627 
which produces the Or deal Bean of, 
265. 
Calcareous Spar, on certain Vegetable 
Formations in, 615. 
Carboniferous Volcanic Rocks of the 
Basin of the Forth, 582. 
Carbon. On some Numerical Relations 
between the Specific Gravities of 
the Diamond, Graphite, and Char- 
coal Forms of Carbon, and its 
Atomic Weight, 241. 
Carrington and Hodgson’s recently- 
observed Solar Phenomenon, sug- 
gested Explanation of, 258. 
Cartilaginous Fishes, on the Genera- 
tive Organs of some, 392. 
Catadioptric Altitude and Azimuth 
Circle, 528. 
Cavendish. On the recent Vindica- 
tion of his Priority as Discoverer 
of the Composition of Water, 
205. 
Cements and Limes, on the Solidifica- 
tion of, 314. 
Cerebrum and Cerebellum in Man and 
the lower Mammals, Anatomical 
Relations of the, 549. 
Chamouni, Notice respecting some 
Artificial Sections illustrating the 
Geology of, 82. 
China, on a New Arrow-Poison from, 
167. 
Chondracanthus Lophii, on the Struc- 
ture of, with Observations of its 
Larval Form, 525. 
Christison (Dr), Opening Address of, 
Session 1857-58, 2. 
on a New Arrow-Poison from 
China, 167. 
on the Capture of Whales 
with the aid of Poison, 270. 
Chronology of the Trap-Rocks of 
Scotland, 309, 453. 
Circular Arc, Expeditious Method of 
Computing the Time of Descent in 
a, 419. 
Citric Acid, on the Action of Chlorine 
on, 327. 
Classification (Zoological), 423. 
Cleghorn (Dr Hugh) on Excursions to 
the Higher Ranges of the Ana- 
malai Hills, 460. 
Cleland (Dr John) on a Peculiar 
Ligament connecting the opposite 
Ribs in certain Vertebrata, 101. 
Notes of the Dissection of a 
Female Beaver, 318. 
Climate of Dunfermline, 293. 
Palestine in Modern as com- 
pared with Ancient Times, 511. 
VOL. IV. 
Cohesion and Gravity, 609. 
Conduction of Heat in Bars, Experi- 
mental Inquiry into the Laws of 
the, 612. 
Constitution of Society in this Coun- 
try, with Reference to the Propor- 
tion which Male Life bears rela- 
tively to Female Life, and the 
Effects of an Excess of Female Life, 
583. 
Contractions of Sulphuric Acid on 
being mixed with Water, 463. 
Creosoted Timber, Ravages of the 
Limnoria terebrans on, 617. 
Crystalline Force and Organic Force, 
on the Connection between, 559. 
Crystals (Snow) observed during the 
late Frost, 399. 
Molecular Arrangement in, 
535. 
Dalmahoy (James) on a Difficulty in 
the Theory of Rain, 576. 
Dalzel (Andrew), Professor of Greek 
in the University of Edinburgh, 
Biographical Notice of, 512. 
Darwin’s (Mr) Theory of the Origin 
of Species, 274. 
Davy (Dr John) on the Black Lustrous 
Varnish of Ancient Pottery, 65. 
on a Shower of a so-called 
“ Sulphurous ” Substance which fell 
in Inverness-shire in June 1858, 
157. 
on an unusual Fall of Rain in 
the Lake District in January 1859, 
201 . 
on the Coagulation of the 
Blood, 205. 
on the Tadpole, and on the 
Albumen of the Newly-Laid Egg, 
249. 
on the Growth of Birds, their 
Specific Gravity, and on the Sto- 
mach of Fishes in Relation to Diges- 
tion, &c., 253. 
Notes on the Generative Or- 
gans of some Cartilaginous Fishes, 
392. 
on the Albino, 416. 
on the Acrid Fluid of the 
Toad, 426. 
on an unusual Drought in the 
Lake District in 1859, 325. 
on the Rain-fall in the Lake 
District in 1861, and on the Com- 
position of Rain-water, 563. 
Deflection of the Plummet caused by 
the Sun and Moon’s Attraction, 
609. 
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