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Diodontus insignis, D. gracilis, and D. 

 corniger, habits of, xii. 16. 



Diomedea, the genus, vi. 387. 



Dioptric light, new, x. 176. 



Diopsis, new species of, vii. 519. 



Diplodus gibbosus, xii. 86. 



Dipus Mitchellii, a new species of Aus- 

 tralian Rodent, xii. 96. 



Disinfecting properties of supporters of 

 combustion, i. 386. 



Disjota on the Rev. J. H. Pratt's de- 

 monstration of a proposition in the 

 ** Mecanique Celeste," ix. 84. 



Dispersion of light, on the formula for 

 the, ix. 116; theory of the, x. 221. 



Divergence of plants, ix. 17; the cause 

 of motion in plants, vii. 357. 



Diving of aquatic birds, on the, i. 23. 



Diving animals, on their circulating or- 

 gans, vii. 502. 



Diving-bell, used in raising the stores of 

 the Thetis, iv. 363, 367. 



Doebereiner (M.) on some new combina- 

 tions of platina, v. 150; ix. 314, 544; 

 method of obtaining spongy platina, x. 

 154. 



Dog, wild, description of a, iv. 62, 378 ; 

 want of sagacity in a, ix. 67. 



DoUond (G.) on a concave achromatic 

 lens adapted to the wired micrometer, 

 iv. 364. 



Don (Prof.) on the aestivation of certain 

 plants, ii. 377 ; on some British ferns, 

 iv. 310 ; on deviations from the ordi- 

 nary structure in Telopea speciocis- 

 sima, V. 70; descriptions of Indian 

 Gentianeac, viii. 75; on two species 

 of Pinus, viii. 255 ; on Nephrodium 

 rigidum, viii. 255; on varieties of 

 Erica ciliaris and Tetralix, viii. 256 ; 

 on two species of Coniferae, x. 73. 



Doniuni, a new metal, ix. 156; experi- 

 ments on, ix. 255. 



Douay, Congres Scientifiques at, vii. 237. 



Douglas (Mr.), observations on the west- 

 ern coast of North America, xi. 91. 



Dove ( H. W.), outlines of a general the- 

 ory of the winds, xi. 227, 353. 



Dragon's-blood tree of Socotra, x. 226. 



Draper ( Prof.) on gaseous diffusion, xi. 

 559. 



Drinkwater (Mr.) on the telescope, i. 9. 



Drummond's light, on, viii. 238. 



Dublin meeting of the British Associa- 

 tion, vii. 289, 385. 



, account of the magnetical obser- 

 vatory at, xii. 119. 



Dudley coal-field, on the, x. 313. 



Dufresnoy , (M.), analysis of plomb- 

 gomme, ix. 75. 



Dukhun, atmospheric tides and mete- 

 orology of, vi. 59. 



Dumas (M.) on pyroxylic spirit and 

 methylene, vii. 427 ; on camphor, x. 

 420; on carbovinate and potash, xi. 

 320 ; on the constitution of some or- 

 ganic acids, xii. 38 1 ; on tartaric and 

 paratartaric acids, xii. 605. 



Dumasine, on, xii. 108. 



Dunn (A.) on the atmosphere of his 

 white-lead manufactory, vii. 77. 



Durand (H. M.) on the fossil jaw of a 

 gigantic quadrumanous animal, xi. 33. 



Dutrochet's experiments on the respira- 

 tion of plants, xi. 536. 



Dynamics, on a general method in, iv. 

 436; vi. 298. 



, geological, xii. 517. 



EW. B. on the frequent deficiency 

 • of the ungueal phalanx in the 

 orang outang, vii. 72; on the consoli- 

 dation of the new red sandstune, vii. 

 515 ; note on Mr. Challis's paper on 

 capillary attraction, viii. 172; on the 

 silent flight of Musca voraitoria, x. 

 327. 



Ear, on the anatomy and physiology of, 

 i. 375. 



Earnshaw (S.) on Prof. Moseley's prin- 

 ciple of least pressure, iv. 89, 271 ; re- 

 ply to, iv. 194,420. 



Earth, on the electro- and thermo-mag- 

 netism of the, i. 310; on the Caven- 

 dish experiment for determining the 

 mean density of, xii. 283. 



, surface of the, on the probable effect 



of the transfer of pressure from one part 

 to another of the, xi. 212 ; letter from 

 Sir J. F. W. Herschel in explanation 

 of, xi. 214. 



, porcelain, composition of, x. 348. 



Earthquake of Chili, viii. 74, 148 ; of 

 Syria, xi. 204. 



waves, their effects on the coasts of 



the Pacific, viii. 181. 



Earthquakes at Chichester, vii. 208. 



, theory of the cause of, xii. 584. 



Earth-worm, vegetable mould produced 

 by the digestive process of, xii. 89, 5 1 8. 



East India Company's present of tlieir 

 herbarium to the Linna^an Society, i. 7 1 . 



Eaubonne (M. d') on the conservation of 

 living plants, xi. 566. 



Eblanine, examination of, xii. 98. 



Echidna, remarks on the, v. 146. 



Echini, subdivision of, vii. 328 ; mode of 

 preserving, vii. 493. 



Echinodermata, growtli and bilateral sym- 

 metry of, V. 369. 



Echoes, modifications of, vi. 32. 



Eclipse, solar, viii. 293,589, 590; of May 

 15, 1836, ix. 73; x. 180; remarkabltt 

 phsenomenon that occurs in, x. 230. 

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