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REPORT- 1859. 



British Isles, on mild winters in the, 50. 



British North America, on rapid commu- 

 nication between the Atlantic and Pa- 

 cific via, 200. 



Brodhurst (Bernard E.) on the repair of 

 tendons after their subcutaneous divi- 

 sion, 160. 



Bromine, on the equivalent of, S8. 



Broun (John Allan) on the semidiurnal 

 and annual variations of the barometer, 

 43. 



Brown (Alexander) on the fall of rain in 

 Forfarshire, 47. 



Bryce (James) on the discovery of Silu- 

 rian fossils in the slates of Downshire, 

 260. 



Buckton (G. B.) on pentethyl-stibene, 

 66. 



Buist (George) on the geology of Lower 

 Egypt, 101 ; on the failure of bright- 

 coloured flowers in forest trees to pro- 

 duce pictorial effect on the landscape, 

 unless accompanied by abundance of 

 green leaves, 130; on some peculiari- 

 ties of the silk trees, or Bombacete, 

 of Western India, 132; on the aversion 

 of certain trees and plants to th neigh- 

 bourhood of each ether, 133. 



Burnett (C. J.) on the use of platinum 

 in photography, 258. 



Burnett (S. M.) on the zoology of Aber- 

 deenshire, 144. 



Busk (George) on marine polyzoa col- 

 lected by G. Barlee, Esq., in Shetland 

 and the Orkneys, with descriptions of 

 the new species, 144. 



Butterflies, on the distribution of British, 

 156. 



Cables : — on the submergence of tele- 

 graphic, 11; on the discharge of a 

 coiled-electric, 26 ; on the retardation 

 of signals through long submarine, 251. 



Caine (Rev. W.) on the progress of pub- 

 lic opinion with respect to the evils 

 produced by the traffic in intoxicating 

 drink, as at present regulated by law, 

 205. 



Caithness, on the submerged forests of, 

 101 ; on some new fossils from the old 

 red sandstone of, 115; on fossil fish, 

 new to the old red sandstone of, 120; 

 on the zoophytes of, 155. 



Caledonians, on the ethnology and hiero- 

 glyphics of the, 178. 



Calico-printing, on the ageing of mor- 

 dants in, 258. 



California, on the skull of a seal from the 

 gulf of, 153. 



'Callao,' on the engines of the, 231. 



Calvert (F. Crace) on the specific gravi- 

 ties of alloys, 66 ; on the formation of 

 rosolate of lime on cotton fabrics in 

 hot climates, 68. 

 Camp (Dr. W.) on certain imperfectly 

 recognized functions of the optic tha- 

 lami, 265 ; on certain subjective sen- 

 sations, with especial reference to the 

 phenomena of second sight, visions, and 

 apparitions, ib. 



Campbell (It.) on the probability of uni- 

 formity in statistical tables, 3. 



Camp-life, on the arts of, 200. 



Camps (Dr. W.) on the laws of consan- 

 guinity and descent of the Iroquois, 

 177. 



Canadian caverns, on, 106. 



Cardium edule, on the composition of the 

 shell of, 77. 



Caseine, on the comparative action of 

 hydrocyanic acid on albumen and, 162. 



Caspian Sea, on the country to the west 

 of the, 177. 



Caunter (H.) on a diatomaceous deposit 

 found in the island of Lewis, 133. 



Caverns, Canadian, 106; on the origin of 

 the ossiferous, at Oreston, 110. 



Cellular matter, on the current methods 

 for estimating the, in vegetable food- 

 stuffs, 79. 



Chalcedony, on a remarkable specimen 

 of, 245. 



Chameleon, on the habits and instincts of 

 the, 153. 



Charts of the stars, &c, on the applica- 

 tion of Col. James's geometrical projec- 

 tion of two-thirds of the sphere to the 

 construction of, 183. 



Chemistry, 65, 256. 



China, on certain phenomena attendant 

 on volcanic eruptions and earthquakes 

 in, 115; on the cultivation of the opium 

 poppy of, 136; on the trade currency 

 of, 223. 



Chinese : on the astronomy of the, 35 ; 

 genealogical tables, on, 186. 



Chromatic dispersion, on certain laws of, 

 15. 



Church-building in Glasgow, on, 223. 



Circle, on the relations of a, inscribed in 

 a square, 10. 



Civilization, on the relation of the domes- 

 ticated animals to, 177. 



Clark (D. K.) on coal-burning without 

 smoke, by the method of steam-inducted 

 air-currents applied to the locomotive 

 engines of the Great North of Scotland 

 Railway, 230. 



Claudet (A.) on the stereomonoscope, 61 ; 

 on the focus of object-glasses, ib.; on the 



