558 



I N D E X. 



Jerrard (G. B.) on quintics, 294. 



Joule (Dr. J. P.) on the dynamical 

 theory of heat, 145. 



Karolyi (L. v.) on the products of 

 combustion of gun-cotton and gun- 

 powder, 266. 



Kelland (P.) on the conservation of 

 energy, 326. 



Lakes, on the formation of alpine, 

 489. 



Lassell (W.) on a planetary nebula, 

 147. 



Light, on the theory of, 81, 205 ; on 

 the position of the oscillations of 

 the aether-particles in polarized, 

 190 ; on the undulatory hypothesis 

 of, 466 ; on the velocity of, 524. 



Liquids, on the adhesion of, to mer- 

 cury, 142; on the laws of the ex- 

 pansion of the transparent, 34 7 ; 

 on the spheroidal condition of, 43/ ; 

 on the refraction, dispersion, and 

 sensitiveness of, 484. 



Lorenz (L.) on the theory of light, 

 81, 205. 



Lovering (Prof. J.) on the velocity of 

 light and the sun's distance, 524. 



Lucifer matches, experiments on, 355. 



Mackenzie (A. C.) on the occurrence 

 of Albertite in Scotland, 550. 



Magnetism, on the optical properties 

 developed in transparent bodies by, 

 238. 



Magnus (Prof.) on the diathermancy 

 of dry and moist air, 21. 



Marcet (Prof.) on the effects of noc- 

 turnal radiation within the tropics, 

 140. 



Mars, on the telescopic appearance 

 of, 312. 



Maskelyne (Prof. N. S.) on aerolites, 

 134. 



Matthiessen (Prof.) on the influence 

 of temperature on the electric con- 

 ducting-power of thallium and iron, 

 542. 



Mercury, on the adhesion of liquids 

 to, 142. 



Metallic oxides, on a new series of, 

 363. 



Metals, on the change of form pro- 

 duced by immersion in water of 

 heated, 391 ; new, 488. 



Mica-schist, on the original nature 

 and subsequent alteration of, 157. 



Mickle (J.) on thermo-electrical cur- 



rents from the condensation of 

 vapour and the evaporation of 

 water, 435. 

 Miller (Prof. W. A.) on the spectrum 

 of thallium, 228 ; on the lines in 

 the spectra of some of the fixed 



Miller (Prof. W. H.) on the form of 

 crystals of peroxide of benzoyle, 

 227. 



Mineralogical notes, 134. 



Minerals, on the artificial production 

 of several, 537. 



Monamines, on the true derivatives of 

 the tertiary, 230. 



Moon (R.) on the true theory of pres- 

 sure as applied to elastic fluids, 70. 



Miiller (Dr. J.) on the length of the 

 waves of certain bright lines in the 

 spectrum, 259. 



Murchison (Sir R. I.) on the gneiss 

 rocks of Bohemia and Bavaria, 155. 



Neale (E. V.) on the numerical rela- 

 tions of the distances between the 

 planets and sun, 462. 



Nebula, observations on a planetary, 

 147. 



Newton's foundation of all philo- 

 sophy, on, 280. 



Nickel, on the magnetical deportment 

 of some cyanogen compounds of, 

 238. 



Nickles (T.) on the non-existence of 

 the metal wasium, 488. 



Nile valley, on the geology of the, 

 515. 



Noble (Capt.) on the ratio between 

 the forces tending to produce trans- 

 lation and rotation in the bores of 

 rifled guns, 195. 



Odling (W.) on chemical notation, 

 380. 



Oxygen, on the direct determination 

 of, in organic bodies, 554. 



Ozone, on the volumetric relations of, 

 554. 



Packe (C.) on electric induction in 

 the Pyrenees, 160. 



Pedal curves, note on the problem of, 

 20. 



Perspective, barycentric, on the prin- 

 ciples of, 167 ; on the application 

 of, 387. 



Phillips (Prof. J.) on the telescopic 

 appearance of the planet Mars, 312. 



Planets and sun, on the numerical 



