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An Account of some Experiments made with the Submarine Cable of 

 the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph. By Charles Wheatstone, 

 Esq., F.R.S page 328 



On the Descent of Glaciers. By the Rev. Henry Moseley, M.A., F.R.S. 333 



Reply of the President and Council of the Royal Society to an appli- 

 cation from the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for 

 Trade, on the subject of Marine Meteorological Observations. By 

 Colonel E. Sabine 342 



A Letter from Edwin Canton, Esq ,, 361 



Some Observations on the Ova of the Salmon, in relation to the dis- 

 tribution of Species ; in a letter addressed to Charles Darwin, M. A., 

 V.P.R.S. &c. By John Davy, M.D., F.R.SS. Lond. & Edinb 362 



Observations on the Anatomy and Affinities of the Phyllirrhoe buce- 

 phala (Peron). By John Denis Macdonald, Esq., R.N 363 



Brief sketch of the Anatomy of a new genus of pelagic Gasteropoda, 

 named Jasonilla. By John Denis Macdonald, Esq., R.N 368 



Note on the position of Aluminum in the Voltaic series. By Charles 

 Wheatstone, Esq., F.R.S 369 



An Experimental Inquiry into the nature of the metamorphosis of 

 Saccharine Matter, as a normal process of the animal economy. 

 By Frederick W. Pavy, M.D 3/0 



An Experimental Inquiry into the nature of the metamorphosis of 

 Saccharine Matter, as a normal process of the animal economy. 

 By Frederick W. Pavy, M.D. (concluded) 371 



Researches on the Partition of Numbers. By Arthur Cayley, Esq., 

 F.R.S 376 



Further Researches on the Partition of Numbers. By Arthur Cayley, 

 Esq., F.R.S. With Postscript 3/7 



An Experimental Inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining 

 whether any force is evolved during Muscular Contraction analo- 

 gous to the force evolved in the Fish Gymnotus, and Torpedo. By 

 Henry Foster Baxter, Esq 378 



On a simple Geometrical Construction, giving a very approximate 

 Quadrature of the Circle. By C. M. Willich, Esq 379 



A Second Memoir upon Quantics. By Arthur Cayley, Esq., F.R.S. 380 

 On a Decimal Compass Card. By James M. Share, Esq., Master R.N. 381 



On the Theory of the Electric Telegraph. By Professor William 

 Thomson, F.R.S 382 



Observations on the Human Voice. By Manuel Garcia, Esq 399 



Annual General Meeting for the Election of Fellows 411 



Remarks on the Rev. H. Moselev's Theory of the Descent of Glaciers. 

 By James D. Forbes, D.C.L.," F.R.S 412 



Researches on the Foraminifera. Part I. General Introduction, and 

 Monograph of the Genus Orbitolites. By William B. Carpenter, 

 M.D., F.R.S 417 



On a supposed Aerolite or Meteorite found in the Trunk of an old 

 Willow Tree in the Battersea Fields. By Sir Roderick Impey 

 Murchison, F.R.S 421 



