CONTENTS. 
NUMBER XLIII.—JANUARY, 1836. 
Page 
Mr. T. W. Jones on the Retina and Pigment of the Eye of the 
Common Calamary (Sepia Loligo) .... 1... -2c eee ee even 
Rev. W. Buckland’s Notice on the Fossil Beaks of four extinct 
Species of Fishes, referrible to the Genus Chimera, that oc- 
cur in the Oolitic and Cretaceous Formations of England . . 
Mr. J. Tovey on the Relation between the Velocity and Length 
of a Wave, in the Undulatory Theory of Light .......... 
Dr. J. Inglis’s Extracts from a Prize Essay on Iodine........ 
Mr. W. J. Henwood’s Observations on the Steam Engines of 
Cornwall; in reply to John Taylor, Esq..........+.....- 
Dr. H. Hudson on an Error in Dr. Apjohn’s Formula for in- 
ferring the Specific Heat of Dry Gases ..............4- 
Rev. Baden Powell’s Remarks on a Paper on the Transmission 
of Calorific Rays, &c. by M. Melloni, in the Phil. Mag. and 
dournal or Science, INOZ42.)... cries cate sees ee herinets 
Rev. Baden Powell’s further Observations on M. Cauchy’s 
Theory of the Dispersion of Light ..........--..-..+-. 
Mr. C. B. Rose’s Sketch of the Geology of West Norfolk . 
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Mr. W.G. Horner on the Theory of Congeneric Surd Equations 43 
Rev. D. Lardner’s Letter to Peter Barlow, Esq., respecting 
some parts of his Reports addressed to the Directors and 
Proprietors of the London and Birmingham Railway Com- 
YE Pfennig hts orf -asg- eee cee tae Nok: wie itn sia ate ta 
er. W. Ritchie’s Remarks on. a supposed new Law of Mag- 
MeiC ACHON ...... 4. ~ cdg ete meen tonss: o” Br] peLaeesl t= 
Dr. Marshall Hall’s Deseliption of a Thermometer for deter- 
mining minute Differences of Temperature.............. 
Official Report of the Proceedings of the British Association 
for the Advancement of Science, at the Dublin Meeting, 
PASE LOD 0x0 c, 2 = wince Apheieeteel teil a dati ly wise cece aie 
Proceedings of the Geological Society sle'«!+ 6 pimeria sive ce fae 
—E Lannean SOclety 222. <2) 34 pietaes icin ite 
—__—_—___——- Cambridge Philosophical Society ...... 
Mr. J. D. Smith on the Analysis of German Silver, and the Se- 
paration of Zinc from Nickel, &c..... 2.2... pid aee ens 
Action of Mushrooms on Atmospheric Air................ 
mipeciva,.anew Compound ......--. <ignemeantiter iheenns> 
Berzelius on the Properties of Tellurium.................. 
Action of Oxacids on gale ia Apart NirBte of Gana 
drogen : F 
Seicpfiiic Boukipnnts catch. ods orto ilaaerne. 
Meteorological Observations for November 1835 . ‘ : 
Meteorological Observations made at the Apartments of the 
Royal Society by the Assistant Secretary; by Mr. Thomp- 
son at the Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, 
neer London; and by Mr. Veall at Boston 
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