CONTENTS. 
1851. 
PAGE 
Jan. 24. Proressor Farapay— On the Magnetic Characters 
and Relations of Oxygen and Nitrogen aie | 
-- 31. Proressor BranpE— On Peat and its Products 4 
Feb. 3. General Monthly Meeting x : cere 
-- 7. Proressor Owen — On Metamorphosis and Meta- 
genesis 5 : : re, 
-- 14. Proressor KE. Forsrs— On Recent Researches into 
the Natural History of the British Seas 17 
-- 21. W. Carpmart, Esa.—On the Manufacture of Candles 21 
-. 28. Prorzssor E, Cowprr — On Lighthouses . 24 
March 3. General Monthly Meeting F 29 
.. 7. Sir R. I. Murcuitson — On the former Change of 
the Alps : 31 
14. Dr. W. W. Gutr— On some ie in the Phy- 
siology of Voluntary Movement ; ae 7 
+. 21. W. Brocxzpon, Esa. — On some Properties peculiar 
to Caoutchouc, and their Applications. . 42 
-. 28, Nevin Story Masxetyne, Ese.— On the Connexion 
of Chemical Forces with the Polarization of Light 45 
April 4. Sir Cuartes Lynn — On Impressions of Rain-drops 
in Ancient and Modern Strata : . 50 
-. 7. General Monthly Meeting “ . 54 
.. 11. Prorzssor Farapay — On Atmospheric Magen 56 
May 1. Annual Meeting : A 61 
. 2. G. B. Airy, Esa. Astronomer sage On the 
Total Solar Eclipse of 1851, July 28. . 62 
-- 5. General Monthly Meeting 4 69 
9. Rev. Proressor BapEen PowELtt— On the Beckat 
Experiment showing the Rotation of the Earth by 
means of the Pendulum . ; . 70 
.- 16. Carrain W. H. Sureparp—On Central America 
and the Ship-Canal. (No Abstract). . . 45 
