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INDEX II. 



Egyptians, on the complexion and hair 

 of the ancient, 142. 



Electric cable, experimental observations 

 on an, 2o. 



Electric currents in submarine telegraph 

 wires, on peristaltic induction of, 21. 



Electrical potentials and capacities, on 

 new instruments i'or measuring, 22. 



Electrical transfer, on tlie apparent me- 

 chanical action accompanying, 55. 



Electricity, 7 ; on an analogy between 

 he.at and, 10 ; on the detection and 

 measurement of atmospheric, by the 

 photo -barograph and thermograph, 

 40 ; on the polar decomposition of 

 water by common and atmospheric, 46. 



Electro-magnet, experiments with a large, 

 12. 



Ellis (Alexander J.) on a more general 

 theory of analytical geometry, including 

 the Cartesian as a particular case, 5 ; 

 on a universal alphabet with ordinary 

 letters for the use of geographers, eth- 

 nologists, &c., 143. 



Emigration, on the, of the last ten years 

 from the United Kingdom, and from 

 France and Germany, 183. 



England, on the ethnology of, at the ex- 

 tinction of the Roman government in 

 the island, 146; on the agricultural 

 labourers of, 171. 



Epithelial cells, on a peculiar structure 

 lately discovered in the, of the small 

 intestines, 1 26. 



" Equitable villages " in America, on, 183. 



Ethnology, 140; of Polynesia, 141, 



Europe, new geological map of, exhibited, 

 88. 



Exhibition, Universal, of Paris, on the 

 machinery of the, 206. 



Factory life, on the influence of, on the 



health of the operatives, 171. 

 F.airbairn (Wm.) on the machinery of the 



Universal Exhibition of Paris, 206. 

 Farrar (Rev. A. S.) on the late eruption 



of Vesuvius, .55. 

 Fascination, on the physiology of, 120. 

 Fasciola gigantica, on a new species of, 



108. 

 Fat, on the absorption of, into the system, 



126. 

 Fauna, on the, of the Lower Silurians of 



the south of Scotland, 99 ; of the Clyde, 



114. 

 Faussett Collection, on a Roman sepul- 

 chral inscription on an Anglo-Saxon 



urn in the, 145. 

 Fecundation in different animals, on the 



history of, 139. 



Femur, on the use of the round ligament 

 of the head of the, 135. 



Ferns, an attempt to classify the, of Great 

 Britain, according to their geognostic 

 relations, 99 ; on a collection of, from 

 Portugal, 106. 



Fishes, on transparent, from Messina, 111; 

 on the structure of the ova of, 131. 



FitzRoy's (Captain) wind charts of the 

 Atlantic, compiled from Maury's pilot 

 charts, 39. 



Fleming (Rev. F.), journey across the 

 rivers of British Kaffraria, 147. 



Flora of Scotland, remarks on the, 100; 

 on the fossil, 83. 



Flowers of the Crimea, on the, 106. 



Foetal life, on the chemistry of, 135. 



Food of artisans, on the quality of, in an 

 artificially heated atmosphere, 63. 



Forbes (David) on the action of sulphu- 

 rets on metallic silicates at high tem- 

 peratures, 62 ; on the relation of the 

 Silurian and metamorphic rocks of the 

 south of Norway, 82. 



Fornix cerebri in man, mammals, and 

 other vertebrata, on the, 133. 



Fossils, on sections of, from the coal 

 formation of Mid-Lothian, 80; of the 

 coal formation of Nova Scotia, 81 ; on 

 the recent discoveries of, in the crystal- 

 line rocks of the North Highlands, 85; 

 from the Cambrian rocks of the Long- 

 mynd, on some, 95. 



Foucault (Leon) on the heat produced by 

 the influence of the magnet upon bodies 

 in motion, 11. 



Fowler (Dr. Richard), an attempt to solve 

 some of the difficulties of the I3erkleyan 

 controversy by well-ascertained physio- 

 logical and psychological facts, 123. 



France, on the emigration of the last ten 

 years from, 183. 



Frankland (Prof.) on some organic com- 

 pounds containing metals, 62 ; on a 

 mode of conserving the alkaline sul- 

 phate contained in alums, ib. 



Fremy (Prof. E.) on the extraction of me- 

 tals from the ore of platinum, 63. 



Frolich (Count D.), an analysis of some 

 of the principles which regulate the 

 effects of a convertible paper currency, 

 165. 



Fulton (James) on the application (for 

 ceconomic and sanitary objects) of the 

 principle of " vivaria " to agriculture 

 and other purposes of life. 111. 



Furlong (C. H.) on a collection of ferns 



from Portugal, 106. 

 Furnaces, experiments on combustion in, 

 209. 



