INDEX II. 
TO 
miscellaneous communications to the 
SECTIONS. 
AciDS: —physiological properties of 
carbazotie, 65; action of gullic an<1 tan- 
un ' ro '! a . n< * alumina mordants, ib. ; 
cnh ° ?f 1 ric ’ tnrta Hc, and oxalic, on 
^on and flax fibres,*^.; on a method 
analysis applicable to the qunntita- 
estmmt,° n of nitric ami acetic, 08; 
!r“ nc ' ">rain- W atcr, 70, 101 ; on the 
L ri nc .® 0 T 4 in Hydrochloric and 
bv*„}»'• 00 l,ie production of'borucic, 
Aftf. 0,canic action, 70. 
ccou,°f l *' e °. cclln ' elUe of n true creta- 
ai. L • t “: n in “‘e "owtH of, 88; 
loai-j. arnv . a * Dr. Livingston at 
AftieJlt 11 t le \ cst coast " f . «19. 
flf)_ ss * 0n l he adornment of an, 
5t::> ag f 8 - south, i26. 
advantmJ ° n i l ? meHn * °f realizing the 
ca¬ 
nton, ji' 0 ° n a Case °f partial, in a black 
,e “roWv^/!‘| N,JVa Scotia, on the me- 
Iogic ft l^ '5’ * ,a '->le ofmeteoro- 
dln '^of tEe S' tC V : i aV ‘ S UtU,c> 44 * 
. r «ure fov „ ’ ’ dni, y ""-’a" tenitw- 
AlbmneV 0 " el ® Ve « years, -16. 1 
Alcoll °l, in‘th?° to8ra P lls u P° n - 67 ■ 
^Jsss^Ssr^""- 
A pc, ‘ le Hyposulphites of the or- 
Al ^ l 5^n°'ill ,1PW T ethod of « 74- 
dost n.ctivo Jj'f’„P , r° duct;d during the 
Aif^ces, (i| 'Hatton of animal sub- 
levels taken in W 
■ ln ®“ (Pruf l nn ^ roid Harometcr, 1 16. 
bl fUSOrin of nrA'r occu rrence in the 
Al^‘ l ^Sirln5. OTg “ ns 
mari "e teW a e n w te “ aion of the sub- 
P °» 7 ; on telegraphic 
communication between England and, 
H7u 
Ammonia, on the aniounts of, and me¬ 
thods of estimating, in rain-water, 70, 
161; on the production of, by volcanic 
action, 76. 
Amyle, on the physiological properties 
of, 76. 
Anderson (Dr.) on the alkaloids produced 
during the destructive distillation of 
nnitnnl substances, 61; on the consti¬ 
tution of meconine and papaverine, and 
their relations to the other constituents 
of opium, ib. 
Anemometer nt the Liverpool observatory, 
on the, 34. 
Animal substances, on the alkaloids pro¬ 
duced during the destructive distilla¬ 
tion of, 61. 
Animals, on drawings of various marine, 
102 . 
Annelid tracks, on, 86. 
Amiulosa, on the vascular system of the 
lower, 109. 
Ant-eater, on the anatomy of the great, 
113. 
Anthracite, on the deposits in the lower 
Silurians of the south of Scotland, 86 ; 
on the Silurian, of Cavan, 95. 
Antiquities, notices of the Hoylake, 129. 
Apes, on the anthropoid, 111. 
Aquaria, observations made in small, 115. 
Aquavivaria, on a plan of aerating, adopt¬ 
ed by Dr. Ball, 115, 
Archer (T. C.) on some peculiarities dis¬ 
covered in liquid caoutchouc, 96; on 
some materials for making paper, 97. 
Architecture, naval, on the progress of. 
160. 
Arctic and antarctic currents, and their 
connexion with the fate of Sir John 
Franklin, 117. 
Arctic regions, on glaciers in the, 126. 
Arithmometer, on a new, 1. 
Ashworth (Henry) on the causes and 
consequences of the Preston strike, 
1853 to 1854, 130. 
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