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INDEX. 



Watkins (F.) on the evolution of heat by 

 thermo-electricity, 82. 



Wax, composition of, 154. 



Webster (T.) on the colour of steam, 

 184. 



Whewell (Prof.), anniversary address of, 

 374. 



Wiggers (M.) on a new vegetable com- 

 pound, 397. 



Williams (Rev. D.) on the classification 

 of the Devonshire strata, 358. 



Winch (N. J.), notice of the late, 380. 



Winn (J. M.) on a remarkable property 

 of arteries considered as a cause of 

 animal heat, 174. 



Wood (Lieut.) on the discovery of the 

 source of the Oxus, 52. 



Wordley (Rev. G.) on an earthquake in 

 the Island of St. Mary, 220. 



Wright (Col. R.), meteorological obser- 

 vations made i'l Colombia, between 

 1820 and 1830, 10, 95, 179, 



Yates (J.) on the footsteps of the Cheiro. 

 therium, 150. 



Young (J. R.) on the curvature of sur- 

 faces, 212. 



Zeise (W. C.) on the action of acetone 

 on tile bichloride of platinum, 84. 



Zeuglodon, observations on the teeth of 

 the, 302. 



Zinc, chloride of, action of, on alcohol, 

 156. 



Zoology: — on a curious habit of earth 

 worms, 159; on a remarkable property 

 of arteries, 1 74 ; on the character and 

 direction of the electric force of the 

 Gymnotus, 211 ; on the male organs 

 of some of the cartilaginous fishes, 

 363 ; experiments on the products of 

 respiration at difterent periods of the 

 day, 401 ; researches in embryology, 

 413. 



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