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GENERAL INDEX OF VOLS. 1 12 OF THE 



Hancock (Dr.) on heat-lightning, iv. 



340. 

 Handyside (Dr.) on the offices of lac- 

 teals, lymphatics, and veins in the 

 function of absorption, viii. 58. 

 Harcourt (Rev. W. V.) on observations 



upon the dew-point, vii. 409. 

 Harding (Prof.), notice of, v. 319. 

 Hare (Dr. \ apparatus for freezing water, 

 v. 377; voltaic trough, viii. 116, 119; 

 on the difference between mechanical 

 and galvanic electricity, ix. 213; che- 

 mical philosophy and nomenclature, 

 xi. 176 ; the grounds of his deviating 

 from the language and arrangement 

 of Berzelius, xi. 177; on ink devoid 

 of free acid, xi. 324; on the congela- 

 tion of water by hydric aether, xi. 325 ; 

 on synthesis of ammonia, xi. 326; on 

 the rotatory multiplier, xi. 327 ; com- 

 munication respecting nomenclature, 

 J. J. Berzelius's reply to, xi. 179 ; on 

 sulphurous aether and sulphate of 

 SBtherine, xii. 474. 

 Harriot (Thos.), on some old MSS. of, 



i. 378. 

 Harris (W. S.) on elementary laws of 

 electricity, iv. 436 ; on an electrical 

 balance, vii. 303 ; electrical attraction, 

 vii. 304; on the attractive and repul- 

 sive forces of magnets, viii. 349. 

 Harrison ( Prof.) on the entozoa found in 

 the muscles of the human subject, vii. 

 506; on bones in the hearts of certain 

 animals, vi'. 506. 

 Harvest-bug, description of the, ix. 15. 

 Hartley (Mr.) on the corroding of iron 



by salt water, xi. 554. 

 Hastings, on the geology of the coast 



near, iv. 49. 

 Hatchetine, composition of. xii. 338. 

 Hausmann (Prof.) on Mr. Whewell's 

 account of his mineralogical works, 

 V. 158. 

 Hawfinch, x. 72. 

 Haworth (A. H.) on Narcissineae, i. 



275. 

 Hay (Mr.), notices of plants of Marocco, 



ii. 409. 

 Heart, on the tricuspid valve of the, vii. 

 207 ; influence of the respiratory or- 

 gans on the, vii. 212; safety-valve of 

 the, ix. 525. 

 Heat: — produced by friction and per- 

 cussion, i. 164 ; evolved by friction 

 and percussion, i. 247 ; action of on 

 glauberite, i.417; M. Fourier's law 

 of the radiation of, ii. 103; influenceof, 

 on colour and odours, iii. 458 ; action 

 of, on iodide of aniidine, iv. 238; re- 

 pulsive power of, vi. 58, 415; viii. 

 189; xii. 317; refraction and polari- 



zation of, vi. 134, 205, 284, 366 ; ra- 

 diant, vii. 296, 297; viii. 23, 109, 186, 

 190, 246, 425; polarization of, vii. 

 349; xi. 543; volatilization of mag- 

 nesia by, vii. 406 ; undulatory theory 

 of, viii. 246 ; its circular polarization 

 by total reflexion, viii. 246 ; xii. 317 ; 

 has it weight? ix. 396 ; in uncrystal- 

 lized media, transmission of, x. 336; 

 physical causes of the phsenomena of, 

 X. 342 ; action of cold air in maintain- 

 ing, xi. 407, 446 ; its influence on the 

 circulation of the Chara, xii. 457 ; re- 

 searches on, xii. 545. 

 Heat and light, on the production of by 

 animals, vi. 246 ; the results of vibra- 

 tory motion, vii. 342. 

 Height, experiments on terrestrial mag- 

 netic intensity, particularly with refer- 

 ence to the effect of, xi. 166. 

 Heights, measurement of, vii. 311. 

 Heineken (Rev. N. S.) on the radii of 

 curvature of convex lenses, vii. 234 ; 

 on the aurora borealis of Nov. 18, 

 1835, viii. 439; on an anchor found 

 at Seaton, x. 10; on the aurora bo- 

 realis of Feb. 18, 1837, X. 265; on the 

 galvanic shock multiplier, xi. 460 ; 

 correction in his paper, xi. 567. 

 Heliostat, on a new, ii. 6. 

 Helm wind, on the, x. 221. 

 Hemming's (Mr.) safety-tube for the 

 combustion of oxygen and hydrogen, 

 i. 82. 

 Henry ( Dr. W. C.) on the atomic con- 

 stitution of elastic fluids, v. 33 ; reply 

 of Dt. Prout to, v. 132 ; on the action 

 of metals in determining gaseous com- 

 bination, vi. 354; experiments on ga- 

 seous interference, ix. 324 ; notice of, 

 X. 152. 



(J.) on the roots of equations, iii. 



417. 

 Henslow's clinometer, improvement in, 



V. 159. 

 Henwood (W. J.) on the vaiiations in 

 springs, i. 287 ; iii. 417 ; on intersec- 

 tions of mineral veins, ii. 147; on 

 certain meteorological phaenomena, iv. 

 103 ; iv. 233 ; on the steam engines of 

 Cornwall, viii. 20, 591 ; on the phae- 

 nomena of mineral veins in Cornwall, 

 xii. 125. 

 Herberger (M.) on cetrarin, xii. 296. 

 Hereford, on a well at Beaumont Green, 



in, xi. 215. 

 Heriades campanularum, xii. 18. 

 Hermann (R.) on triple combinations 

 ofchlLride of osmium, iridium, and 

 platinum, with chloride of potassium 

 and muriate of ammonia, ix. 232. 

 Heron (Sir R.) on the kangaroo, ix. 67 ; 



