I N D E X. 



551 



Oil, volatile, 155; of caoutchouc, 321, 

 479. 



Oils, action of sulphuric acid on, 15:?. 



Ojjticnl science, facts relating to, 1 ,401 ; 

 optical properties of ciiabasie, 1 66 ; 

 optical phsenomena of certain crystals, 

 288. 



Organic remains, 349,386,490, 496,462. 



Ornithology, 66, 138, 139, 141, 142, 

 143, 147,227,503,511, 512. 



Osmium, iridium, and platinum, some 

 triple combinations of, 232. 



Otter, osteology of the, 512. 



Owen (R.) on some new or rare Cepha- 

 lopoda, 298 ; notes on the morbid ap- 

 pearances observed in dissecting the 

 chimpanzee, 388 ; en the anatomy 

 of the wombat, 504. 



Oxalic acid, its action on the sulphates 

 of iron and copper, ibo. 



Painting on glass, on the art of, 456. 



PalEeontology, new discovery in, i 58,392. 



Parabola, on a property of the, 100. 



Pelletier (M.) on the action of iodine 

 on organic salifiable bases, 76. 



Periodide of iron, 79. 



Persian Gulf, former extent of, 34. 



Philip (Dr.W.) on the powers on which 

 the functions of life depend, 430. 



Phillips ;Prof.) on the geology of Man- 

 chester, 157. 



Physiology, of the voice, 201, 269, 342 ; 

 on the motion of the arm, 411 ; ve- 

 getable, 372 ; of respiration in in- 

 sects, 533. 



Plagionite, composition of, 232. 



Plants, on the divergence of, 17 ; deve- 

 lopment and growth of the stems and 

 leaves of, 372. 



Platina, on, 544; new combinations of, 

 232, 314. 



Plombgonime, analysis of, 75. 



Polarizing microscope, 288. 



Potash, crystallized hydrate of, 151. 



Potassium, chloride of, 232. 



Powell (Prof.) on the formula for the 

 dispersion of light, 116. 



Pratt (Rev. J. H.), demonstration of a 

 proposition in the Mecanique Ce- 

 leste, remarks on, 84 ; reply to, 254. 



Prestwich (J.), on the geology of Coal- 

 brook Dale, 382. 



Priestley, Fuseli's portrait of, 398. 



Pru7j!«/jrtrfz/«, volatile oil of, 155. 



Pseudammonites, fossil genus, 32. 



Pyroxylic spirit, 77. 



Railways, on, 377, 380; locomotive en- 

 gines upon, 135. 



Rainey (G.) on the feeble attraction of 

 the electro-magnet for small particles 

 of iron, 72, 220 ; reply to Dr. Ritchie, 

 4G9. 



Refraction, 166, 170. 



Respiration of insects, 532. 



Reviews : — Pambour's Treatise on Lo- 

 comotive Engines upon Railways, 135; 

 The Botanist, 371; Gaudichaud's 

 Vegetable Phusiologij, 372. 



Rigg (R.) experiments on the vinous, 

 acetous, and putrefactive fermenta- 

 tion, 535. 



Ritchie (Dr.), on certain differences 

 between the permanent and the 

 electro-magnet, 81; on certain im- 

 provements in the magneto-elec- 

 tric machine, 223; on Mr. Rainey's 

 theory of magnetic reaction, 287. 



Rive (Prof.), notice of M. Nobili, 



234. 



Rocks, on the jointed structure of, C, 

 172; carboniferous, of North Ame- 

 rica, 127 ; Silurian, 489. 



Rodent pnimals, notes on several, 68. 



Royal Institution, 71. 



Royal Society, 376, 522. 



Rudge (E.) on the position of the south 

 magnetic poi.e, 104. 



Riippell (Dr.) on the fossil genera Pseu- 

 dammonites and Iclithyosiagonites of 

 the Solenhofen limestone, 32 ; on a 

 new species of sword-fish, 67 ; on the 

 existence of canine teeth in an Abys- 

 sinian antelope, 141. 



Saurian reptile, description of a, 514. 



Saxton (J.) on his magneto-electrical 

 machine, 360. 



Schoenbein (Prof.) on the action of 

 nitric acid upon iron, 5.S, 259. 



ScolopacidcE of Nipal, notice of, 143. 



Sedgwick (Prof.) on the coal-fields on 

 the N. \V. coast of Cumberland, 501. 



Sivatherium giganteinn, 193, 277. 



Smith (J. D.) on the hydrates of barytes 

 and strontia, 87; on the supposed 

 new metal donium, 255; on the so- 

 lubility of carbonate of lime in hy- 

 drochlorate of ammonia, 540. 



Snipes of Nipal, several kinds of, 143. 



Soila-alum,on the water of crystalliza- 

 tion of, 26. 



Solar eclipse of May 15, 1836, 73; 

 meteorological observations made 

 during the, 393. 



Solly (S.) on the connexion of the an- 

 terior columns of the spinal cord with 

 the cerebellum, 523. 



Soundings in the ocean, new method of 

 taking, 185. 



Spectra, prismatic, on, 3 ; spectra of 

 chemical flames, 3 ; spectra of gal- 

 vanic flames, 4 ; on the supposed 

 origin of the deficient rays in the 

 solar spectrum, 522. 



S(juire (P.) on the periodiilc of iron, 79. 



