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REPORT — 1859. 



INDEX II. 



TO 



MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE 



SECTIONS. 



ABERDARE, account of the fish-rain 



at, 158. 

 Aberdeen, on the geological structure of 

 the vicinity of, 116 ; on the manufac- 

 tures and trade of, 200; on the agri- 

 cultural statistics of the county of, 210; 

 on illegitimacy in, 224 ; vital and eco- 

 nomic statistics of, 226. 

 Aberdeenshire, on the connexion of the 

 granite with the stratified rocks in, 114; 

 on the upper limits of cultivation in, 

 133; on the flora of, 134; on the zoology 

 of, 144; on the mollusca of, 147; on 

 the remains of the cretaceous formation 

 in, 262. 



Abemethy(J.)on the rivers " Dee "form- 

 ing the ports of Aberdeen and Chester, 

 228. 



Abraham, on some curious discoveries 

 concerning the settlement of the seed 

 of, in Syria and Arabia, 197. 



Achromatic combinations, on a changing 

 diaphragm for double, 62. 



Acids : — preparation of pure chromic, 68 ; 

 comparative action of hydrocyanic, on 

 albumen and caseine, 162; on the ac- 

 tion of concentrated sulphuric, on cube- 

 bin, 256. 



Actinia mesembryanfhemum, on the du- 

 ration of life in the, when kept in 

 confinement, 152. 



Adams (Dr.) on the birds of Banchory, 

 142. 



Adamson (Dr.) on a case of lactation in 

 an unimpregnated bitch, 159. 



Africa, on the resources of eastern, 188. 



Agricultural statistics of the county of 

 Aberdeen, on the, 210. 



Air, on the heat developed by friction in, 

 12 ; on the action of, on alkaline arse- 

 nites, 74. 



Air-pump, on some of the stages which 

 led to the invention of the modern, S9. 



Airy (G. B.) on the present state and 

 history of the question respecting the 

 acceleration of the moon's motion, 29. 



Albumen and caseine, on the compara- 

 tive action of hydrocyanic acid on, 162. 



Alcohol, on the action of, on the nervous 

 system, 170; on the sequence in the 

 phenomena observed in man under 

 the influence of, 265. 

 Alder (Joshua) on a new zoophyte, and 

 two species of Echinodermata new to 

 Britain, 142. 

 Alexander (Colonel Sir J.) on the arts of 



camp life, 200. 

 Alkalies, on combinations of earthy phos- 

 phates with, 88. 

 Allan (Alex.) on an improved method of 

 maintaining a true liquid level, particu- 

 larly applicable to wet gas-meters, 228. 

 AUman (Dr.) on Dicoryne stricta, a new 

 genus and species of the Tubulariada?, 

 142; on a remarkable form of parasi- 

 tism among the Pycnogonidae, 143 ; 

 on Laomedea tenuis, ib. ; on the struc- 

 ture of the Lucernariadse, ib. 

 Alloys, on the specific gravities of, 66. 

 Ambisheg, Isle of Bute, on coal at, 100. 

 America, on the effects of the influx of 

 the pi-ecious metals which followed the 

 discovery of, 205. 

 Ameuney (A.) on the Arabic-speaking 



population of the world, 176. 

 Anderson (Rev. Dr.) on human remains 

 in superficial drift, 95 ; on Dura Den 

 sandstone, 97. 

 Arabic- speaking population of the world, 



on the, 176. 

 Arctic flora, on the, 140. 

 Ardoch, on the Roman camp at, 183. 

 Arsenic, on Marsh's test for, 75. 

 Arsenites, on the action of air on alkaline, 



74. 

 Artesian well in the new red sandstone at 



the Wolverhampton waterworks, 229. 

 Ashey Down, on the water supply afforded 



by a spring at, 114. 

 Asia, Central, on the Russian trade with, 



186. 

 Astronomy, 29; on Chinese, 35. 

 Atmosphere, on the natural obstructions 

 in the, preventing the view of distant • 

 objects on the earth's surface, 49; on 

 the aqueous vapour of the, 50. 



