INDEX. 



405 



Elliot (Capt. C. M.) on the lunar atmo- 

 spheric tide at Singapore, 162. 



, obituary notice of, 251. 



Embleton (D.) on the anatomy of Doris, 

 157. 



Embryology, researches in, 335. 

 Eustachian tube, its function in hearing, 

 220. 



, muscles of, function and influence 



of, 286. 



Exogenous processes of vertebrae, 9. 

 Eye, muscle of, 23; in mammals and 

 birds, 25. 



Faraday (M.), experimental researches in 

 electricity, 28th series ; on hnes of 

 magnetic force, &c., 101. 



, experimental researches in electri- 

 city, 29th series, 165. 



Fibre, animal and vegetable, spiral com- 

 position of, 239. 



Fluids, elastic, thermal effects of, 331. 



Foucault (M.), new mechanical proof of 

 rotation of earth, 65. 



Frankland (E.) on a new series of or- 

 ganic bodies containing metals, 222. 



Frogs and Toads, viviparous reproduction 

 of, 292. 



Galloway (T.), obituary notice of, 120. 



Gases, electro-chemical polarity of, ex- 

 periments on, 168 ; explanation of 

 phenomena of, 169. 



Gillies (Lieut.), report on United States 

 expedition to Chih, 339. 



Glaisher (J.) on the extraordinary fall of 

 rain in the neighbourhood of London , 39. 



— — , determination of mean temperature 

 of every day in the year, &c., 281. 



Goodman (J.), researches into the iden- 

 tity of the existences of forces, light, 

 heat, electricity and magnetism, 92. 



Government Grant, renewal of, 13 ; ap- 

 plication of, 235, 345. 



Graham (T.), additional observations on 

 the diffusion of liquids, 70. 



Gravitation, identity of, with magnetic 

 force, 91. 



Gray (H.) on the development of the 

 ductless glands of the chick, 141. 



Grove (W. R.) on the electro-chemical 

 polarity of gases, 168. 



Haidinger (Prof.), demonstration of the 

 theorem that in a ray of polarized 

 light the vibrations are perpendicular 

 to the plane of polarization, 150. 



Hancock (H.) on the anatomy of Doris, 

 157. 



Hansen (P. A.), new solution of Kepler's 

 problem, 229. 



Hansteen (C.) on observations of mag- 

 netic inclination, 393 ; decrease of va- 

 riation, 394; tables of observations, 

 395, 396. 



Harris (Sir W. S.) on induced and other 

 magnetic forces, 87. 



Hassall (A. H.) on the frequent occur- 

 rence of indigo in human urine, &c.,327. 



Heale (J. N.), researches on the distribu- 

 tion of blood-vessels in the lungs, 315. 



Heart, valves of ; " four orifices," struc- 

 ture and uses of, 133 ; muscular fibres 

 in borders of, 137. 



, nerves which supply the muscular 



structure of the, 337. 



Heat, its equivalent in mechanical power 

 and electric current; conducting power 

 of crystals for, 236. 



, transmission of, through organic 



structures; apparatus for determination 

 of amount of, 270; law of action of, 

 271. 



, geometrical representation of the 



expansive action of, 388 ; consequences 

 of, 390. 



Henfrey (A.) on the structure of the 

 stem of Victoria Regia, 169. 



Hennessy (H.) on the stability of the 

 earth's axis of rotation, 151. 



Herapath (W. B.), further researches 

 into the properties of the sulphate of 

 iodo-quinine or Herapathite, &c., 398. 



Higginson (F.), account of an explosive 

 meteorite, 276. 



Hofmann (A. W.) on the molecular con- 

 stitution of the organic bases, Part II., 

 42. 



Horary observations, formulization of, 

 170. 



Humboldt (Baron A. von), Copley medal 



awarded to, 240. 

 , letter from ; thanks for Copley 



medal, 277. 

 Huxley (T. H.) on the anatomy and 



physiology of Salpa and Pyrosoma,Z1 . 

 , observations on Appendicular ia and 



Doliolum, 41. 

 — — on the morphology of the cephalous 



mollusca, &c., 192. 

 , Royal Medal awarded to, 244. 



Indigo, frequent occurrence of, in urine, 

 327 ; chemical analysis of, 328 ; its 

 presence a sign of morbid condition, 

 331. 



Instruments, meteorological, graduation 

 and comparison of; cahbration, 178 ; 

 process of graduation ; scale coefficient, 

 determination of, 179 ; results of com- 

 parison of, 182, 186; errors of, to deter- 

 mine, 183 ; for use in arctic regions, 185, 



