INDEX TO VOL. LXVI. 



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lEROLITE, 152, 359; augltic.ses 

 uifrica, 237,238,312 



^ir, condensation and dilatation of, 3 

 Aloes, new, from the Cape, 279 



Ampere, (M.) on electro-dynamic 

 phasnomena, 368 ; electro-dynamic 

 experiment, 373 



Analysis, of ancient Roman glass, 122; 

 of ancient sealing-wax, 122; of an- 

 thracite, 163; of plumbago, 164; 

 of bicarburet of hydrogen, 187 ; of a 

 new carburet of hydrogen, 189; of 

 native seleniuret of leiid, 222 ; of 

 lepidolite, helvin, and latrobite, 223; 

 of prehnite, 224; of a new mineral 

 resembling felspar, 225 ; combina- 

 tions of tungsten, 266; Russian pla- 

 tina, 285 ; urinary calculus from a 

 hog, 289 ; of olivine, 224, 359, 363 ; 

 of chrj'solite, 365 



Anoplotherium commune, discovery of 

 in the isle of Wight, 394 



Aiithiacite, experiments on, 162, 455 

 Apjohn, (J.) on cadmium, 77 



Arago's experiments on magnetism de- 

 veloped by rotation, 97 

 Arsenic, tests for, 252 

 Astronomical Injbrmation, 153, 154, 

 217, 218, 219, 261, 307,309, 388, 464 

 Astronomical Observations, Greenwich, 

 33, 292, 388 ; Kbnigsberg, 33 ; 

 Palermo, 261 

 Atmosphere, constitution of, 81, 241 

 Australia, geology of, 462 

 Babbage, (C.) on magnetism by rota- 

 tion, 97; on notation, 120 

 Barlow, (P.) on magnetism by rotation, 

 93, 99 

 Barrington, (Hon. D.) his opinions on 

 the songs of birds denied 18 

 Berzelius, (I'rof.) analyses of minerals, 

 224 

 Bessel, on the declination of the fixed 

 stars, 33 ; on the Greenwich obser- 

 vations, 292 

 Bevan, (B.) on the present crust of the 

 earth, 313 

 Binomial Theorem, Herapath's demon- 

 stration of, 50, 116, 126, 179, 273, 

 354 

 Birds, on the notes of, 14 ; migration 

 of, 318; of Java, 126 

 Blackmail, (J.) on the notes of birds, 14 

 Boa constrictor, mode of taking its prey, 

 226 

 Bonaparte, (C.) ornithological memoirs 

 by, 348 



Books, new, 51, 126, 213, 296, 459 

 Buussingault, on Urao, 278 



Brandes, (Dr. R. ) chemical examina- 

 tion of Roman glass and sealing- 

 wax, 121 

 Brid-e, Menai, 157 

 Brinkley, (Dr.) method of finding the 

 latitude, 211,251,284,345,458 

 Broderip, (W. J.) on the boa constric- 

 tor, 226 

 Buckland, (Prof.) discovery of the Ano- 

 ])lotherium commune in the isle of 

 Wight, 394 

 Burnei/, (Dr.) on a new comet, and a 

 conjunction of the planets, 307 

 Burns, (J.) on finding the latitude at 

 sea, 211, 251, 283, 344, 458 

 Cadmium, 77 

 Calculus, urinary, from a hog, 288 

 Carbon, fused, 162, 442, 455 

 Carbon arid Hydrogen, new compounds 

 of, 73, 180 

 C/i/ai/n8,(Dr.)on the Bitburg meteorite, 

 152 

 Christie, (S. H.) on magnetism by 

 rotation, 95, 98 

 Clirislison, (Dr. R.) on oil and coal 

 gas, 206 

 Cle/nent, (M.) experiments on air, 6, 

 110 

 Coal-gas, injurious effects of, 208 

 Coal-gas companies, parliamentary in- 

 trigues of, 203, 207 

 Comefi,153,154,217,218,219, 307, 309, 

 388, 464 

 Condensation and dilatation of air, 3 

 Copper, made magnetic by rotation, 99 

 Copper, white, 73 

 Cross, for surveying, 272, 392 

 Cuttle fish, pancreas in, 155 

 Dallon,on atmospheric heat, 8 1 , 1 09,242 

 Davies, (T. S.) on the demonstration of 

 formula;, 115, 273, 179, 354 

 Density of the earth, 331 

 Dicholomous arrangement of nature, 172 

 Dis-iota, on estimating longitude in 

 time, 48 

 JJortouan's ( Mr.) filtering apparatus, 76 

 Doris argo, pancreas in, 155 

 Double altitudes, 211,250,283,344,458 

 Earth, present crust of, 313 ; ellipticity 

 of, 398 

 Earth's interior parts, density and pres- 

 sure in, 331 

 Eclipses, lunar, 163 

 Electro-dynamic experiment, 373 

 Electro-dynamic phcEnomcna, 368 



