INDEX. 



551 



acid and of manganese and sul- 

 phuric acid on the, 13fi. 



Organo-metallic bodies, remarks on, 

 222. 



Orthosilicates, on, 369. 



Ossiferous caves, on the, near Pa- 

 lermo, 233. 



Oxygen, on the polarization of, 510. 



Parabenzole, on, and on the isomers 

 of turjjentiue, 522. 



Parachloride, on the formation of, 

 451. 



Pasteur (L.) on alcoholic fermenta- 

 tion, 239. 



Perkin (W. 11.) on iodacetic acid, 

 54. 



Phenylic alcohol and new derivatives, 

 on,' 129. 



Phosphorescence, observations on, 

 524. 



Phosphorus, on some optical proper- 

 ties of, 30. 



Photometric process, on a new, for 

 the determination of the diurnal 

 amount of light, 91. 



Physical optics, on the " loss of half 

 an undulation" in, 57. 



Pliicker (Prof.) on the electric dis- 

 charge, 1, 7. 



Plumbic ethyle, on the, 385. 



Poinsot (M. L.) on the percussion of 

 bodies, 241. 



Potash, on the detection of, by the 

 blowpipe in the presence of soda, 

 517. 



Pratt (Archd. J. H.) on the thickness 

 of the crust of the earth, 259, 344. 



Prestwicli (J.) on the occurrence of 

 tiint-implemcnts with the remains 

 of extinct Mammalia, 291. 



Pvrites, on the presence of arsenic in, 

 "317. 



RadchfFe (Dr. C. B.) on muscular ac- 

 tion from an electrical point of 

 view, 38 G. 



Rankine (W. J. M.) on the thermo- 

 dynamic theory of steam-engines 

 with dry saturated steam, 71 ; on 

 the density of steam, 316. 



Respiration, experiments on the ac- 

 tion of food upon the, 139. 



Riche (M.) on chlorinated acetone, 

 453. 



Rose (Prof. G.) on the isomorphism 

 of stannic, silicic, and zirconic acids, 

 262. 



Royal Society, i)roceedings of the, 

 68, 136, 222, 290, 379, 461, 632. 



Saint- Victor (M. N. de) on the ac- 

 tion of heat considered as a means 

 of producing images on sensitive 

 paper, 78. 



Saline solutions, on the expansion of, 

 at high temperatures, 81. 



Salts, method of estimating the vola- 

 tiUty of, 516. 



Sarcine, on, 134. 



Saturn, on the occultation of, by the 

 moon on May 8, 1859, 315. 



Scammony, on the constitution of, 

 454. 



ScheflFer (M.) on glucina and its com- 

 pounds, 455. 



Schneider (R.) on the equivalents of 

 manganese and nickel, 268 ; on 

 equivalents and their determination 

 in general, 272. 



Schoiefield (H.) on the presence of 

 arsenic in pyrites, 317. 



Schonbein (Prof.) on the polarization 

 of oxygen, 510. 



■Schunck (Dr. G.) on the pha;noraena 

 of fermentation, 340. 



Selwyu (A. R. G.) on the geology of 

 Southern Australia, 77- 



Silicon, observations on, 458. 



Sim])son (Dr. M.) on the action of 

 acids on glycol, 471. 



Slope lines, on, 264. 



Smith (Dr. E.j, experiments on the 

 action of food upon the respira- 

 tion, 139; on the immediate source 

 of the carbon exhaled by the lungs, 

 429. 



Smyth (C. P.) on the submarine ori- 

 gin of Teneriffe and other volcanic 

 cones in the Canaries, 127- 



Soda, on the determination of, by the 

 blowpipe, 516. 



Sodium-alcohol, on the action of car- 

 bonic oxide on, 391. 

 Sorbie acid and derivatives, on, 380. 

 Sorby (II. C.) on the exjiansion of 

 water and saline solutions at high 

 temperatures, 81 ; on the freezing- 

 point of water in capillary tubes, 1 05. 

 Sound, on the intensification of, 



through solid bodies, l46. 

 Specific gravity of liquids, on the in- 

 fluence of ca))illary attraction upon 

 the hydrometrical measurement of 

 the, 1 13. 



