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INDEX. 



Iron plates, wrouglit, experimental in- 

 quiry into the strengtli of, and of 

 riveted joints as applied to ship-build- 

 ing ; equal strength with or across the 

 fibre, 960 ; strength of double-riveted 

 joints ; comparison with different kinds 

 of timber ; superior strength of iron ; 

 best form of angle irons ; increased 

 strength of drawn bars, 961, 



Isothermal maps, 864. 



Jacobi (M. H.) on the reabsorption of 

 the mixed gases in a voltameter, 667. 



Jets, pulsation of, 510. 



Johnson (P. N,), description of a process 

 for extracting the palladium which ex- 

 ists in combination witli gold, 622. 



Johnson (E.), magnetical experiments ou 

 board H.^I. iron steam-vessel, Blood- 

 hound, 727. 



Johnston (Sir A.), obituary notice of, 881. 



Joints, anatomy and physiology of vas- 

 cular fiinges in, 621. 



Jones (C. H.) on the secretory apparatus 

 and functions of the liver, 600. 



— — on the structure and development 

 of the liver, 693. 



Jones (H. B.), contributions to the che- 

 mistry of the urine ; on the variations 

 in the alkaline and earthy phosphates 

 in the healthy state, and on the alka- 

 lescence of the urine from fixed alkali, 

 561. 



, p. 2, on the variations in the alka- 

 line and earthy phosphates in disease, 

 608. 



on a new substance occurring in 



the in-ine of a patient with mollifies 

 ossium, 673. 



, royal medal awarded to, 702. 



on the chemistry of the urine ; on 



the variations of the acidity of the 

 urine in health ; on the simultaneous 

 variations of the amount of uric acid 

 and the acidity of the urine in a healthy 

 state ; variations of the sulphates in 

 the urine in the healthy state ; and on 

 the influence of sulphuric acid, sulphur 

 and the sulphates ; on the sulphates in 

 the urine, 796, 707. 



, appendix on the influence of me- 

 dicines on the acidity of the urine, 

 825. 



, paper 4, on the so-called chvlous 



urine, 930. 

 on the variations of the sulphates 



and phosphates in the urine in disease, 



958. 



, second appendix to a paper on the 



variations of the acidity of the mine 

 in health, 959. 



j Jones (T. AY.), the blood corpuscle con- 

 sidered in its difi'erent phases of de- 

 velopment in the animal series, 558. 



, microscopical examination of the 



I contents of the hepatic ducts, 760. 



Joule (J. P.) on the mechanical equiva- 

 lent of heat, 839. 



on the changes of temperature pro- 

 duced by the rarefaction and conden- 

 sation of air, 517. 



Keeling of ships, compass deviated bv, 

 727. 



Keely (G. \Y.), determinations of the 

 magnetic inclination and force in the 

 British Provinces of Nova Scotia and 

 I New Brunswick, in the summer of 

 1847, 751. 



Kelly (W.) on the connection between 

 the winds of the St. Lawrence and the 

 movements of the barometer, 556. 



Kirby (Rev. W.), obituaiy notice of, 

 1023. 



Knight (H. G.), obituary notice of, 

 639. 



KupfFer (A.) on the estabhshment of a 

 central physical observatory at St. Pe- 

 tersburg. 907. 



Kvook Phvoo, curious phenomenon near, 

 627. ' 



Labvrinth. membranous, development of, 

 912. 



Latham (Dr. John), biographical notice 

 of, 485. 



Leaves of plants, influence of light on ; 

 exhalation of, under colom'ed glasses, 

 686. 



Lee (E.), the brain, the sole centre of the 

 human nen'ous system, 753. 



Lee (R.) on the nervous ganglia of the 

 uterus, 566. 



, further researches on the nervous 



system of the uterus, 609. 



ou the ganglia and nerves of the 



virgin uterus, 661. 



on the nervous system of the heart, 



675, 789, postscript. 



Le Venier (U. J. J.), Copley medal 

 awarded to, 635. 



Lichens, proximate principles of; red 

 dyes obtained from, experiments on, 

 735 ; crystals obtained from ; extracted 

 colouring matters of, may be made 

 portable, 737. 



, examination of the proximate prin- 

 ciples of; gyrophora pustulata, 811; 

 gyrophoric acid ; lecanora tartarea ; 

 brora-orcine, 812 ; beta orcine ; quin- 

 tonitrated erythromannite ; detonating 

 properties, 813. 



