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INDEX. 



Stephenson (J.), meteors observed in 

 India in 1832, 74. 



Strontia and bar^tes, hydrates of, 87. 



Stokes (C.) on a piece of wood partly 

 petrifietl by carbonate of lime, with 

 remarks on fossil woods, 499. 



Sturgeon (W.") on electro-pulsations and 

 electro-momentum, 132. 



Sulphates of iron and cop{)er, action of 

 oxalic acid on, 155. 



Sulphuric acid, its action on oils, 153. 



Sulphurous acid, its detection in hydro- 

 chloric acid, 543. 



Swainson (\V.) on the genus Mitra, 136. 



Talbot (H. F.), facts relating to optical 

 science, 1, 401 ; on the ojJtical phae- 

 nomepa of certain crystals, 288. 



Taylor (R. C.) on the carboniferous se- 

 ries of the United States, 407. 



Thibaut (M), some particulars relative 

 to the giraffe, 144. 



Thomjjson (L.), method of preparing 

 iodous acid, 442. 



Tides, results of extensive observations, 

 528; at the Port of London, 528. 



Tiedemann (Dr.) on the brain of the 

 negro, 527. 



Tovey (J.) on the undulatory theory of 

 light, 420. 



Trigonometrical measurements, 96. 



Tripoli, composed wholly of infusorial 

 exuviae, 158, 392." 



Tubularia, on several specimens of, 507. 



Undulatory theory, 401, 420. 



Veins, mineral, 8, 387; method of imi- 

 tating, 229. 



Voice, physiology of the, 201, 269, 342. 



Volatile oil, 155; from caoutchouc, 321. 



Voltaic batteries, use of caoutchouc for 

 insulation in, 120; construction of, 

 283 ; employed in producing artificial 

 crystals and minerals, 229. 



•" combinations, on, 376; peculiar 



voltaic condition of iron, 5.'i, 122; 

 voltaic electricity due to chemical 

 action, and not to contact, 60; vol- 

 taic electricity, 484. 



Ward (.F. O.), physiological remarks on 

 the motion of the arm, 411, 534. 



Waterhouse (Mr.) on a new genus of 

 mammiferous animals, 520. 



Weaver (T.) on the carboniferous series 

 of North America, 124. 



Wetherell (N. T.) on the fossils of the 

 London clay, 462. 



Whewell (Rev. W.) researches on the 



tides, 528; on the artificial produc- 

 tion of minerals, 537. 



Williamson (W. C.) on the limestones 

 in vicinity of Manchester, 241, 348. 



Wombat, anatomy of the, 504. 



Woolhouse (W. S. B.) on the theory 

 of vanishing fractions, in reply to 

 Prof. Young, 18, 209. 



Yarrell (W.) on a mode of preserving 

 fish peculiarly adapted for travellers 

 over land, 391. 



Yorkshire, on the upper lias and marl- 

 stone of, 497. 



Young (Prof.) on the theory of vanish- 

 ing fractions, in reply to .Mr. Wool- 

 house, 92 ; simple method of proving 

 the law of gravitation, 333, 370. 



Zach (Baron J, portrait of. 



Zoological Society, 66, 136, 224,298, 

 388, 503. 



Zoology : — notes on various birds, 66, 

 139, 141, 142, 147, 827; notes on 

 various species of fisii, 67, 139, 140, 

 352, 391 ; on the kangaroo, 67, 388 ; 

 want of sagacity in a dog, 67; notes 

 on several rodent animals, 68 ; re- 

 marks on several Marsupialia, 70 ; 

 notes on the different species of Mi- 

 trancB, 137 ; undescribed cowries, 

 138 ; on the breeding of curassows, 

 141 ; notice of the Abyssinian ante- 

 lope, 141 ; on the ScolopacidcE of 

 Nipal, 143; snipe of Nipal, 1 43 ; no- 

 tice of the giraffe, 144, 512; ana- 

 tomy of the lamellibranchiate con- 

 chiferous animals, 224 ; new or rare 

 Cephalopoda, 298 ; new species of 

 Loligo, 299 ; on the opposable power 

 of the thumb in certain mammals, 

 302; on the natural affinities which 

 subsist between the Bimana, Quadru- 

 mana, and Pedimana, 302 ; notice of 

 the Indian antelope, 306; the Chiru 

 antelope, 311 ; dissection of the 

 chimpanzee, 388 ; new species of 

 Cervus, 391 ; anatomy of the wom- 

 bat, 504; notice of a Tubularia, 507; 

 a new species of Cynictis, 509 ; re- 

 marks on the Chironectes Yapock; 

 510; osteology of the sea otter, 512, 

 description of a saurian reptile, 514j 

 on the genus Moschus of Linnaeus, 

 and two new species, 515; on the 

 genus Cervus, 518; new genus of 

 mammiferous animals from New Hol- 

 land, 520. 



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