INDEX. 



485 



Johnston (J. F. W.) on a new equi- 



atoinic compound of bicyanide with 



binoxide of mercury, 135. 

 on the constitution of the resins, 



136, 162, 218, 241. 

 Johnstone (Dr. John), notice of the 



late, 15. 



Jones (T. W.) on single vision with 

 two eyes, 199. 



, memorandum addressed to the 



Royal Society by, 248. 



on the blood-corpuscles, parti- 

 cularly with reference to opinions 

 expressed and conclusions drawn by 

 Dr. Barry, 431. 



Joule (J. P.) on the production of 

 heat by voltaic electricity, 280. 



Julus terrestris, organs of reproduc- 

 tion of, 326. 



Kane (Dr. R.), contributions to the 

 chemical history of archil and lit- 

 mus, 233, 337. 



— — , a Royal medal awarded to, 337. 



on the chemical history of the 



compounds of palladium and plati- 

 num, 378, 379. 



Kater (Capt. H.), description of an 

 astronomical clock invented by,22 1. 



Kelly (Dr. W.) on low fogs and sta- 

 tionary clouds, 4, 33. 



Kerguelen 's Land, magnetic-teriu ob- 

 servations taken at, 293 ; hourly 

 magnetic observations taken at, 293. 



, on the birds of, 298. 



, geological remarks on, 299, 305. 



, catalogue of geological speci- 

 mens procured from, 305. 



, plants from, 305. 



Kidney, on the structure and use of 

 the Malpighian bodies of the, 375. 



Kin, a Chinese stringed instrument, 

 297. 



Knight (T. A.), biographical notice 

 of, 92. 



Kbnig (C), his retirement from the 

 office of foreign secretaiy, 1 0. 



Kreil (Prof.), magnetic-term observa- 

 tions made at Praouc, 280, 294, 

 329, 373, 380, 396, 439, 467. 



Labdanum, resin of, 219. 



LaCaille's arc of the meridian, on,l 92. 



Lake Victoria, 83. 



Lambert (A. B.), notice of the late, 

 412. 



Latham (Dr. J.), notice of the late, 12, 



Lay (Mr.) on the scholar's lute among 



the Chinese, 297. 

 Lee (Dr. R.) on the nerves of the 



gravid uterus, 189. 

 on the nervous ganglia of the 



uterus, 321, 395. 

 on the anatomy and physiology 



of the decidua, 370. 

 Lefroy (Lieut. J. H.), meteorological 



observations made at St. Helena, 



295. 



on the influence of the moon on 



the atmospheric pressure, 395. 



L'Huillier (S.), biographical notice of, 

 350. 



Lempriei'e's meteorological register 

 kept at Port Arthur, Van Diemen's 

 Land, 200, 232, 329. 



Levels, line of, across Northern Syria, 



Library of the Royal Society, catalogue 

 of the, statement of the Council re- 

 lative to Mr. Panizzi's claims, 9, 

 18, 171. 



, catalogue of the miscellaneous 



manuscripts, 253, 334. 



: , catalogue of the miscellaneous 



literature, 334. 



, catalogue of the manuscript 



letters, 253. 



— — , report on the state of the, 333. 



Liebig (Prof.), a Copley medal award- 

 ed to, 256. 



Life contingencies, a new notation ap- 

 plicable to the doctrine of, 198. 



Light, dispersion of, Rev. B. Powell's 

 theory of, 47. 



, theory of dispersion of, as con- 

 nected with polarization, 64, 210. 



, it action upon the colour of the 



river sponge, 72. 



, on the application of the che- 

 mical rays of, to purposes of picto- 

 rial representation, 131. 



, its action on nitrated paper, 132. 



, theoretical explanation of an 



apparent new polarity in, 239, 247. 



, polarized, phenomena of thin 



plates of solid and fluid substances 

 exposed to, 302. 



, on the elliptic polarization of, 



394, 436. 



Lindsay (Maj.-Gen.), hourly obser- 

 vations of the barometer and ther- 

 mometer at sea, 239. 



Liquids, instrument for measuring the 

 resistance of, 471. 



