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REPORT 1859. 



Earth's rotation, on the effects of the, on 



atmospheric movements, 41. 

 Earthquake at Erzerum, memorandum 



of, 266. 

 Earthquakes and eruptions, on certain 



phenomena attendant on volcanic, in 



China and Japan, 115. 

 Echinodermata, on two species new to 



Britain, 142. 

 Egypt, Lower, on the geology of, 101. 

 Elder (J.) on the engines of the Callao, 



Lima, and Bogota, 231. 

 Electric cahle, on the discharge of a 



coiled, 26. 

 Electrical discharge, on the stratified, as 



affected by a moveable glass ball, 11. 

 Electrical frequency, on, 26. 

 Electricity, 10; on the transmission of, 



through water, 13 ; on the necessity 



for incessantly recording observations 



on atmospheric, 27. 

 Electro-medical apparatus, on a new, 62. 

 Elephant remains at Ilford, 100. 

 Elgin, on fossils from, 115; on the newly 



discovered reptilian remains from the 



neighbourhood of, 261 ; on the sup- 

 posed Wealden and other beds near, 



264. 

 Endosmosis, on some curious effects of, 



162. 

 Engines of the Callao, Lima, and Bogota, 



on the, 231. 

 Ethnology, 176, 265. 

 Eurypteridse, on the structure, affinities 



and geological range of the crustacean 



family, 120. 

 Everett (Prof. J. D.) on a method of 



reducing observations of underground 



temperatures, 245. 



Fairbairn (William), experimental re- 

 searches to determine the density of 

 steam at various temperatures, 233. 



Falco Islandicus and F. Grcenlandicus, 

 on, 158. 



Faults in Cumberland and Lancashire, 

 on, 265. 



Fawcett (Henry) on the social and eco- 

 nomical influence of the new gold, 205. 



Ferns, on the vegetative axis of, 139. 



Fibrous substances, on the comparative 

 value of certain salts for rendering, 

 non-inflammable, 86. 



Fire-escapes, on various models of, 244. 



Fish, fossil, from Fettercairn, on a, 114; 

 fossil, new to the old red sandstone of 

 Caithness, 120; descriptions of genera 

 of Javanese, 144. 



Fish-rain at Aberdare, account of the, 

 158. 



Fisheries of Greenland and Davis Straits, 

 on the, 216. 



Fishes and tracks from the Passage Rocks, 

 and from the old red sandstone of Here- 

 fordshire, on some, 124. 



FitzRoy (Rear- Admiral) on atmospheric 

 waves, 50 ; on the aqueous vapour of 

 the atmosphere, ib. ; on meteorology, 

 with reference to travelling, and the 

 measurement of the height of moun- 

 tains, 178. 



Flanders, composition of a recently formed 

 rock on the coast of, 77. 



Flora of Aberdeenshire, on the, 134. 



Flora, on the Arctic, 140. 



Fluid, on the figure of an imperfectly 

 elastic, 5. 



Fluids, on the molecular movements of, 

 259. 



Fluorescent substances, on photographs 

 of, 69. 



Food- stuffs, vegetable, on the current 

 method for estimating the cellular mat- 

 ter in, 79. 



Forbes (Col. J.) on the ethnology and 

 hieroglyphics of the Caledonians, 178. 



Forbes (Sir John S., Bart.) on popular in- 

 vestments, 209. 



Forfarshire, on the fall of rain in, 47. 



Formosa, on the native inhabitants of, 

 186. 



Forts, vitrified, on Noth and Dunnideer, 

 179. 



Fossil remains found at Urquhart, 263. 



Fossils, tertiary, of India, 97 ; new, from 

 the old red sandstone of Caithness, 115 ; 

 from the lower old red sandstone, 116. 



Foster (Dr. Michael) on the beat of the 

 snail's heart, 160. 



Fowler (Dr. R.), a second physiological 

 attempt to unravel some of the per- 

 plexities of the Berkeleyan hypothesis, 

 160. 



Freeman (Consul T.), description of Gha- 

 dames, 178. 



FresnePs wave-surface, on an application 

 of quaternions to the geometry of, 248. 



Gadus Morrhua, on the structure of the 

 otoliths of the, 174. 



Gages (A.) on the comparative action of 

 hydrocyanic acid on albumen and 

 caseine, 162. 



Galago murinus, new species of, 153. 



Garner (R.) on the coal strata of North 

 Staffordshire, with reference particu- 

 larly to their organic remains, 103 • on 

 reproduction in Gasteropoda, and on 

 some curious effects of endosmosis, 162. 



Garrod (Dr. A. B.) on the specific, che- 



