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PRESENTS RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY, From 18th November, 1824, to 16th June, 1825. WITH THE NAMES OF THE DONORS. PRESENTS. ACADEMIÆ et SOCIETATES. Magnæ Britannicæ. ROYAL INSTITUTION.—A Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, No. 33-37. 8° London. SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE.—Transactions of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Vol. XLII. 8° London, 1824. LINNEAN SOCIETY.—The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Vol. XIV. Part II. and III. 4° London, 1824 and 1825. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, Vol. V. Parts IV. and V. 4° London, 1824. Report of the Garden Committee on the formation and progress of the Garden, drawn up for the information of the Fellows of the Society, as directed by the Bye-Laws, March 31, 1824. 4° London, 1824. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—Transactions of the Geological Society, established Nov. 13, 1807, 2nd Series, Vol. I. Part II. 4° London, 1824. ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY.—Memoirs of the Astronomical Society of London, Vol. I. Part II. 4° London, 1825. MANCHESTER PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, 2nd Series, Vol. IV. 8° London, 1824. MDCCCXXV. DONORS. The Managers of the Royal Institution. The Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. The Linnean Society. The Horticultural Society. The Geological Society. The Astronomical Society of London. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. PRESENTS. ACADEMIAE et SOCIETATES. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I. Part I. 4° London, 1824. Galliae. ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES.—Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France, années 1819 et 1820, Tome IV. 4° Paris, 1824. SOCIÉTÉ DE GÉOGRAPHIE.—Questions proposées aux Voyageurs et à toutes les personnes qui s'intéressent aux progrès de la Géographie, première Série. 8° Paris, 1824. Belgii. SOCIÉTÉ DE FLORE (DE BRUXELLES.)—Cinquième Exposition publique. 8° Bruxelles, Juillet, 1824. Sixième Exposition publique. 8° Bruxelles, Fevrier, 1825. Germaniae. ACADEMIA LEOPOLDINO-CÆSAREA.—Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Cæsareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturæ Curiosorum, Vol. XII. Part I. 4° Bonne, 1824. Russiae. ACADEMIA SCIENTIARUM IMPERIALIS PETRO-POLITANA.—Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, Tome IX. avec l'Histoire de l'Académie pour les années 1819 et 1820. 4° St. Petersbourg, 1824. Italie. ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES DE TURIN.—Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Vol. XXVII. e XXVIII. 4° Torino, 1823 & 1824. ISTITUTO IMPERIALE REGIO DEL REGNO LOMBARDO VENETO.—Memorie dell'Imperiale Regio Istituto del Regno Lombardo Veneto, Vol I. 1812—1813, and Vol II. 1814—1815. 4° Milano, 1819—1821. AMPÈRE (M.) Précis de la Théorie des Phénomènes Electro-Dynamiques. 8° à Paris, 1824. ANATOMIA.—A Fasciculus, containing nine Lithographic Anatomical Drawings, from preparations in the Museum of the Army Medical Department at Chatham. fol. London, 1824. ANNALS of Philosophy, New Series, No. 43 to No. 54. 8° London, 1824 and 1825. ASTRONOMIA.—Connaissance des tems ou des Mouvements Célestes, à l'usage des Astronomes et des Navigateurs pour l'ann. 1827. 8° Paris, 1824. DONORS. The Royal Asiatic Society. The Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. The Geographical Society of Paris. The Society of Flora, Brussels. The Cæsarean Academy of Naturalists at Bonne. The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. The Royal Academy of Sciences at Turin. The Imperial Lombardo-Venetian Institute. M. Ampère. Sir James Mac Grigor and Sir W. Franklin. John George Children and Richard Phillips. Le Bureau des Longitudes de France. ASTRONOMIA. Astronomical Observations made at the Radcliffe Observatory at Oxford, from May 1, 1824, to May 1825, by and under the direction of the Rev. Abram Robertson, D.D. Sav. Prof. Astron. MS. fol. The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the year 1827. 8° London, 1824. AVOGADRO (Le Chev. AMEDÉE) 1ère et 2ème Mémoire sur l'Affinité des Corps pour le Calorique et sur les Rapports d'Affinité qui en résultent entre eux. 4° From the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin, Vol. XXVIII. and XXIX. (Cav. AMADEO) Nuove Considerazioni sulle Affinità de' Corpi pel Calorico calcolate per mezzo de' loro Calori specifici e de' loro poteri refringenti allo stato Gazoso. (inserite nel Tomo XIX. degli Atti della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena.) 4° Modena, 1822. BERRUTI (SECUNDUS JOANNES MARIA) De Luce—De Oculi Globo—De Visu—De Metaschematismo—De Epispasticis—De Inflammationibus. 8° Augusta Taurinorum, 1823. BESSEL (F. W.) Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Königlichen Universitäts-Sternwarte in Königsberg—Neunte Abtheilung vom 1 Januar. bis 31 Decem. 1823. fol. Königsberg, 1824. BOLLES (WILLIAM) v. TRIGONOMETER. A Description and practical Application of Bolles's Trigonometer. 12° 1824. BOWDITCH (NATHANIEL) Modern Astronomy, from the North American Review for April, 1825. 8° Boston, 1825. BROWN (THOMAS) On Cholera, more especially as it has occurred during late years in British India. 8° Edinburgh, 1824. CANTU (JOANNES LAURENTIUS) Specimen Chemico-Medicum de Mercurii praesentia in Urinis Syphiliticorum, Mercurialem Curationem patientium. 4° Essai Chemico-Médical de l'Existence du Jode dans les Eaux Minérales Sulphureuses, particulièrement dans celles de Castelnovo d'Asti, et des Moyens de la constater. 4° From the 29th Vol. of the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Turin. CATALOGUS. Catalogue of the Library of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful Knowledge. 8° Philadelphia, 1824. CHINESE (Books, Manuscript and printed) v. MORRISON. Hwan Teen Too Shwo, or a literal and pictorial Description of the Circle of the Heavens, edited by Yuen, the present Governor (1824) of the provinces of Kuang Tung and Kuang Se, compiled by him from works formerly written by the Jesuits in China. The Trustees under the Will of the late Dr. Radcliffe. The Commissioners of the Board of Longitude. Chev. Avogadro. Dr. Berruti. Professor Bessel. Mr. William Bolles. Mr. N. Bowditch. Mr. Thomas Brown. Dr. J. L. Cantu. The American Philosophical Society. John Reeves, Esq. of Canton. PRESENTS. CHINESE. A Manuscript Dictionary, Chinese and Latin. ——— Dictionary, compiled by order of the Emperor Kang Hee, in 32 volumes (small paper), called Kang Hee Tsze Teen. ——— Tsaon Tsze Hwuy, Dictionary of the Running Hand Character. ——— Pih Mei Tao, Portraits and Descriptions of the Hundred illustrious Females. ——— Fa Tee, Rules for forming the Chinese Character in the best manner. ——— Dr. Morrison's Translation of the New Testament into Chinese, 8 volumes (large paper.) CHURCHMAN. A respectful Address to the most Rev. the Archbishops and the Right Rev. the Bishops of the United Church of England and Ireland, respecting the necessity of Morning and Afternoon Service on Sunday in every parish Church in His Majesty's Dominions, with a few Thoughts concerning the residence of the Clergy, by a Churchman. 8° London, 1825. CLARKE (GEORGE, Esq.) Essay on the Cause of the Magnetism of the Needle, with the reason of its being North and South, and its variation; also other Investigations arising from the same source, proposed for Investigation. 8° Southwark, 1825. DAMOISEAU (M. le Baron de) Tables de la Lune formées par la seule Théorie de l'Attraction, et suivant la division de la circonférence en 400 degrés. 4° Paris, 1824. DEGEN (CAROLUS FERDINANDUS) Tabularum ad facilitorem et breviorem Probabilitatis Computationem utilium Enneas. 8° Hauniae, 1824. DICTIONARIUM (v. CHINESE Books.) ——— هفت ثلث The Seven Seas, a Dictionary and Grammar of the Persian Language, by His Majesty the King of Oude, in Seven Parts. fol. Printed at His Majesty's press in the city of Lucknow, 1822. DOEVEREN (HERMANUS FRANCISCUS Van) De Macro-glossa seu Linguae Enormitate (Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis) 8° Lugduni Batavorum, 1824. EARLE (HENRY, Esq.) Practical Observations in Surgery. 8° London, 1823. FLORA BATAVIA, No. 66, 67. 4° Amsterdam. FRANKLIN (JOHN, Capt. R. N.) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22; with an Appendix on various subjects relating to Science and Natural History, illustrated with plates and maps. 4° London, 1823. GAY LUSSAC (M.) Instructions for the use of the Centesimal Alcohometer (Alcoomètre centésimal), and the Tables which accompany it. 12° Paris, 1824. DONORS. John Reeves, Esq. of Cantóii. The Author. George Clarke, Esq. The Board of Longitude of France. C. F. Degen. The Court of Directors of the Hon. East India Company. Professor Moll. Henry Earle, Esq. H. M. the King of the Netherlands. Capt. John Franklin. M. Gay Lussac. GAZZERA (COSTANZO) Descrizione dei Monumenti Egizi del Regio Museo continentì Applicazione delle Doctrine del Signor Champollion Minore ad alcuni Monumenti Geroglifici del Regio Museo Egizio. GOLDINGHAM (JOHN) Report of the Length of the Pendulum at the Equator, by John Goldingham, Esq. from Experiments and Observations made on an Expedition fitted out under his direction from the Observatory at Madras, by order of the Madras Government, in the year 1821; together with a deduction of the Figure of the Earth, by combining the Equator, Madras, and London Experiments; also the Geographical situation of different places seen on the Expedition, with Plates and Views. fol. no place or date, but printed at Madras in 1824. Results of Meteorological Observations taken at the Madras Observatory under the superintendence of John Goldingham. Esq. MS. fol. Read to the Society 24th March, 1825. GMELIN (C. G.) M.D. Versuche über die Wirkungen des Baryts, Strontians, Chroms, Molybdans, Wolframs, Tellurs, Titans, Osmiums, Platins, Iridiums, Rhodiums, Palladiums, Nickels, Kobalts, Urans, Ceriums, Eisens, und Mangans auf den thierischen Organismus. 8° Tübingen, 1824. GUINAND. Some Account of the late M. Guinand, and of the discovery made by him in the Manufacture of Flint Glass for large Telescopes. 8° London, 1825. HALL (Sir James, Bart.) On the Consolidation of the Strata of the Earth (from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh). 4° Edinburgh, 1825. HERSCHEL (J. F. W.) On the Absorption of Light by Coloured Media, and on the Colours of the prismatic spectrum exhibited by certain Flames, with an account of a ready Mode determining the absolute dispersive power of any medium by direct Experiment — (from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) 4° Edinburgh, 1823. HILLARY (Sir William, Bart.) An Appeal to the British Nation on the Humanity and Policy of forming a National Institution for the preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck. 8° London, 1823. A Plan for the Construction of a Steam Life Boat, also for the Extinguishiment of Fire at Sea, &c. 8° London, 1824. HOLMAN (James) Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland, Austria, Saxony, Prussia, Hanover, &c. undertaken during the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, while suffering from total blindness, 2 vols. 8° London, 1825. HOSAC (DAVID) M.D. Essays on various subjects of Medical Science, 2 vols. 8° New York, 1824. Professor C. Gazzera. The Court of Directors of the Honble. East India Company. John Goldingham, Esq. Dr. C. G. Gmelin. The Translator. Sir James Hall, Bart. John Frederick William Herschel, Esq. Sir William Hillary, Bart. James Holman, Esq. Dr. David Hosac. PRESENTS. IDELER (Dr. Ludwig) Handbuch der Mathematischen und Technischen Chronologie. Erster Band. 8° Berlin, 1825. JOMARD. Coup d’œil rapide sur les progrès et l’état actuel des Découvertes dans l’Intérieur de l’Afrique (Extrait de la Revue Encyclopédique, 71, cah. T. xxiv) 8° Extrait d’un Mémoire sur la Communication du Nil des Noirs, ou Niger, avec le Nil d’Egypte, contenant des Remarques sur la hauteur et la température du lieu où a péri le Docteur Oudney, dans son voyage à l’ouest du Royaume de Bornou (Lu à l’Académie Royale des Sciences, le 18 Avril, 1825) 8°. KAEMTZ (Ludovicus Fridericus, Dr.) Dissertatio Mathematico-Physica de Legibus Repulsionum Electricarum Mathematicis, 8° Hale, 1823. KIDD (John) M.D. An Introductory Lecture to a Course of Comparative Anatomy, illustrative of Paley’s Natural Theology, 8° Oxford, 1824. KIRCKHOFF (I.R.S.) von. Beknopte Geschiedenis der Koninklyke Akademie van Schoone Kunsten te Antwerpen, tweede Uitgane, 8° Te Antwerpen, 1824. LAGERHJELM (P.), J.H. FORSELLES, &c. s. KALLSTENIUS, Hydrauliska Försök anstallda vid Fahlu Gruva Åren 1811-1815, 2 vols. 8° Stockholm, 1818. LAPLACE (Marquis de) Traité de Mécanique Céleste, Livre xiv. 4° Juillet 1824. LINK (Henr. Frid.) Elementa Philosophiae Botanicae, 8° Berolini, 1824. LOCKER (Edward Hawke, Esq.) Views in Spain from Sketches made in a tour through that Kingdom in 1813. No. 11 and 12. 4° London 1824. LYALL (Robert) M.D. An Answer to the Observations on the Character of the Russians, and a detailed History of Moscow, contained in the 61st number of the Quarterly Review, 8° London, 1825. MACMICHAEL (William) M.D. A Brief Sketch on the progress of Opinion upon the subject of Contagion, with some remarks on Quarantine, 8° London 1825. MAGENDIE (F.) Précis Elémentaire de Physiologie, tome 1. 8° à Paris, 1825. MANTELL (Gideon) The Fossils of the South Downs, or Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex; the engravings executed by Mrs. Mantell, from drawings by the author. 4° London 1822. MAPS. The Trigonometrical Survey of Great Britain, sheets, 64, 65, 69, 70, 83, 84, 85, and 86. METEOROLOGY (vide Goldingham). Meteorological Table extracted from the Register kept at Kintauns Castle, N.B. in the year 1824. DONORS. Dr. Ludwig Ideler. M. Jomard. Dr. L.F. Kaemtz. Dr. John Kidd. Chevalier Kirckhoff. M. Lagerhjelm. Marquis de Laplace. Dr. Henry Frederick Link. Edw. Hawke Locker, Esq. Dr. Robert Lyall. Dr. William Macmichael. M. F. Magendie. Gideon Mantell, Esq. Major Thomas Colby. Lord Grey. MONTHLY Review, or Literary Journal, enlarged, from June 1824, to April 1825, and Appendix to vol. 104, 5, and 6. 8° London, 1824 and 1825. MOREAU (Cæsar) State of the Trade of Great Britain with all parts of the World, from 1698–1822. 1 sheet mounted on canvass. MORRISON (R.) D. D. A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, in three Parts. Part the 1st, containing Chinese and English, arranged according to the Radicals.—Part 2d, Chinese and English, arranged alphabetically; and Part 3, English and Chinese, vol. iii. Part 1, and Part 3. 4° London, 1822 and 1823. MORTÉMART-BOISSE (le Baron de) Recherches sur les différentes Races de Bêtes à Laine de la Grande Bretagne, et particulièrement, sur la nouvelle Race du Leicestershire. 8° à Paris, 1824. ——— Notice sur le Troupeau de Moutons Anglais importé en 1774, par François Delporte, et sur l'Établissement formé par ses soins à Boulogne-sur-Mer. 8° Paris, 1824. PARRY (Charles) Collections from the unpublished Medical Writings of the late Caleb Hillier Parry, M.D. PHILOSOPHICAL Magazine and Journal. 8° No. 315 to 325, London. POISSON (M.) Mémoire sur la Théorie du Magnétisme (Lu à l'Académie Royale des Sciences le 2 Feb. 1824). 4° POPE (Charles). A Lecture on the origin, progress, and present state of Shipping, Navigation, and Commerce. 8° London, 1825. RENSSELAER (Van). A Geological and Agricultural Survey of the district adjoining the Erie Canal, in the State of New York, taken under the direction of the honourable Stephen Van Rensselaer. Part 1, containing a description of the Rock formations, together with a geological profile extending from the Atlantic to Lake Érie. 8° Albany, 1824. RIVERA (Carlo Afan de) Considerazioni sul progetto di prosciugare il Lago Fucino e di congiungere il Mar Tirreno all' Adriatico per mezzo di un canale di navigazione. 4° Nupoli, 1823. ROLANDO (Prof. L.) Osservazioni sul Cervelletto. (Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, tomo xxix). 4° ——— Recerche Anatomiche sulla Struttura del Midollo Spinale. (Art. tratto del Dizionario Periodico di Medicina.) 8° Torino, 1824. ——— Recherches Anatomiques sur la Moelle Allongée. (Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino), tom xxix. SCHUBERT (Frederic Theodore). Traité d'Astronomie Théorique, Sphérique, Rationnelle, Physique, 3 vols. 4° St. Petersburg, 1822. DONORS. George Edw. Griffiths, Esq. M. Cæsar Moreau, Vice-Consul of France. The Court of Directors of the Honble. East India Company. Baron de Mortemart-Boisse. Dr. Charles Parry. Richard Phillips, Esq. M. Poisson. Charles Pope, Esq. M. Van Rensselaer. Chev. Carlo Afan de Rivera. Professor Rolando. The Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg. PRESENTS. SCHUMACHER (H. C.) Astronomische Hülfstafeln für 1825, 8° Copenhagen. —Sammlung von Hulfstafeln Zweites Heft. 8° Copenhagen, 1825. —Journal of Observations made for ascertaining the time of the place, in the Observatory which was erected at Helgoland for that purpose, 4° 1825. —Astronomische Nachrichten, № 58—72. 4° SCORTIGAGNA (FRANCESCO ORAZIO). Memoria Epistolare per servire di Schiarimento alla descrizione di un pesce pietrificato scavato in altissimo nella vicinanza di Bolca. 8° in Padova, 1807. —De Singulari Ichthyolitho Epistola, ad virum Clarissimum Co. Arnaldum Arnaldi I. Tornieri. 8° Putavii, 1817. —Schiarimenti relativamente a quanto fu scritto sino qui sopra l’Ittiolito esistente nella pubblica Biblioteca Bartoliana di Vicenza. 8° Padova, 1824. —Descrizione di un Pesce pietrificato di singolare grandezza e specie esistente in Vicenza presso il R. I. Vicario alle Miniere. 12° Vicenza. SMITH (Sir JAMES EDWARD). Compendium Floræ Britannicae, Editio 4. 12° Londini, 1825. SODA (DIONIGIO). La Verità Rettificatrice ritrovata. 8° Napoli, 1816. —La Geometria Piana Rivendicatrice, 8° Napoli, 1822. STANHOPE (JOHN SPENCER, Esq.) Olympia, or Topography illustrative of the actual state of the Plain of Olympia, and of the Ruins of the City of Elis, folio, London, 1824. STEVENSON (ROBERT) An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House, including the details of the Erection and peculiar Structure of that Edifice; to which is prefixed a Historical View of the Institution, and Progress of the Northern Light Houses. 4° Edinburgh, 1824. TERIANO (GEORGIO) Delle Variazioni del’ Umano Organismo nel corso suo di Vita, Parte I. with a Latin MS. translation. THOMSON (THOMAS) M. D. An Attempt to establish the first principles of Chemistry by Experiment, 2 vols. 8° London, 1825. THUNE (ERASMUS GEORGIVS FOG) Tentamen circa Trigonometriam Sphæroidicam. 4° Hauniae, 1815. TRIGONOMETER (vide BOLLES) A brass Trigonometer, the beam 1 foot long, and semicircles 4½ inches diameter. WATT (JAMES) Proceedings of the Public Meeting held at Freemasons’ Hall, on the 18th June 1824, for erecting a Monument to the late James Watt. 8° London, 1824. DONORS. Professor H.C. Schumacher. (Sig°) Fran. Orazio Scortigagna. Sir James Edward Smith. Sig. Dionigio Soda. John Spencer Stanhope, Esq. The Commissioners of the Northern Light-Houses. Dr. Georgio Teriano. Dr. Thomas Thomson. M. Eras. Geor. F. Thune. Mr. William Bolles. Charles H. Turner, Esq. PRESENTS. WERNEBURGIUS (J. F. CHR.) Curvarum aliquot nuper repertarum Synopsis. 4° Jena, 1824. WESTON (Rev. STEPHEN) The Englishman abroad: Part 1. Greece, Latium, Arabia, Persia, Hindostan, and China, with specimens of the Language of those Countries, and two plates. Part 2. Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, with specimens, and a head and tail piece. 8° London, 1824. WHEWELL (WILLIAM) M.A. An Elementary Treatise on Mechanics, designed for the use of Students in the University, 2d edition. 8° Cambridge, 1824. ——— A Treatise on Dynamics, containing a considerable collection of Mechanical Problems. 8° Cambridge, 1823. WIGGINS (JOHN) South of Ireland.—Hints to Irish Landlords on the best means of obtaining and increasing their rents, improving their estates, and bettering the condition of the people, by a Land-agent, with an Appendix exemplifying the measures recommended. 8° London, 1824. WILSON (WILLIAM RAE) Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land, 2d edition, with a Journey through Turkey, Greece, the Ionian Isles, Sicily, Spain, &c. 8° London, 1824. THE ZOOLOGICAL Journal, No. 3, 4, and 5. 8° London. DONORS. M. J. C. F. Werneburg. Revd. Stephen Weston. William Whewell, Esq. John Wiggins, Esq. William Rae Wilson, Esq. Thomas Bell, J. G. Children, James Carle Sowerby, G. B. Sowerby, Esq. INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1825. A Adjustments of a transit instrument, errors in, how computed from observation, 420—how to proceed in performing, 423. Anatomy of the mole cricket, 203 et seq. Angles made by the edges of crystals, general method of determining, 125. Arago, M. repetition of his magnetic experiments, 467. B Babbage, C. Esq. F. R. S., his account of the repetition of M. Arago's experiments on the magnetism manifested by various substances during rotation, 467. Bandaging, art of, among the ancient Egyptians, 272. Barlow, P. Esq. F. R. S., on the temporary magnetic effect produced in iron by rotation, 117. Bauer, F. Esq. F. R. S. his microscopical observations and drawings of the nerves in the placenta, Plates II. III. IV.—of the different states of the tadpole in ovo, Plates V. VI. VII.—of the frozen brain, and molecule of the egg, Pl. XXVII. Bessel, Prof. his method of determining the quantity of flexure in astronomical instruments, 151. Brain, Sir E. Home on the materials of, 436—microscopic drawings of, Pl. XXVII. Brine contains little or no air, 336—its effect in corrosion of immersed metals, id. INDEX. C Caoutchouc, the fluid from compressed oil gas an excellent solvent of, 465. Carbon, Mr. Faraday's account of new compounds of, and hydrogen, 440. ———, metalloidal, its magnetism, 475. Carbonates, earthy, deposited by sea water on overprotected copper, 330, 336. Christie, S. H. Esq. M. A. on the effects of temperature on the intensity of magnetic forces, and on the diurnal variation of terrestrial magnetic intensity, 1. ———, on the magnetism of iron arising from its rotation, 347—417. ———, on the magnetism developed in copper and other substances during rotation, 497. Collimator, floating, Capt. Kater's description of one, 147—experiments with various forms of, 156-168—manner of using, 170—vertical, description of, 171. Contingencies, Life, new mode of determining their present value, 513. Copper sheathing of ships, mechanical wear of in passing through the sea, 332. ———preservation of by iron and other metals, 328. ———, magnetism of, manifested in rotation, 467, 470, 497, &c. Cotton, old, how distinguishable from linen, 274. Croonian Lecture, on the existence of nerves in the placenta, 66. Cricket, mole. See Gryllotalpa. Crystals, Mr. Whewell's general theory of the calculation of their angles, and the laws of decrement of their planes, 87-130. Crystallography, application of mathematical analysis to the resolution of its principal problems, 89—general notation for expressing all possible faces and laws of decrement, 90—correspondence of this notation with Haüys, 93 — theory of the rhomboid, tetrahedron, &c. and their derivatives. See Rhomboid, &c. D Davy, Sir H. Bart. P. R. S., his further researches on the preservation of metals by electro-chemical means, 328. Deception, optical. Dr. Roget's explanation of a curious one, 131. Deviation due to rotation of a magnetic needle, what, 359—laws of, 379, 381. ———, absolute, id. INDEX. Dihedral angle between two planes of crystals, general formula for finding, 94—applied to the rhomboid and its derivatives, 95. Dodecahedron. Rhombic, in crystallography, theory of its modifications, 120. E Egg, frozen and thawed. Representation of the molecule of, Plate XXVII. Elk, fossil, of Ireland, Mr. Weaver on the, 429. Embalming, art of, among the Egyptians, 269—ingredients used in, 306—mode of performing, 309. Equilibrium of a magnetic needle under the joint influence of the earth and a magnet, general equations of, 6. Expansion of the lateral braces of a transit, remarkable effect of, 427. F Faces, secondary, in crystallography, theory of their arrangement, 121. Faraday, M. Esq. F. R. S., on new compounds of carbon and hydrogen, and on the products of the decomposition of oil by heat, 440—466. Formula, general, for the dihedral angle between any two planes whose equations are given, 94. ——— for the plane angle between any two straight lines whose equations are given, 125. G Ganglions, their supposed influence in producing animal heat, 257—of the skate and electrical eel, 266. Gauss, Prof. his method of measuring the angular distance of the wires in a transit, 154. Gompertz, Benj. Esq. F. R. S., on the law of human mortality, and on life contingencies, 513. Granville, A. B., M. D. F. R. S., on Egyptian mummies, and on the art of embalming among the ancients, 269. 316. Gryllotalpa, or mole cricket, Dr. Kidd on its anatomy, 203—Rösel's account of the insect, and its habits, 204—its external characters, 207—digestive organs, 222—blood, 229—organs of respiration, 231—muscles, 237—nerves, 238—female sexual organs, 240—male, 241—mode of casting its skin, 243—organ of sound, 244—dimensions 245. INDEX. H Hawkins, C. Esq. his account of the distribution of the nerves connected with the organs of generation, 70—of ganglia in fishes, 267. Heat, animal, supposed influence of nerves and ganglia in producing, 257—of the human uterus, 262—its increase and diminution not dependent on the action of the arteries, 264. —radiant, from terrestrial sources, Mr. Powell's experiments on, 189 et seq.—distinguished into two portions, having different characters, 200. Herschel, J. F. W., Esq. F. R. S., account of the repetition of M. Arago's experiments on magnetism, 467. Home, Sir E. Bart. V. P. R. S. on the existence of nerves in the placenta, 56. —on the influence of nerves and ganglia in producing animal heat, 257-268. —on microscopical observations on the materials of the brain and ova, and the analogy between them, 436. —on the changes in the ovum of the frog during the formation of the tadpole, 81. Horns of deer supplied with nerves, 67—their temperature, 259—of fossil elk found in peat mosses in Ireland and the Isle of Man. See Elk. Hydrogen and carbon, new compounds of, described, 140. See Carbon—bicarburet of, 443—new carburet of, having the same proportion of its elements as olefiant gas, 452. I Iguanodon, Mr. Mantell's account of its fossil remains, 179—Baron Cuvier's observations on its teeth, 181. Imagination of the mother, its influence on the child instanced, 75, 76, 77, 78. Intensity of magnetism in a magnet increased by cold, 62—diminishes rapidly by an increase of temperature from 80° F. upwards, 63—partially destroyed by a temperature above 100° F. ib.—in soft iron increases with an increase of temperature, ib. Iron, its effect in protecting copper from action of sea water, 328-346—magnetic phenomena depending on its rotation, 117, 347. —soft, its effect in intercepting rotato-magnetism, 470. J Johnson, J. R., M. D. F. R. S., his further observations on planariae, 247-255. INDEX. K Kater, Capt. H., F. R. S., his description of a floating collimator, 147-178. Kidd, J., M. D. F. R. S., on the anatomy of the mole cricket, . L Life contingencies. Mr. Gompertz on a new mode of determining their value, 513. Light, artificial, measured by Dr. Ritchie's photometer, 144. M Magnetic effect, temporary, induced in iron by rotation, 117—cause of, 323—law of, 325. ———permanent, arising from rotation, 347—general description of its phenomena, 354—experiments to obtain measures of, 358—mathematical theory of, 393—compared with experiment, 399—degree of its permanence, 405—comparative effects of slow and rapid rotation, 413. ———needle, general equations for the equilibrium of, 6. ———susceptibilities, means of magnifying small ones, 482—distinguished from retentive powers, Magnetism, earth's, of the induced kind, 326—perhaps induced by the sun, 411—how it may be conveniently neutralized in magnetic experiments, 476. ———effects of temperature on its intensity, 1. See Intensity. ——of soft iron increased by increase of temperature, 63—of a magnet diminished, 63. ——of various substances manifested during rotation, Messrs. Babbage and Herschel on, 467-496—means of measuring its intensity, 472-475—effect of solution of continuity in metals, 481—of solders in re-establishing it, 482—attempt to explain these phenomena, 486. ——Mr. Christie on the same subject, 497—experiments with various combinations of copper discs and magnets, 497-499—to determine the variation of rotatory force with the distance, 502, 507—with the weights of the discs used, 508, 9. Man, Isle of, remains of the Irish elk discovered in, 435. Marl, incumbent on peat, remains of the fossil elk occurring in, 431—list of fossil shells in, ib. Meridian mark, the telescope of a collimator used for that purpose, 178—first applied by Mr. Rittenhouse ib. INDEX. Mantell, G. Esq. F. L. S. M. G. S., his notice on the Iguanodon, 179—186. Metals, their preservation by electro-chemical means, 328—magnetic effects manifested by the different, during rotation, 473, &c. Mole cricket. See Gryllotalpa. Mortality, human, Mr. Gompertz on the law of, 513. Mummy. Dr. Granville's account and dissection of a female one, 269—dimensions of, 278—dimensions of a male one, 290—perfect preservation of its muscles and other parts, 296. N Needle, dipping, experiments with, 383. Nerves, their existence in the placenta proved, 66—their influence in producing animal heat, 257. O Observatory at Cambridge, account of the transit at, 418. Octahedron in crystallography, theory of its modifications, 106. Oil, products obtained from, during its decomposition by heat, 440—by compression of oil gas, 441. —gas, analysis of by sulphuric acid, 462. Optical deception, Dr. Roget's explanation of a curious one, 131. Ova, materials of, compared with those of the brain, 436. Ovum of the frog, its changes during the formation of the tadpole, 81. P Peat bogs, remains of the Irish elk found in, 431. Photometer, Dr. Ritchie's account of a new one, 141. Placenta, the existence of nerves in, proved, 60. Planariae, Dr. Johnson's observations on, 247—obtain additional heads by incision, 247—Mr. Dalyell's account of, 247, 8. Pond, J. Esq. Astr. Royal, on the annual variations of some of the principal fixed stars, 510. Powell, the Revd. B., M. A. F.R.S., his experimental enquiry into the nature of radiant heat from terrestrial sources, 187. Preservation of metals by electro-chemical means, 328. Prism, quadrangular, in crystallography, theory of its modifications, 102. —regular triangular, 119. Protecting effects of zinc, &c. on copper, how modified by imperfect communication, 334, 337. INDEX. Q Quadratrices, a class of curves expressing the apparent form of the spokes of a revolving wheel, seen through vertical apertures, 138—their general equation, 139. R Radiant heat, terrestrial, Mr. Powell on, 187. Reptile, fossil, a new species of described, 179. Retina, its retention of impressions applied to explain an optical deception, 135. Rhomboid, in crystallography, theory of its modifications, 89. Ritchie, Revd. W., on a new photometer, with its application, &c. 141, 146. Roget, P. M., M.D. F.R.S., his explanation of an optical deception in the appearance of the spokes of a revolving wheel, &c. 131, 140. Rotation, its effect in developing magnetic effects. See Magnetism. S Sandstone of Tilgate forest, fossil remains of the Iguanodon found in, 179. Screens of glass, their effect in intercepting terrestrial heat, 187. Secondary faces of crystals, theory of their arrangement, 121. Shells, fossil, in peat marl in Ireland, list of, 432. Ships, protection of their copper by iron, 340—instanced in the cases of the Sammarang, Elizabeth, Carnebrea Castle, Howe, and others, 342, 3. Solutions, alkaline, their effect in altering or subverting the electrochemical relation between protected and protecting metals, Stars, fixed, Mr. Pond on their annual variations, 510. T Tables, Mr. Gompertz's, for computing life contingencies, 547. Tadpole, progress of its formation in ovo, 81, Plate XXVII. Temperature, its influence on the intensity of magnetic forces, Mr. Christie on, 1. Terrestrial magnetic intensity, its diurnal variation, Mr. Christie on, 1. Tetrahedron, in crystallography, theory of its modifications, 106. Tilgate forest. See Sandstone. Tracheae of insects, their structure, 234—of the mole cricket, id.—their supposed office, 235. INDEX. Transit instrument of the Cambridge Observatory, account of, 418 —remarkable effect arising from the expansion of its braces, 427 —counterpoises of a source of unsteadiness, 427. U Uterus, high temperature of during labour, 263. V Variation, diurnal, of terrestrial magnetic intensity, 1—Hansteen's results respecting, 60. ——of the principal fixed stars, 510. Vertebrae of crocodiles and recent lacertae, how distinguished from those of Saurian reptiles, 185. W Weeds, their adhesion to copper bottoms of ships, how produced, 329. Whewell, W., M. A., F. R. S. on the calculation of the angles of crystals, and their laws of decrement, 87. 130. Woodhouse, Revd. R., M. A. F. R. S., his account of the transit instrument at Cambridge, 418. From the Press of W. Nicol, Cleveland-row, St. James's.