Hennessy (Prof. H.) on the vertical
movements of the atmosphere con-
sidered in connexion with storms and
changes of weather, 165.

Herschel (A.), report on observations of
luminous meteors, 1.

Heywood (J.), report on technical and
scientific evidence in courts of law,
373.

Higgins (Rev. H. H.), report upon the
best means of advancing science
through the agency of the mercantile
marine, 122.

Humber, report on tidal observations on
the, by James Oldham, John Scott
Russell, J. F. Bateman, and Thomas
Thompson, 101.

Iron projectiles, W. Fairbairn on the
mechanical properties of, at high ve-
locities, 178.

Jeffreys (J. Gwyn), report of the com-
mittee for dredging in the north and
east coasts of Scotland, 371.
Jenkin (Fleeming), report on the stan-
dards of electrical resistance, 125; de-
scription of the electrical apparatus
arranged by, for the production of
exact copies of the standard of resist-
ance, 159; on thermo-electric cur-
rents in circuits of one metal, 173.

Kew Observatory, Dr. Jacintho Antonio
de Souza on the, 109.
Kirchhoff (Prof.) on the standards of
electrical resistance, 150.

Law, courts of, report of committee on
technical and scientific evidence in,
373.

Liverpool compass committee, report on
the three reports of the, by A. Smith
and F. J. Evans, 87.

Lloyd (Rev. Dr.), report on the adequacy
of existing data for carrying into effect
the suggestion of Gauss, to apply his
general theory of terrestrial magnetism
to the magnetic variations, 170.
Lubbock (John), report upon the best
means of advancing science through
the agency of the mercantile marine,
122.

McConnell (J. E.), fourth report of the

committee on steamship performance,
282.

Matthiessen (Prof. W. H.), report on the
standards of electrical resistance, 125;
on the variation of the electrical re-

sistance of alloys due to change of
temperature, 136; on the electrical
permanency of metals and alloys, 139;
on the reproduction of electrical stan-
dards by chemical means, 141.
Mennell (Henry T.), report of the com-

mittee on the dredging of the North-
umberland coast and Dogger Bank, 116.
Metal, on thermo-electric currents in
circuits of one, 173.

Metals and alloys, Dr. Matthiessen on
the electrical permanency of, 139.
Meteors, luminous, report on observa-
tions of, by J. Glaisher, R. P. Greg,
E. W. Brayley, and A. Herschel, 1.

, catalogue of, 2; appendix-errata,
527.
Miller (Prof. W. H.), report on the
standards of electrical resistance, 125.

Napier (the Right Hon. Joseph), report

on technical and scientific evidence
in courts of law, 373.
Napier (J. R.), fourth report of the com-

mittee on steamship performance, 282.
Northumberland coast and Dogger Bank,

report of the committee on the dredg-
ing of the, by H. T. Mennell, 116.
Numbers, Prof. H. J. S. Smith's report on
the theory of, 503; general theorems
relating to composition, 503; compo-
sition of quadratic forms-preliminary
lemmas, 505; Gauss's six conclusions,
506; solution of the problem of com-
position, 507; composition of several
forms, 509; composition of forms-
method of Dirichlet, 512; composi-
tion of classes of the same determi-
nant, 514; comparison of the num-
bers of classes of different orders,
515; composition of genera, 519; de-
termination of the number of ambigu-
ous classes, and demonstration of the
law of quadratic reciprocity, 519; equa-
lity of the number of genera and of
ambiguous classes, 521; arrangement
of the classes of the principal genus,
523; arrangement of the other genera,
524; tabulation of quadratic forms,525.

Oldham (James), report on tidal obser-
vations on the Humber, 101.

Paris (Admiral E.), fourth report of the
committee on steamship performance,
282.

Patterson (R.), report upon the best
means of advancing science through
the agency of the mercantile marine,
122.

Russell (John Scott), report on the tidal
observations on the Humber, 101;
fourth report of the committee on
steamship performance, 282.

Sabine (General), report on the adequacy

of existing data for carrying into effect
the suggestion of Gauss, to apply his
general theory of terrestrial magnetism
to the magnetic variations, 170.
Scotland, report of the committee for
dredging on the north and east coasts
of Scotland, 371.

Siemens (Dr.) on the adoption of a com-

mon unit in measurement of electrical
resistance, 152.

Smith (Archibald), report on the three
reports of the Liverpool compass
committee and other recent publica-
tions on the same subject, 87; report
on the adequacy of existing data for
carrying into effect the suggestion of
Gauss, to apply his general theory of
terrestrial magnetism to the magnetic
variations, 170.

Smith (Prof. H. J. Stephen), report on
the theory of numbers, 503.
Smith (Wm.), fourth report of the com-
mittee on steamship performance, 282.
Steamship performance, fourth report
of the committee on, 282.
Stokes (Prof.), report on double refrac-
tion, 253.

Stoney (G. Johnstone), report on the
adequacy of existing data for carrying
into effect the suggestion of Gauss, to
apply his general theory of terrestrial
magnetism to the magnetic variations,
170.

Sutherland (the Duke of), fourth report
of the committee on steamship per-
formance, 282.

Symons (G. J.) on the fall of rain in
the British Isles during the years
1860 and 1861, 293.

Thermo-electric currents in circuits of
one metal, on, 173.
Thermometric observations in the Alps,
John Ball on, 363.
Thompson (Thomas), report on tidal ob-
servations on the Humber, 101.
Thomson (Prof. W.), report on standards
of electrical resistance, 125; report
on the adequacy of existing data for
carrying into effect the suggestion of
Gauss, to apply his general theory of
terrestrial magnetism to the magnetic
variations, 170.

Tidal observations on the Humber, re-
port on, by James Oldham, John
Scott Russell, J. F. Bateman, and
Thomas Thompson, 101.

Tite (Mr.), report on technical and
scientific evidence in courts of law,
373.

Turner (J. Aspinall), report upon the best

means of advancing science through
the agency of the mercantile marine,
122.

Webster (T.), report on technical and
scientific evidence in courts of law,
373.

Wheatstone (Prof. C.), report on stan-
dards of electrical resistance, 125.
Williamson (Prof. A.), report on stan-
dards of electrical resistance, 125;
on the reproduction of electrical stan-
dards by chemical means, 141.
Wright (Henry), fourth report of the
committee on steamship performance,
282.

Aye-Aye, A. D. Bartlett on the habits
of the, living in the Gardens of the
Zoological Society of London, 103.

Professor Owen on the characters
of the, as a test of the Lamarckian and
Darwinian hypothesis of the transmu-
tation and origin of species, 114.

Baily (W. H.) on a new species of Ple-
siosaurus from the lias near Whitby,
Yorkshire, 68.

Ball (John) on the determination of
heights by means of the barometer,
28.

Balloon ascents, J. Glaisher on a new
barometer used in the last, 31.

navigation, Isaac Ashe on, 27.
Barometer, John Ball on the determina-
tion of heights by means of the, 28.
Isaac Ashe on some improvements
in the, 28.

J. Glaisher on a new, used in the
last balloon ascents, 31.

aneroid, G. J. Symons on the per-
formance of a very small, 35.
Bartlett (A. D.) on the habits of the
Aye-Aye living in the Gardens of the
Zoological Society of London, 103.
Bashforth (Rev. F.) on capillary attrac-
tion, 2.

Beale (Prof.), an attempt to show that
every living structure consists of mat-
ter which is the seat of vital actions,
and matter in which physical and che-
mical changes alone take place, 122.
Beke (Dr. C. T.), a journey to Harran
in Padan-Aram, and thence over Mount
Gilead into the Promised Land, 141.
Birt (W. R.) on a group of lunar cra-
ters imperfectly represented in lunar
maps, 9.

Blanford (W. S.) on an extinct volcano
in Upper Burmah, 69.
Blood, Dr. John Davy on the coagulation
of the, in relation to its cause, 125.

of the common earthworm, Dr.
John Davy on the, 124.

Dr. George Robinson on the study
of the circulation of the, 134.
Bone, whittled, H. Seeley on a, from the
Barnwell gravel, 94.
*Bonney (Rev. T. G.) on some flint im-
plements from Amiens, 70.

on the geography of Mont Pel-
voux, in Dauphiné, 143.
Boole (Prof.) on the differential equation
of dynamics, 3.

Booth (Rev. Dr.) on an instrument for
describing geometrical curves, in-
vented by H. Johnston, 3.

Boulder-clay in Caithness, C. W. Peach
on the fossils of the, 83.
"Boussole Burnier," F. Galton on the,
30.

Brabant, Dr. Phipson on the diluvial
soil of, 53.

Brain, Robert Garner on the skull-
sutures in connexion with the super-
ficies of the, 126.

British Islands, Dr. Gladstone on the
distribution of fog round the coast of
the, 31.

British seas, J. Gwyn Jeffreys on a spe-
cies of Limopsis, now living in the,
108.
Buckman (James) on the ennobling of
roots, with particular reference to the
parsnip, 97; experiments with seed
of malformed roots, 97.
Buckmaster (J. C.) on the progress of
instruction in elementary science
among the industrial classes under
the Science minutes of the department
of Science and Art, 150.
Buckton (George Bowdler) on the for-
mation of organo-metallic radicals by
substitution, 36.

Burren (co. Clare), F. J. Foot on the
geology of, 72.

on a botanical chart of the barony

of, 98.

Caithness, C. W. Peach on the fossils of
the boulder-clay in, 83.

Camera, A. Claudet on the means of
following the small divisions of the
scale regulating the distances and en-
largement in the solar, 18.
Campbell (Dugald) on the action of
nitric acid upon pyrophosphate of
magnesia, 37.

Camphor, Charles Tomlinson on the mo-
tion of, towards the light, 23.
Capillary attraction, the Rev. F. Bash-
forth on, 2.

Carbonic acid vacua in large glass ves-
sels, J. P. Gassiot on the mode of pre-
paring, 42.

Carnot's function, James Croll on the
cohesion of gases, and its relation to,

21.

Carte (Dr. A.) on a new species of Ple-
siosaurus from the lias near Whitby,
Yorkshire, 68.

Cayley (A.) on a certain curve of the
fourth order, 3; on the representation
of a curve in space by means of a
cone and monoid surface, 3.
Chadwick (David) on the cotton famine,
and the substitutes for cotton, 150.

Challis (Rev. Prof.) on the augmenta-

tion of the apparent diameter of a
body by its atmospheric refraction,
12; on the zodiacal light, and on
shooting-stars, 12; on the extent of
the earth's atmosphere, 29.
Channel Islands, Prof. Ansted on the
climate of the, 138.

Chemical action, A. Vernon Harcourt
on a particular case of, 43.
Child (Dr. Gilbert W.) on marriages of
consanguinity, 104.

Chloroform accidents, Dr. Charles Kidd
on simple syncope as a coincident in,

130.

Claudet (A.) on the means of following

the small divisions of the scale regu-
lating the distances and enlargement
in the solar camera, 18.

Clavatella, Dr. Allman on the generative
zooid of, 100.

Cleland (Dr.) on ribs and transverse pro-
cesses, with special relation to the
theory of the vertebrate skeleton,
105.

Climate of the Channel Islands, Prof.

Ansted on the, 139.

Coal, Prof. Ansted on bituminous schists,
and their relation to, 65.

on a tertiary bituminous, in Tran-
sylvania, by Prof. Ansted, 66.
Cohesion, on the influence of, in relation
to the experiments of Prof. W.
Thomson and Dr. Joule on the ther-
mal effects of elastic fluids in motion,
21.

on the influence of, in relation to
Carnot's function, 21.
Collingwood (Dr.) on Geoffroy St.-Hi-

laire's distinction between catarrhine
and platyrrhine Quadrumana, 106.
Collodion process, T. Sutton on a rapid
dry, 54.

Colonization, Herman Merivale on the
utility of, 161.

Comatula, Dr. Allman on an early stage
in the development of, and its palæ-
ontological relations, 65.

Comet II. 1862, Rev. R. Main on R.A.

and N.P.D. of, 15.
Commercial fluctuations, W. S. Jevons
on the study of periodic, 157.
Consanguinity, Dr. Gilbert W. Child on
marriages of, 104.

Consumptive persons, Dr. Edward Smith

Cotton famine, David Chadwick on the,
and the substitutes for cotton, 150.
Crab, Robert Garner on an albino va-
riety of, 126.

Crawfurd (J.) on colour as a test of the

races of man, 143; on language as a
test of the races of man, 144.

Crime, Edward Hill on the prosecution
of, 154.

Cristaux à un ou à deux axes optiques,
relation entre les phénomènes de la
polarisation rotatoire, et les formes
hémièdres ou hémimorphes des, par
M. A. Des Cloizeaux, 19.

Crocodiles, Dr. J. E. Gray on the change
of form of the head of, and on those
of India and Africa, 106.

Croll (James) on the cohesion of gases,

and its relation to Carnot's function,
and to recent experiments on the
thermal effects of elastic fluids in
motion, 21; on the mechanical power
of electro-magnetism, with special re-
ference to the theory of Dr. Joule and
Dr. Scoresby, 24.

Crompton (Rev. J.) on deep or artesian
wells at Norwich, 70.

Crustaceans, Robert Garner on, 126.
Cubes, C. M. Willich on some models
of sections of, 8.

Curve of the fourth order, A. Cayley on
a, 3.

in space, A. Cayley on the repre-
sentation of a, by means of a cone and
monoid surface, 3.

Curves in space, quaternion proof of a
theorem of reciprocity of, Sir W. R.
Hamilton on, 4.

Danube, Prof. Ansted on the brown
coals of the, 66.

Daubeny (Dr.) on the last eruption of
Vesuvius, 71.

reply to the remarks of M. F.
Marcet on the power of selection
ascribed to the roots of plants, 98.
Davy (Dr. John) on the coloured fluid
or blood of the common earthworm
(Lumbricus terrestris), 124; on the
coagulation of the blood in relation to