INDEX. 
131 
Kane (Dr.) on the interference ofsound, 
13 . 
-on the salts of sulpho-methylic 
acid, 42. 
-on the protochlorides of platina 
and tin, 44. 
Kennedy (Dr.) on purulent ophthalmia, 
105. 
Knowles (G. B.) on a case of deformity 
of the pelvis, 101. 
Light, electrical, prismatic decompo¬ 
sition of, 11. 
Litton (Dr.) on the yew at Mucruss,76. 
Logologues, new theory of, 7. 
MacCullagh (J.) on the laws of re¬ 
flexion and refraction from crystal¬ 
lized surfaces, 7. 
M‘Donnell (Dr.) on the differential 
pulse, 98. 
M‘Gauley(Rev. J.W.) on thececonomy 
and uses of magnetism, 20. 
Magnesia, its volatilization by heat, 51. 
Magnetism, on practical applications 
of, 19, 20. 
--, nature of, 24. 
■-, absence of in cast iron when in 
fusion, 33. 
Mallet (R.) on the application of elec¬ 
tro-magnetism to manufactures, 18. 
--on bleaching turf for the manu¬ 
facture of paper, 47. 
-- on phenomena of flame from 
coal-gas, 49. 
Mammary glands in the Cetacea , 86. 
Manchester, statistics of, 119. 
Marshall (Dr.) on the zoology of Rath- 
lin, 68. 
Mathematics, 7. 
Maundsell (Dr.) on the statistics of the 
Dublin Foundling Hospital, 113. 
Mayne (Rev. C.) on preserving Echi- 
nodermata,7\. 
Mechanical science, 107. 
Medical science, 81. 
Mersey and Dee, survey of, 64. 
Microscope, achromatic, 112. 
Moore (Mr.) on corroded leaden pipe, 
55. 
Murchison (R. I.) on the Silurian sy¬ 
stem of rocks, 59. 
Muriatic acid, method of testing its 
presence in hydrocyanic acid, 45. 
Murray (Sir J.) on the influence of ar¬ 
tificial rarefaction in some diseases, 
and the effects of its condensation in 
others, 96. 
Netherlands, social statistics of, 125. 
Nicol (W.), structure of Conifercc, 73. 
Nicotin, Prof. Davy on, 38. 
Niven (Mr.) on the arrangement of 
plants for a botanic garden, 80. 
Norway, punishment of death in, 124. 
OBeirne (Dr.) on the functions and 
diseases of the intestinal canal, 105. 
Ophthalmia, purulent, 105. 
Optical properties of chabasie, 44. 
Osborne (Dr.) on the effects of cold on 
the human body, and on a mode of 
measuring refrigeration, 94. 
Paper, made from turf, 47. 
Perry (Dr.) on typhus fever, 101. 
Phillips (Prof.) on a newly discovered 
tertiary deposit in Yorkshire, 62. 
Physics, 7 ; on the study of, 126. 
Plants, action of light on, 73 ; mathe¬ 
matical relations of the forms of the 
cells of, 79. 
Platina, protochloride of, 44. 
Platinum wire, on electric currents 
passing through, 33. 
Polariscope, simple, 112. 
Polarization of light, 8, 112. 
Powell (Prof.) on recent discoveries 
relative to radiant heat, 9. 
Pritchard (A.), apparatus for illustra¬ 
ting the polarization of light, 112. 
Prussia, punishment of death in, 124. 
Pulse, on the differential, 98. 
Pyroxylic spirit, on a fluid obtained in 
manufacturing it, 40. 
-, analysis of, 44. 
Radiant heat, 9. 
Railways, on vibration of, 108. 
Reflexion, 7. 
Refraction, 7. 
Refrigeration, mode of measuring, 94. 
Reid (Dr.) on the construction of pub¬ 
lic buildings in reference to sound, 
14. 
-on the study of physics, 126. 
Resistance, on the solid of least, 107. 
Roberts (Mr.) on a machine which 
renders objects visible while revolv¬ 
ing 200,000 times in a minute, 113. 
Ross (Sir J.) on the aurora borealis, 
18. 
