159 



Reid (Or.) on the functions of the ner- 

 vous system, 119. 



Repulsion, electrical, on, 19. 



Riley (Dr.) on an additional species 

 of saurians found near Bristol, 90. 



on the foot of the two-toed os- 

 trich, 98. 



Rock-blasting, on, 45. 



Rootsey (Dr.) on the higher orders of 

 Grecian music, 37. 



on mnemonical logarithms, 38. 



on sugar, malt, and an ardent 



spirit from mangel wurzel, 107. 



Royle (Prof.) on caoutchouc, 105. 



Russell (J. S.) on the ratio of the re- 

 sistance of fluids to the velocity of 

 waves, 41. 



Saurians found near Bristol, an addi- 

 tional species of, 90. 

 Scanlan (R.) on a new substance ob- 

 tained from the distillation of wood, 

 76. 

 Scoresby (Rev. W.) on amagnelometer 

 for measuring minute magnetic at- 

 tractions, 28 ; on a new compass bar, 

 28. 

 Sedgwick (Rev. A.), classification of 

 the old slate rocks of the North of 

 Devonshire, 95. 

 Severn, hydrography of the, 88. 

 Ship-building, on, 129. 

 Soda, phosphate and pyro-phosphate 



of, 48. 

 Spinetto (Marquis) on the site of the 



ancient city of Memphis, 96. 

 Spirits, method of ascertaining the 



strength of, 61. 

 Springs, hot, of the Pyrenees, 83. 



of Hales Bay, 94. 



Starch, on the quantity of in ordinary 



wheat, 74. 

 Statistics : — influence of the price of 

 grain on the French population, 

 132; state of education in Liver- 

 pool, 133 ; state of education in 

 Bristol, 136; statistics of Glasgow, 

 140 ; on the value of the mineral 

 productions of Great Britain, 144 ; 

 periodicity of births, &c., 146 ; state 

 of the bobbin net trade, 141 ; on co- 

 operating committees of trade and 

 agriculture, 149; efiect of railroads 

 on intercommunication, 150; on 

 statistical desiderata, 151. 

 Steam-engines in Cornwall, perform- 

 ance of, 130. 

 Stevelly (Prof.) on the doubtful alge- 



braic sign in certain formulae of al- 

 gebraic geometry, 5. 



Stavelly (Prof.) on the mathematical 

 rules for constructing compensating 

 pendulums, 7. 



Stutchbury (S.) on an additional spe- 

 cies of saurians found near Bristol, 

 90. 



Succulent plants, means of preserving, 

 100. 



Suffolk, vertebrated animals found in 

 the tertiary beds of, 48. 



Sykes (Lieut.-Col.) on the fruits of the 

 Deccan, 106; on the utility of co- 

 operating committees of trade and 

 agriculture, 149. 



Talbot (H. F.) on the integral calcu- 

 lus, 1. 



Taste, experiments on the sense of, 

 124, 126. 



Taylor (J.) on the value of mineral 

 productions of Great Britain, 144. 



Teale (T. P.) on Alcyonella Stagno- 

 rum, 104. 



Teeth, their structure and decay, 115. 



Tetanus, on, 109. 



Thermometer, recently discovered in 

 Italy, 77. 



Thomson (Dr. R. D.) on the chemis- 

 try of the digestive organs, 117. 



Traill (Dr.) on the aurora borealis of 

 Aug. 11, 32. 



Tuberculous diseases, on, 112. 



Vegetable substances, means of pre- 

 serving, 100. 



Vegetation, effects of arsenic on, 76. 



Veins, metalliferous, voltaic agencies 

 in, 81 ; of Cornwall, 83. 



Vertebrated animals found in the ter- 

 tiary beds of Norfolk and Suffolk, 48. 



Volatile fluid, peculiar, 74. 



Volcanic phaenomena, chemical the- 

 ory of, 81. 



Voltaic agencies in metalliferous veins, 

 81. 



Voltaic battery, experiments on the, 

 47. 



Volumeter, Hare's, 46. 



Walker (J.) on the muscles and nerves 



of the eyeball, 121. 

 Watson (H. H.) on the phosphate and 



pyro-phosphate of soda, 48. 

 West ( W.) on means of detecting gases 



present in air, 77. 

 Wheat, on the analysis of, 74. 



