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INDEX. 



Buchan (Alexander). On the Storms of Wind which occurred in Europe during October, 



November, and December 1863, 191. 

 Buried Forests and Peat Mosses of Scotland, and the Changes of Climate which they indicate. By 



James Geikie, 363. 



Calabar Bean, Physiological Action of the. By Dr Thomas R. Fraser, 715. 



Calamoichthys, a New Genus of Ganoid Fish, from Old Calabar, Western Africa. By Dr John 



Alex. Smith, 457. 

 Calcareous Spar, Influence of Doubly Refracting Force of, on the Polarisation, Intensity, and 



Colour of the Light which it Reflects. By Sir David Brewster, 233. 

 Cataract, on the Cause and Cure of. By Sir David Brewster, 11. 

 Celtic Topography of Scotland, and the Dialectic Differences Indicated by it. By W. F. Skene, 



207. 

 Centres, Faisceaux, and Envelopes of Homology. By Rev. Hugh Martin, 591. 

 Chemical Substances, Classification of, by Means of Generic Radicals. By Dr A. Crum Brown, 331. 

 Chemistry, Application of Mathematics to. By Dr A. Crum Brown, 691. 

 Coals, Tertiary, of New Zealand. By Dr W. Lauder Lindsay, 167- 

 Colours of the Soap-Bubble. By Sir David Brewster, 491. 



Conduction of Heat in Bars, Experimental Inquh'y into the Laws of the. By James D. Forbes, 73. 

 Conductivity of Wrought Iron. By James D. Forbes, 73. 

 Confocal Conic Sections, Note on. By H. F. Talbot, 53. 

 Constraint, Application of Hamilton's Characteristic Function to Special Cases of. By Professor 



Tait, 147. 

 Cubic Equations. By H. Fox Talbot, 573. 

 Cuticle in relation to Evaporation. By Dr John Davy, 111. 



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Davy (Dr John). Miscellaneous Observations on the Blood, 19. 



On the Cuticle in relation to Evaporation, 111. 



Some Observations on Incubation, 341. 



Dialectic Differences indicated by the Celtic Topography of Scotland. By W. F. Skene, 207. 

 Diurnal Variation of the Magnetic Declination at Trevandrum, near the Magnetic Equator, and in both 



Hemispheres. By John Allan Broun, 669. 

 Duncan (Dr J. Matthews). On the Laws of the Fertility of Women, 287. 



On some Laws of the Sterility of Women, 315. 



On a Lower Limit to the Power exerted in the Function of Parturition, 639. 



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Elie and Errol, Arctic Shell-Clay of. By Rev. Thomas Brown, 617. 

 Epicycloidal Curves, Contact of the Loops of. By Edward Sang, 121. 

 Error, on the Law of Frequency of. By Professor Tait, 139. 

 Evaporation in connection with the Cuticle. By Dr John Davy, 111. 



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Fecundity and Fertility of Women, Note on Formulas representing the. By Professor Tait. 481. 

 Fertility of Women, Laws of the. By Dr J. Matthews Duncan, 287. 

 Figures of Equilibrium in Liquid Films. By Sir David Brewster, 505. 



