INDEX II. 



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duction of, 7 ; on the products of the 

 action of, on animal substances, 43. 



Highfield House, on some unusual phae- 

 nomena seen near, 33. 



Himalaya and Thibet, on the geology of 

 a part of the, 69 ; on the botanical 

 geography of part of the, 72, 73. 



Himalaya mountains, on the geography 

 of Kumaon and Garhwal in the, 92. 



Hopkins (William) on the distribution of 

 granite rocks from Ben Cruachan, 59. 



Hordwell, on new fossil mammalia from 

 the eocene freshwater formation at, 67. 



Huxley (Thomas H.) on the genus Sa- 

 gitta, 77 ; on the anatomy of the hy- 

 drostatic acephalse, ib. ; on a new form 

 of sponge-like animal, 80. 



Hydro-electric chain battery, on M. Pul- 

 vermacher's patent portable, 52. 



Hygrometric moisture in the air, on an 

 apparatus for determining the quantity 

 of, 29. 



Hygrometrical calculations, description of 

 a sliding-rule for, 42. 



Idiots in the United Kingdom, on the 

 best means of ascertaining the number 

 and condition of the infantile, 109. 



India, on the climate of western, 29 ; on 

 hail-storms in, 31; on indications of 

 upheavals and depressions of the land 

 in, 55. 



Indian archipelago, on the negro races of 

 the, 86. 



Ipswich, on calcareous zoophytes found 

 at, 81. 



Ireland, is there really a want of capital 

 in? 106. 



Iron, meteoric, of Atacama, on the, 84 ; 

 on the application of chilled cast, to the 

 pivots of astronomical instruments, 

 114. 



Iron vessels, on the construction of, ex- 

 posed to severe strain, 113. 



Irrigation, on applying the power of wind 

 to a pumjJ for the purpose of, 1 17. 



Johnson (Capt. E. J.), letter to Lieut.-Col. 

 Sabine on the deviations of the com- 

 passes of H.M. steam ships Ajax and 

 Blenheim, 8 ; and Mr. Brunton on ex- 

 periments with three iron cylinders, 

 showing their eflect upon the compass, 

 the dipping-needle, and Hansteen's 

 magnetic intensity instrument, 9. 



Johnson (Prof. W. R.) on some theoreti- 

 caland practical methodsof determining 

 the calorific efficiencies of coals, 47. 



Joule (J. P.) on a method of sounding in 

 deep seas, 22. 



Kennedy (J. C. G.) on the influence of 

 discoveries in science and works of art 

 in developing the condition of a people, 

 as indicated by the census operations of 

 the United States, 108. 



KhanikofF (M.), letter to Mr. Stevenson, 

 on his ascent of Mount Ararat, 88. 



Klinology, on, in reference to the Bava- 

 rian Alps, 69. 



Koh-i-Noor, on a diamond slab supposed 

 to have been cut from the, 44. 



Kumaon, on the geography of, 92 ; on 

 the inhabitants of, 94. 



Lakes Superior and Hui'on, on the age of 

 the copper-bearing rocks of, 59. 



Land in India, on indications of upheavals 

 and depressions of the, 55. 



Lankester (Dr.) on the theory of the for- 

 mation of wood and the descent of the 

 sap in plants, 72 ; on a monstrosity of 

 Lathyrus odoratus, ih. 



Latham (Dr. R, G.) on the ethnological 

 position of the Br^hui, and on the lan- 

 guages of the Paropamisus, 89. 



Lathyrus odoratus, on a monstrosity of, 72. 



Lawes (J. B.) on agricultural chemistry, 

 especially in relation to the mineral 

 theory of Baron Liebig, 45. 



Lee (Dr. John) on the Alten and Chris- 

 tiania meteorological observations, 33. 



Leicester (Lieut.) on the volcanic group 

 of Milo, 89. 



Liebig (Baron), on agricultural chemistry, 

 especially in relation to the mineral 

 theory of, 45. 



Light, 6 ; remarks by Rev. Prof. Powell 

 on Lord Brougham's experiments on, 

 11. 



Liquid diffiision, on, 47. 



Logan (W. E.) on the age of the copper- 

 bearing rocks of Lake Superior and 

 Huron, and on the physical structure 

 of Canada, 59. 



Lowe (E. J.), observations made at the 

 Observatory of Highfield House on 

 zodiacal light, 24 ; on the land and 

 freshwater mollusca found near Not- 

 tingham, 80. 



Lungs, on a new apparatus for supplying 

 warn\ air to the, 83. 



Lyell (Sir Charles) on the occurrence of a 

 stratum of stones covered with barnacles 

 in the red crag at Wherstead, near 

 Ipswich, 65. 



Macdonald (Dr. W.) on the antennae of 

 the annulosa, and their homology in 

 the macrourals, 81. 



Maclurea, new species of, 65. 



