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INDEX. 



Marquart (J. C), progress of phytoch©- 



mistry, 247. 

 Marsh's test for arsenic, 353. 

 Marsupial animals, on the brain in, 222. 

 Martens (M.) on the decolorizing combi- 

 nations of chlorine, 155. 

 Martin ( W.) on a new species of the genus 

 Felis, 480; anatomy of the koala, 481. 

 Mathematics, 18, 28, 32, 35, 105, 121. 

 Matteucci (M. ), magnetic observations of 



the aurora of Feb. 18, 494. 

 Mellitic acid, 159. 



Mercury, compound of albumen and bi- 

 chloride of, 420. 

 Metals, their reduction by electricity, 154. 

 Meteorological observations, 79, 159, 239, 



327, 423, 503. 

 Meteorological Table: — for Nov., 80; 

 December, 160; January, 240; Febru- 

 ary, 328; March, 424; April, 504. 

 Microscopes, solar and oxy-hydrogen, 184, 



219. 

 Mineral veins, on, 394. 

 Mineralogy : — Zeagonite, Gismondin, Ab- 

 razite, Aricite and Phillipsite, 170; 

 Murchisonite, Moonstone, and the iride- 

 scent felspar from Fredricksvarn, 1 70 ; 

 analysis of tin pyrites, Tennantite, 

 Jamesonite, Augite and Amphibole, 

 236 ; on the intersection of crystalline 

 minerals, 278 ; on the identity of Bio- 

 tine and Anorthite, and on a new crystal 

 • of quartz, 368. 

 Minerals, organic forms of, 318. 

 Molecular action, 320, 355. 

 Monkey (Pithecia leucocephala of Geof- 



froy St. Hilaire), 73. 

 Mossotti (M.) on molecular action, 320. 

 Mountains, on the ascent of, 261. 

 Mulder (M.) on the red and white oxide 



of phosphorus, 499. 

 Miiller's (.Prof.) account of the reflex func- 

 tion of the spinal marrow, 51, 124, 187, 

 378. 

 MuUins (F. W.) on magneto-electrical 

 machines, in reply to Prof. Ritchie, 12; 

 on the construction of voltaic batteries, 

 63 ; on the action of electricity in voltaic 

 combinations, 281. 

 Murchison (R.I.) on a raised beach in 



Barnstaple bay, 477. 

 Murphy (Rev. R.) on a new theorem in 

 analysis, 28 ; on rectangular forces, 105; 

 on the theory of analytical operations, 

 2J9. 

 Muscular effort required to ascend planes 

 of different inclinations, 261 ; muscular 

 fibre of animal and organic life, 377. 

 Newport(G.), Royal medal awarded to,214. 

 Newton's rings, on, 183. 

 Nicholson (P.), remarks on his rule for 

 the construction of the oblique arch, 167. 

 Jlitric acid, its action on iron, 133, 267, 

 276, 42.5, 428 ; on the causes of the neu- 

 trality of iron in, 172, 17J. 

 yitro&ulphuric acid, 48|>. 



Noad (H. M.) on the peculiar voltaic con- 



dition of iron, 276. 

 CEnanthic acid, 417, 422. 

 CEnanthic aether, 418. 



Oil, asthereal, of wine, 417; oil which ac- 

 companies pyroxylic spirit, 48. 

 Optical phenomena of crystals, 218. 

 Orang-utans, specific distinctions of the, 



295. 

 Organic chemistry, researches in, 45, 116. 

 Organic compounds, a new force acting in 



the combinations of, 490. 

 Organic remains, 4, 137, 402. 

 Ornithology : — new species of ortyx, 287 ; 

 two new species of birds from New South 

 Wales, 287, 306 ; rare birds in the vici- 

 nity of Scarborough, 287 ; 'linamotis 

 Pentlnndii, 289; Psittacus Augustus 

 and Psitticus Guildingii, 289; Tamalia 

 bicincta, 290 ; Cursorius rufus, 290 ; 

 three-qnarter-bred pheasants, 292; birds 

 from Swan River, 293 ; new genus in the 

 group of wrens, 295 ; list of birds no- 

 ticed at Smyrna in the winter of 1835-6, 

 301 ; habits of the vulture, 479. 

 Owen (R.) on the brain of marsupial ani- 

 mals, 222 ; on the specific distinctions of 

 the orangs, 295. 

 Oxides and salts, their solubility in muriat© 



and nitrate of ammonia, 95, 178, 333. 

 Painting in enamel, art of, 442. 

 Palaeontology, 318. 

 Parabola, on a property of the, 32, 35. 

 Peligot (M.) on camphor, 420. 

 Pelletier (M.) on the action of iodine on 



the vegetable alkalis, 500. 

 Pelouze (M.) on an aeiluieal oil of wine, 



417 ; on the action of presence, 489. 

 Per-iodic acid, properties of, 325. 

 Phosphorus, red and white oxide of, 499. 

 Phytochemistry, progress of, 247. 

 Pinas sylvestris, starch in the bark of, 249. 

 Platina, spongy, method of obtaining, 154, 

 Pond (J.), notice of, 146. 

 Porcelain earth, composition and origin of, 



348. 

 Potassium, cyanide of, as produced in hot- 

 blast furnaces, 329. 

 Powell (Prof.) on the theory of the disper- 

 sion of light, 221. 

 Pyrophori, easy preparation of, 319. 

 Pyroxylic spirit, on, 45, 116. 

 Quartz, new crystal of, 369. 

 Rainey (G.) on magnetic reaction, 193. 

 Reade (J. B.) on producing achromatic 

 light in solar and oxy-hydrogen micro- 

 scopes, 185 ; on the solar rays that occa- 

 sion heat, and on the solar and oxy-hy- 

 drogen gas microscope, 219. 

 Rectangular forces, on, 105. 

 Rees ( G. O. ) on hydrate of magnesia, 454. 

 Reflexion, crystalline, laws of, 42 ; re- 

 flexion from metals, on the laws of, 382. 

 Refraction, double, on Fresncl's theory of,f 

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