INDEX. 605 
venue cutter, 40S ; on the Mignomne, 
411; on H. M. S. Beagle, 408 ; on the 
Hawk cutter, 411. 
Lime, native oxalate of, on crystallized, 
449. 
Linnasan Society, proceedings of the, 76 ; 
Anniversary meeting of the, 76. 
Lubbock (J. W.) on the heat of vapours 
and on astronomical refractions, 434, 
510, 562; on the pressure of steam, 
510 ; Mr. Gassiot to, on Nobili’s plate 
of colours, 596. 
Lyell (C.) on the boulder formation, and 
freshwater deposits of Eastern Norfolk, 
345. 
Maclear (T.), observations made for the 
verification of the amplitude of the 
Abbe de la Caille’s Arc of the meridian, 
594. 
Magnesia, native sulphate of, 236. 
Magnetic observations at Milan, on, 241 ; 
in Germany, Norway, and Russia, on, 
598. 
Magnetism and electricity, contributions 
to, 200, 254, 551. 
Malaguti (M.) chlorinated sulphuric aether 
of, 7 ; sulphuretted aether of, 8 ; chloro- 
sulphuretted aether of, 8 ; chlorinated 
acetic aether of, 8 ; chlorinated formic 
aether of, 8 ; chlorinated camphoric aether 
of, 9 ; chlorinated Benzoic aether of, 9 ; 
chlorinated cenanthic aether, 9. 
Mammiferous animals, on the blood cor- 
puscles or red disks of the, 23, 105, 
195. 
Marchand (R. F.) on the reduction of 
chromate of lead, 532. 
Marine lightning conductors, examination 
of Mr. Sturgeon’s memoirs on, 116. 
Martin (P. J.) on a remarkable fall of hail, 
and on the probable nature of such 
phaenomena, 85. 
Media, on light which has permeated co- 
loured, 267. 
Mercury, cyanide of, on a new compound 
of ferrocyanide of potassium with, 1 28. 
Metallic salicides, 213. 
Metallic salts, action of albumen on, 154. 
Metals, on the galvanic properties of, 315 ; 
on circuits of two, not in contact, 485. 
Meteorological observations, for Novem- 
ber 1839, 79 ; for December, 1839, 159 ; 
for Jan. 1840, 239; for Feb. 343; for 
March, 447; for April, 535. 
Meteorological observations made at Al- 
ton, in Finmarken, 596. 
Meteorological phaenomena observed at 
Swansea, on certain, 87. 
Meteorological Register kept at Port Ar- 
thur, 600. 
Meteorological Table, for November, 
1839,80; for December, 160 ; for Jan, 
1840, 240; for Feb. 344; for March, 
448 ; for April, 536. 
Miller (Prof.) on the form of Eudialyte, 
477. 
Mineralogy: — haydenite, 155, 175; beau- 
montite, 156; couzeranite, 175; two 
minerals from the Skutteruder mine, 
483. 
Mineral structure of the south of Ireland, 
on the, 276, 388. 
Mud cliffs of E. Norfolk, on the drift and 
associated freshwater deposits compo- 
sing the, 345 ; age of the deposits com- 
posing the, 371. 
Mundesley, Paludina minuta from the 
freshwater beds at, 354; insects found 
at, 354 ; fish, 354 ; mammalia, 355 ; 
plants, 355. 
Mustard, oil of, essential, 153. 
Myronic acid, 153. 
Myronin, 153. 
Nerves of the gravid uterus, on the, 590. 
Nobili’s plate of colours, on, 596. 
Norfolk, eastern, on the freshwater depo- 
sits of, 345. 
Norway, Russia and Germany, on magne- 
tic observations in, 598. 
Norwegian cobalt ores, on two, from the 
Skutteruder mine, 482. 
Ochnacece, on a gall gathered in Cuba, on 
the leaf of a plant belonging to the or- 
der, 76. 
Oil of mustard, 153; of peppermint, 418. 
Optics, physical, on photometry in con • 
nexion with, 16. 
Orfila (M.) on arsenic contained naturally 
in the human body, 341. 
Oxalate of lime, native, on crystallized, 
449. 
Oxichlorides, combinations of, with other 
bodies, 6 ; with compound radicals, 7. 
Oxidized pyrites, on the products of, 265. 
Parallax of Sirius, on the, 148. 
Pelouze (M.), letter to, from M. Berzelius, 
on the theory of substitutions in che- 
mistry of M. Dumas, 1. 
Peppermint, oil of, compounds derived 
IVom the stearopten of, 418 ; analysis 
of, by Mr. Walter, 419. 
Permutations, positive, 134; negative, 
134; positive effectual, 134; negative 
effectual, 134. 
Peroxide of iron, decomposition of the 
neutral sulphate of the, by boiling its 
solution, 130. 
Persoz (M.) on pond gas, 339. 
Perspective, on an apparent inversion of, 
in viewing objects with a telescope, 506. 
Phaenomena, meteorological, observed at 
Swansea, 87 ; on some, of the voltaic 
disruptive discharge, 478. 
Photographic papers, on, 267. 
