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INDEX. 



primitive colorific rays into "which 

 white light may be separated, 284 ; 

 on the theory of sound, 342 ; a 

 theory of the tides, 342. 



Copley medal, regulations as to the 

 mode of making the award, 88. 



, awarded to Prof. Airy, 89 ; 



to Prof Faraday, 156 ; to M. Pois- 

 son, 157; to Prof. Plana, 305; to 

 W. S. Harris, Esq., 349 ; to Baron 

 Berzelius and F. Kiernan, Esq., 442. 



Corpulence, on, 176. 



Cosiguina, on the volcanic eruption 

 of, 363. 



Cotidal lines, on, 188, 330. 



, as deduced from the laws of fluids, 



189. 



, effect of detached islands and 



groups of islands on, 189. 



, on the form of, 399. 



, approximation to a map of, 188. 



Council and Officers of the Royal So- 

 ciety, for 1831, 12; for 1832, 90; for 

 1833, 158; for 1834, 244; for 

 1835, 311 ; for 1836, 360. 



, reports of the Council : on Nov. 



30, 1831, 85; on Nov. 30, 1832, 155; 

 Dec. 1, 1834, 304; Nov. 30, 1835, 

 348; Nov. 30, 1836, 441. 



Crawford (Dr.) on the laws of life, in 

 reference to the origin of disease, 

 134. 



Crustacea, on the supposed metamor- 

 phoses in the, 341, 371. 



Crystalline lenses of animals, anato- 

 mical and optical structure of, 194, 

 366, 478. 



Crystals, analytic, 456. 



, on the optical phenomena of, 



389, 455. 



, new species of dichroism in, 390. 



of the oxalate of chromium and 



potash, 322. 



Cunningham (J.) on an improved 

 mode of constructing magnets, 486. 



Cunningham (P.) on the reciprocal at- 

 tractions of positive and negative 

 electric currents, 381. 



Cuvier (Baron), biographical notice of, 

 150. 



Dalton(Dr.), the Royal medal awarded 

 to, 219. 



on the constitution of the atmo- 

 sphere, 485. 



Daniell (Prof.) on a new register py- 

 rometer, 69. 



Daniell (Prof.) on the Royal Society's 



water barometer, 134. 

 on voltaic combinations, 371, 



385, 469. 



Darnley (Earl), notice of the late, 84. 



on an extraordinary luminous ap- 

 pearance in the heavens, 186. 



Dau (Dr.) on the velocity of wind, 484. 



on the north-west arctic passage, 



482. 



Daubeny (Dr.), the Royal medal a- 



warded to, 11. 

 on the recent volcano in the 



Mediterranean, 196. 

 on the gases evolved from the 



thermal springs at Bath, 254, 258. 

 on the eruption of Vesuvius in 



1834, 326. 

 on the action of light upon plants, 



and of plants upon the atmosphere, 



362, 364. 



Davidson (J.) on the water of the well 



Zem-zem, 333. 

 Davies (T. S.), geometrical researches 



in terrestrial magnetism, 320, 368. 

 Davy (Sir H.), the Royal medal 



awarded to, 220. 

 Davy (Dr.) on the new volcano in the 



Mediterranean, 94, 107, 184. 

 , experiments on the torpedo, 119, 



293. 



on the combinations of carbonic 



acid and ammonia, 207. 



, reply to Dr. Daubeny, 284. 



on certain statements made by 



Mr. Faraday, 318. 

 on the temperature of fishes of the 



genus Thunnus, 327. 

 Davy (Prof. E.) on the detection of 



very minute quantities of metallic 



poisons, 5. 

 on a new combination of chlorine 



and nitrous gas, 27. 

 Death, on the nature of, 264. 

 DeCandolle (Prof.), the Royal medal 



awarded to; 222. 

 Decomposition, electro-chemical, 99, 



183, 211, 261, 262. 

 Demonville (M.), on the cause of the 



variation of the magnetic needle,484. 

 Desfontaines (Prof.), notice of, 233. 

 Dichroism in crystals, new species of, 



390. 



Dickinson (Capt.), account of the reco- 

 very of the treasure and stores of 

 the Thetis, 271. 



Dispersion of light, 281,326, 362, 459. 



