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INDEX II. 



on the lowest sedimentary rocks of 

 Scotland, 82; on the geology of tlie 

 Dingle promontory, Ireland, 83. 

 Hartlepool pier and port as a harbour of 



refuge, on, 149. 

 Hartwell observatory, photograph of the, 



exhibited, 12. 

 Haukedalr geysers of Iceland, on the 



condition of the, 7.5. 

 Heat, on, 7 ; on an analogy between, and 

 electricity, 10; on the, produced by the 

 influence of the magnet upon bodies in 

 motion, 11. 

 Hectocotylus, on the, 127. 

 Henderson ( Andrew) on the measurement 



of ships, 207. 

 Hibbert (Dr.) on the freshwater lime- 

 stone of, 91. 

 Highgate waterworks, on a crystalline 

 deposit of gypsum in the reservoir of 

 the, 63. 

 Highland border, on the structure and 

 mutual relationships of the older rocks 

 of the, 96. 

 Himalayas of Kemaon, notices of jour- 

 neys in the, 152. 

 Hindu-Chinese nations and Siamese rivers, 



notes on the, 149. 

 Hip-joint, on the use of the round liga- 

 ment of the, 135. 

 Holden (M.) on working a steam-engine 



■with rarefied air, 207. 

 Homologies, on the, of Lepismidae, 110; 



on the vertebral, in animals, 128. 

 Hopkins (Evan) on the optical illusions of 

 the atmospheric lens, 12; on the gold- 

 bearing districts of the world, 83 ; on 

 the meridional and symmetrical struc- 

 ture of the globe, its superficial changes, 

 and the polarity of all terrestrial opera- 

 tions, 83. 

 Human body, on the form and dimensions 

 of the, 127; on the action of the carbo- 

 azotic acid and the carbo-azotates on 

 the, 121. 

 Hurricanes in the West Indies and the 

 North Atlantic frona 1493 to 1855, on, 

 150. 

 Hydrogen, sulphuretted, on the action ot, 



on salts of zinc and copper, 51. 

 Hygrometer, improvements on a dew- 

 point, 38. 



Ice-action observed in the north of Scot- 

 land, on evidences of, 88. 



Iceland, on the condition of the Hauke- 

 dalr geysers of, 75. 



Ichthyolites, discovery of, in the tilestones 

 of Kington, 78. 



Ichthyosaurus, on the discovery of, and 



other fossils in the late Arctic searching 

 expedition, 1852-54, 79. 



India, on I'emarkable hailstorms in, 31. 



India-rubber, on, 103. 



Insects, on the development of sex in 

 social. 111. 



Inskip (J. M.), account of the exploration 

 of the Isthmus of Darien, under Cap- 

 tain Prevost, 148. 



Intestine, on the occurrence of leucine 

 and tyrosine in the contents of the, 124. 



Intestines, on a peculiar structure lately 

 discovered in the epithelial cells of the 

 small, 126, 



Iodine, on the manufacture of, from kelp, 

 69. 



Ireland, on the cleavage of the Devonians 

 of the south of, 82 ; results deducible 

 from the report on the statics of dis- 

 ease in, 164. 



Iron, on the electric qualities of magnet- 

 ized, 19; on the manufacture of, by 

 purified coke, 49 ; on the titaniferous, 

 of the Mersey shore, 61. 

 Iron ores called "brass," on the chemi- 

 cal composition of some, 66. 

 Iron trade, on the progress, extent and 

 value of the, of the westof Scotland,193. 



Jacob (W. S.) on certain anomalies pre- 

 sented by the binary star 70 Ophiuchi, 

 25. 

 Jamaica, on the condition of the labour- 

 ing population of, as connected with 

 the present state of landed property in 

 that district, 197. 



Jamieson (Robert) on a compass inde- 

 pendent of local attraction, 207. 



Jardine (Sir W., Bart.) on the Coregoni 

 of Scotland, 111. 



Johnson (M. J.) on the detection and 

 measurement of atmospheric electricity 

 by the photo -barograph and thermo- 

 graph, 40. 



Johnson (Richard) on alloys, 50. 



Joule (J. P.), experiments with a large 

 electro-magnet, 12. 



Juvenile delinquency, on, 173. 



Kaffraria, journey across the rivers of 

 British, 147. 



Kelp, on the manufacture of iodine from, 

 69. 



Kemaon, notices of journeys in the Hima- 

 layas of, 152. 



Kolliker (Prof.) on transparent fishes from 

 Messina, 111; on the occurrence of 

 leucine and tyrosine in the pancreatic 

 fluid and contents of the intestine, 124; 

 on the physiology of the spermatozoa, 



