INDEX. 



655 



reference to the question whether 

 plants assimilate free or uncombined 

 nitrogen, 544. 



Light, influence of different coloured 

 rays of, on animals, 184. 



, radiated by heated bodies, 385. 



, nature of, emitted by heated tour- 

 maline, 503. 



Liquid metals, movements of, in the 

 voltaic circuit, 235. 



Liver, on the saccharine function of, 289. 



, on the alleged sugar-forming func- 

 tion of, 528. 



Lowe (E. J.), a new ozone-box and test- 

 slips, 531. 



on the temperature of flowers and 



leaves of plants, 534. 



Lowe (G. C.) on the expansion of metals 

 and alloys, 315. 



Lung, human, intimate structure of, 16 ; 

 distribution of blood-vessels of, 21. 



Lungs, physiological anatomy of, 645. 



M'Cliutock (F. L.), report of scientific 

 researches made during the late Arc- 

 tic voyage of the yacht ' Fox ' in search 

 of the Franklin Expedition, 148. 



Magnetic declination, solar- diurnal va- 

 riation of, at Pekin, 360 ; lunar-diur- 

 nal variation "of, 475. 



Magnetic declination at Kew, laws of the 

 phenomena of the larger disturbances 

 of, 624. 



Magnetic force, its interruption of the 

 voltaic discharge in vacua, 269. 



Magnetic storms, increased knowledge 

 of, 624, 634. 



Mallet (B.), report to the Royal Society 

 of the expedition into the kingdom 

 of Naples to investigate the circum- 

 stances of the earthquake of the 16th 

 December 1857, 486. 



Mammalia, remains of extinct, in gravel, 

 50, 59. 



Mathematics, laws of operation and sy- 

 stematization of, 85. 



Matteucci (C.) on the electric proper- 

 ties of insulating or non-conducting 

 bodies, 2. 



on the electrical phenomena which 



accompany muscular contraction, 344. 



, results of researches on the elec- 

 tric function of the torpedo, 576, 644. 



Matthiessen (A.) on the alloys (Parti.), 

 the specific gravity of alloys, 12, 207. 



on the electric conducting power 



of alloys, 205. 



on the effect of the presence of 



metals and metalloids upon the elec- 

 tive conductivity of pure copper, 460. 



Maxwell (J. C.) on the theory of com- 

 pound colours and the relations of the 

 colours of the spectrum, 404. 



, postscript to a paper on compound 



colours, &c., 484. 



Membrana tympani, mode in which so- 

 norous undulations are conducted 

 from, to the labyrinth, 32. 



Mercury, conductivity of, 14. 



Merrifield (C. W.) on a new method of 

 approximation applicable to elliptic 

 and ultra-elliptic functions, 474. 



Metals, on the expansion of, 315. 



Methyl and methylene series, experi- 

 ments in, 613. 



Mills (E. T.) on bromphenylamine and 

 chlorphenylamine, 589, 644. 



Monamines, contributions towards the 

 history of (No. III.), compound am- 

 monias by inverse substitution, 594, 

 644. 



Muller (H.) on the resin of Ficiis rubi- 

 ginosa, and a new homologue of ben- 

 zylic alcohol, 298. 



Muscles, effects of freezing on the phy- 

 siological properties of, 523. 



Muscular contraction, on the electrical 

 phenomena of, 344. 



Muscular movements resulting from the 

 action of a galvanic current upon 

 nerve, inquiry into, 347. 



Nerves, distribution of, to the element- 

 ary fibres of striped muscle, 519. 



Nervous system, lesions of, producing 

 diabetes, 27. 



Nitrogen bases, 621. 



Nitrogen, new compounds produced by 

 the substitution of, for hydrogen, 591. 



Nitrogen of vegetation, on the sources 

 of; and whether plants assimilate free 

 or uncombined nitrogen, 544. 



Nitrophenylenediamine, action of ni- 

 trous acid on, 495. 



Non-conducting bodies, electric pro- 

 perties of, 2. 



Numbers, problem on the divisibility of, 

 208. 



Ocean currents, on the producing forces 



of, 235. 



Ozone, on the volumetric relations of,427. 

 Ozone-box, a new, 531. 



Parasites, vegetable, in hard animal 

 structures, 95. 



Pavy (F. W.) on lesions of the nervous 

 system producing diabetes, 27. 



on the alleged sugar-forming func- 

 tion of the liver, 528. 



