206 
configuration of tae surfaces of the 
earth and, 14. 
Moon, J. Park Harrison on the additional 
evidence of the indirect influence of 
the, over the temperature of the air, 
31. 
Moore (Charles) on the paleontology of 
mineral yeins, and on the secondary 
age of some mineral veins in the car- 
boniferous limestone, 82; contribu- 
tions to Australian geology and pale- 
ontology, 83. 
Mortality of Lancashire, F. Purdy on 
the, 165. 
Murchison (Sir R. I.), letter from Dr. 
Livingstone to, from the River Zam- 
besi, 146. 
Muscles of the eye, Isaac Ashe on the 
function of the oblique, 120. 
Nasmyth (J.) on some peculiar features 
- the structure of the sun’s surface, 
6. 
Newark, E. J. Lowe on the hwricane 
near, of May 7, 1862, 32. 
New Guinea and its islands, Alfred R. 
Wallace on the trade of the Eastern 
Archipelago with, 148. 
Newton Stone, Aberdeenshire, decipher- 
ment of the Phcenician inscription on 
the, by the Rev. Dr. Mill, 147. 
New Zealand, Dr. W. Lauder Lindsay 
on the toot-poison of, 98. 
Nitric acid, Dugald Campbell on the 
action of, upon pyrophosphate of mag- 
nesia, 
Norwich, Rey. J. Crompton on deep or 
artesian wells at, 70. 
Odling (W.) on the synthesis of some 
hydrocarbons, 48; on the nomencla- 
ture of organic compounds, 48; on 
ferrous acid, 48. 
*Ocilby (W.) on the excentricity of the 
earth, and the method of finding the 
coordinates of its centre of gravity, 
alra 
Oil of bay, and other aromatic oils, Dr. 
J. H. Gladstone on the essential, 43. 
Oils, Dr. Paul on the manufacture of 
hydrocarbon, from peat, 50. 
— , essential, J. W. Osborne on the, 
from the indigenous vegetation of 
Victoria, 48. 
Old red sandstone of Caithness, C. W. 
Peach on fossil fishes from the, 85. 
Old red sandstone of Scotland, &c., W. 
Pengelly on the correlation of the 
slates and limestones of Devon and 
Cornwall with the, 85. 
REPORT—1862. 
Old red sandstone, upper, J. W. Salter 
on the identity of the, with the upper- 
most Devonian, and of the middle and 
lower old red with the middle and 
lower Devonian, 92. 
Optical instrument which indicates the 
relative changes of position of two 
objects which are maintaining inde- 
came courses, J. M. Menzies on an, 
Organic compounds, Dr. Odling on the 
nomenclature of, 48. 
——, Dr. Phipson on a new class of, 50. 
Organo-metallic radicals, G. B. Buckton 
on the formation of, by substitution, 
36. 
Osborne (J. W.) on the essential oils 
and resins from the indigenous vege- 
tation of Victoria, 48; on a photo- 
lithographic process, as adopted by 
the pears a of Victoria for the 
publication of maps, 49; observations 
made at sea on the motion of the 
vessel with reference to sea-sickness, 
133. 
Otago, New Zealand, W. Lauder Lind- 
say on the geology of the gold-fields 
of, 77. 
Owen (Prof.) on the characters of the 
Aye-Aye, as a test of the Lamarckian 
and Darwinian hypothesis of thetrans- 
mutation and origin of species, 114; 
on the zoological significance of the 
cerebral and pedial characters of man, 
116; on ths eagles of the bones 
of the head of the Polypterus niloti- 
cus, 118. 
Ozone, E. J. Lowe’s observations on, 46. 
box, on Lowe’s, 46. 
Paleontology, Australian, contributions 
to, by Charles Moore, 83 
Paraffin, Dr. Paul on the manufacture 
of, from peat, 50. 
Parsnip, James Buckman on the enno- 
bling of roots, with particular reference 
to the, 97. 
Paul (Dr.) on the manufacture of hydro- 
carbon oils, paraffin, &c., from peat, 
50; on the decay and preservation of 
stone employed in building, 50. 
Pauperism of Lancashire, F. Purdy on 
the, 165. 
Peach (C. W.) on the fossils of the 
boulder-clay in Caithness, 83; on 
fossil fishes from the old red sand- 
stone of Caithness, 85. 
Pearls, their parasitic origin, Robert 
Garner on, 126. 
Peat, Dr. Paul on the manufacture of 
