INDEX. 



AcephBloc)'sts of authors, on the de- Atkinson (Joseph) on the results ob- 



velopment, structure, and economy tained with different forms of rain- 



oft he, 466. gauges, 350. 



Adie (Alex. J.) on the expansibility of Atmosphere, on the constitution of, in 



different kinds of stone. 95. remote geological epochs, 165. 

 (R). Description of the hydrody- on the colours of, by Pro- 



iiameter, a new instrument for shew- fessor Forbes, 244. 



ing the rate of sailing of ships, and Attraction and repulsion, on the princi- 



velocity of currents, rivers, tides, &.C., pie of vital, 44. 



206. Auvergne, notes on the geology of, 105. 

 (R.). Experiments with hydro and 



thermoelectric currents, anil exami- Babylon, on the ruins of, Parti-, 91; 



nation of metals long exposed to Part ii., 93. 



thermo-electric currents, 417. Bald (Rob.) on the application of heated 

 Adjective, on the origin of, 135. air to blast furnaces, 11. 



Oinanthecrocata, observations on, 483 (Mr). Exhibition of a collection 



additional observa- of organic remains, from the Airdrie 



tions as to the poisonous properties of, coal measures, 300. 



453. Bank-notes, &c., means to prevent for- 

 Air, heated, on the application of, to geries of, 285. 



blast-furnaces, 11. Barbadoes, observations on the tempe- 

 Alcohol, on the action of voltaic elec- rature of the island of, 416. 



tricity on, 96. Barometer, on a register, for indicating 

 Algebra, on the real nature of symboli- maxima and minima, 57. 



cal,217. on a new self-registering, 450. 



Alison (Dr W. P.) on the principle of Barry (Dr Martin) on dyspnoea, 1'29. 



vital attraction and repulsion, with Observations on unity of orga- 



some applications to physiology and nization in the animal kingdom, 155. 



pathology, 44. Remarks on the physiology 



on single and correct vision, 136. of the Proteus anguinus, 170. 



on certain phj-siological infer- Bebeeru tree, notice regarding the, 427. 



ences which may be drawn from the Bell (Sir Charles) on the circulation in 



study of the nerves of the eye-ball, the ^leduUa oblongata, and the office 



Part i., 305 ; Part ii., 316. of the vertebral artery, 158. 



Amphioxus lanceolatus, ontheanatomy on the third pair of nerves, 202. 



of the, 344. on the origin and compound func- 



Anderson (Thomas, M.D.). Analysis of tions of the facial nerve, 205. 



two new minerals of the zeolite fami- on the fourth and sixth nerves of 



ly, 381. the brain, being the concluding paper 



Anemometer, observations on Whe- on the distinction observed in the 



well's, 231. nerves of the encephalon and spinal 



Anemoscope, on a new register, 54. marrows, 213. 



Aninialduidsand solids, on the identity on the functions of the roots of the 



of the animal matters which form the spinal nerves, 284. 



basis of the, 353. on the circulation of the blood. 



Animals, on the ultimate secreting struc- Part i., 339 ; Part ii., •331. 



tu re of, 369. on the necessity of the sense of 



Arch, on the history of the, 87. muscular action to the full exercise 



Athenian and Syracusan lines, an at- of the organs of the senses, 361, 



tempt to ascertain the relative posi- on the fatal effects of air dran-n 



tions of, before Syracuse, 1(53. into the veins during surgical ope- 



Atkinson (Joseph). Results obtained rations on the neck and shoulders, 293. 



with rain-gauges, 329. biographical sketch of, 4:^7. 



