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INDEX II. 



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MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE 



SECTIONS. 



ACCADIAN language, Dr. Hincks on 

 the, 156. 



Aconite, E. R. Harvey on the mode of 

 death by, 133. 



Adie (P.), description of an instrument 

 for measuring actual distances, 59 ; de- 

 scription of a new reflecting instrument 

 for angular measurement, 59. 



Africa, South-Central, Dr. Livingstone's 

 discoveries in, 164. 



Agricultural labourers, H. J. Ker Porter 

 on the best plan of cottage for, 194; 

 H. Roberts on, 196. 



Air-pump, improved form of, W. Ladd 

 on an, 65. 



Alcohols and tea, the action of, contrasted, 

 by Dr. E. Smith, 145. 



Algeria, Rev. H. B.Tristram on the geo- 

 logical system of the central Sahara 

 of, 102. 



Alimentary fluids, on the deglutition of, 

 216. 



, J. Ball on systematic observations 



of temperature in the, 37. 



Capt. Cybultz on a set of relief 



models of the, 155 



Alps, Savoy, Prof. Favre on circular 

 chains in the, 78. 



America, British North, Dr. Hector on 

 the geology of Captain Palliser's expe- 

 dition in, 80. 



American, British North, exploring expe- 

 dition, Capt. J. Palliser on the course 

 and results of, 170. 



Anesthetics, Dr. C. Kidd on the nature 

 of death from the administration of, 

 136. 



Anca (Baron F.) on two newly disco- 

 vered ossiferous caves in Sicily, 73. 



Andalusite, Connemara, analysis of, by 

 Prof. Rowney, 71. 



Andrews (Prof.) on ozone, 66. 



Angular measurement, P. Adie on a new 

 reflecting instrument for, 59. 



Animals, domestic, J. Crawfurd on their 

 influence on the progress of civiliza- 

 tion, 155, 



Animal and a plant, J. Hogg on the di- 

 stinctions of an, 111. 



Animalcules in human milk, G. D. Gibb 

 on, 131. 



Antarctic expeditions, Capt. Maury on, 44. 



Antarctic regions, Capt. Maury on the 

 climates of the, 46. 



Aryan or Indo-Germanic theory of races, 

 J. Crawfurd on the, 154. 



Assyrian inscriptions, Dr. Hincks on the 

 language of the, 156. 



Asia, Central, R. von Schlagintweit on 

 the aboriginal tribes of, 176. 



Aspergillum, or watering-pot Mollusk, L. 

 Reeve on the, 120. 



Assyrio-Babylonian lunar year, Dr. 

 Hincks on the, 35. 



Atkinson (T. W.) on the caravan routes 

 from the Russian frontier to Khiva, 

 Bokhara, Kokhan, and Yarkand, 153 

 on the caravan route from Yarkand to 

 Mai-Matchin, 154. 



Atlantic (North) telegraph, geography of 

 the, by Col. Schaffher, 178. 



Atmospheric electricity, Prof. W. Thom- 

 son on, 53. 



Atmospheric waves, W. R. Birt on, 38. 



Atmotic ship, Hon. W. Bland on an, 60. 



Atomic weight of oxygen, Prof. VV. A. 

 Miller on the, 70. 



Atomic weights, atomic volumes, and 

 properties of the chemical elements, 

 J. J. Coleman on some remarkable re- 

 lations existing between the, 66. 



Avicula contorta beds and lower lias in 

 the S. of England, Dr. T. Wright on 

 the, 103. 



Ball (John) on a plan for systematic 

 observations of temperature in moun- 

 tain countries, 37. 



Barlow (P. W.) on the mechanical effects 

 of combining suspension chains and 

 girders, 201. 



Barometer, J. A. Broun on the laws of 

 the diurnal variation of the, within the 

 tropics, 20. 



