INDEX II. 



227 



vanic stimuli directly applied to the, 

 131 ; of the extremities of birds, 137. 



Nachot (M.) on new forms of microscope, 

 adapted for physiological demonstra- 

 tion, 12, 



Napier (J. R.) on a new method of drying 

 timber, 208 ; on a simple boat plug, ib.; 

 description of the launch of the steamer 

 " Persia," ib. 



National establishments, on an improved 

 mode of keeping accounts in our, 159. 



National strength, as tested by the num- 

 bers, ages and industrial qualifications 

 of the people, on our, 199. 



" Natural History of Deeside and Brae- 

 mar," by the late Dr. Macgillivray, and 

 edited by Dr. Lankester, a copy ex- 

 hibited, 118. 



Negretti and Zambra, on the new maxi- 

 mum thermometer of, 24. 



Nelson (Dr. H.) on the fecundation of 

 the ova in Ascaris mystax, 131, 



Newfoundland, return of civil actions, 

 and civil and criminal prosecutions and 

 informations in the circuit for the north- 

 ern district of, during 29 years, 191. 



Newmarch (William) on the emigration 

 of the last ten years from the United 

 Kingdom, and from France and Ger- 

 many, 183 ; remarks on two lectures 

 delivered at Oxford by the Professor of 

 Political Economy, in a paper " On the 

 Loans raised by Mr. Pitt from 1793 to 

 1801," ib. 



Nervous system, on an abnormal condi- 

 tion of the, 121. 



Nichol (Prof.) on the chronology of the 

 formation of the moon, 28 ; on climato- 

 logical elements in the western district 

 of Scotland, 42. 



Nicholson (E. Chambers) on the chemical 

 composition of some iron ores called 

 " brass " occurring in the coal-mea- 

 sures of S. Wales, 66. 



Nicol (Prof. James), new geological map 

 of Europe, 88 ; on striated rocks and 

 other evidences of ice- action observed 

 in the north of Scotland, ib. 



Niger, on the late expedition up the 

 river, 146. 



Normandy (Dr.) on the marine aerated 

 freshwater apparatus, 68. 



Norway, on the relations of the Silurian 

 and metamorphic rocks of the south of, 

 82 ; on the Brachiopoda observed in 

 a dredging tour with Mr, M' Andrew on 

 the coast of, 106 ; exhibition of zoo- 

 phytes, mollusca, &c. observed on the 

 coast of, in the summer of 1855, 113. 



Notation, on mechanical, 203. 



Nova Scotia, on the fossils of the coal- 

 formation of, 81 ; on the species of 

 Meriones and Arvicolae found in, 110, 



Object-glass, on the achromatism of a 

 double, 14. 



Observatory, on the establishment of a 

 magnetic, meteorological and astrono- 

 mical, on the mountain of Angusta 

 MuUay, in Travancore, 25. 



Ocean, on the probable maximum depth 

 of the, 81, 99. 



Oliphant (W.) on the skull of a Manatus 

 Senegalensis, 116. 



Oppert (Dr. Julius), geographical and 

 historical results of the French scien- 

 tific expedition to Babylon, 148. 



Orbitolites complanatus, on the structure 

 and development of, 107. 



Organic compounds containing metals, 

 on some, 62, 



Organized bodies, on the law of molecular 

 elaboration in, 119. 



Ormeshead, on the geology of the district 

 of Great and Little, 94, 



Osborn (Capt. Sherard) on the late Arc- 

 tic expeditions, 149, 



Outram (Sir B. F.) on Hartlepool pier 

 and port as a harbour of refuge, 149. 



Ova, on the signification of the so-called, 

 of the Hippocrepian Polyzoa, 118; on 

 the fecundation of the, in Ascaris my- 

 stax, 131 ; on the structure of the, of 

 fishes, ib. 



Page (D.) on the Pterygotus and Ptery- 

 gotus beds of Great Britain, 89 ; on 

 the freshwater limestone of Dr. Hib- 

 bert, 91 ; on the subdivisions of the 

 palaeozoic and metamorphic rocks of 

 Scotland, 92. 



Palaeozoic and metamorphic rocks of Scot- 

 land, on the subdivisions of the, 92. 



Paper currency, an analysis of some of 

 the principles which regulate the effects 

 of a convertible, 165, 



Paper pulp, on Papyrus, Bonapartea, and 

 other plants which can furnish fibre 

 for, 104, 



Papyrus, for furnishing fibre for paper 

 pulp, on, 104, 



Pare (William) on " equitable villages " 

 in America, 183. 



Paris, on the machinery of the Universal 

 Exhibition of, 206. 



Parkes (Harry) on the Hindii-Chinese 

 nations and Siamese rivers, with an 

 account of Sir John Bowring's mission 

 to Siam, 149. 



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