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INDEX II. 



Elliptic analyser, on a new, 14. 



Engines, marine, on a method of con- 

 densing steam in, 116. 



England, maps illustrating the criminal 

 statistics of, for 16 j^ears, 100. 



Eocene freshwater formation at Hord- 

 well, on new fossil mammalia from the, 

 67. 



Ethnology, 84. 



Europe and Asia, on the best means of 

 realizing arapidintercourse between, 95. 



Exhibition, Great, account of the astro- 

 nomical instruments in the, 21. 



Fairbairn (William) on the construction of 

 iron vessels exposed to severe strain,113. 



Fallow-deer, antler of a, found at Roy- 

 don, near Diss, 69. 



Faraday (Dr.) on a specimen of dark glass 

 which was found to be melted after 

 being placed outside the eye-piece of a 

 telescope, 22. 



Fat, on a sample of blood containing, 77. 



Fauna, molluscous, of the Azores and St. 

 Helena, on some indications of the, 76, 



Femur of a gigantic fossil elephant, on 

 the, ,58. 



Finch (Dr. Cuthbert) on the vital statistics 

 of the armies in the East India Com- 

 pany's Service, 99. 



Finland, on an oreographical map of, 88. 



Fletcher (Joseph), statistics of the attend- 

 ance in schools for children of the 

 poorer classes, 99. 



Forbes (Prof. E.) on the discovery by 

 Dr. Overweg of Devonian rocks in North 

 Africa, 58; on the Echinodermata of 

 the crag, ib. ; on the new species of 

 Maclurea, 65 ; on some indications of 

 the molluscous fauna of the Azores and 

 St. Helena, 76 ; on a new testacean dis- 

 covered during the voyage of H.M.S. 

 Rattlesnake, 77. 



Forbes (Prof. J. D.) on the progress of 

 experiments on the conduction of heat, 

 undertaken at the meeting of the Bri- 

 tish Association at Edinburgh, in 1850, 

 7. 



Fowler (Dr. Richard) on the correlation 

 of vitality and mind with the physical 

 forces, 83. 



Fossils from the Ottawa river, on the, 63. 



Fossils collected at Sunday river, on the 

 Cape frontier, 68. 



Fimgi, on the probability of the conver- 

 sion of Asci into spores in certain, 70. 



Futtegurh, abstract of meteorological ob- 

 servations made at, 39. 



Galen (Dr. Von) on the comet of short 



period discovered by Brorsen, Feb. 26, 

 1846, and its reappearance in 1851, 

 23. 



Gales, on mooring ships in revolving, 36. 



Gambogic acid and the gambogiates, and 

 their use in artistic painting, 51. 



Garhwal, on the geography of, 92; on 

 the inhabitants of, 94. 



Gases, on a general theory of, 6. 



Geography, 84. 



Geography, physical, 54. 



Geology, 54. 



Geology of a part of the Himalaya and 

 Thibet, on the, 69. 



Gilbert (Dr. J. H.) on agricultural che- 

 mistry, especially in relation to the mi- 

 neral theory of Baron Liebig, 45. 



Gladstone (J. H.) on a sample of blood 

 containing fat, 77. 



Gold pens, on an improved modification 

 of the reservoir for, 118. 



Granite rocks from Ben Cruachan, on, 59. 



Graham (Prof.) on liquid diffusion, 47. 



Greek statues, comparison of athletic 

 men of Great Britain with, 84. 



Guerry (M.), maps illustrating the crimi- 

 nal statistics of England for 16 years, 

 100. 



Gunn (Rev. J.) on the femur of a gigantic 

 fossil elephant from the beach at Bac- 

 ton, 58. 



Guyot's (M.) experiment on the Earth's 

 rotation. Professor Powell on, 23. 



Hail-storms in India, on, 31. 



Hake (Dr. T. G.) on a new apparatus for 

 supplying warm air to the limgs, 83. 



Hancock (Albaiy) on two new species of 

 Nudibranchiate mollusca, 74; on the 

 branchial currents of Pholas and Mya, 

 ib. 



Hancock (Prof W. Neilson) on the pro- 

 spects of the beet-sugar manufacture 

 in the United Kingdom, 101 ; on the 

 duties of the public in respect to chari- 

 table savings-banks, 103 ; should boards 

 of guardians endeavour to make pauper 

 labour self-supporting, or shoidd they 

 investigate the causes of pauperism ? 

 104. 



Hansteen's magnetic intensity instru- 

 ment, effect of three iron cylinders 

 upon, when placed in a given position, 

 9. 



Hartmann (Baron) on an oreographical 

 map of Finland, 88. 



Heat, 6 ; on the results of the hypothesis 

 of molecular vortices, as applied to the 

 theory of elasticity and, 3 ; on the 

 progress of experiments on the con- 



