INDEX. 



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Binomial theorem, 190 ; discovery 

 of, 231. 



Biot, on tension of vapour, 500. 



F.liiul experiineiits, 433. 



Code's law, 147, 257, 660. 



Boethius, quoted, 33 ; on kinds of 

 mean, 3t>0. 



Boiling point, 442, 659. 



Bonnet's theory of reproduction, 621. 



Boole, George, on sign of equality, 

 15 ; his calculus of logic, 23, 113, 

 634 ; on logical terms, 33 ; law 

 of commutativeness, 35 ; u.se of 

 some, 41-2 ; di.sjimctive ]iroposi- 

 tions, 70 ; Venn on his method, 

 90; Lmvs of Tkouf/hf,, 155; 

 st:itistical conditions, 168 ; pro- 

 positions numerioally definite, 

 172 ; on probability, 199 ; 

 general method in inobabilities, 

 206 ; Laplace's solution of inverse 

 problem, 256 ; law of erior, 377. 



Borda, his rejieating circle, 290. 



Bosco^dch's hypothesis, 512. 



Botiiny, 666, 678, 681 ; modes of 

 classification, 678 ; systematic, 

 722 ; nomenrhtture of, 727. 



Bowen, Prof. Francis, on inference, 

 118; classification, 674. 



Boyle's, Robert, law of gaseous 

 pressure, 468, 470, 619 ; on 

 hypothesis, 510 ; barometer, 659. 



Bradley, his observations, 384 ; 

 accuracy of, 271 ; aberration of 

 light, 535. 



Bravais, on law of error, 375. 



Brewer, W. H., 142. 



Brewster, Sir David, iridescent 

 colours, 419 ; spectrum, 429 ; 

 Newton's theory of colours, 518 ; 

 retractive indices, 10, 527 ; optic 

 axes, 446. 



British Aluseum, catalogue of, 717. 



Brodie, Sir B. C, on errors of 

 experiment, 388, 464 ; ozone, 

 663. 



Brown, Thomas, on cause, 224. 



Buckh;, 'J'liomas, on constancy of 

 average, 656 ; science of history, 

 760. 



Bufl'on, on probability, 215 ; defini- 

 tion of genius, 576. 



Bunseii, liobert, spectrum, 244 ; 

 ])hotometrical researches, 273, 

 324, HI ; calorimeter, 343. 

 Butler, Bishop, on probability, 197 



Calouescence, 664. 



Camestrcs, 84. 



Canton, on compressibility of water, 

 338. 



Carbon, 640, 728 ; conductibility 

 of, 442. 



Cardan, on inclined plane, 501. 



Cards, combinations of, 190. 



Carliiu, pendulum experiments, 

 567. 



Carnot's law, 606. 



Carpenter, Dr. W. B., 412. 



Catalogues, art of making, 714. 



Cauchy, undulatory theory, 468. 



Cause, 220 ; definition of, 224. 



Cavendish's experiment, 272, 566. 



Cayley, Professor, 145 ; on mathe- 

 matical tables, 331 ; numbers of 

 chemical compounds, 544. 



Celarent, 55. 



Centre of gravity, 363, 524 ; of 

 oscillation, gyration, &c., 364. 



Centrobaric bodii'S, 364. 



Certainty, 235, 266. 



Cesare, 85. 



Chalmers, on collocationB, 740. 



Chance, 198. 



Character, human, 733. 



Characteristics, 708. 



Cliauvenet, Professor W., on treat- 

 ment of observations, 391. 



Chemical affinity, 614 ; analysis, 

 713. 



Chladni, 446. 



Chloniforni, discovery of, 531. 



Chronoscope, 616. 



Cipher, 32 ; Bacon's, 193. 



Circle, circuml'erence ot, 389. 



Circumstances, indilferent, 419. 



Circumstanti^d evidence, 264. 



Clairaut, 650, 651 ; on gravity, 

 463. 



Classes, 25 ; ]irobl(;m of common 

 part of three, 170. 



Classification, 673 ; involving in- 

 tluction, 675 ; niultiplioity of 

 modes, 677 ; natural and arti- 

 ficial systems, 679 ; in crystal- 

 lography, 685 ; symbolic state- 

 ment of, 692 ; bifurcate, 694 ; 

 an inverse and tentativeoperation, 

 689 ; diagnostic, 710 ; by indexes, 

 714 ; of books, 715 ; in biological 

 sciences, 718 ; genealogical, 719; 

 by types, 722 ; limits of, 730. 



Clifford, Prole vsov, on types of 



