ABESSINIA, Dr. Beke on a volcanic

eruption on the coast of, 186.
Adler (M. N.) on the almanac, 12.
Aerolites, R. P. Greg on M. Haidinger's
communication on the origin and fall
of, 13.

Africa, Western Equatorial, P. B. Du
Chaillu on the geography and natural
history of, 189.

on the people of, 190.
Airy (G. B.), his address as President of
Section A, 1; remarks on Dr. Hincks's
paper on the acceleration of the moon's
mean motion as indicated by the records
of ancient eclipses, 12; on spontaneous
terrestrial galvanic currents, 35; on
the laws of the principal inequalities,
solar and lunar, of terrestrial magnetic
force in the horizontal plane, from ob-
servations at the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich, from 1848 to 1857, 36.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Dr. Daubeny on a violet
peculiar to the Calamine rocks in the
neighbourhood of, 141.

Alcock (Dr. T.) on some points in the
anatomy of Cypræa, 137.

Alcock (R.), journey in the interior of
Japan, with the ascent of Fusiyama, 183.
Alkali-manufacture, W. Gossage on the
history of the, 80.

Almanac, M. N. Adler on the, 12.
Amazon, W. Danson on Barragudo cotton
from the plains of the, 140.
America, North, W. Danson on the flax-
fibre cotton of, 140.

Admiral Sir E. Belcher on the gla-
cial movements in the vicinity of Mount
St. Elias, on the N.W. coast of, 186.
British North, Dr. J. Hector on
the capabilities for settlement of the
central parts of, 195.

Ammonia, Dr. Daubeny on the evolution
of, from volcanos, 77.

W. Marriott on the separation of,
fom coal-gas, 86.
Anderson (Prof.) on the constitution of

paranaphthaline or anthracene, and
some of its decomposition products, 76.
Andrews (Dr.) on the effect of great
pressures combined with cold on the
six non-condensable gases, 76.
Anemometer for registering the maximum
force and extreme variation of the wind,
John E. Morgan on an, 72.

Aniline, sulphate of, Dr. J. Turnbull on
the physiological and medicinal pro-
perties of, and its use in the treatment
of chorea, 177.

Antarctic regions, Capt. Maury on the
importance of an expedition to the,
for meteorological and other scientific
purposes, 65.

Anthracene, Prof. Anderson on the con-
stitution of, 76.

Arctic explorations, on the geographical
science of, and the advantage of conti-
nuing it, Capt. W. P. Snow on, 201.
Armour-plates for ships, Dr. Eddy's sug-
gestions for fastening on, 257.
Armstrong (Sir W. G.) on the patent
laws, 252.

Arnott (Dr. G.) on railway accidents

from trains running off the rails, 252.
Arsenic, Dr. S. Macadam on the propor-
tion of, present in paper hangings, 86.
Artillery versus armour, Captain Blakely
on, 255.

Aryan languages, R. Cull on the anti-
quity of the, 193,

Ashe (Isaac) on the causes of the pheno-
mena of cyclones, 266.
Ashworth (Henry) on capital punish-
ments and their influence on crime,
203; on the progress of science and
art as developed in the bleaching of
cotton at Bolton, 204.

Aston (T.) on elongated projectiles for
rifled fire-arms, 253.

Asymptotic method of solving differential
equations, on Petzval's, by William
Spottiswoode, 10.
Atmosphere, Prof. Hennessy on the con-

disturbances of the, 61.

Australia, J. Bonwick on the extinct vol-
canos of, 109.

the Hon. J. Baker on, 184.

N.W., letter from the Colonial
Office on the exploration of, 197.

Baily (W. H.), paleontological remarks
upon the Silurian rocks of Ireland, 108.
Baker (the Hon. J.) on Australia, inclu-
ding the recent explorations of Mr.
Macdonald Stuart, 184.

Bakewell (R. H.) on the influence of
density of population on the fecundity
of marriages in England, 206.
Barometer, mercurial, description of a,
P. J. Livsey, 64.
Barrow (T. W.), remarks on the bone-
caves of Craven, 108.

by

Bateman (J. F.), his address as President

of Section G, 250; on street-pipe ar-
rangements for extinguishing fires, 255.
Bateson (S.) on an improved feed water-
heater for locomotive and other boilers,
269.

Bathometer, C. W. Siemens on a, 73.
Bazley (Thomas), a glance at the cotton
trade, 206.

Beale (Prof. Lionel S.) on the structure
and growth of the elementary parts
(cells) of living beings, 164.
Beke (Dr. C. T.) on the mountains form-
ing the eastern side of the basin of the
Nile, and the origin of the designation
"Mountains of the Moon as applied
to them, 184; on a volcanic eruption
on the coast of Abessinia, 186.
Belcher (Admiral Sir E.) on the glacial
movements noticed in the vicinity of
Mount St. Elias, on the N.W. coast of
America, 186.

Bellhouse (Edward T.) on the applica-
tions of the hydraulic press, 255.
Binney (E.W.) on the geological features

of the neighbourhood of Manchester, 109.
Binocular lustre, Sir David Brewster on, 29.
Birds, P. L. Sclater's remarks on the late
increase of our knowledge of the stru-
thious, 158.

Blakely (Captain) on artillery versus ar-
mour, 255.

Blechnum Spicant, A. Stansfield on, col-
lected in 1860 and 1861, 159.
Bollaert (W.), extract from a letter to, by
R. Bridge on the great earthquake at
Mendoza, 187.

Bolton, Henry Ashworth on the progress
of science and art as developed in the
bleaching of cotton at, 204.

new, 123.

Bone-caves of Craven, T. W. Barrow's

remarks on the, 108.

Bonwick (J.) on the extinct volcanos of
Australia, 109.

Brady (Mr. Antonio) on flint implements
from St. Acheul, near Amiens, 110.
Break, railway, James Higgin on a sledge,

262.

Brewster (Sir David) on photographic
micrometers, 28; on the compensation
of impressions moving over the retina,
29; on the optical study of the retina,
29; on binocular lustre, 29.
Bridge (R.) on the great earthquake at
Mendoza, March 20, 1861, 187.
Bright (Sir Charles) on the formation of
standards of electrical quantity and re-
sistance, 37.

Brighton, Dr. J. H. Gladstone and G.
Gladstone on an aluminous mineral
from the upper chalk near, 79.
British army, Dr. W. Farr on the recent
improvements in the health of the,
219.

British Isles, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on the
distribution of fog around the, 57.
British navy, E. J. Reed on the iron-cased
ships of the, 232.

Brixham, W. Pengelly on a new bone-cave
at, 123.

Broun (John Allan) on the supposed
connexion between meteorological phe-
nomena and the variations of the earth's
magnetic force, 49.

Bryson (Alexander) on the aqueous ori-
gin of granite, 110.

Burnley coal-field and its fossil contents,
J. T. Wilkinson and J. Whitaker on
the, 135.

Caine (Rev. William) on ten years' statis-
tics of the mortality amongst the orphan
children taken under the care of the
Dublin Protestant orphan societies,

208.

Calculi, uric acid, Dr. Roberts on the sol-

vent power of strong and weak solutions
of the alkaline carbonates on, 90.
Calvert (Dr. Crace) on the chemical com-
position of some woods employed in the
navy, 77.
Cameron (Captain) on the ethnology,
geography, and commerce of the Cau-
casus, 189.
Carboniferous group of Britain, Edward
Hull on the relative distribution of the
calcareous and sedimentary strata of the,
116.

Charmouth, Prof. Owen on a dinosaurian
reptile (Scelidosaurus Harrisoni) from
the lower lias of, 121.

China, Henry Duckworth on a new com-
mercial route to, 194.

to the North of India, letter from Sir
II. Robinson, relating to the journey
of Major Sarel, Capt. Blakiston, Dr.
Barton, and another, who are endea-
vouring to pass from, 196.

and India, Andrew Henderson on
the rise and progress of clipper and
steam navigation on the coasts and
rivers of, 258.

Chloroform accidents, Dr. Charles Kidd
on, 167.

Chorca, Dr. J. Turnbull on the physiolo-

gical and medicinal properties of sul-
phate of aniline, and its use in the
treatment of, 177.

Chromascope, and what it reveals, by
John Smith, 33; the prism and chro-
mascope, 33.

Clark (Latimer) on the formation of stand-
ards of electrical quantity and resist-
ance, 37.

Clarke (Dr. W.) on a revision of national
taxation, 216.

Cleland (Dr. John) on the anatomy of
Orthagoriscus mola, the short sunfish,
138; on a method of craniometry, with
observations on the varieties of form of
the human skull, 164.
Cloth, printing-, Alderman Neild on the

price of, and upland cotton from 1812
to 1860, 229.

Cloud-mirror, J. T. Goddard on the, 61.
Coal, J. W. Salter on the bivalve shells of
the, 131.

Coal-field, Burnley, and its fossil contents,
J. T. Wilkinson and J. Whitaker on the,
135.

Coal-gas, W. Marriott on the separation
of ammonia from, 86.

Cold of Christmas 1860, and its destruct-
ive effects, E. J. Lowe on the, 64.
Collingwood (Cuthbert), a scheme to in-
duce the mercantile marine to assist in
the advancement of science by the in-
telligent collection of objects of natural
history from all parts of the globe, 138.
Colour, observations upon the production
of, by the prism, by J. A. Davies, 31.

presentations of, produced under
novel conditions, 32.

Comets and planets, on the resistance
of the ether to the, and on the rotation
of the latter, by J. S. S. Glennie, 13.
Commerce, Charles Thompson on some
exceptional articles of, 247.

Compass, Archibald Smith and F.J. Evans
on the effect produced on the deviation
of the, by the length and arrangement
of the compass needles, 45.
Constantinople to Kurrachee, Col. Sir H.
C. Rawlinson on the direct overland
telegraph from, 197.

Cooperation at Rochdale, the Rev. W. N.
Molesworth on the progress of, 225.

and its tendencies, Edmund Potter
on, 230.
Cooperative stores, their bearing on
Athenæums, &c., 248.

Cotton, W. Danson on Barragudo, from
the plains of the Amazon, aud on the
flax-fibre, of North America, 140.
-, Henry Ashworth on the progress of
science and art as developed in the
bleaching of, at Bolton, 201.

trade, Thomas Bazley on the, 206.
—, upland, Alderman Neild on the
price of, from 1812 to 1860, 229.
Cotton-gins, David Chadwick on recent
improvements in, 256.

Couburn (J.) on the culture of the vine in
the open air, 140.

Craniometry, Dr. John Cleland on a me-
thod of, 164.

Craven, T. W. Barrow's remarks on the
bone-caves of, 108.

Crawfurd (John) on the connexion be-

tween ethnology and physical geogra-
phy, 177; on the antiquity of man from
the evidence of languages, 191.

Crime, Henry Ashworth on capital punish-
ments, and their influence on, 203.
Cromleach and rocking-stones considered
ethnologically, P. O'Callaghan on, 187.
Cull (R.) on the antiquity of the Aryan
languages, 193.

Curves of the third order, A. Cayley on, 2.
Cyathina Smithii, J. G. Jeffreys on an
abnormal form of, 146.

Cyclones, Isaac Ashe on the causes of the
phenomena of, 266.

Cypræa, Dr. T. Alcock on some points in
the anatomy of, 137.

Daa (L.) on the ethnology of Finnmark,
in Norway, 193.

Danson (J. T.) on the growth of the
human body in height and weight in
males from 17 to 30 years of age, 216.

(William) on the law of universal |
storms, 52; on Barragudo cotton from
the plains of the Amazon, and on the
flax-fibre cotton of North America, 140;
on the manufacture of the human hair
as an article of consumption and general
use, 217.

Daphnia Schæfferi, Rev. A. R. Hogan on,

116.

Dartmoor, W. Pengelly on the age of the
granites of, 127.

Darwin (Mr.), H. Fawcett on the method
of, in his treatise on the origin of spe-
cies, 141.

Daubeny (Dr.) on the evolution of am-

monia from volcanos, 77; on the func-
tions discharged by the roots of plants;
and on a violet peculiar to the calamine
rocks in the neighbourhood of Aix-la-
Chapelle, 141; on the influence exerted
by light on the function of plants, 141.
Davies (J. Alexander) on the production

of colour by the prism, the passive
mental effect or instinct in compre-
hending the enlargement of the visual
angles and other optical phenomena,

31.

Davy (Dr. John) on the action of lime on
animal and vegetable substances, 165;
on the blood of the common earth-
worm, 165; on the question whether
the hair is subject or not to a sudden
change of colour, 166.

Deane (H.) on a particular decomposition
of ancient glass, 78.

Delffs (Dr.) on morin, and the non-exist-
ence of morotannic acid, 78.
Digestion, Dr. G. Robinson on the con-
nexion between the functions of respi-
ration and, 173.

Dobson (Thomas) on the general forms

of the symmetrical properties of plane
triangles, 2.

Donegal, R. H. Scott on the granitic rocks
of, 31.

Donnelly (Capt.) on the nature and results
of the aid granted by the State towards
the instruction of the industrial classes
in elementary sciences, 217.
Dredging, deep-sea, off the Shetland Isles,
Rev. Alfred Merle Norman on the
crustacea, echinodermata, and zoo-
phytes obtained in, 151.
Drifts of the Severn, Avon, Wye, and

Usk, Rev. W. S. Symonds on some
phenomena connected with the, 133.
Dublin Protestant orphan societies, the
Rev. W. Caine on ten years' statistics
of the mortality amongst the orphan
children under the care of the, 208.
Du Chaillu (P. B.), Prof. Owen on some
objects of natural history from the col-
lection of, 155; on the geography and
natural history of Western Equatorial
Africa, 189; on the people of Western
Equatorial Africa, 190.

Duckworth (Henry), new commercial
route to China, 194.

Dukinfield, William Fairbairn on the tem-
perature of the earth's crust, as exhi-
bited by thermometrical returns ob-
tained during the sinking of the deep

mine at, 53.

Earth, on the influence of the rotation of

the, on the apparent path of a heavy
particle, by Prof. Price, 6.

Earth's crust, William Fairbairn on the
temperature of the, as exhibited by
thermometrical returns obtained during
the sinking of the deep mine at Dukin-
field, 53.

magnetic force, John Allan Broun
on the supposed connexion between
meteorological phenomena and the va-
riations of the, 49.

Earthworm, Dr. John Davy on the blood
of the common, 165.
Eddy (Dr.) on a class of gun-boats ca-
pable of engaging armour-plated ships
at sea, with suggestions for fastening
on armour-plates, 257.
Educational institutions, J. Heywood on

the inspection of endowed, 222.
Effertz (Peter) on a brick-making machine,

258.

Ekman (C. F.) on the fundamental prin-

ciples of algebra, chiefly with regard to
negative and imaginary quantities, 4.
Electric light, Dr. Miller on photographic
spectra of the, 87.

220.

Electrical quantity and resistance, Latimer
Clarke and Sir Charles Bright on the
formation of standards of, 37.
Electricity, W. H. L. Russell on the theory
of, 9.

Elsworth rock, and the clay above it,

Harry Seeley on the, 132.
Embroidery manufacture of Scotland and
Ireland since 1857, John Strang on the
altered condition of the, 243.
Engine, direct action, W. B. Johnson on
the, 263.

Equations, differential, William Spottis-
woode on Petzval's asymptotic method
of solving, 10.

Ether, on the resistance of the, to the
comets and planets, and on the rotation
of the latter, by J. S. Stuart Glennie, 13.
Ethnology and physical geography, John
Crawfurd on the connexion between, 177.

of Finnmark, L. Daa on the, 193.
Eustachian tube in man, J. Toynbee on
the action of the, 176.
Evans (F. J.) on the effect produced on
the deviation of the compass by the
length and arrangement of the compass
needles; and on a new mode of cor-
recting the quadrantal deviation, 45;
remarks on H.M.S. Warrior's com-
passes, 45.

Eyes of animals, Prof. H. Müller on the
existence and arrangement of the fovea
centralis retinæ in the, 171.

Fairbairn (William) on the temperature
of the earth's crust, as exhibited by
thermometrical returns obtained during
the sinking of the deep mine at Du-
kinfield, 53.

Farr (Dr. W.) on the recent improvements

in the health of the British army, 219.
Fawcett (Henry) on the method of Mr.
Darwin in his treatise on the origin of
species, 141; on the economical effects
of the recent gold discoveries, 269.
Finnmark in Norway, ethnology of, L.
Daa on the, 193.

Fire-arms, elongated projectiles for rifled,
T. Aston on, 253.
Fires, C. W. Siemens, on a system of tele-
graphic communication adopted in Ber-
lin in case of, 264.

J. F. Bateman on street-pipe ar-
rangements for extinguishing fires, 255.
Fishes, Charles Robertson on the cervical
and occipital vertebræ of osseous, 172.

FitzRoy (Rear-Admiral) on tidal observa-
tions, 56.

Flora of Manchester, L. H. Grindon on
the, 145.

Fluids, Dr. Joule and Prof. W. Thomson
on the thermal effects of elastic, 83.
Fog, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on the distribu-
tion of, around the British Isles, 57.
Force, on the application of the principle
of the conservation of, to the mechani-
cal explanation of the correlation of
forces, 26.

Foster (G. C.) on piperic and hydropi-
peric acids, 78.

Functions, W. H. L. Russell on the cal-
culus of, 19.

Fusiyama, R. Alcock's journey in the in-
terior of Japan, with the ascent of, 183.

Galloway (Prof.) on the composition and
valuation of superphosphates, 79.
Galvanic currents, on spontaneous terres-
trial, 35.

Garner (R.) on the encephalon of mam-
malia, 166.

Gas-burners, J. J. Griffin on the con-
struction of, for chemical use, 81.
Gases, Dr. Andrews on the effect of great
pressures combined with cold on the
six non-condeusable, 76.

-, on the emission and absorption of
rays of light by certain, Dr. J. Ĥ. Glad-
stone on, 79.

Gassiot (J. P.) on the deposit of metals

from the negative terminal of an induc-
tion coil during the electrical discharge
in vacuo, 38.
Gauge,deep-sea pressure-, James Glaisher
on a, 59.

Geography, physical, John Crawfurd on the
connexion between ethnology and, 177.
Gibb (Dr. George D.) on the arrest of
puparial metamorphosis of Vanessa
Antiopa or Camberwell beauty, 143.
Gilbert (Dr. J. H.) on some points in
connexion with the exhaustion of soils,
84.

Gipsies, B. C. Smart on the English, and
their dialect, 199.

Glacial motion, William Hopkins on the
theories of, 61.

Glaciers, active and extinct, in South

Greenland, Colonel Shaffner on, 198.
Gladstone (G.) on an aluminous mineral
from the upper chalk near Brighton, 79.
Gladstone (Dr. J. H.) on the distribution
of fog around the British Isles, 57; on
the emission and absorption of rays of