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INDEX. 



to, for liis discoveries in vegetable 

 impregnation, 173. 



Brush, electric, 52, 55. 



Brussels, variation of the magnetic de- 

 clination and horizontal intensity 

 at, 329. 



Bunt (T. G.), description of a new 

 tide-guage constructed by, 53. 



, on tide observations made at 



Bristol by, 73, 242. 



Burnes (Sir A.), notice of the late, 

 413. 



Butler (Dr. S., Bishop of Lichfield), 

 notice of the late, 258. 



Calculating machine, description of a, 

 243^ 362. 



Calculi, on the decomposition and dis- 

 integration of, 442. 



Californias and Mexican coasts of the 

 Pacific, geographical position of the 

 principal points of the, 196. 



Calotype pictures, method of obtaining, 

 312. 



paper, preparation of, 312; its 



use, 313 ; fixing process, 314. 



Calorific rays in the solar spectrum, on 

 the distribution of the, 209. 



Calorific spectrum, account of a pro- 

 cess for rendering it visible, 209. 



Cambium, on the descent of the, in 

 plants, 449. 



Cai)e of Good Hope, meteorological 

 observations at, 374, 380. 



Cape Palmas, daily thermometrical 

 observations at, 331. 



Carbon and nitrogen, compound bodies, 

 472. 



Carlini (Prof.), magnetic term obser- 

 vations made at Milan, 280, 311. 



, variation of the magnetic de- 

 clination, horizontal intensity and 

 inclination at Milan, 282, 294, 298, 

 329,362, 371, 435, 456, 462. 



, observations on magnetic direc- 

 tion and intensity made at Milan, 

 295, 298. 



Carlisle (Sir A.), notice of the late, 260. 

 Carpenter (Dr. W. B.) on the minute 



structure of the skeletons of the In- 



vertebrata, 435, 466, 467. 

 Carson (Dr. J.) on the motion of the 



blood, 140. 

 Cartilage, articular, the non-vascu- 



larity and peculiar uniform mode of 



organization and nutrition of, 308. 

 , fibro-, on the structure of, 309. 



Cartilage, the elements of, compared 

 with corpuscles of the blood, 324. 



Cassini's (Dr.) theory of the astro- 

 nomical refractions, 60. 



Catton (Rev. Thomas), notice of the 

 late, 94. 



Cellular tissue, the elements of, com- 

 pared with corpuscles of the blood, 

 324. 



Cells, on the physiology of, 222, 279. 



Cerebellum, an appendage to the brain 

 rather than to the medulla oblon- 

 gata and spinal nerves, 473. 



Cervus, genus, on the blood-corpuscles 

 of the, 199. 



Chan trey (Sir F.) , notice of the late, 34 ] . 



Chemical action of the rays of the solar 

 spectrum on preparations of silver, 

 &c., 205. 



action, the source of power in the 



voltaic pile, 200, 213; sufiiciency 

 of, to produce voltaic currents, 215. 



constitution of bodies which 



undergo vinous fermentation, 149. 



equivalents of certain bodies, on 



the, 123. 



history of archil and litmus, 233, 



337. 



history of the compounds of pal- 

 ladium and platinum, 379. 



rays of light, on their application 



to the purposes of pictorial repre- 

 sentation, 131. 



— ^ — theory of voltaic electricity, 201 ; 

 contact theory, 200. 



Children (J. G.), his retirement from 

 the office of Secretary, 10. 



Chinese lute, on the, 297. 



Chlorates, conversion of into chlorides, 

 applied to the determination of equi- 

 valent numbers, 119. 



Chlorides, conversion of into nitrates, 

 applied to the determination of equi- 

 valent numbers, 119. 



Chlorine, the equivalent numbers of, 

 123. 



, action of, on azolitmine and or- 



ceine, 234. 



, its action upon the ferrocyanate 



of potassa, 239. 



Chorda dorsalis, on the, 282. 



Christie (S. H.) on the importance 

 of a more accurate determination 

 of the variation of the magnetic 

 needle, and likewise of the dip and 

 of the intensity of terrestrial mag- 

 netism, 21. 



