448 INDEX. 



Naples, notice of a cabinet of ancient glass at, 430 



Natural History, miscellaneous intelligence in, 187-193, 422- 



430 

 Navier (M.) experiments and observations on the mechanical 



action of combustibles, 311-313 

 Negro, observations on the rete mucosum of, 125, 126 

 Nerves, additional facts relating to the division of the eighth 

 pair of, 19, 20, 96 — microscopical observations on, 127-129 

 — on the difference of the functions in certain nerves of the 

 face, illustrated by their anatomy in the inferior animals, and 

 by a comparison of their uses in man and brutes, 231-240 — 

 comparative anatomy of the fifth pair of facial nerves, 240- 

 243— new arrangement of the nervous system by Mr. Bell, 

 376, 377 — on the irritation of the spinal nerves, 428-430 

 Nickel, on the carburet of, 173 

 Nitrate of silver, on the use of, in epilepsy, 189 

 Nitrogen of sulphureous mineral waters, observations on, 409, 



410 

 North, rewards for discovery in, 432 



(Edipiis, expounding the enigma of the Sphinx, description of an 

 ancient gem, representing, 11, 12 



Others (Dr. W.) essay on comets, translated, 137 — on some 

 equations of the first and second order, which have been pro- 

 posed for determining the equations of comets, 137-149 — 

 correction of the olenients of an orbit which has been deter- 

 mined, 149-151 



Opium, improved process for extracting the salt of, 331 



Optical Inventions of Professor Amici, account of, 398-401 



Oxalate of iron, found as a mineral, 422 



Oxalic acid, decomposition of, 413 



Oxides, combinations of, with chlorine, iodine, and cyanogen, 

 175-177 — of platinum with gold, 42 



Paiwi (green), for coarse wood-work, 407 



Papyri of Herculaneum, notice ef, Sir Humphry Davy's ex- 

 periments and observations on, 367-369 

 ^Parkes (Messrs.) notice of the contrivance of, for consuming 

 smoke, 351 — remarks thereon, 352 



Parkinson and Frodsham, (Messrs.) observations of on the 

 chronometers used on the Arctic expedition, 402-404 



Pearl, beautiful Scottish, notice of, 427 



Pendulum, account of Captain Sabine's experiments for deter- 

 mining the acceleration of, in different latitudes, 363-367 



Philip (Dr. A. P. W.) additional facts by, relative to the divi- 

 sion of the eighth pair of nerves, 17-20 



Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, an 

 analysis of, 125-136, 363-380 



