155 



dendron ponticum, 106 ; on the 



fruits of the Deccan, 106. 

 Bowman (J. E.) on the bone cave at 



Cefn in Denbighshire, 88. 

 on the longevity of the yew, and 



the antiquity of planting it in church- 

 yards, 101. 

 Brain, on diseases of the, 107. 

 Brewster (Sir D.) on the action of 



crystallized surfaces upon common 



and polarized light, 13. 

 on the polarizing structure in 



the crystalline lens after death, 16. 

 — — on cataract, 111. 

 Broughton, (S. D.) on the sensibility 



of the glosso-pharyngeal nerve, 125. 



Calculus, integral, on the, 1 ; new pro- 

 perty of the equilateral hyperbola, 2 ; 

 remarkable theorem of Mr. Abel, 3. 



of principal relations, on the, 4, 



41. 

 Calorimotor, Hare's, 45. 

 Cancerous diseases, on, 112. 

 Caoutchouc, on, 105. 

 Carbon and potassium, on a compound 



of, 63. 

 Carmichael (R.) on cancerous and tu- 

 berculous diseases, 112. 

 Carpenter (Rev. L.) on Lucas's me- 

 thod of printing for the blind, 41. 

 Carpenter (W. R.) on the criteria by 

 which species are to be distinguished 

 in zoology and botany, 99. 

 Carson (Dr.) on absorption, 119. 

 Cataract, on. 111. 



Cement, metallic, from iron ore, 65. 

 Cephalonia, on the sea rivulets of, 81. 

 Cerebral nerves, on the sensibilities of 



the, 125. 

 Charlesworth (E.) on the remains of 

 vertebrated animals in the tertiary 

 beds of Norfolk and Suffolk, 48. 

 Chatfield (H.) on British naval archi- 

 tecture, 129. 

 Chemical nomenclature of Berzelius, 

 44. 



symbols, 77. 



' theory of volcanic phaenomena, 



81. 

 Chemistry : — on the chemical nomen- 

 clature of Berzelius, 44 ; on a calori- 

 motor for igniting gases, 45 ; aqueous 

 sliding-rod hydrogen eudiometer, 

 46; Hare's volumeters, 46; electri- 

 cal experiments, 47; results of ex- 

 periments on the phosphate and 



pyro-pliosphate of soda, 48 ; import- 

 ant facts obtained from theory of 

 those experimental results which are 

 considered as ultimate facts, 50 ; on 

 gaseous interference, 54 ; on the 

 combinations of sulphuric acid and 

 water, 56; method of ascertaining 

 the strength of spirits, 61 ; new 

 gaseous bicarburet of hydrogen, 62 ; 

 peculiar compound of carbon and 

 potassium, 63 ; de-oxydation of iron, 

 64 ; a new isomeric compound, 67 ; 

 on arsenical poisons, 67 ; on lithiate 

 of ammonia as a secretion of insects, 

 70; analysis of the King's bath 

 water, Bath, 70 ; analysis of wheat, 

 &c. 74 ; effect of arsenic on vegeta- 

 tion, 76; new substance from the 

 distillation of wood, 76; insulation 

 of fluorine, 77 ; chemical symbols, 

 77 ; an ancient thermometer, 77 ; 

 modification of the common bellows 

 blowpipe, 77 ; on detecting gases 

 present in atmospheric air, 77. 



Church-yards, antiquity of planting 

 the yew in, 101. , 



Clarke (Rev. Mr.) on two springs on 

 the north side of Hales Bay, 94. 



Collins (Dr.) on the periodicity of 

 births, &c. 146. 



Compass, advantage of tempered nee- 

 dles, 30. 



Corbet (Dr.) on inhibition of prussiate 

 of potash by plants, 107. 



Cornwall, on the metalliferous veins 

 of, 83; on the performance of steam- 

 engines in, 130. 



Cossham (J. N.), improvement of Na- 

 pier's rods, 132. 



Craig (Rev. E.) on polarization, 19. 



Crosse (A.) on the formation of arti- 

 ficial crystals, 47. 



Crystallized surfaces, action of upon 

 common and polarized light, 13. 



Crystals, formed by electrical action, 

 47. 



of iron pyrites, 77. 



Cumbrian mountains, on the removal 

 of boulders from the, 87. 



Dalton (Dr.) on chemical symbols, 77. 



Damoiseau's work on the theory of 

 the moon, 12. 



Daubeny (Dr.) on the effects which 

 arsenic produces on vegetation, 76. 



on the chemical theory of vol- 

 canic phaenomena, 81. 



