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on the want of sagacity in a dog, ix. 

 67; on the breeding of curassows, ix. 

 121. 

 Herrerite, viii. 2HI. 



Herschel (Sir J. F. W.) on the action of 

 light in determining the precipitation 

 of muriate of platinum by lime-water, 

 i. 58; on subterrai»ean sounds, i. 221 ; 

 on a remarkable deposition of ice 

 round the stems of vegetables, ii. 110; 

 observations on Biela's comet, ii. 222; 

 on the elliptic orbit of | IJobtis, iii. 

 291 ; on the absorption of light by 

 coloured media, iii. 401 ; observations 

 of nebulae and clusters of stars, iv, 

 125 ; on the satellites of Uranus, iv. 

 381 ; micrometrical measures of double 

 stars, V. 302 ; meteorological observa- 

 tions, viii. 78 ; on scientific and gene- 

 ral education, viii. 432 ; catalogue of 

 double stars, ix. 295 ; the Royal medal 

 awarded to, x. 213; on the probable 

 effect of the transfer of pressure from 

 one part to another of the earth's sur- 

 face, xi. 212; on the peculiar voltaic 

 condition of iron, xi. 329 ; on the re- 

 markable increase of magnitude of n 

 Argus, xii. 521, 526 ; on the theory of 

 volcanic phaenomena, xii. 576. 

 Hess (M.) on the fermentation of sugar 



of milk, xii. 139. 

 Hieroglyphics, on Egyptian, iv. 170. 

 Hodgkin ;Dr.)on the languages spoken 



by uncivilized nations, vii. 27, 94. 

 Hodgkinson (E.) on impact and colli- 

 sion, viii. 65. 

 Hodgson (B. H.) on the wild dog of 

 Nepal, iv. 62 ; on the mammalia of 

 Nepal, vi. 150; on the wild goat and 

 the wild sheep, vi. 225 ; on the Scolo- 

 pacid» of Nepal, ix. 143 ; on a new 

 species of Cervus, ix. 391. 

 Hoffman, (Prof.), notice of, x. SOS. 

 Hogg (J.) on the influence of the cli- 

 mate of Naples on vegetation, iv. 274; 

 v. 46, 102 ; specimen of a thermo- 

 metrical diary, xii. 489. 

 Holderness, ancient forest of, iv. 282. 

 Holditch (Ilev. H.) on a property of the 



parabola, x. 35. 

 Holdsworth (J.), discovery of coal 

 measures and of fossil fruits in Lei- 

 cestershire, iii. 76 ; Rev. W. D. Cony- 

 beare's remarks on, iii. 112. 

 Holguin, geology of, in Cuba, xi. 17. 

 Holland (P. W.) on the question, has 



heat weight? ix. 396. 

 Home, (Sir E.), sketch of his life, ii. 136. 



(Sir J.), magnetical observations 



made in the West Indies, &c., xii. 

 206. 

 Honey of Trebizdnd, v. 313. 



Hood's (C.) <' Treatise on warming 



buildings," xii. 202. 

 Hope (Dr.), address on presenting the 

 Keith prize to Prof. Forbes, viii. 424 ; 

 on the colours of plants, xi. 441. 

 Hopkins (W.) on the geology of Der- 

 byshire, iv. 66 ; on Mr. Farcy's ac- 

 count of the stratification of the lime- 

 stone diiitricts of Derbyshire, v. 121 ; 

 on physical geology, viii. 227, 272, 

 357 ; Hopkins's •' Researches in 

 Physical Geology," ix. 4, 171, 366; 

 X. 14. 

 Horizon-sector, on the, ii. 327 ; on the 

 measurement of the instrumental error 

 of the, i.98. 

 Horner (L.) on the geology of the en- 

 virons of Bonn, iii. 220; on the quan- 

 tity of solid matter suspended in the 

 Rhine, v. 211; vi. 396; on a sub- 

 stance resembling shell, viii. 545 ; x. 

 201 ; on some geological phaenomena 

 in Christiania in Norway, xi. 555. 



(W. G.) on the Daedaleum, iv. 36; 



on the vascular spectrum, iv. 262; on 

 an interesting case in equations, v. 

 1 88 ; on the signs of the trigonome- 

 trical lines, vi. 86 ; on congeneric surd 

 equations, viii. 43 ; new demonstra- 

 tion of an original proposition in the 

 theory of numbers, xi. 456 ; theorem 

 of, xi. 457 ; obituary notice of, xi. 

 459. 

 Horsburgh (Capt.), notice of, x. 149. 

 House- spider, observations on the, i. 95; 

 power of, to escape from an insulated 

 situation, ii. 152. 

 Houston (Dr.) on the circulating organs 

 in diving animals, vii. 502 ; on a va- 

 riety of hydatid, vii. 5C4. 

 Hudson (Dr. H.) on the dew-point, vii. 

 256; on the radiation of heal, vii. 297; 

 on an error in Dr. Apjohn's formula 

 for inferring the specific heats of dry 

 gases, viii. 21 ; on the transmission of 

 calorific rays, viii. 109; reply to Dr. 

 Apjohn, ix. 398. 

 Humboldt (Baron) on advancing the 

 knowledge of terrestrial magnetism, 

 ix. 42. 

 Human body, efTects of compressed air 



on, ix. 147. 

 Human voice, physiology of the, ix. 201, 



269, 342. 

 Hiinefield on the microscopical examina- 

 tion of the coloured parts of vegetables, 

 xi. 442. 

 Hunt ( R.) on tritiodide of mercury, xii. 



27. 

 Hunton (L.) on the combinations of 

 sugar with the alkalies and metallic 

 oxides, xi. 152. 



