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Year 1845
Volume 135
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INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1845. A. Airy (George B., Esq.). On the Laws of the Tides on the Coasts of Ireland, as inferred from an extensive series of observations made in connection with the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, 1. Alkali (vegeto-), an account of the artificial formation of a, 253. Ammonia, solidification of, 169. Αμόρφωτα, No. 1. On a case of Superficial Colour presented by a homogeneous fluid internally colourless, 143. ———, No. II. On the Epipôlic Dispersion of Light, 147. B. Bakerian Lecture, 179. Benzoline, a new organic salt-base from bitter almond oil, 263. Hydrochlorate of, 265. Nitrate of, ibid. Pyrobenzoline, 266. C. Courtown, discussion of the Tidal Observations made at, 116. The Solar tide at, is greater than the Lunar tide, 121. Crops, Memoir on the Rotation of, and on the quantity of inorganic matters abstracted from the soil by various Plants under different circumstances, 179. Introduction, ibid. Part I. On the quantity of produce obtained from the several plots of ground, each year throughout the period during which the experiments were continued, 185. Part II. On the chemical composition of certain crops cultivated in the Botanic Garden, and on the amount of inorganic principles abstracted by them from the soil during the period the experiments were conducted, 211. Part III. On the chemical composition of the soil in which the crops were grown, and on the proportion of its ingredients that was available for the purposes of vegetation, 240. Cyanogen, Solidification of, 168. D. Daubeney (Charles, M.D.). Memoir on the Rotation of Crops, and on the quantity of inorganic matters abstracted from the soil by various plants under different circumstances, 179. Davy (John, M.D.). On the temperature of Man, 319. E. Electro-Physiological Researches. First Memoir.—The muscular current, 283. Second Memoir.—On the proper current of the Frog, 297. Third Memoir.—On induced contractions, 303. Epipolic Dispersion of Light, 147. Euchlorine, solidification of, 166. F. Faraday (Michael, Esq.). On the Liquefaction and Solidification of bodies generally existing as Gases, 155. Fluoboron, liquefaction of, 162. Fluosilicon, liquefaction of, 162. Fownes (George, Esq., Ph.D.). An account of the artificial formation of a vegeto-alkali, 253. On benzoline, a new organic salt-base from bitter almond oil, 263. Frog, on the muscular current of the, 283. —, on the proper current of the, 297. —, on induced contractions in the, 303. Furfurine, vegeto-alkali produced by the duplication of the elements of furfurolamide, 261. Furfurol, oil produced by the action of sulphuric acid on bran, 261. Furfurolamide, product of the action of ammonia on furfurol, 261. G. Gases, on the Liquefaction and Solidification of bodies generally existing as, 155. Additional remarks respecting the condensation of, 172. Grove (W. R., Esq.). On the gas voltaic battery. Voltaic action of phosphorus, sulphur, and hydrocarbons, 351. H. Henry (Thomas H., Esq.). On the Compounds of Tin and Iodine, 363. Herschel (Sir John Frederick William, Bart.). Ἀμόρφωτα, No. I. On a case of Superficial Colour presented by a homogeneous fluid internally colourless, 143. —, Ἀμόρφωτα, No. II. On the Epipolic Dispersion of Light, 147. Hydriodic acid, Liquefaction and Solidification of, 161. Hydrobromic acid, Liquefaction and Solidification of, 161. Hydrocarbons, voltaic action of, 357. Hydrogen, phosphuretted, liquefaction of, 162. —, sulphuretted, solidification of, 164. —, arsiniuretted, non-solidification of, 170. I. Ireland, on the Laws of the Tides on the Coasts of, 1. J. Jones (Henry Bence, M.D.). Contributions to the chemistry of the urine, 335. L. Light, on the Epipolic Dispersion of, 147. ———, on the elliptic polarization of, by reflexion from metallic surfaces, 269. Liquefaction, on the, of Gases, 155. M. Man, on the temperature of, 319. Matteucci (Signor Carlo). Electro-Physiological Researches. First Memoir.—The muscular current, 283. Second Memoir.—On the proper current of the Frog, 297. Third Memoir.—On induced contractions, 303. Muriatic acid, non-solidification of, 163. N. Newbold (Captain). On the Temperature of the Springs, Wells and Rivers of India and Egypt, and of the Sea and Table-lands within the tropics, 125. Newton's Dial, an account of, presented to the Royal Society by the Rev. Charles Turnor, 141. Nitrous oxide, solidification of, 167, 172. O. Oleflant Gas, liquefaction of, 160, 173. Solubility of, in Alcohol, Ether, Oil of Turpentine, &c., ibid. Oxygen, non-liquefaction of, 175. P. Phosphorus, voltaic action of, 352. Polarization, on the elliptic, of light by reflexion from metallic surfaces, 269. Theoretical investigation, 272. Apparatus, 277. Observations, 278. Powell (Rev. Baden). On the elliptic polarization of light by reflexion from metallic surfaces, 269. S. Solidification, on the, of Gases, 155. Sulphur, voltaic action of, 356. Temperature, on the, of the Springs, Wells and Rivers of India and Egypt, and of the Sea and Table-lands within the tropics, 125. Temperature of Man, on the, 319. 1. Of the variation of temperature during the twenty-four hours, 320. 2. Of the variation of temperature during different seasons of the year, 321. 3. Of the effect of active exercise on the temperature, 322. 4. Of the effect of carriage exercise, 323. 5. Of the effect of exposure to cold air without exercise, ibid. 6. Of the effect of excited and sustained attention, ibid. Of the effect of taking food, 324. Thermal Springs, Note on the, of the Peninsula of India, 139. Tide, Solar greater than Lunar, at Courtown, 121. Tides, on the Laws of the, on the Coasts of Ireland, as inferred from an extensive series of observations made in connection with the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, 1. Section I.—Account of the stations, levellings, times, and methods of observation, 3. Section II.—Methods of extracting from the observations the times of high and low water; of supplying deficient times and heights; and of correcting the times first determined, 9. Section III.—Theory of diurnal tide as related to observations only; and deduction of the principal results for diurnal tide given immediately by these observations, 11. Section IV.—Theory of diurnal tide as referred to the actions of the sun and moon, 21. Section V.—Discussion of the height of apparent mean water, as deduced from the heights of high and low water only, corrected for diurnal tide; with reference to difference of station, and to variations of the magnitude of the tide and the moon’s declination, 29. Section VI.—Discussion of the range of tide, and of semimenstrual inequality in height, apparent proportion of solar and lunar effects as shown by heights, and age of tide as shown by heights; from high waters and from low waters, 33. Section VII.—Establishment of each port, and progress of semidiurnal tide round the island, 38. Section VIII.—Semimenstrual inequality in time; proportion of solar and lunar effects as shown by times, and apparent age of tide as shown by times; from high water and from low water, 41. Section IX.—Formation of the time of diurnal high water; progress of the diurnal tide-wave round the island; comparison of its progress and range with those of the semidiurnal tide, 44. Section X.—Method of expressing the height of the water, throughout every individual tide, by sines and cosines of arcs; and expressions in this form for every tide in the whole series of observations, except those at Courtown, 47. Section XI.—Discussion of the height of mean water deduced from the analysis of individual tides; with reference to difference of station, and to variations of the phase of the moon, and of the declination of the moon, 96. Section XII.—Discussion of range of tide, or coefficient of first arc in the analysis of individual tides; and of semimenstrual inequality in range, apparent proportion of solar and lunar effects, and age of tide as deduced from range, 103. Section XIII.—Establishment of each port, as deduced from the time of maximum of the first periodical term in the analysis of individual tides, 107. Section XIV.—Semimenstrual inequality in time, proportion of solar and lunar effects from times, and apparent age of tide as shown by times; deduced from the time of maximum of the first periodical term in the analysis of individual tides, 108. Section XV.—Comparison of the results as to mean height, range, semimenstrual inequality in height, age of tide obtained from height, establishment, semimenstrual inequality in time, and age of tide obtained from time, deduced from high and low waters only, in Sections V., VI., VII., VIII., with those deduced from the analysis of individual tides in Sections XI., XII., XIII., XIV., 109. Section XVI.—Remarks on the succeeding terms of the expressions for individual tides, as related to the magnitude of the tide, to the position on the sea-coast, to the position on the river, &c.; comparison with the terms given by the theory of waves; discussion of the quarto-diurnal tide, 112. Section XVII.—Separate discussion of the tidal observations made at Courtown, 116. Section XVIII.—Examination into the question of tertio-diurnal tide, 122. Tin, on the compounds of, and Iodine, 363. TURNOR (Rev. Charles). An account of Newton's Dial, presented to the Royal Society, 141. U. Urine, contributions to the chemistry of the, 335. On the variations of the earthy and alkaline phosphates in a healthy state of urine, ibid. On the alkalescence of the urine from fixed alkalies, 343. V. Vegeto-alkali, an account of the artificial formation of a, 253. Voltaic Battery, on the Gas. Voltaic action of Phosphorus, Sulphur and Hydrocarbons, 351. PRESENTS RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY, WITH THE NAMES OF THE DONORS. From June 1844 to November 1845. PRESENTS. DONORS. ACADEMIES and SOCIETIES. Amsterdam:—Nieuwe Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk-Nederlandsche Instituut. Vol. X. 4to. Amsterdam 1844. The Society. Berlin:— Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, für 1841, 1842. 4to. Berlin. The Academy. Bericht der Akademie, &c. January to December 1844. 8vo. Berlin. ——— Bologna:—Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Institutii Bononiensis. Vol. VI. 4to. The Academy. Breslau:— Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Naturforscher. Part 2. Vols. 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