vi 



Further Researches into the Structure, Development and Functions of 



the Liver. By C. Handfield Jones, M.D., F.R.S page 145 



Discovery that the veins of the Bat's wing, which are furnished with 

 valves, are endowed with rythmical contractility, and that the on- 

 ward flow of blood is accelerated at each contraction. By T. 

 Wharton Jones,F.R.S.,Fullerian Professor of Physiology in the Royal 

 Institution of Great Britain, &c 147 



Some observations on the Ova of the Salmonidse. By John Davy, 

 M.D., F.R.S. , Lond. and Ed., Inspector- General of Ai-my Hospitals, 

 &c 149 



Letter from Professor Haidinger to Captain Smyth, R.N., For. Sec. R.S., 

 dated Vienna, January 15, 1852, containing a demonstration of the 

 theorem that in a ray of polarized light the vibrations are perpendi- 

 cular to the i)lane of polarization 150 



On the Stabilitv of the Earth's Axis of Rotation. By Henry Hen- 

 nessy, Esq., M.R.I.A., &c I 151 



On the Arrangement of the Foliation and Cleavage of the Rocks of the 

 North of Scotland. By Daniel Sharpe, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.G.S. . . 152 



On the Motions of the Iris. By B. E. Brodhm-st, Esq., M.R.C.S. . . 154 



On the Anatomy of Doris. By Albany Hancock, Esq., and Dennis 

 Embleton, M.D., Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology in the New- 

 castle-on-Tyne College of Medicine, in connection with the Univer- 

 sity of Dm-ham 157 



Remarks on certain points in Experiments on the Difiraction of Light. 

 By the Rev. Baden Pow^ell, M.A., F.R.S., &c., Savilian Professor of 

 Geometry in the University of Oxford 160 



On the Lunar Atmospheric Tide at Singapore. By Captain C, M. 

 Elliot, M.E., F.R.S 162 



On the Blood-proper and Chyloaqueous Fluid of Invertebrate Ani- 

 mals. By Thomas Williams, M.D 163 



Experimental Researches in Electricity : Tw^enty-ninth Series. By 

 Michael Faraday, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S., &c 165 



On the Electro-chemical Polarity of Gases. By W. R. Grove, Esq., 

 M.A., F.R.S., &c 168 



On the Structure of the Stem of Victoria regia. By Arthur Hen- 

 frey, F.L.S., &c 169 



On the Meteorology of the English Lake District, including the re- 

 sults of Observations on the Fall of Rain at various heights, up to 

 3166 feet above the Sea-Level : Fifth paper, for the vear 1851. By 

 John Fletcher Miller, Esq., F.R.S., &c V. 170 



Notes on the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia : in a Let- 

 ter to Thomas Bell, Esq., Sec. R.S. By G. Newport 171 



Further Experiments on Light. By Henry Lord Brougham, F.R.S., 

 Member of the Institute of France, and of the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences of Naples 1 72 



On Periodical Laws discoverable in the mean eflfects of the larger Mag- 

 netic Disturbances. — No. II. By Colonel Edward Sabine, R.A., 

 Treas. and V.P.R.S., &c 174 



Report of the general process adopted in Graduatine and Comparing 



