INDEX. 



Proceedings of the General Meeting, 

 ix. 



General Committee, xxvi. 



Proceedings of the Committee of Re- 

 commendations, XXX. 



of the Committees of Science, 



xxxii. 



of the Sectional Meetings, xli. 



Appropriation of Fimds, xl. 



Abei'crombie (Dr.), address at gene- 

 ral meeting, xxiii ; on the import- 

 ance to the medical profession of 

 the study of mental philosophy, 670. 



Acetic acid, proportions of anhydrous 

 acid in, 571. 



Achromatic object-glasses, on the con- 

 struction of, 593. 



Achromatism of the eye, 548. 



Addams (R.) on a new phaenomenon 

 of sonorous interference, 557. 



Adie (A.J.) on the expansion of stone 

 by the application of heat, 569. 



Agassiz (M.) on the different species 

 of the genus Salmo, 617. 



on the fossilfishesof Scotland, 646. 



Agriculture, on statistical reports re- 

 garding, 693. 



Aitkin (Dr.) on the mechanism by 

 which the blood may be accelerated 

 or retarded, 681. 



Alison (Dr.) on the vital properties of 

 arteries leading to inflamed parts, 

 674. 



on the irritability of muscles in 



living animals, 673. 



Alluvial deposits, 8 ; alluvial terraces, 

 10; ancient alluvium, 18. 



Amber, on a remarkable specimen of, 

 574. 



America (North), on the geology of, 1. 



, physical geography of, 1 . 



Anatomy, 667. 



Andes, on the ancient inhabitants of 

 the, 623. 



Andrews (T.) on some caves in Rath- 

 lin and adjoining coast of Antrim, 

 660. 



Anhydrous acid, proportions of in 

 acetic acid, 571. 



Animal Kingdom, on the primary 

 types of form and other leading di- 

 visions in the, 149 ; on the several 

 classes in the, 159. 



Annulose animals, present state of 

 knowledge respecting, 185, 608. 



Antimony, chemical composition of 

 the crystallized oxichloride of, 587. 



Arnott (G. A. W.) on the Cocculus 

 Indicus of commerce, 597. 



Arteries leading to inflamed parts, 

 vital properties of, 674. 



Atmosphere, on the quantity of car- 

 bonic acid in the, 583. 



Attraction, capillary, on the theory 

 of, 253. 



Barometer, on a peculiar oscillation of 



the, 569. 

 Bell (Sir C.) on the proper method 



of studying the nervous system, 



667. 

 Berwickshire, geology of, 624. 

 Blood, on the state of our information 



respecting the, 116. 

 , on the powers which circulate it, 



129. 

 , on the mechanism by which it 



may be accelerated or retarded, 681 . 

 Blood-vessels of the porpoise, anatomy 



of the, 682. 

 Botany, 596. 

 Brewster (Sir D.) on a remarkable 



specimen of amber, 574. 

 on the value of optical charac- 

 ters in the discrimination of mineral 



species, 575. 

 Brisbane (Sir T. M.) on an apparent 



anomaly in the measnre of rain, 560. 

 Broughton (Mr.) on the sensibilities 



of the cerebral nerves, 676. 



