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INDEX. 



Brougham (Lord), further experiments 

 on light, 172. 



, further experiments and observa- 

 tions on the properties of light, 312. 



Bunsen (Chevalier), his address, 241. 



Calculi, urinary, dissolved by galvanic 

 action, 268 ; differences of dissolva- 

 bility of, 269. 



Cardioids, their relation to ellipses, 267. 



Cayley (A.), analytical researches con- 

 nected yvith. Steiner's extension of 

 Malfatti's problem, 200. 



Cerebellum, on the dentate body of, 

 formed by tubular investments; the 

 cerebro-cerebellar ganglion, 225. 



Chalk stratum, water supply from, 25. 



Chick, development of ductless glands of 

 the, 141 ; classification under one 

 group, 143. 



Children (J. G.), obituary notice of, 

 245. 



Christie (S. H.), reply on the subject 

 of the cooperation of different nations 

 in meteorological observations, 188. 



Chrono-isothermals, their signification, 

 285. 



Circle, value of ratio of circumference of, 

 to diameter, 274. 



Clairaut's theorem, on, 332. 



Clarke (J. L.), researches into the struc- 

 ture of the spinal chord, 1. 



on certain functions of the spinal 



chord, 297. 



Clark (W. T.), obituary notice of, 244. 



Colby (Major-Gen.), obituary notice of, 

 247. 



Cold in the Alps, extremes of, 8, 



Colhns (M.) on Clairaut's theorem and 

 subjects connected with it, 332. 



Comet seen at sea. May 1853, 375. 



Compounds, organic, new series of, con- 

 taining metals ; stanethylium, 222 ; 

 stanmethylium, stanamylium, zincme- 

 thylium, its affinity for oxygen, 223 ; 

 zincethylium, zincamylium, hydrar- 

 gyromethylium, 224. 



Copley medal awarded to Prof, Owen, 

 103; Baron Humboldt, 240; H. W. 

 Dove, 353. 



Cordylophora, anatomy and physiology 

 of, 319. 



Crvstalline substances, musical tones pro- 

 duced by, 329. 



Crystals, dichroitic and trichroitic, de- 

 monstrations wdth, 150. 



Current force, manifested during secre- 

 tion; venous blood positive; experiment 

 on arterial blood, 221 ; chyle positive, 

 230 ; existence of, in muscular and 

 nervous tissues, 231. 



Current, voltaic, its electric tension, 236 ; 

 its importance in molecular physics, 

 237. 



Currents in the Arctic seas, influence of ice 

 and frost on; effects of climate on, 

 305 ; probable interchange of, 306. 



, ocean, observations on, 190. 



Dalrymple (J.), obituary notice of, 250. 

 Darwin (C), Royal medal awarded to; 



summary of his scientific labours, 



355. 



Davis's Straits, phenomena of east and 

 west coasts of; analogy of, with North 

 Atlantic, 305. 



Davy (E.) on some new and simple 

 methods of detecting manganese in 

 natural and artificial compounds, &c., 

 385. 



Davy (J.), some observations on the ova 



of the Salmonidse, 149. 

 Deafness, curable by means of artificial 



membrana tympani, 287. 

 De Morgan (C.) on the structure and 



development of bone, 203. 

 Denham (Capt. H. M.), account of a 



deep-sea sounding in 7706 fathoms, 



275. 



Density, law of, illustrated by thermo- 

 metrical observations, 227. 



Dickinson (J.) on the supply of water 

 from the chalk stratum in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, 25. 



Doris, digestive system of, 157 ; repro- 

 ductive organs of ; of circulation and 

 respiration, 158 ; of innervation, 159 ; 

 of the senses of, 160. 



Dove (H. W.), Copley medal awarded to, 

 353 ; summarv of his scientific labours, 

 354. 



, thanks for Copley medal, 393. 



Drach (S. M.), formulization of horary 

 observations, &c., 170. 



Ear, functions of membrana tympani 

 in the human ; ossicles and muscles in, 

 217; tympanum analogue of iris; 

 Eustachian tubes always closed, 219 ; 

 function of muscles in, 220 ; conditions 

 of hearing, 221. 



Earth, new mechanical proof of rotation 

 of, 65. 



, stability of axis of rotation of, 



151. 



Eclipses, ancient, rectification of errors 

 in, 280. 



Edwards (W. B.), notice of a comet seen 



at sea, 375. 

 Electricity in plants, signs of, 267. 

 Elliot (Capt. C. M.), magnetic survey of 



the Eastern Archipelago, 15. 



