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INDEX. 



Coffee, a peculiar principle in, 149. 



Combustion of coal-gas, on, 150, 375. 



Compound bodies, specific gravities of, 

 416. 



Cooper's(B. B.)anatoraical description 

 of the foot of a Chinese female, 382. 



Corbaux (F.) on the laws of mortality, 

 180. 



Cuneiforminscriptions, deciphered,321. 



Cyanogen, perchloride of, action of on 

 water, 232. 



Davy's (Sir H.) experiments on the 

 torpedo, 300. 



Davy (Dr. J.) on the solubility of 

 phosphorus, 310. 



Dechen and Oeynhausen, on the junc- 

 tion of granite and killas in Corn- 

 wall, IGI, 241 ; on Ben-Nevis, 385. 



Digestion, on the functions of, S04. 



Earth, figure of the, 205. 



Egyptian mummy, account of, 57. 



Electrical pha^nomena, 170. 



Electricity, 170, 223, 300. 



Emmett (Rev. J. B.) on an electrical 

 phaenomenon, 170; on the specific 

 gravities of compound bodies, 416. 



Encke (Prof.) on interpolation, 28, 91 ; 

 on transits, 274. 



Ewart (P.) on the expansion of com- 

 pressed elastic fluids, 247. 



FcEces, fossil, of the Ichthyosaurus, 

 387. 



Farquharson (Rev. J.) on the aurora 

 borealis, 308. 



Fig-trees, species indigenous to Ja- 

 maica, 306. 



Figure of the earth, on the, 205. 



Fitton's (Dr.) address at the annual 

 meeting of the Geol. Soc, 443. 



Fluids, compressed elastic, Mr. Ewart 

 on the expansion of, 247. 



Foot of a Chinese female, anatomical 

 description of, 392. 



Formula;, two logaritlimic, on the inac- 

 curacy of, 378. 



Forster (F.) on the probability of find- 

 ing coal near Leicester, 236, 347. 



Fossils: — some remarkable fossil re- 

 mains found near Cromer, 104; claw 

 of the Iguanodon, 153; faces of the 

 Ichthyosaurus, 387 ; Pterodactyle, 

 387 ; 'Sepia, 3SS ; plants, 459. 



Foville's (Dr.) researches on the ana- 

 tomy of the brain, 278, 331. 



Friction, Mr. G. Rennie on, 131. 



Galbraith (W.) on the latitude and 

 longitude of the observatory on tlie 

 Gallon Hill, 257. 



Galena, heated, on the action of steam 

 and quick-lime upon, 172. 



Gallic acid, 149. 



Gas, coal, on the combustion of, 150, 



376 ; sulphuretted hydrogen gas, ac- 

 tion of, on solutions of mercury, 310; 

 effects of oxygen gas upon the animal 

 system, 383. 



Gases, expansion of, by heat, 419. 



Geological Society, 134, 384, 443. 



Geology: — of Lake Ontario, 1 , 81, 263, 

 339, 424; on the anticlinal line of the 

 London and Hampshire basins, 111; 

 geology of Nice, 134, 384; on the 

 excavation of valleys, 136; series of 

 rocks in the United States, 138 ; fos- 

 sil remains found near Cromer, 140; 

 on the granite and killas rocks in 

 Cornwall, 161, 241; of the moun- 

 tain Ben-Nevis, 385, 461 ; on the 

 tertiary and secondary rocks of Bas- 

 sano, 401 ; Dr. Fitton's address at 

 annual meeting of Geol. Soc, 443. 



Gilbert's (D.) address, at the anniver- 

 sary meeting of the Royal Society, 66. 



Girardin (M.) on red ferrocyanatc of 

 potash, 148. 



Glucina reduced to the metallic stale, 

 234. 



Glucinum, 392. 



Granite and killas, on their junction in 

 Cornwall, 161,241. 



Graves (J. T.) on the inaccuracy of 

 two logarithmic formula, 378. 



Gravities, specific, of compound bodies, 

 416. 



Green's (Dr. J.) reply to Mr. Sow- 

 erby's remarks on the pressure of the 

 sea, 371. 



Heat, expansion of gases by, 419. 



Hennel (H.) on sulphuric acid and al- 

 cohol, and the process by which 

 ether is formed, 226. 



Horticidtural Society's barometer, 236. 



Hydrogen, decomposition of boracic 

 acid by, 233. 



Hyposulphates, 395. 



Hyposulphuric acid, 395. 



Ichthyosaurus, faeces of the fossil, 387. 



Iguanodon, claw of, fossil, 155. 



Inscriptions, ancient, of Persepolis, 321 . 



Interpolation, Prof. Encke, on, 28, 91. 



Iron, on the deviation of magnetized 

 needles towards, 129; carbon in, 231. 



Ivory, (J.) on deducing the dillerence 

 of longitude from the latitudes and 

 azimuths of two stations, 24, 106 ; 

 observations on Mr. Meikle's reply, 

 104 ; arguments to prove that the 

 earth is a solid of revolution, 205. 



Jenyns (Rev. L.) on the bat, 227. 



Kcnrick (Rev. J.) on the ancient in- 

 scriptions of Persepob's, 321. 



Killas and granite, on their junction in 

 Cornwall, 161, 241. 



Lamb ( Dr. ) on the limits of (he pulse 



