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INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1846. A. Air, action of magnets on, 50. B. Barometric Thermometer, on the use of the, for the determination of Relative Heights, 121. Barometrical Variation, on the, as affected by the Moon's declination, 441. Beck (Thomas Snow, Esq.). On the Nerves of the Uterus, 213. Birds, on the mechanism of Respiration in, 507. Bishop (John, Esq.). On the Physiology of the Human Voice, 551. Blood-corpuscle, the, considered in its different phases of development in the animal series. Memoir I.—Vertebrata, 63. Part I. The blood-corpuscle in the vertebrate series, ibid. Part II. The corpuscle of the lymph of vertebrate animals, and comparison with corpuscle of their blood, 80. Memoir II.—Invertebrata, 89. Annulosa, ibid. Mollusca, 96. Memoir III.—Comparison between the blood-corpuscle of the Vertebrata and that of the Invertebrata, 103. C. Christie (James R., Esq.). On the Use of the Barometric Thermometer for the determination of Relative Heights, 121. Clerk (Lieut. Henry, R.A.). Magnetic Survey of the Southern Hemisphere between the meridians of 0° and 125° E., and parallels of −20° and −70°, 337. Meteorological observations made on board Her Majesty's (hired) Bark Pagoda, from January 10 to June 20, 1845, between −20° and −68° Latitude, and 0° and 120° East Longitude, 433. D. De Morgan (Augustus, Esq.). On a point connected with the dispute between Keil and Leibnitz about the invention of Fluxions, 107. De Saussure's Theory of Glacier Motion, 157. Modifications of, 161. Diamagnetic body, 2. Metals, 50. Differential Equations (Partial) of the Second Order, investigation of an extensive class of, in which the equation of Laplace's Functions is included, 133. E. Electric Currents, action of, on light, 9. Electricity, Experimental Researches in. Nineteenth Series. On the Magnetization of Light and the illumination of Magnetic Lines of force, 1. ¶ i. Action of magnets on light, ibid. ¶ ii. Action of electric currents on light, 9. ¶ iii. General conclusions, 15. Twentieth Series. On New Magnetic actions, and on the Magnetic condition of all Matter, 21. ¶ i. Apparatus required, 22. ¶ ii. Action of magnets on heavy glass, 24. ¶ iii. Action of magnets on other substances acting magnetically on light, 26. ¶ iv. Action of magnets on metals generally, 29. Twenty-first Series. On New Magnetic actions, and on the Magnetic condition of all Matter—continued, 41. ¶ v. Action of magnets on the magnetic metals and their compounds, ibid. ¶ vi. Action of magnets on air and gases, 50. ¶ vii. General considerations, 52. Electro-Physiological Researches. Fourth Memoir.—The physiological action of the electric current, 483. F. Faraday (Michael, Esq., D.C.L.). Experimental Researches in Electricity. Nineteenth Series, 1. Twentieth Series, 21. Twenty-first Series, 41. Fluxions, on a point connected with the dispute between Keil and Leibnitz about the invention of, 107. Foraminifera, on the fossil remains of the soft parts of, discovered in the Chalk and Flint of the South-East of England, 465. Forbes (James D., Esq.). Illustrations of the Viscous Theory of Glacier Motion, 143. Part I. Containing experiments on the flow of plastic bodies, and observations on the phenomena of Lava Streams, 143. Part II. An attempt to establish by observation the Plasticity of Glacier Ice, 157. Part III. On the Motion of Glaciers and on the influence of Seasons, 177. G. Ganglia (Nervous) of the Uterus, 211. analogy which exists between the different collections of, 218. at the root of the inferior Mesenteric Artery, 217. Ganglion, Semilunar, 214. INDEX. Gases, action of magnets on, 50. ——— on the motion of, 573. Part I. Effusion of gases, 574. Part II. Transpiration of gases, 591. Appendix. Transpiration of gaseous mixtures, 624. Glacier Motion, Illustrations of the Viscous Theory of. Part I. Containing experiments on the flow of plastic bodies, and observations on the phenomena of Lava Streams, 143. § 1. Plastic models, ibid. § 2. Analogy of Glaciers to Lava Streams, 147. Note on the velocity of Lava, 154. Part II. An attempt to establish by observation the Plasticity of Glacier Ice, 157. § 3. De Saussure's Theory, ibid. § 4. Modifications of De Saussure's Theory, 161. § 5. Experiments at Chamouni on the Plasticity of Ice, 162. Part III. § 6. On the motion of Glaciers of the Second Order, 177. § 7. On the Annual Motion of Glaciers, and on the influence of Seasons, 179. § 8. Summary of the evidence adduced in favour of the Plastic or Viscous Theory of Glacier Motion, 192. Goodsir (John, Esq.). On the Supra-renal, Thymus and Thyroid bodies, 633. Graham (Thomas, Esq.). On the Motion of Gases, 573. H. Hearn (G. W., Esq.). Investigation of an extensive class of Partial Differential Equations of the Second Order, in which the equation of Laplace's Functions is included, 133. Howard (Luke, Esq.). On the Barometrical variation as affected by the Moon's Declination, 441. I. Invertebrata, the blood-corpuscle of, 89. J. Jones (C. Handfield, M.D.). On the secretory apparatus of the Liver, 473. Jones (Henry Bence, Esq.). Contributions to the Chemistry of the Urine. Part II. On the variations of the Alkaline and Earthy Phosphates in Disease, 449. Jones (T. Wharton, Esq.). The Blood-corpuscle considered in its different phases of development in the Animal Series. ——— Memoir I.—Vertebrata, 63. ——— Memoir II.—Invertebrata, 89. ——— Memoir III.—Comparison between the Blood-corpuscle of the Vertebrata and that of the Invertebrata, 103. K. Kidneys, on the excretion of Sulphur and Phosphorus in an unoxidized state, by the, 461. L. Laplace's Functions, the equation of, investigation of an extensive class of Partial Differential Equations of the Second Order in which it is included, 133. Lava Streams, analogy of Glaciers to, 147. ——— velocity of, 154. Lee (Robert, M.D.). Supplement to a paper "On the Nervous Ganglia of the Uterus," 211. INDEX. LEFROY (Captain, R.A.). Magnetic Survey of a considerable portion of the North American Continent, 237. Light, on the magnetization of, 1. Action of magnets on, ibid. Action of electric currents on, 9. Law of action, 11. Liver, on the secretory apparatus of the, 473. Lymph, corpuscle of the, of vertebrate animals, 80. M. Magnetic actions, new, 21, 41. ——— condition of all matter, ibid. ——— metals, 50. ——— metals and their compounds, action of magnets on, 41. Magnetic Survey of a considerable portion of the North American Continent, 237. ——— of the Southern Hemisphere between the meridians of 0° and 125° East, and parallels of −20° and −70°, 337. Magnetism, Terrestrial, contributions to. No. VII. Containing a Magnetic Survey of a considerable portion of the North American Continent, 237. (See Index of Contents, No. VII.) ——— contributions to. No. VIII. Containing a Magnetic Survey of the Southern Hemisphere between the meridians of 0° and 125° East, and parallels of −20° and −70°, 337. (See Index of Contents, No. VIII.) Magnets, action of, on light, 1. On heavy glass, 24. On other substances acting magnetically on light, 26. On metals generally, 29. On the magnetic metals and their compounds, 41. On air and gases, 50. Mammalia, on the mechanism of Respiration in, 510. Mantell (Gideon Algernon, Esq., LL.D.). On the fossil remains of the soft parts of Foraminifera, discovered in the Chalk and Flint of the South-East of England, 465. Matteucci (Signor Carlo). Electro-Physiological Researches. Fourth Memoir.—The physiological action of the electric current, 483. Metals, magnetic, 50. ——— Diamagnetic, ibid. Meteorological Observations made on board Her Majesty's (hired) Bark Pagoda, from January 10 to June 20, 1845, between −20° and −68° Latitude, and 0° and 120° East Longitude, 433. (See Index of Contents, 236*.) N. Nerve, the great splanchnic, and semilunar ganglion, 214. Nerves of the Uterus, on the, 213. ———, the lesser splanchnic, 216. ——— of the Bladder, 218. ——— of the Vaginal Erectile Tissue, ibid. ——— the Hæmorrhoidal, ibid. ——— of the unimpregnated Uterus, 219. ——— of the Gravid Uterus, 220. ——— of the Ovary, 221. ——— size of the, ibid. Nervous ganglia of the Uterus, on the, 211. Nitrification, on spontaneous, 137. INDEX. P. Plexus, the Renal, 216. ———, the superior Aortic, ibid. ———, the inferior Aortic, 217. ———, lateral Hypogastric, ibid. ———, the Pelvic, 218. R. Reptiles, on the mechanism of Respiration, in, 501. Respiration, on the mechanism of, 501. In Reptiles, ibid. In Birds, 507. In Mammalia, 510. Ronalds (Edmund, Ph.D.). Remarks on the extractive material of Urine, and on the excretion of Sulphur and Phosphorus by the Kidneys in an unoxidized state, 461. S. Sabine (Lieut.-Colonel Edward, R.A.). Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism. No. VII., 237. ——— No.VIII.,337. Schoenbein (Professor C. F.). On Spontaneous Nitrification, 137. Sibson (Francis, Esq.). On the Mechanism of Respiration, 501. Somerville (Mrs. M.). On the action of the rays of the spectrum on vegetable juices, 111. Spectrum, action of the rays of the, on vegetable juices, 111. Supra-renal, Thymus and Thyroid bodies, on the, 633. T. Thermometer (Barometric), on the use of the, for the determination of Relative Heights, 121. Thymus and Thyroid bodies, on the, 633. U. Urine, contributions to the chemistry of the. Part II. On the variations of the Alkaline and Earthy Phosphates in Disease, 449. ——— on the extractive material of, and on the excretion of Sulphur and Phosphorus by the Kidneys in an unoxidized state, 461. 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