480 



M'Noil (Sir John). Biof^raphical sketch 



of Sir Charles Bell, 427. 

 Macouochie (Allnn). Notice regardinf? 

 the growth of plants in close glazed 

 cases, 299. 

 M'William (J. O.). List of African shells 

 presented by him to the Royal So- 

 ciety, 296. 

 Madden (Henry) on the sxamination of 

 certain objections to the theory of 

 isomorphism, 186. 



on the nutrition of vegetables, 313. 



Magnetic intensity, on the investigation 

 of, by the oscillations of a horizontal 

 needle, 39. 



experiments on, 



made at Liverpool and Manchester, 40. 

 Magnetism, terrestrial, observations on, 



154. 

 result of additional experi- 

 ments on. 299. 



letter on terrestrial, 388. 



Medium, on the vibrations of an inter- 

 rupted, 450. 

 Megalichthys Hibberti, on the occur- 

 rence of, in a bed of cannel coal, 112. 

 Metals, on the conducting power of the, 



for heat and electricity, 5. 

 Experimental researches re- 

 garding certain vibrations which take 

 place between metallic masses having 

 different temperatures, 17. 

 Meteorology, contributions to optical, 



324. 

 Michelotti (Chevalier). A collection 

 of fossil shells from Italy, presented 

 by him, 300. 



on the fossil species of the 



genus solarium, 334. 

 Microscope. On its application to the 

 examination of minute phenomena of 

 chemical action, 57. 



reflecting, notice respecting 



a new, 155. 

 Milne (David). Abstract of first part 

 of memoir on the Mid-Lothian and 

 East-Lothian coal districts, 191. 

 Second part of memoir, descrip- 

 tive and explanatory of the Mid-Lo- 

 thian and East-Lothian coal-fields, 

 195. 



on the superficial deposits of 



gravel, clay, sand, &c., which cover 

 the formations of the Lothians and 

 south coast of Fife, 214. 



Respecting the drying up of the 



rivers Teviot, Clyde, and Nith, and 

 their tributaries, on the 27th Nov. 

 1838. 252. 



on the two storms which passed 



over the British Islands in the end of 

 November 1838. 2tU. 



Account of earthquakes felt in 



Scotland during the autumn and win- 

 ter of lb39, 30:.'. 



on instruments for registering 



shocks of earthquakes, 314. 

 on the geology of Roxburgh- 

 shire, Part i.. 383 : Part ii.. 399. 

 on a remarkable oscillation of the 



sea, observed at various places on tlie 



coasts of Great Britain, in July 184.'j 



457. 

 Moon, illustrations presented by the 



surfuce of the, respecting certain geo- 

 logical phenomena, 210. 

 Moser (Professor) on certain negative 



actions of light, 422. 

 Muscles, human observations on the 



Cysticercus cellulosse inhabiting the, 



485. 

 Muscular action, on the necessity of the 



sense of, to the full exercise of the 



organs of the senses, 361. 

 Muscae volitantes, on the nature of, 411. 

 Music hall, on the construction of a, 383. 



Narcotics, umbelliferous, 437. 



Neapolitan coast, on the sea level of the, 

 381. 



Necker (Prof.) Presentation by him of 

 fossil vegetables, &c., from Shetland, 

 301. 



Nerves, on the third pair of, 202. 



on the fourth and sixth, of the 



brain, 213. 



On the functions of the roots 



of the spinal nerves, 284. 



Newbigging iDr P. K.) on certain cir- 

 cumstances affecting the colour of 

 blood duringcoagulation, 2(53. 



Nichol (W.). Essay towards establish- 

 ing the primary properties of parallel 

 lines, 1(*9. 



(Professor) on the illustrations 



presented by the surface of the moon, 

 respecting certain geological pheno- 

 mena, 210. 



Oil, Indism grass, or oil of Andropogon 

 Calamus aromaticus, notice regarding 

 the, 478. 



Operations, on the fatal effects of air 

 drawn into the veins during surgical, 

 293. 



Orkney, on the fossil fishes of the old 

 red sandstone of, 316. 



Ox, obsen-ations on the wild, of Scot- 

 land, 201. 



Paracyanogen and its compounds, 131. 



on the preparation of, 328. 



Parallelogram, notice of the remarkable 

 mathematical properties of a certain, 

 187. 



Parnell (R.) on the occurrence of the 

 clupeaalbainthe Firth of Forth, 141. 



Observations on some new spe- 

 cies of British fishes, 150. 



Observations on a new species 



of British gurnard, 1.57. 



List of a large collection of pre- 

 served fishes, presented by him to the 

 Royal Society, 164. 



Account of a new species of 



British bream, 166. 



Observations on the parr and 



young of the salmon. 187. 



Notice regarding anew British 



species of coregonus, 194. 



