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INDEX. 



Hopkins (T.) on the daily fall of the 

 barometer at Toronto, 124. 



on the influence of heated terres- 

 trial surfaces in disturbing the at- 

 mosphere, 227. 



Homer (L.), researches near Cairo, upon 

 the geological history of the alluvial 

 land of Egypt (Part II.), 128. 



Hunt (T. S.) on the probable origin of 

 some magnesian rocks, 159. 



Huxley (T. H.) on the theory of the 

 vertebrate skull, 781. 



Hyperbolic arcs, comparison of, 708. 



Ice, on some physical properties of, 76 ; 

 influence of pressure on, 79. 



, on the interior melting of, 141. 



, stratification of, by pressure, 209. 



observations, 609. 



, veined structure of, 669. 



Insects, ova and pseudova of, 574. 



Jamin (J. C.), Eumford Medal awarded 

 to, 514. 



Jago (J.), ocular spectres, structures, 

 and functions, mutual exponents, 2. 



on the functions of the tympanum, 



134. 



Joule (J. P.) on the expansion of wood 

 by heat, 3. 



on some thermodynamic properties 



of solids, 254. 



on the thermal effects of com- 

 pressing fluids, 496. 



Kirkman (Eev. T. P.) on the partitions 

 of the r-pyramid, being the first class 

 of r-gonous or-edra, 4. 



Kolliker (A.), observations on the poison 

 of the Upas Antiar, 72. 



, some remarks on the physiological 



action of the TangMnia venenifera, 

 173. 



on the different types in the mi- 

 croscopic structure of the skeleton of 

 osseous fishes, 656. 



Kreil (K.) on his magnetic observations, 

 585. 



Lament (J.) on his magnetic observa- 

 tions, 584. 



Lassell (W.), Eoyal Medal awarded to, 

 519. 



Lava, formation of continuous tabular 

 masses of, 248. 



Lawes (J. B.), experimental inquiry into 

 the composition of some of the ani- 

 mals fed and slaughtered as human 

 food, 348. 



Life-table, new, 717. 



Life-tables, on the construction of, 717. 



Light, effects of diminution of, during 

 eclipse, 213. 



Light, influence of, on the nutrition of 

 animals, 644. 



Lindley (J.), Eoyal Medal awarded to, 

 39. 



Lister (J.), preliminary account of an 

 inquiry into the functions of the vis- 

 ceral nerves, &c., 367. 



Liver, alleged sugar-forming function 

 of, 300. 



Lizard, gigantic, 273. 



Logarithms, geometrical origin of, 256. 



Logocyclic curve, on the, 256. 



Lowe (E. J.), an account of the weather 

 in various localities during the 15th of 

 March 1858, &c., 213. 



Lubbock (J.) on the digestive and ner- 

 vous systems of Coccus hesperidum, 

 480. ' 



on the ova and pseudova of insects, 



574. 



Lyell (Sir C.), on the formation of con- 

 tinuous tabular massas of stony lava 

 on steep slopes, &c., 248. 



, Copley Medal awarded to, 511. 



Macdonald (J. D.) on the anatomy of 

 Tridacna, 1. 



M'Donnell (E.) on the electrical nature 

 of the power possessed by the Actiniae 

 of our shores, 103. 



, further observations on the power 



exercised by the Actiniae of our shores 

 in killing their prey, 478. 



MacQ-rigor (Sir J.), obituary notice of, 

 532. 



Magnesian rocks, probable origin of, 159. 



Magnetic phenomena, 30. 



Magnetic observations made at York 

 Fort, 81. 



Magnetic and meteorological observa- 

 tories, report on, 457. 



Mahistre (M.) sur les limites de la 

 pression dans les machines travaillant 

 a la detente du maximum d'effet, &c., 

 110. 



Marcet (W.) on the action of bile upon 

 fats, with additional observations on 

 excretine, 306. 



Matrices, on the theory of, 100. 



Matthiessen (A.) on the electric-con- 

 ducting power of the metals, 95. 



on the thermo-electric series, 97. 



on the action of nitrous acid on 



aniline, 118. 



on the action of nitric acid and of 



binoxide of manganese and sulphuric 

 acid on the organic bases, 635. 



