

 iii. 17. 



Benson (Mr.) on the importation of the 

 living Cerithium Telescopium, vi. 70. 



Bentham (G.) on the genus Hosackia 

 and the American Loti, vi. 221 ; on 

 the Eriogonea;, vi. 379 ; on the Mora 

 tree of British Guiana, xii. 532. 



Benzin, production of, xii. 460. 



Benzoic acid, action of iron at a high tem- 

 perature on, xii. 460. 



Berbcrin, xi. 338. 



Berger (Dr.), notice of the late, iv. 444. 



Bermuda, on the carbonic acid in the at- 

 mosphere of, xi. 225 ; meteorological 

 observations taken at, in 1836, xi.449. 



Bernoulli's solution of the problem of 

 shortest twilight, Mr. Davis on, iii. 179, 

 277 ; theory of the tides, vii. 457. 



Beroe, species of, vii. 495. 



Berthier (M.) on the magnetic action of 

 manganese, ix. 65. 



Berzelius (Baron) on chemical formulae, 

 remarks on, iv. 9 ; discovery of chrenic 

 and apochrenic acids in the mineral 

 waters of Porta, v. 238 ; preparation of 

 pure tellurium, vii. 539 ; on the pro- 

 perties of tellurium, viii. 84 ; symbolic 

 notation first introduced by, viii. 101 ; 

 on Faraday's supposed sulphate and 

 oxide of antimony, viii. 476 ; on me- 

 teoric stones, ix. 429 ; a Copley medal 

 awarded to, x. 212; reply to Dr. Hare's 

 remarks on his chemical nomenclature, 

 xi. 179; on xanthophylle, xii. 135. 



Bevan (B.) on the cohesion of cements, 

 i. 53 ; on the strength of timber, i. 116; 

 on the difference of level between the 

 sea and river Thames, i. 187 ; on the 

 dimensions and value of the measures 

 used in Covent Garden market, i. 472 j 

 ii. 405 ; on certain defects in the Bri- 

 tish Almanac, ii. 30; on the modulus 

 of elasticity of gold, iii. 20 ; table of 

 sines to centesimal parts of the versed 

 sine, iii. 99. 



Bianchi (Prof.) on a new sidereal cata. 

 logue, X. 67. 



Bible, on the different kinds of wood 

 mentioned in the, ii. 412. 



Bibliographical Bulletin, xii. 208. 



Bibromide of mercury, ix. 148. 



Bichromate of the perchloride of chrome, 

 xii. 83. .,j ; 



Biela's comet, i. 401; v. 301, 310 ; obser- 

 vations on, ii. 222. 



Biniana, Quadrumana, and Pedimana, 

 on the natural affinities which subsist 

 between the, ix. 302. 



