INDEX. 
AcTonIAN Prize of 1851 awarded to 
Mr. Wharton Jones, 54. 
Aggregation, Material, 254. 
Airy, G. B., on the total Eclipse of 
1851, 62. 
— onthe Eclipse of Thales, &c. 243. 
Allotropie changes, 133, 201. 
Alps, Geology of, 31. 
Anhydrous organic Acids, 239. 
Animal Individuality, 184; forms, 444. 
— and Vegetable Kingdoms, Limits 
of, 415. 
Animals and Plants, structure of, 298. 
Annual Meeting in 1851, 61; in 1852, 
190; in 1853, 309; 1854, 433, 
Aphis, development of, 11, 14. 
Architecture, its relations to Science, 
124; constructive principles of the 
Styles of, 268. 
Aurore Boreales, 275. 
BABYLON AND NINEVEH, on disco- 
veries at, 84. 
Baily on Eclipse of Thales, 244; 
Baily’s beads, 64. 
Bains’ Printing Telegraph, 353. 
Barlow, Rey. J., on Silica, 422. 
Barometer, Cartesian, 426. 
Becquerel, Electrical researches of, 75, 
338, 360. 
Bigsby, Dr. J., on Lake Superior, 154. 
Blackheath Pebble-bed, 164. 
Blind, Education of the, 290; Rules 
for their management, 297. 
Brande, Professor, on Peat, 4. 
— on Electro-magnetic clocks, 109. 
— Address on resigning his Professor- 
ship, 168; Report of the Managers 
respecting, 170; elected Hon. Pro- 
fessor of Chemistry, 171. 
Boussingault’s mode of procuring Oxy- 
gen, 337. 
Boutigny, M., Etudes sur les corps & 
Vétat sphéroidal, 179. 
British Seas, natural history of, 17. 
Brockedon, W. Esq., on Caoutchouc, 
42, 
— on Foreign Wines and the Fungus 
on the Grape, 303. 
Brodie, B. C., Esq., on Allotropic 
Changes, 201. 
— on Hydrogen and its homologues, 
325. 
— on Melting points, 449, 
Brooke, C. Esq., on the Compound 
Achromatic Microscope, 402. 
Cannes, Manufacture of, 21. 
Caoutchouc, properties and applica- 
tions of, 42. 
Carpenter, Dr., on the influence of 
Suggestion in modifying and direct- 
ing muscular movement, indepen- 
dently of volition, 147. 
Carpmael, W. Esq., on the manufac- 
ture of Candles, 2). 
Chemical discoveries from the great 
Exhibition, 13]. 
— affinity, 416. 
— forces connected with polarization 
of light, 45. 
— properties of compounds, 451. 
Chemistry, Dynamics of, 90. 
Coal gas, manufacture of, &c., 320. 
Coal, formation of, 284, 
Conolly, Dr. J., on the past and pre- 
sent condition of the Insane (no 
Abstract), 303; on the characters 
of Insanity, 375. 
Cowper, Professor, on Lighthouses, 
24; on Locks, 163 (no Abstract), 
Cuneiform characters, early use of, 84. 
Dietarigs, Table of, 316. ; 
EartH, magnetism of, 57. 
Ebelmen’s mode of producing arti- 
ficial rubies, &c. 83. 
Eclipse of Thales, 243; of Agathocles, 
248 ; of 1851, &c. 62, 
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