CONTENTS OF VOL. XL 



(FOURTH SERIES.) 



NUMBER LXIX.— JANUARY 1855. 



Page 



Prof. Faraday and Dr. P. Riess on the Action of Non-conducting 

 Bodies in Electric Induction 1 



M. R. Schneider on the Deportment of Bismuth during Soli- 

 dification 18 



Mr. H. C. Sorby on Slaty Cleavage, as exhibited in the Devo- 

 nian Limestones of Devonshire 20 



Mr. H. F. Baxter's Experimental Inquiry undertaken with the 

 view of ascertaining whether the organic actions, Lacteal 

 Absorption and Nutrition, in the living Animal are accom- 

 panied with the manifestation of Current Force 37 



The Rev. S. Haughton on the Solar and Lunar Diurnal Tides 

 of the Coasts of Ireland 47 



Mr. D. Forbes on the Effect of Chlorine in Colouring the Flame 

 of Burning Bodies 65 



Prof. W. Thomson on the Reciprocal Action of Diamagnetic 

 Particles 66 



Mr. A. H. Church on the Action of Water upon certain Sul- 

 phomethylates 68 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 72 



Geological Society 79 



Two Processes by which the Pheenomenon of Coloured Rings 

 may be produced with great intensity, by M. Carrere 86 



On a new Seismometer, by M. Kreil, Director of the Imperial 

 Meteorological Institute, Vienna 87 



Meteorological Observations for November 1855 87 



Meteorological Observations made by Mr. Thompson at the 

 Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, near 

 London; by Mr. Veall at Boston; and by the Rev. C. 

 Clouston at Sandwick Manse, Orkney 88 



NUMBER LXX.— FEBRUARY. 



Prof. Magnus's Hydraulic Researches. (With a Plate.) 89 



Mr. J. Spiller's Analysis of a Babylonian Cylinder and Amulet. 107 



