INDEX. 



1037 



Blood corpuscles, red, function of, 677. 

 Blood, structure and development of, 

 544. 



, experiments on, 678 ; existence of 



lactate in, 6/8. 

 — galvanic currents existing in, 732 ; 



blood vessels compared to magnets, 733. 



• , its course in the foetus, 734. 



Boole (G.) on a new method of analysis, 



499. 



, royal medal awarded to, 522. 



Booth (J.) on the application of the 

 theory of elliptic functions to the rota- 

 tion of a rigid body round a fixed point, 

 797. 



Bostock (J.), obituary notice of, 636. 



Bouvard (M.), notice of, 478. 



Bowman (E.) on the measurement of 

 distances by the telescope, 510. 



Bowring (J. C.), remarks on the amalga- 

 mation of silver ores in INIexico, with an 

 account of some new combinations of 

 copper, oxygen and chlorine, 509. 



Brain, the sole centre of the human 

 nervous system, 753; instinctive ac- 

 tions not independent of ; diseases of, 

 often referred to the spinal chord, 754. 



Breathing, costal and abdominal, differ- 

 ence between ; in health and disease, 

 and in the two sexes ; hesitating, cha- 

 racteristics of, 692. 



Brinton, (W.), contributions to the phy- 

 siology of the alimentary canal, 784. 



Brodie (B. C), chemical researches on 

 the nature of wax, 748. 



• , on the chemical nature of a wax 



from China, 754. 



, on the chemical nature of wax, 



Part III. ; on myricine, 767. 



, on the condition of certain ele- 

 ments at the moment of chemical 

 change, 967. 



Brongniart (A.), obituary notice of, 718. 



Bronwin (Rev. B.), on the integration of 

 linear differential equations, 802. 



-, on the solution of linear differen- 

 tial equations, 937. 



Brooke (C), description of a method of 

 registering magnetic variations, 630, 

 658, 851. 



, on the automatic registration of 



magnetometers and other meteorolo- 

 gical instruments, bv photography, 

 657, 851. 



Brougham (Lord), experiments and ob- 

 servations upon the properties of light, 

 900. 



Bulimi, on the geographical distribution 

 of, and on the modification of their 

 calcifying functions according to the 

 local physical conditions in which the 



species occur, 947 ; distinct typical 

 character of the shells of ; area of dis- 

 tribution, three-fifths inhabit the w^est- 

 ern, two-fifths the eastern hemisphere ; 

 equable temperature and abundant ve- 

 getable matter most favourable to cal- 

 cification, 948 ; distinction between 

 those of different countries, 949. 

 Burnett (Sir W.), on the effects produced 

 by poisonous fish on the human frame, 

 609. 



Butter, variation in the acids of, 749. 



Carapace, development and homologies 

 of ; cartilaginous basis of the neural 

 and costal plates developed in the sub- 

 stance of the derm, 702 ; those which 

 ossify from independent centres homo- 

 logous with those of the crocodile, 793. 



Carbonate of lime, an ingredient of sea- 

 water, 828 ; experiments to test its 

 presence ; most abundant near coasts, 

 829 ; incrustation of boilers of steam- 

 vessels contains more of sulphate than 

 carbonate, 830. 



Carbonic acid, a solvent in the process of 

 vegetation, 673 ; conveys certain com- 

 pounds from the soil into the interior 

 of plants, 674 ; its decomposition in 

 the leaves of plants, 687. 



Carbon, secretion of, by animals, 509. 



, of gas retorts, apphed as the nega- 

 tive plate in the nitric acid voltaic 

 battery ; action of, superior to that 

 of platinum ; greater cheapness of, 

 928, 



Carbonic oxide, produced from carbonic 

 acid, 658. 



Cardiac fascia, 676. 



Carlisle (N.), obituary notice of, 706. 



Carpenter (W. B.) on the mutual rela- 

 tions of the vital and physical forces, 

 989. 



Carpue (J. C), obituary notice of, 638. 



Cassini (J. D.), obituary notice of, 582. 



Catalysis, affects phenomena of decom- 

 position of water, 658. 



Cells, physiology and pathology of phos- 

 phate and oxalate of lime, and their 

 relation to the formation of cells ; phos- 

 phate of lime essential to the forma- 

 tion of cells, its absence a cause of 

 disease, its internal administration cu- 

 rative, artificial production of cells, 

 979 ; oxalic acid the solvent of phos- 

 phates and cause of disease, 980. 



Cephalopoda, fossil remains of, 746, 920 ; 

 three genera of, in the oolite of Wilt- 

 shire, 748, 920. 



Cerotine, formula and analyses of, 755. 



Cerin, investigation of the properties of, 



