352 



Atlantic and German Oceans, waves 

 of the, experiments to measure the 

 direct force of the, 13. 



Atmosphere, on the extinction of light 

 in the, 271. 



of rooms in a tropical cli- 

 mate, on a method of cooling the, 

 235. 



Attraction, capillary, on some pheno- 

 mena of, observed with chloroform, 

 &c., 176. 



Aurora borealis, on the combined mo- 

 tions of the magnetic needle, and on 

 the, 334. 



note on the theory of the, 348. 



Bain (Alex.) Application of elec- 

 tricity as a moving power to clocks, 

 33. 



Barometer, on the mean height of the, 

 in different latitudes, 101. 



Battery, volt;;ic. See Voltaic Battery. 



Beach near t^tirliug, notice of an an- 

 cient. 



Bebeerine, on the constitution of, 46. 



Bennett (J. H.) M.D., on the struc- 

 tural relation of oil and albumen 

 in the animal economy, 136. 



Berzelius (M. le Baron). Extracts from 

 a letter of, 108. 



Binary star a centauri. See Star, 

 Binary. 



Black (Alex.) M.D. A few unpub- 

 lished particulars concerning the 

 late, 238. 



Blood and milk, miscellaneous obser- 

 vations on, 32. 



on the influence of contraction 



of muscles on the circulation of the, 

 91. 



Bones, on the extraction of pure phos- 

 phoric acid from, 25. 



from Arthur's Seat, on the 



composition of the, 88. 



on the existence of fluorine in 



the, 88. 



Borrowstounness, notice respecting a 

 deposit of shells near, 265. 



Boulder formation and superficial de- 

 posits of Nova Scotia, on the, 140. 



Brewster (Sir David) K.ll., on a pe- 

 culiar modification of the doubly 

 refracting structure of topaz, 16. 



on the existence of peculiar 



crj'stals in the cavities of the topaz, 

 21-23. 



on the decomposition and dis- 



persion of light within solid bodies, 

 64. 

 Brisbane (Sir T. M.) Bart. Presenta- 

 tion of the Keith Prize Medal to, 169. 



Broun (.John Allan). Account of the 

 Magnetic Observatory at Alaker- 

 stoun, and observations made there, 

 10. 



on the thermometric correc- 

 tion of magnetic instruments, 46. 



on the relation of the varia- 



tions of the earths magnetism to 



the solar and lunar periods, 58. 

 on a method of rendering mag- 



netical instruments self-registering, 



79. 

 ■ on the relation of the varie- 



ties of the vertical component of the 

 earth's magnetic intensity to the so- 

 lar and lunar periods, 97. 

 Results of Makerstoun ob- 



servations, No. III. On the solar 

 and lunar periods of the magnetic 

 declination, 144. 

 Presentation of a silver medal 



to, 169. 

 on the combined motions of the 



magetic needle, and on the aurora 

 borealis, 334. 

 Brown (William J.) Notices of a 

 flood at Frastanz, in the Vorarlberg, 

 in the autumn of 1846, 162. 



Caius Verres. On the personal nomen- 

 clature of the Romans, with an 

 especial reference to the nomen of 

 Caius Verres, 87. 



Calcium, fluoride of. See Fluoride of 

 Calcium. 



Caldecott (John). Observations on 

 the temperature of the earth at Tre- 

 vandrum, 29. 



Observations of terrestrial 



temperature made at Trevandrum 

 Observatory, from May 1842 to De- 

 cember 1845, 127. 



Calton HUl, on the anthracite of the, 

 175. 



analysis of the anthracite of 



the, 300. 



Campbell (W. H.) Account of the 

 late earthquake at Demerara, 1. 



Cape of Good Hope, on the appearance 

 of the great comet of 1843, at the, 

 87. 



Capillary attraction, on some pheno- 

 mena of, observed with chloroform, 

 bisulphuret of carbon, and other li- 

 quids, 176. 



Carbon, note on the crystallisation of, 

 and the possible derivation of the 

 diamond from anthracite and gra- 

 phite, 301. 



Carnofs Theory of the motive power 

 of heat, an account of, &c., 98. 



