INDEX. 



469 



Cephalopoda, structure of, 380. 

 Ceres, planet, on the elements of, 271 

 Challis (J.) on the small vibratory mo- 

 tions of elastic fluids, 136 ; on the 

 propagation of motion through elas- 

 tic mediums, 325. 

 Chemical action of light, 462. 

 Chevalier (T. W.) on the ear, 287. 

 Chinioidia, new vegeto-alkali, 461. 

 Chloride of barium, on, 276. 

 Chromate of zinc : — as a pigment, 60 ; 



of potash, adulteration in, 61. 

 Chronometers, prize, at Greenwich, on, 



12, 104, 134. 

 Cinchona, new vegeto-alkalies from, 



233. 

 Collier's (E. H.) patent for the manu- 

 facture of paper from Ulva marina, 

 236. 

 Composition, alleged unity of in ani- 

 mals, 382, 440. 

 Copper, ancient glass beads coloured 



by, 401. 

 Copper-coloured light reflected from 



the moon's disc, 66. 

 Coprolites, discovery of, in North Ame- 

 rica, 321. 

 Cornwall : — on the steam-engines of, 

 152, 323, 421, 424, 449; Royal Geo- 

 logical Society of, 147. 

 Crystalline substance, on a, from the 



zinc-foundry at Filisur, 401. 

 Crystallized sulphuret, electrical for- 

 mation of, 226. 

 Cuff (C.) on the presence of iodine, &c. 



in the Bath waters, 9. 

 Cuvier and Geoffroy-St.-Hilaire, on 

 the unity of organization in animals, 

 379. 

 Davy (Sir H.), short account of the 



scientific discoveries of, 38, 228. 

 Dekay's (J. E.) discovery of coprolites 



in North America, 321. 

 De la Beche (H. T.) on the distribu- 

 tion of orj^anic remains in the oolite 

 series of England and France, 81, 

 202, 250, 334 ; on the geology of 

 the shores of the Gulf of La Spezia, 

 143; on the formation of conglome- 

 rate and gravel deposits, 161 ; ob- 

 servations on his classification of 

 European rocks, 189; on the geo- 

 logy of Weymouth, 454. 

 Diamond, method of exhibiting the 



combustion of, 407. 

 Dicliolomous System, Mr. W. .S. Mac- 

 Lcay on the dying struggle of the, 

 430. 

 E. W. B.'s remarks on one of Mr. 

 Ritchie's experiments, inferring the 

 inade<|uacy of the chemical theory of 

 galvanism, 61. 

 Ear, on the, 287. 



Earth: — on the figure of the, 241, 412; 

 on the dimensions of the, 40'J, 



Elastic fluids, on tiie small vibratory 

 motions of, 136; specific heat of, 

 460 ; elastic power of steam, 235 ; 

 elastic mediums, on the propagation 

 of motion through, 325. 

 Electricity, decomposition of sulphuret 

 of carbon by, 61 ; electrical forma- 

 tion of crystallized sulphuret, 226. 

 Encke (Prof.) on the construction of 

 the Ephemerisfor 1831, 172; on the 

 elements of the planet Ceres, 271 ; 

 on the conversion of right ascension 

 and declination into longitude and 

 latitude, 330; Mr. South's address 

 on delivering the Astronomical So- 

 ciety's medal to, 374. 

 Entomology t-natural history of Petro- 

 phila, 206 ; sketch of the Systema 

 Glossatorum of Fabricius, 118. 

 Ephemerisfor 1831, Prof. Encke's, 172. 

 F. K.'s reply to Caleb Mainspring on 



prize chronometers, 104. 

 FabriciiK's Systema Glossatorum, sketch 



of, 118. 

 Farcy's (J. ) evidence on the law of pa- 

 tent inventions, 67, 152 ; on the per- 

 formance of the steam-engines of 

 Cornwall, 420. 

 Fergusonite, examination of, 232. 

 Figure of the earth, Mr. Ivory on the, 



241, 412. 

 Firemen, incombustible dress for, 148. 

 Fish, method of obtaining skeletons of, 



151. 

 Fitton's (Dr.) geological observations 

 on part of the low countries and the 

 north of France, 140. 

 Fleming's (Dr.) philosophy of zoology, 



432. 

 Fluids, elastic, on the vibratory mo- 

 tions of, 136 ; specific heat of, 460. 

 Formic acid, new process for preparing, 



60. 

 Fossils: — bones, at North Cliff, 1; trees, 

 in Derwent lead mine, 185 ; fox, of 

 CEningen, 207. 

 Fox, fossil, of CEningen, 207. 

 G. \V. F. on the saliferous rocks in the 



State of New York, 198. 

 Gallic acid and tannin, distinctive cha- 

 racters of, 58. 

 Galloway (E.) on a new paddle-wheel, 



408. 

 Galvanism, remarks on one of Mr. 

 Ritchie's experiments inferring the 

 inadequacy of the chemical theory of, 

 61. 

 Gay-Lussac (M.) on kcrmes mineral, 



386. 

 Geological .Society, 48, 207, 289, 358. 

 Geology : — further examination of the 

 fossil bones at North CliU", 1 ; on 

 the vegetation of the first period of 

 the world, 23, 185; on the tertiary 

 depo'jits of the Vale of Gomu, 48, 5('; 



