196 



REPORT 1864. 



INDEX II. 



TO 



MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE 



SECTIONS. 



[j4« asterisJc (*) signifies that no abstract of the communication is ffiven."] 



•Abbott (Keith E.) on the proTince of 

 Azerbaijan, 136. 



Acid, carbolic, J. A. Wanklyn on the 

 probable constitution of Kolbe and 

 iSchniitt's colouring-matter obtained 

 by acting upon, with oxalic and sul- 

 phuric acids, 44. 



*Acids, A. R. Catton on the direct con- 

 version of acetic acid into butyric and 

 caproic, 26. 



^sculus hippocastaneum, Dr. John 

 Davy on the, 121. 



Africa, James Fox Wilson on the in- 

 creasing desiccation of inner southern, 

 150. 



Agates, Prof. Tennant on the colouring 

 of, 42. 



• , Prof. Tennant on, foimd on our 



coasts, 72. 



*Air, A. C. Kirk on the production of 

 cold by the expansion of, 32. 



Alexander (Col. Sir James Edward) on 

 the Maories of New Zealand, with sug- 

 gestions for their pacification and pre- 

 servation, 136. 



Amazons, II. W. Bates on the Delta of 

 the, 137. 



Ammonites, Dr. Thomas "Wright on the 

 development of, 73. 



Anchor-testing, R. A. Peacock on, 187. 



*Anderson (Dr. T.) on some bituminous 

 substances, 24. 



Anemometer, C. O. F. Cator on a new, 

 16. 



Anhydrite, Alphonse Gages on the arti- 

 ficial production of, 27. 



Animals, F. Galton on the domestica- 

 tion of, 93. 



Anodon cygnea, J. E. Daniel on parasites 

 foimd in, 93. 



Antimony, Dr. W. Bird Herapatho n a 

 new method of detecting, by its hydro- 



gen compovmds when in mixed gases, 

 31. 



Aquilegia vulgaris. Prof. Buckman on a 

 curious form of, 86. 



Armies, E. B. Elliott on military sta- 

 tistics of certain, especially those of 

 the United States, 164. 



Arsenic, Dr. W. Bird Herapath on a new 

 method of detecting, by its hydrog^ 

 compounds, when in mixed gases, 31. 



Asia Minor, Hyde Clarke on the Iberian 

 popidation of, anterior to the Greeks, 

 140. 



*Astronomy, physical, R. W. Hardy on, 

 6. 



*Atmosphere, Dr. S. Mossman on the 

 constitution of the, 36. 



, Dr. T. L. Phipson on the black 



stones which fell from the, at Birming- 

 ham, in 1858, 37. 



-, Samuel Mossman on the, 146. 



•Atmospheric air, Stewart Clark on an 

 apparatus for estimating the organic 

 impurities in, 26. 



•Australia, McDouall Stuart's account of 

 his journey across, 148. 



, Colonel Torrens on the land-trans- 

 fer of, as applicable to Ireland, 179. 

 -, W. Westgarth on crime in, 180.| 



Automatic regulator for the electric light, 

 S. Highley on a cheap foi-m of, 13. 



•Azerbaijan, Keith E. Abbott on the 

 province of, 136. 



Baikie (Dr.) on the Manatus Vogelii, 88. 

 Baily (W. Hellier) on some new points 



in the structure of Palsechinus, 49 ; 



on the occurrence of fish-remains in 



the old red sandstone at Portishead, 



near Bristol, 49. 

 Baker (Mr. S.), the traveller in Central 



Africa, latest news from, 146. 



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