INDEX. 



605 



Mosandi'ite, analysis of, 531. 

 Mossotti's theory of molecular action, re- 

 marks on, 8. 

 Murchison (R. I.) anniversary address 

 delivered at Geological Society by, 541. 

 Murphy (Rev. R.) on atmospheric refrac- 

 tion, 310. 

 Kevins (H. N.) on recent conglomerate 

 formed on the sea-coast around iron, 

 446. 

 Nickel and cobalt, new method of separa- 

 ting, 269. 



Nitric acid, occurrence of iodine in, 529. 

 •Nitrogen, new method of determining, in 

 organic compounds, 216. 



O'Brien (Rev. M.) on the propagation of 

 luminous waves in the interior of tran- 

 sparent bodies, 201, 485. 



Ohm (Dr. G. S.), award of Copley medal 

 to, 164. 



Oils : — of esdragon, 37 ; of caraway, 38 ; 

 of cedar, 39 ; of hyssop, 274 ; of assa- 

 foetida, 275. 



Olbers (Dr.), method of determining the 

 elements of the orbits of the comets, 

 411. 



Owen (R.) on the remains of a Crocodi- 

 lian Saurian from the lower greensand 

 at Hythe, 61 ; on the skeleton of the 

 Cetiosaurus, 329. 



Ozone, on the nature of, 64. 



Palaeozoic geology, report on, 548. 



Palladium, on the compounds of the chlo- 

 ride, iodide, and cyanide of, with am- 

 monia, 34. 



Pelouze (M.) on the action of nitrate of 

 lead on oxamide, 262. 



Phenyl compounds, researches on, 37. 



Phosphoric acid, determination of, 530. 



Plants, tendency of electricity to promote 

 the growth of, 65 ; on the gases disen- 

 gaged by, 74 ; on the leafing of, 440. 



Platinum, new class of cacodyl compounds 

 with, 395. 



Polyptychodon, description of, 61. 



Poonahlite, analysis of, 443. 



Porter (Rev. J. H.) on the deposits of 

 gravel in the neighbourhood of Dublin, 

 434. 



Praseolite, analysis of, 533. 



Prater (H.) on the fusion of silica and 

 carbon, 72. 



Protein, constitution of, 412. 



Pseuderytlirin, constitution of, 500, 



Hedfield (VV.C.) on the whirlwind theory 

 of storms, 353. 



Redtenbacher (J.) on scbacic acid, 168. 



Refraction, on the constant of, 438. 



Robinson (Dr.) on the determination of 

 the constant of refraction, 438. 



Rose (A.) on the preparation of the pure 

 oxide of antimony, 223. 



Rose (H.) on arseniuretted hydrogen, 76 ; 

 on the light which appears during cry- 

 stallization, 530. 



Ross (Capt. J. C.) on the discoveries made 

 by the antarctic expedition, 141. 



Rotation of a rigid body round a fixed 

 point, remarks on the, 10. 



Rowell (G. A.) on the connexion of eva- 

 poration with electricity, 45. 



Royal Irish Academy, proceedings of the, 

 434,595. 



Royal Society, proceedings of the, 163, 

 248, 320, 504. 



Sabine (Lieut.-Col. E.), contributions to 

 terrestrial magnetism, 506. 



Saponite, analysis of, 532. 



Savart (F.), notice of the late, 259. 



Savi (P.) on the insalubrity of the air of 

 the maremma, 233. 



Schaffgotsch (M.) on the composition of 

 wolfram, 73, 312. 



Scheerer (Dr.) on vegetable and animal 

 fibrin, albumen, and casein, 174, 314, 

 412. 



Schulze (F.) on the quantitative deter- 

 mination of phosphoric acid, 530. 



Schunck (E.) on some of the substances 

 contained in lichens, 495. 



Schweizer(M.) on the oil of caraway, 38. 



Scientific Congress at Florence, proceed- 

 ings of the, 69. 



Scientific Memoirs, notice respecting the, 

 447. 



Silicon, on the alleged conversion of car- 

 bon into, 24. 



Smith (J. D.) on the alleged conversion 

 of carbon into silicon, 24. 



Smith (J.) on the age of the tertiary beds 

 of the Tagus, 334. 



Sodalite, analysis of, 444. 



Stratford (Lieut.) on the total eclipse of 

 the sun, July 7th, 1842, 346. 



Steam, effluent, on the cause of the elec- 

 tricity of, 5. 



Stenhouse (Dr. J.) on cetine, ethal, oils 

 of laurel, turpentine, hyssop, and as- 

 safoetida, 271. 



Storms, on the whirlwind theory of, 353. 



Strickland (H. E.) on cuttings across the 

 ridge of the Bromsgrove Lickey, 58. 



Sulphates, on the constitution of the 

 539. 



Sulphuret of nickel, specific gravity of 

 378. 



Sulphuretted hydrogen, on the spontane- 

 ous evolution of, 233. 



Svunberg (M.), analysis of saponite, 532. 



Temperature of the earth's surface, 511. 



Tenipleton (R.) on Dr. Olbers's method of 

 determining the elements of the orbits 

 of the comets, 411. 

 Thermometrical researches, I. 



