154 
excursion to Guernsey and Jersey, 
103. 
Bache’s (Prof.) researches on radia- 
tion, on, 20. 
Bellingham (Dr.) on the motions of 
the heart, 114, 
Bermingham (Mr,) on reclaiming the 
bog of Critt, in Galway, 139. 
Bickersteth (Mr.) on the milk of ga- 
lactodendron utile, 102. 
Bird (Dr. G.) on the crystallization of 
metals by voltaic action, 45. 
Birt (Mr.) on the probable causes of 
the aérial currents of the temperate 
zones, 34. 
Black (Dr.) on the epidemic influenza 
at Bolton-le-Moors, 115. 
Black (W.) on the influence of elec- 
tricity on the process of brewing, 58. 
Blackburn (C.) on some new proper- 
ties of geometric series, 2. 
Blood, on albuminous principles ex- 
isting in the, 125, 
Bolton, state of education in, 138. 
Botany, 97. 
Brain, on the uses of the ventricles 
and convolutions of the, 128, 
Brett (R. H.) on the physical and che- 
mical characters of expectoration in 
different diseases of the lungs, 125. 
Brewing, influence of electricity on 
the process of, 58. 
Brewster (Sir D.) on the cause of the 
optical phenomena in the crystal- 
line lens during the absorption of 
distilled water, 11. 
on a new property of light, 12. 
on a new structure in the dia- 
mond, 13. 
Carbon and hydrogen, new gaseous 
compound of, 50. 
Carlile (H.) on the structure of the 
sacrum in man, 112. 
Carson (Dr.) on the motion of the 
blood in the head, and on the uses 
of the ventricles and convolutions of 
the brain, 123. 
Chemical compound, new, 48. 
Chemistry, 38—58. 
Christie (S. H.) on a singular optical 
phznomenon seen at sunset, 15. 
on the occurrence of the aurora 
borealis in England during summer, 
28 
Clanny (Dr.) on a new telegraph, 131. 
INDEX II, 
Clarke (Dr.) on the calculations of 
gases, 57. 
Clarke (Rev. W. D.) on the phzno- 
mena of the plastic clay formation, 
near Poole, 93. 
Coal:—on the smelting of iron with 
anthracite coal, 52; on the unity 
of the coal deposits of England and 
Wales, 75; coal district of South 
Lancashire, 77; coal-measures of 
West Lancashire, 81; dislocations 
of the coal strata in Wigan, 82; 
South Welsh coal basin, 83; Penn- 
sylvanian coal-field, 96, 
Cotton spinners of Preston, results of 
the strike of, 140. 
Crane (G.) on the smelting of iron 
with anthracite coal, 52. 
Crook (Dr. W. H.) on the unity of the 
coal deposits of England and Wales, 
Cunningham (J.) on a method of con- 
structing magnets, 38. 
Curtis (W. J.) on‘a flexible suspension 
bridge, 132. 
Crystallization of metals by voltaic 
action, 45. \ 
Crystallized metallic copper, 47. 
Dalton (Dr.) on the non-production 
of carbonic acid by plants, 58. 
Davy (Prof.) on a new gaseous com- 
pound of carbon and hydrogen, 50. 
Death, from a blow on the stomach, 
on the cause of, 104. 
De la Rive (Prof.) on an optical phz- 
nomenon observed at Mont Blanc, 
10. 
on the interference of electro- 
magnetic currents, 27. 
Denham (Capt.) on the tidal capacity 
of the Mersey estuary, &c., 85. 
Devon, on the grauwacke of, 95. 
Diamond, a new structure in the, 18. 
Dick (J.) on a new form of iron bottle 
for obtaining oxygen from peroxide 
of manganese, 58. 
Dickson (Sir D, J. H.)} on laceration 
of the rectus abdominis muscle, 
124. 
Dublin magnetical observatory, 20. 
Ducane (Capt.) on the metamorphism 
of a species of crustacean, 98, 
Dundee, on the tides of, 5. 
Earth, on the refrigeration of the, 91, 
