INDEX. 



727 



Jaw-bone, fossil human, discovered in 



the gravel near Abbeville, 524. 

 Jenkin (F.), experimental researches 



on the transmission of electric signals 



through submarine cables : Part I. 



laws of transmission through various 



lengths of one cable, 198. 

 Johnson (H.) on the distorted skulls 



found at Wroxeter (Salop), with a 



mechanico-chemical explanation of 



the distortion, 149. 

 Joule (J. P.) and Thomson (W.) on the 



thermal effects of fluids in motion 



(Part IV.), 202. 

 Jupiter, on the belts of, 575. 



Kirchhoff (Or. R.), Eumford Medal 

 awarded to, 291. 



Kirkman (Rev. T. P.), applications of 

 the theory of the polyedra to the enu- 

 meration and registration of results. 

 341. 



Kolliker (A.) on the termination of 

 nerves in muscles, as observed in the 

 frog ; and on the disposition of the 

 nerves in the frog's heart, 65. 



Kummer (E. E.) elected foreign mem- 

 ber, 611. 



Laryngoscope, movements of the larynx 

 viewed by means of, 143. 



Larynx, observations on the movements 

 of the, when viewed by means of the 

 laryngoscope, 143. 



Lassell (W.), account of observations 

 made at Malta with his large equato- 

 rial telescope, 108. 



, observations made at Malta on a 



planetary nebula, 269, 315. 



Lee (R.), dissection of the ganglia and 

 nerves of the oesophagus, stomach, 

 and lungs, 134. 



on the nerves of the liver, biliary 



ducts, and gall-bladder, 246, 271. 



Letheby (H.) on the physiological pro- 

 perties of nitrobenzole and aniline, 

 550. 



Leucaniline, 9. 



Leucic acid, on the synthesis of, 396. 



Lichens, additional observations on the 

 proximate principles of, 263. 



Light, polarized, reflexion of, from po- 

 lished surfaces, 168. 



Lime, on crystallized hydrosulphocar- 

 bonate of, 185. 



salt, red crystallized, 188. 



Liquid- diffusion, process of, 288. 



applied to analysis, 289. 



Liquids, researches, on the refraction, 

 dispersion, and sensitiveness of, 448. 



Lister (J.) on the coagulation of the 



blood, 580. 

 Liver, on the nerves of the, 246. 



, on the amyloid substance of, 476. 



Lobb (H.) on the contractility of healthy 



and paralysed muscles as tested by 



eleetricity, 650. 

 Loess of the valleys of the South of 



England, and of the Somme and the 



Seine, 170. 



Lowe (E. J.) on ozone, 518. 

 Lunar photography, 33. 

 Lungs, dissection of ganglia and nerves 



of the, 134. 



M'Donnell (R.) on the amyloid sub- 

 stance of the liver, and its ultimate de- 

 stination in the animal economy, 476. 



M'William (J. O.), obituary notice of, 

 lix. 



Magenta, influence of solutions of, on 

 blood-corpuscles, 481. 



Magnetic action of the sun upon the 

 earth, 567. 



disturbance which took place on 



the 14th of December 1862, 663. 



disturbances, on the forces con- 

 cerned in producing the lai'ger, 194. 



observations from 1857 to 1862, 



results of, at the Kew observatory, 

 623, 625. 



Magnetism, induced, power of receiving 

 and retaining, by hot-rolled and cold- 

 rolled malleable iron, 105. 



Magnus (H. G-.) elected foreign mem- 

 ber, 536. 



Mallet (R.), appendix to the account of 

 the earthquake- wave experiments made 

 at Holyhead, 84. 



Mars, telescopic appearance of, 431. 



Marshall (J.) on the brain of a Bush- 

 woman, and on the brains of two idiots 

 of European descent, 708. 



Matter, speculative ideas respecting the 

 constitution of, 620. 



Matthiessen (A.) and Vogt (C.) on the 

 influence of temperature on the elec- 

 tric conducting-power of thallium and 

 iron, 472. 



and Foster (Gk C.), researches 



into the chemical constitution of nar- 

 cotine, and of its products of decom- 

 position (Part I.), 501. 



and Yogt (C.) on the influence of 



temperature on the electric conduct- 

 ing-power of alloys, 652. 



Mauve, or aniline-purple, 713. 



Mercury, on the temperature of the 

 freezing-point of, 674. 



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



