INDEX. 



463 



Ocular spectres and structures as mu- 

 tual exponents, on, 55. 



Orbitolites, monograph of the genus, 

 304. 



Ozone, on the constitution and pro- 

 perties of, 455. 



Pavy (Dr.) on the nature of the me- 

 tamorphosis of saccharine matter, 

 144. 



Penny (Dr. F.) on the composition 

 and phosphorescence of plate-sul- 

 phate of potash, 401. 



Phear's (J. B.) Elementary Mecha- 

 nics, reviewed, 215; Elementary 

 Hydrostatics, reviewed, ih. 



Photography, on the application of, 

 to experiments on diffraction, 251. 



Phyllirrho'ebucephala, on the anatomy 

 and affinities of, 138. 



Platino-cyanide of potassium, on the 

 fluorescence of a solution of, 69, 

 95. 



Poggendorff (J. C.) on the induction 

 apparatus and its effects, 1, 119, 

 199. 



Potash, plate- suljjhate of, on the com- 

 position and phosphorescence of, 

 401. 



Pratt (Ai-chdeacon) on the curvature 

 of the Indian arc, 340; on the 

 effect of local attraction upon the 

 plumb-line, 449. 



Price (Dr. D. S ) on the supposed 

 influence of the hot-blast in aug- 

 menting the quantity of phosphorus 

 in pig-iron, 423. 



Quantics, researches on, 149. 



Rankine (W. J. M.) on pressures of 

 saturated vapours, 255, 334 ; on 

 the hj^iothesis of molecular vortices, 

 or centrifugal theory of elasticity, 

 354, 411; on the principle of isorr- 

 hopic axes in statics, 400. 



Retzius (Prof.) on the foiTa of the 

 cranium in the embryo, 44/ ; on 

 the antrum pylori, 448; on the 

 fascia superficialis, 449. 



Riess (P.) on the passage of electric 

 currents through rarefied air, 313. 



Rose (Prof. H.) on a new and advan- 

 tageous method of preparing alu- 

 minium, 23.3. 



Royal Institution of Great Britain, 



proceedings of the, 226. 

 Royal Society, proceedings of the, 44, 

 138, 217, 300, 366, 442. 



Ruhmkoi-ff's induction apparatus, on 

 the construction of, 1, 119, 199. 



Sabine (Col. E.) on the magnetic va- 

 riation in the vicinity of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, 335. 



Saccharine matter, on the nature of 

 the metamorphosis of, 144. 



Salm-Horstmar (Prince of) on the 

 green matter contained in green 

 Infusoria, 309; on the red di- 

 spersed light in a solution of chlo- 

 rophyll, 318. 



Salmon's (Rev. G.) Treatise on Conic 

 Sections, reviewed, 441. 



Salmon, on the ova of the, 138. 



Salt, on the function of, in aoricul- 

 ture, 179. 



Schuuck (Dr. E.) on the formation of 

 indigo-blue, 7S. 



Scoresby (Rev. W.) on the magnetism 

 of iron ships, 306. 



Sea, on the temperatiu-e of the, 375. 



Share (J. M.) on a decimal compass- 

 card, 21 7. 



Silver, on a new ore of, 436, 



Smith's (B.) Arithmetic and Algebra, 

 reviewed, 215. 



Smith (Dr. L.) on the lunar origin of 

 aerolites, 429. 



Soapstones, analyses of, 255. 



Soret (J.) on the law of electro-che- 

 mical equivalents, 210. 



Sound, on the velocity of, in fluids, 

 418. 



Sounding rapid currents, on a method 

 of, 150. 



Sowerby (W.) on sounding rapid cur- 

 rents, 150. 



Statics, on tlie principle of isorrhopic 

 axes in, 400. 



Stokes (Prof. G. G.) on the alleged 

 fluorescence of a solution of platino- 

 cyanide of potassium, 95. 



Storms at sea, on the registration of, 

 377. 



Strychnine and iodine, on the com- 

 pounds of, 454. 



Submarine cable, experiments made 

 with the Mediterranean, 56. 



Sulpho-methylates, on the sponta- 

 neous decomposition of certain, 40. 



Tabasheer, analysis of, 229. 



Thomson (J.) on certain curious mo- 

 tions observable at the surfaces of 

 wine and other alcoholic liquors, 

 331. 



