INDEX. Adie, Richard, Esq., on the influence of hilly ground in checking Richard, Esq., on the generation of electrical currents, 84. Africa, expedition to the centre of, by Messrs Richardson, Barth, . Age of our planet, 182. Agassiz, M. L., on the natural provinces of the animal world, and M. L., on the primitive diversity of animals, and num- M. L., on the Californian fishes, 214. Agriculture, new theories in, noticed, 167. Animals, primitive diversity of, and number in geological times, 271. Beaumont, M. Elie de, letter from, in regard to Professor Jame- Bitumen, origin of, in the stratified rocks, 368. Blainville, Marie-Henri Ducrotay, biographical notice of, 193. Botany, 182. Bonn University, letter from, in regard to Professor Jameson, 48. plants, &c., 325. Brodie, A. Oswald, on the preservation of the properties of soils, Cathcart, Earl, letter from, in regard to the late Professor Jame- Coal, description of, by Professor Harkness, 66. Cocoons, new method of procuring the coloured silk from, 377. Collections in University museum noticed, 40. Corbet, Richard, on the explosion of a meteor, 152. Crystallization, researches on, 365. Cypress Forests, age of, 373. Dana, James D., on a change of ocean temperature that would attend a change in the level of the African and South Ameri- Daubrée, M., on the artificial production of minerals, 307. D'Urcle, on a new invention for increasing the produce of autumn De Serres M. Marcel, the old world compared with the new world, Earthquake indicator, 367. Electrical currents, generation of, noticed, 84. Essays, prize, proposed by the Society of Sciences at Haarlem, list Ellet, Prof. W., notice of a natural deposit of saltpetre, by, 367. Fishes, Californian, described, 214. Flax, progress of its cultivation in Ireland, 182. Flourens, M., biographical notice of Marie-Henri Ducrotay Blain- Food, the relative values of different kinds, 189. Forbes, Professor Edward, on the manifestation of polarity in the Professor Edward, anniversary address delivered by, at the Forests, cypress, age of, 373. Geology, present state of, as shown in Sir R. Murchison's work, Geography, 183. Gill, Mr, on the palolo, 144. Mr, on the tides in South Pacific, 148. Gulf Stream, discovery of a bank in connection with, 177. Harkness, Professor, description of coal, by, 66. Halibut fishing station noticed, 176. Health, influence of occupation upon, 165. Hydrology, 177-178. Icebergs of Polar Seas noticed, 176. Johnston, Dr George, on the botany of the eastern borders, 325. Iron, its condition noticed, 179. Ice, middle, position of whale-fishing ground, 177. Jameson, the late Robert, biographical memoir of, by Laurence William, on the cultivation of tea in the district of Kane, Sir Robert, on the uses of industrial exhibitions, 154. Lavalle, M., recent researches on crystallization, by, 365. Lawson, M., on the effects of coloured light on germination, by, 375. Light, the effect on germination, 375. Lindsay, Dr Lauder, on the dyeing properties of Lichens, 228. Marchal of Calvi, on the relative value of different kinds of meat, as food, 189. Malachite, artificial, noticed, 179. Meteorology, 176, 177. Meteor, explosion of, 152. Mineralogy, 179. Microscope, the use of, to Mineralogists, 367. Minerals, artificial production of, 307. paragenetic relations of, noticed, 58. artificial formation of, by igneous action, 367. Mississippi, table of the statistics of, 181. Morton, Dr Samuel George, obituary of, 337. Museum, University, National, numerical statement of collections in, University, National Natural History, an account of, 32. Obituary of Dr Morton, 337. Ox, short horned, two crania of, noticed, 162. Palolo, a variety of Sea Worm, noticed, 144. Plants and Animals, structure of, 185. Planet, (Earth) its age, 182. Polarity, manifestation of, in the distribution of organized beings, 332. Publications, new, received, 379. Perkin's heating apparatus, noticed, 38. Races, human, the probable consequences from the intermingling human, the changes that they appear destined to pass Professor Agassiz, on the specific differences of, 372. Rocks, classification of the fossiliferous, 171. Rocks, tabular view of, the older Rhenish Provinces and of Belgium, Saltpetre, natural deposit of, 367. Seas, primeval, on the depth of, afforded by the remains of colour in Smith, John Alexander, M.D., on the crania of ancient short-horned Soil, on the preservation of the properties of, 376. Sanarmont, M. de, experiments on the formation of minerals in the Stone building, strength and density of, 371.. Stoker, M. M., on the China stone and China clay of Cornwall, 50. Talbot's American tunnelling machine, noticed, 180. Taylor, M. A., on the quantity of solid matter carried annually to Tea, cultivation of, in the district of Kangra, noticed, 76. Tides in South Pacific, noticed, 148. Tools, notice of the ancient Indian mining, 324. Vienna, Imperial Academy of Sciences of, letter from, in regard to Wernerite, its chemical composition, and the products of its trans- Weather, indications of, as shown by animals, 341. Wind, influence of, on undulating or hilly ground in checking cur- rents, 94. Wheat plant, origin of, 375. Wheat, autumn, a new invention in increasing the produce of. M. d'Urcle, 376. Wove-felting, method in detecting the best kinds, 378. World, old and new, compared, 250. END OF VOLUME FIFTY-SEVEN. |