INDEX 



TO THE 



PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS 



FOR THE YEAR 1838. 



Air, inductive capacity of, 34. 



B. 



Bakerian Lecture, 169. 



Barry (Martin, M.D.). Researches in Embryology. First Series. 301. 



Binocular Vision, on some remarkable and hitherto unobserved phenomena of, 371 ; outline 

 'figures seen in relief by the simultaneous perception of two projections, 376. 



Blood, an account of some experiments on the, in connexion with the theory of respiration, 283 ; 

 questions respecting the, I. Is blood capable of absorbing oxygen independently of putrefac- 

 tion ? 283 ; II. Does the blood contain carbonic acid capable of being expelled by agitation 

 with another gas ? 285 ; III. What is the condition of the alkali in the blood in relation to 

 carbonic acid ? 289 ; IV. Does the blood contain any gas capable of being extricated by the 

 air-pump ? 291 ; V. Air or gases contained in the blood, capable of being extricated by the 

 air-pump ? 293 ; VI. Is any oxygen, not capable of being extricated by the air-pump, con- 

 tained in the blood ? 295 ; VII. When oxygen is absorbed by the blood, is there any produc- 

 tion of heat ? 297. 



Brewster (Sir David). On the colours of mixed plates, 73. 



Brush (electric), 110; in rarefied air, 116; and in gases, 118. 



Bunt (Mr. T. G.), description of a new Tide-gauge constructed by; and erected on the eastern 

 bank of the river Avon, at Bristol, 1837, 249. 



C. 



Chorion, the true, a structure superadded within the ovary in the class Mammalia, 316. 



Colours of mixed plates, 73. 



Conchoidal surface, determination of the area of, 362 ; determination of the centre of gravity of, 



366. 

 solid, determination of the centre of gravity of, 364 ; determination of the volume of, 



361. 

 Conduction, electrolytic, 273. 



or conductive discharge, 84. 



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