INDEX II. 
xpplied to architecture and the human 
form, 131. 
Becker (Dr. Ludwig) on the constant in- 
crease of elevation of the beds of river's, 
72; remarks as to the earlier existence 
of the Binnen or inland lake, 73. 
BenCruachan, onthe dispersion of granite 
blocks from, 88. 
Berber, on the Soukaneeah dialect of the, 
142. 
Beswick (Samuel) on a method for com- 
puting magnetic charts of declination, 
3 
Binnen or inland lake, remarks as to the 
earlier existence of the, 73. 
Birds of the Faroé island, on the, 127. 
Black (the late Dr.), a few unpublished 
particulars concerning, 69. 
Blood, on the presence of carbonates in, 
- 57; of fluorine in, 67. 
Blood-corpuscle in the adult, on the sup- 
posed relation of the spleen to the ori- 
~ gin of the coloured, 134. 
Bombay government, statistics of criminal 
and civil justice under the, for the years 
1844 to 1847, 159." 
Botany, 112. . 
Brachyura, on the use of the false feet in 
male, 116. 
Bread, observations on ropy, 60. 
Brewster (Sir D.) on anew membrane in- 
vesting the crystalline lens of the ox, 
4; on the artificial magnets made by 
M. Logeman, by the process of M. 
Elias, 7b.; on the polarizing structure 
of the eye, 5; on the optical properties 
of the cyanurets of platinum and mag- 
nesia, and of barytes and platinum, 7b. ; 
on the recent improvements in photo- 
graphy, 6; on some new phenomena 
ἐξ the polarization of the atmosphere, 
ib. 
Bridge, on the priority of the invention of 
the tubular, 170. 
Bridge of Ashiesteel, on the rubble, 187. 
British islands, on the passage of storms 
across the, 42. 
Brodie (Rev. P. B.) on the Stonesfield 
slate at Collyweston, and the great 
oolite, inferior oolite and lias, in the 
neighbourhood of Grantham, 74. 
Broun (J. A.) on electrical figures of dust 
on plate glass,7; on the effect of height 
in the atmosphere on the diurnal varia- 
tion of magnetic declination, ib.; onthe 
effect of height on the diurnal variation 
of the horizontal complement of the 
magnetic force, ἐδ. ; on the variation 
with season of the differences of the 
mean pressure at Greenwich and Ma- 
197 
kerstoun, ἐδ. ; on the mechanical com- 
pensation of the bifilar and balance 
magnets for variations of the magnetic 
moment with temperature, 9; on the 
construction of silk suspension threads 
for the declination magnetometer, 10; 
on the attempts to resolve the pressure 
of the atmosphere into two parts, that 
of vapour and dry air, 31. 
Brushes, on Haidinger’s, 20. 
Bryce (James, jun.) on striated and po- 
lished rocks and “ Roches Mouton- 
nées’’ in the lake district of West- 
moreland, 76; postscript, 112; onthe 
Lesmahagow and Douglas coal-field in 
Lanarkshire, 77. 
Buchanan (George) on some proposed 
improvements in valves, stopcocks or 
stoppers for regulating the passage 
of fluids, by the use of flexible sub- 
stances, 171. 
Buckman (Prof.) on some chemical facts 
connected with the tessellated pave- 
ments discovered at Cirencester, 48. 
Budd (J. Palmer) on the advantageous use 
made of the gaseous escape from the 
blast furnaces at Ystalyfera, 172. 
Bunter sandstone of Dumfries-shire, on 
the position of the footsteps in the, 
83. 
Busk (George), list of Sertularian zoo- 
phytes aud Polyzoa from Port Natal, 
Algoa Bay, and Table Bay in South 
Africa; with remarks on their geogra- 
phical distribution, and observations 
on the genera Plumularia and Cateni- 
cella, 118. 
Caithness, on chalk flints and oolitic fos- 
sils from the boulder clay in, 93. 
Calcium, on the extent to which fluoride 
of, is soluble in water at 60° F., 68. 
Callitriche, on the epidermal appendages 
of the genus, 113. 
Campbell - (Dugald) on the action of the 
soap-test upon water containing a salt 
of magnesia only, and likewise upon 
water containing a salt of magnesia 
and a salt of lime, 49. 
Cantyre, Argyleshire, on the geology of 
the southern extremity of, 100. 
Cape de Verd islands, on the use of the 
Bofareira as a means adopted by the 
patives of the, to excite lactation, 132. 
Carbon, on the tetramorphism of, 62. 
Carbonates in blood, on the presence of, 
57. 
Carboniferous deposits of France and 
Germany, on lines of dislocation be- 
tween the lower and upper, 96. 
