INDEX TO VOL. VIII. 



, velocities of currents of, in vertical 

 tubes, 177; quantity of, inspired during 

 the day and night, and under the influ- 

 ence of exercise, food, &c., 451 ; tem- 

 perature of a body moving slowly 

 through, 556. 



Airy (G. B.), pendulum experiments in 

 Harton Colliery for determining the 

 mean density of the earth, 13; sup- 

 plement, 58. 



, account of the construction of the 



new national standard of length, and 

 of its principal copies, 530. 



Alcohols, new class of, 33, 511. 



Alison (Dr. S. S.) on a new sphygmoscope, 

 an instrument for indicating the move- 

 ments of the heart and blood-vessels, 

 18. 



Alkaloids, optical characters of certain, 

 associated with quinine, 340. 



Ammonia and its analogues, new series 

 of compounds derived from, 502. 



Andrews (Dr. T.) on the density of ozone, 

 498. 



Annelids, reproductive organs of the, 371. 



Anniversary Meeting, Dec. 1, 1856,239. 



Annual Meeting for election of Fellows, 

 143. 



Antimony-bases, contributions towards 

 the history of the, 500. 



Aqueous vapour, action of, in disturbing 

 the atmosphere, 421. 



Arsenic-bases, contributions towards the 

 history of the, 500. 



Arthur's Seat, deflection of plumb-line at, 

 45. 



Aurora, 214. 



Bakerian Lecture. On the electro-dy- 

 namic properties of metals, 50. On 

 the relations of gold and other metals 

 to light, 356. 



Barlow (W.H.) on an element of strength 

 in beams subjected to transverse strain, 

 named the resistance of flexure, 432. 



Barometer, on the construction of a stand- 

 ard, 214. 



Bate (S.) on the development of Carcinus 

 Mamas, 544. 



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Beams, element of strength in, 432. 



Beechey (Rear-Admiral F. W.), obituary 

 notice of, 283. 



Blood, microscopical examination of the 

 circulation of the, in the vessels of the 

 iris, &c., 229. 



Boole (G.) on the comparison of trans- 

 cendents, with certain applications to 

 the theory of definite integrals, 461. 



Booth (Rev. J.) on the application of 

 parabolic trigonometry to the investi- 

 gation of the properties of the common 

 catenary, 443. 



Bowerbank (J. S.) on the anatomy and 

 physiology of the Spongiadee, 573. 



Brachiopoda, organization of the, 463. 



Brain, researches on the intimate structure 

 of the, 577. 



Brooke (H. J.) on the geometrical iso- 

 morphism of crystals, 187. 



Brown-Sequard (Dr. E.) on the action of 

 certain parts of the solar spectrum 

 upon the iris, 233. 



, experimental researches on the 



spinal cord as a leader for sensibility 

 and voluntary movements, 591. 



on the resemblance between the 



effects of the section of the sympathetic 

 nerve in the neck, and of a transverse 

 section of a lateral half of the spinal 

 cord, 594. 



, experimental researches on the in- 

 fluence of efforts of inspiration on the 

 movements of the heart, 596. 



on the influence of oxygen on the 



vital properties of the spinal cord, 

 nerves and muscles, 598. 



on the power possessed by motor 



and sensitive nerves of retaining their 

 vital properties longer than muscles, 

 when deprived of blood, 600. 



Buckland (Rev. \V.), obituary notice of, 

 260. 



Buckton (G. B.) on the action of sul- 

 phuric acid upon theamides and nitriles, 

 with remarks on the conjugate sulpho- 

 acids, 158. 



Buff (H.L.) on some compounds of ethyl- 

 ene, 188. 



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