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INDEX. 



Hofmann (A. W.), contributions towards j 

 the history of the phosphorus-, arsenic- j 

 and antimony-bases, 500, 523. 



Hopkins (T.) on the action of aqueous 

 vapour in disturbing the atmosphere, 

 421. 



Hopkins (W.), experimental researches on 

 the conductive powers of various sub- 

 stances, with the application of the 

 results to the problem of terrestrial 

 temperature, 535. 



Hunt (T. S.) on the serpentines of Canada 

 and their associated rocks, 423. 



on the part which the silicates of 



the alkalies may play in the meta- 



j morphism of rocks, 458. 



Huxley (T. H.), observations on glaciers, 

 I 33L 



Ice, plasticity of, 455. 



Induction, phenomena of photo-chemical, 

 326. 



Inflammation, early stages of, 581. 



Insanity, on the application of photography 

 to the physiognomic and mental phe- 

 nomena of, 117. 



Insolinic acid, I. 



Iron, strength of pillars of cast, 318. 



Jacob (Captain W. S.) on the causes of 

 the great variation among the different 

 measures of the earth's mean density, 

 295. 



Jago (J.), ocular spectres, structures and 

 functions, mutual exponents, 603. 



James (Lieut.-Col.), observations and 

 computations made to ascertain the 

 amount of the deflection of the plumb- 

 line at Arthur's Seat, and the mean 

 specific gravity of the earth, &c., 45. 



on the figure, dimensions, and mean 



specific gravity of the earth, as derived 

 from theOrdnance Trigonometrical S ur- 

 vey of Great Britain and Ireland, 111. 



Joule (J. P.) on the thermal effects of 

 fluids in motion, 41, 178, 556. 



, letter in reference to Dr. Woods' 



paper read on Jan. 10th, 62. 



on the thermo-electricity of ferru- 

 ginous metals, and on the thermal 

 effects of stretching solid bodies, 355. 



on the thermal effects of longitudinal 



compression of solids, 564. 



Kemp (Dr.) on the functions of the mu- 

 cous membranes of the gall-bladder, 

 with reference to the conversion of 

 hepatic into cystic bile, 133. 



Kew Observatory, verification of baro- 

 meters at the, 214. 



King (Rear-Admiral P. P.) on the specific 



gravity of sea-water in the northern 



and southern hemispheres, 291. 

 Kirkman (Rev. T. P.) on autopolar poly- 



edra, 217. 

 on the /^-partitions of a polygon 



and polyace, 311. 

 Kolliker (A.) on the action of urari and 



of strychnia on the animal economy, 



201. 



Laplace's functions, &c., equation of, 307. 



Lee (Dr. R.) on the existence of the 

 decidua around the ovum within the 

 Fallopian tube, in four cases of Fallo- 

 pian tube conception, &c., 534. 



Light, on the magnetic and helifoidal 

 rotatory effects of transparent bodies 

 on polarized, 150 ; measurement of the 

 chemical action of, 234 ; relations of 

 gold and other metals to, 356. 



Lister (Joseph) on the early stages of in- 

 flammation, 581. 



Lubbock (J.), an account of the two 

 methods of reproduction in Dapknia, 

 and of the structure of the " Ephip- 

 pium," 352. 



Lumbricus terrestris, nervous system of, 

 343. 



Macdonald (J. D.), further observations 

 on the anatomy and physiology of 

 Nautilus, 380. 



, description of a ctenostomatous 



polyzoon, allied to Fesicularia, on the 

 Australian coast, 383. 



on the natural affinities and classi- 

 fication of Gasteropoda, 384. 



on the sea saw-dust of the Pacific, 



393. 



, anatomical description of a species 



of asteroid polypes, probably forming 

 the type of a new genus of Alcyonidce, 

 417. 



on the anatomy of Tridacna, 589. 



Magnetic declination, on hourly observa- 

 tions of the, made at Point Barrow in 

 1852, 1853 and 1854, 610. 



Magnetic disturbances, periodic laws dis- 

 coverable in the mean effects of the 

 larger, 40. 



Magnetic induction of crystals, 448. 



Magnetic Observatories, Colonial, on what 

 they have accomplished, 396. 



Magnetic variation at Toronto, lunar- 

 diurnal, 216. 



Magnetization, effects of, on the electric 

 conductivity of nickel and of iron, 

 546. 



Marcet (Dr. W.) on the immediate prin- 

 ciples of human excrements in the 

 healthy state, 413. 



