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547 



Desmarest (M.)» notice of the late, ;?84. 



Drawing, photogenic, on the art of, 196. 



Drury (Rev. T.), notice of electrical ex- 

 citation of a leather strap, 126. 



Dulong (P. L.), notice of the late, 65. 



Dumas ( M. ) on the composition of naph- 

 thalin, 152. 



Dumfries, account of the hurricane ex- 

 perienced in the neighhourhood of, ♦ 

 Jan. 7th, 1839,360. 



Dumont (M.) on the composition of a 

 new phosphate of iron, 474. 



Earth, on the state of the interior of the, 

 52, 215. 



Earth worms, curious habit of, 159. 



Earthquakes, on a probable cause of cer- 

 tain, 370. 



Eclipse, solar, of Sept. 18, 1838, obser- 

 vations on, 536, 540. 



Ecliptic, on the obliquity of the, 314. 



Edinburgh Society of Arts, proceedings 

 of, 463. 



Egerton (Sir P. G.) on two impressions 

 of the hind foot of a gigantic Cheiro- 

 therium in the new red sandstone of 

 Cheshire, 150. 



Ehrenberg (Carl) on the seleniuret of 

 mercury, 392. 



Elirenberg ( Prof. G. ), award of Wollas- 

 ton medal to, 374 ; discoveries respect- 

 ing fossil infusoria, 377. 



Electric force of the Gymnotus, on the 

 character and direction of the, 211. 



Electrical excitation, notice of, in a lea- 

 ther strap, 1 26. 



light, phosphorescent power of, 



394. 



Electricity, experimental researches in, 

 34. 



Electrodes, on the polarized condition of, 

 446. 



Embryology, researches in, 493. 



Emulsin, decomposition of amvgdalin 

 by, 414. 



Encke's comet, observations of, 529. 



Epps (Mr.) on the method of determi- 

 ning the longitude by moon-culmina- 

 ting stars, 521. 



Ergot, anatomical and physiological na. 

 ture of, 461. 



Ethyle, on the separation of, 542. 



Euclid, on a certain demonstration of, 

 126. 



Faraday (Prof.), experimental researches 

 in electricity, eleventh series, 34 ; 

 award of Copley medal to, 132; on 

 the genera! magnetic relations and 

 characters of the metals, 161 ; on the 

 character and direction of the electric 

 force of the Gymnotus, 211; chemical 

 account of the Cold Bokkcvcld mete- 

 oric stone, 368. 



Fire damp from coal mines, chemical ex- 

 amination of, 1. 



Fishes, on the male organs of some of the 

 cartilaginous, 363. 



Fluids, on the equilibrium of, 37. 



Forbes ( Prof.), award of Rumford medal 

 to, 1 36 ; on the colour of steam under 

 certain circumstances. 121 ; Mr. Web- 

 ster's reply to, 184 ; on the colours of 

 the atmosphere, 419. 



Fossil remains of Pateotherium, Ano- 

 plotherium, Chasropotamus, 48 ; of 

 Glyptodon, 516. 



Fox (R. W.) on the formation of metal- 

 lic veins by voltaic agency, 145. 



Fritzsche (M.) on two crystallized sili- 

 cates of soda, 72. 



Fyfe (A.) on recent improvements in 

 photographic drawing, 463. 



Garden (P.) on thehurricane of Jan. 7tli, 

 1839, 360. 



Gases, on the combination of, by plati- 

 num, 127. 



Gauss ( Prof.), award of the Copley me- 

 dal to, 57, 131. 



Gautier (M.), observations of Encke's 

 comet, 529. 



Geological Society, proceedings of, 48, 

 141, 220, 302, 370; address, 419, 

 502. 



Geology : — geological features of Co- 

 lombia, 10, 95, 179 ; on the formation 

 of metallic veins by voltaic agency, 

 145 ; on the state of the interior of the 

 earth, 52, 215 ; on a method of distin- 

 guishing trap from basalt, 257 : on 

 the drift from the chalk of Norfolk, 

 Suffolk, &c., 50; on impressions and 

 casts ot rain in the quarries of Storetoii 

 Hill, Cheshire, 507 ; on an earthquake 

 in the Island of St. Mary, 220 ; on the 

 classification of the older stratified 

 rocks of Devonshire and Cornwall, 

 241, 317, 354; on a mineral spring, 

 Menero Downs, 300 ; on the geology 

 of the neighbourhood of Lisbon, 307 ; 

 on the parallel roads of Glen Uoy, 

 361 ; on the formation of mountain 

 chains and volcanoes; on a probable 

 cause of certain earthquakes, 370; on 

 the alluvia of Babylonia and Chalda-a, 

 426 ; on the geology of a part of Asia 

 Minor, 455, 510; on the geology of 

 South Africa, 510; physical researches 

 in, 464. 



[For fussit rcmniiix see Palaeontology. ] 



Glen Roy, on the parallel roads of, 361. 



Glyptodon, on a to ih of the, 516. 



Graham ( Prof. J.), award of royal medal 

 for Chemistry to, 133. 



Gr.aptolitcs, on the occurrence of, in the 

 slate of Gallowav, 307. 

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