INDEX TO VOL. VII. 



A.CIDS, sulphuretted, new series of, 37. 



Aerolite (supposed) found in trunk of 

 willow-tree, 421. 



Air, observations of, 348, 351. 



Airy (G. B.) on the computation of the 

 effect of the attraction of mountain 

 masses, as disturbing the apparent 

 astronomical latitude of stations in 

 geodetic surveys, 240. 



, discussion of the observed devia- 

 tions of the compass in several ships, 

 wood-built and iron-built, &c., 491, 

 527. 



Altitude, influence of, on the burning of 

 shell-fuses, 316. 



Aluminum, its position in the voltaic 

 series, 369. 



Ammonia in the human body, oxidation 

 of, 94. 



Amphibia, impregnation of ovum in, 

 104. 



Amylaceous foods, micro-chemical re- 

 searches on the digestion of, 225. 



Andrews (T.) on the constitution and 

 properties of ozone, 475. 



Aniline, contributions to the history of, 

 444. 



Anniversary Meeting, Nov. 30, 1854, 175, 

 247 ; Nov. 30, 1855, 527, 559. 



Annual Meetings for election of Fellows, 

 82,411. 



Antrum pylori, 438. 



Aqueous vapour, observations of, 348. 



Arc of meridian, effect of local attraction 

 on plumb-line, 440. 



Arithmetical progressions, formation of 

 powers from, 145. 



Arnott (N.), Rumford medal awarded to, 

 263. 



Ashby (J. E.) on the metallic and some 

 other oxides, in relation to catalytic 

 phaenomena, 322. 



Atmosphere, effect of pressure of, on mean 

 level of ocean, 123. 



Atmospheric air, experiments on move- 

 ment of, in tubes, 466. 



Attraction, effect of local, on the plumb- 

 line of English arc of the meridian, 

 440. 



Attraction of mountains in India on the 



plumb-line, 176. 

 , apparent astronomical latitudes 



disturbed by, 240. 

 Aurora and falling stars, observations of, 



358. 

 Axes of elasticity and crystalline forms, 



495. 

 Ayres (P. B.), micro-chemical researches 



on the digestion of starch and amy- 

 laceous foods, 225. 

 Azobenzole, contributions to the history 



of, 444. 



Baer (K. E. von) elected foreign mem- 

 ber, 83. 



Bakerian Lectures. On osmotic force, 

 83. On the nature of the force by 

 which bodies are repelled from the 

 poles of a magnet, &c., 214. 



Barlow (Rev. J.) on the formation and 

 some of the properties of cymidine, &c., 

 446. 



Barlow (W. F.), observations on the re- 

 spiratory movements of insects, 167. 



Barlow (W. H.) on the existence of an 

 element of strength in beams, &c., 

 319. 



Barometer, observations of, 344. 



Barry (M.), obituary notice of, 577. 



Baxter (H. F.), experimental inquiry as 

 to the force evolved during muscular 

 contraction, &c., 378. 



Beale (L. S.) on the ultimate arrange- 

 ment of the biliary ducts, and on some 

 other points in the anatomy of the 

 liver of vertebrate animals, 454. 



Beams, existence of an element of strength 

 in, 319. 



Benzidine, contributions to the history 

 of, 444. 



Biliary ducts, ultimate arrangement of, 

 454. 



Blood, changes produced in, by cod-liver 

 oil and cocoa-nut oil, 41. 



Booth (Rev. J.) on a property of num- 

 bers, 42. 



Brachiopoda, peculiar arrangement of the 

 sanguiferous system in, 32. 



