INDEX. 
Objects of the Association, 615. 
Rules of the Association, 615. 
Officers and Council of the Associa¬ 
tion :—of the First Meeting, 45 ; of 
the Second Meeting, 111. 
Committees of the Association :—of 
the First Meeting, 46 ; of the Se¬ 
cond Meeting, 112. 
Abraham (J. H.), lecture on magnet¬ 
ism, 59. 
Airy (G. B.), report on the progress 
of Astronomy during the present 
century, 125. 
Allan (Mr.), notice of a magnificent 
specimen of aqua-marine in the pos¬ 
session of Don Pedro, 86. 
Allman (Dr.), notice of his memoir on 
numeral evolution, 545. 
Apjohn (Dr. J.), formula by which a 
proper correction for vapour may 
be applied to the specific gravities 
obtained by experiments on gases 
saturated with moisture, 575. 
Baxter (W.) on the spiral vessels ob¬ 
served in the mucous matter which 
envelops the seeds of Salvia ver- 
benaca, 605. 
Bevan (B.) on the compilation of a ge¬ 
neral table of altitudes of places in 
Great Britain and Ireland, 581. 
Boase (Dr.), remarks on mineral 
veins, 585. 
Brewster (Sir D.) on the progress of 
mineralogy, 60. 
-description of an instrument 
for distinguishing minerals, 72. 
-on the crystalline lens of fishes, 
birds, &c., 81. 
-analysis of solar light, 89. 
- : — the honorary degree of Doctor 
of Civil Law conferred on, 100. 
- report on the recent progress 
of optics, 308. 
--on the colours of natural bo¬ 
dies, 547. 
Brewster (Sir D.) on the undulations 
excited in the retina by the action 
of luminous points and lines, 549. 
-on the effect of compression 
and dilatation upon the retina, 553. 
Broughton (S. D.) on the progress of 
physiological research, 598. 
Brown (R.), the honorary degree of 
Doctor of Civil Law conferred on, 
100 . 
Buckingham (Duke of) on the geolo¬ 
gical structure of the Island of Pan- 
tellaria, 592. 
Buckland (Rev. Dr.), his address, 96. 
-lecture on the geology of the 
neighbourhood of Oxford, 100. 
-lecture on the fossil remains 
of the Megatherium, 104. 
-on a scale of geological co¬ 
lours, 592. 
Carne (J.) on the mineral veins of 
Cornwall, 586. 
Conybeare (Rev. W. D.), report on 
the progress, actual state, and ulte¬ 
rior prospects of geological science, 
365. 
———— on the application to Great 
Britain and Ireland of M. de Beau¬ 
mont’s theory of the parallelism of 
contemporaneous lines of elevation, 
587. 
•-notice of his geological sec¬ 
tion of Europe, 583. 
Cumming (Rev. J.), report on ther¬ 
mo-electricity, 301. 
Dalton (J.) on the proportion between 
the quantity of food and the evacua¬ 
tions, 74. 
-on the effects of atmospheric 
pressure on the animal frame, 85. 
-the honorary degree of Doctor 
of Civil Law conferred on, 100. 
Daubeny (Dr.) on hot springs, 83. 
-'new instrument for illustrating 
the effects of capillary attraction, 85. 
- on the geological inferences to 
