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INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1847. A. Alcohol, on the value in absolute, of spirits of different specific gravities, 249. Atmospheric Tide, on the Lunar, at St. Helena, 45. Automatic Registration of Magnetometers and other Meteorological Instruments, by Photography, 59, 69. B. Baily (Mr.). On the cause of the discrepancies observed by, with the Cavendish Apparatus for determining the mean Density of the Earth, 217. Bakerian Lecture, I. Barometrograph (Photo-), 113. Brooke (Charles, Esq.). On the Automatic Registration of Magnetometers, and other Meteorological Instruments, by Photography, 59. Supplement, 69. C. Claudet (A., Esq.). On different properties of Solar Radiation producing or preventing a deposit of Mercury on Silver Plates coated with Iodine, or its compounds with Bromine or Chlorine, modified by Coloured Glass media and the Vapours of the Atmosphere, 253. D. De la Rive (M. Auguste). Researches on the Voltaic Arc, and on the influence which Magnetism exerts both on this Arc and on bodies transmitting interrupted Electric Currents, 31. Density of the Earth, on the cause of the discrepancies observed by Mr. Baily with the Cavendish Apparatus for determining the mean, 217. E. Electrograph (Photo-), 111. Electro-Physiological Researches.—Fifth Series. Part I. Upon Induced Contractions, 231. Part II. Upon the phenomena elicited by the passage of the current through the nerves of a living animal, or an animal recently killed, according to the direction of the current, 234. Sixth Series. Laws of the electric discharge of the Torpedo and other electric Fishes. Theory of the production of electricity in these animals, 239. Seventh and last Series. Upon the relation between the intensity of the electric current, and that of the corresponding physiological effect, 243. F. Fownes (George, Esq.). On the value in Absolute Alcohol of spirits of different specific gravities, 249. G. Galloway (Thomas, Esq.). On the Proper Motion of the Solar System, 79. Glaisher (James, Esq.). On the Amount of the Radiation of Heat, at Night, from the Earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the Earth, 119. Grove (W. R., Esq.). On certain phenomena of Voltaic Ignition and the Decomposition of Water into constituent gases by heat, 1. Supplementary Paper on the same, 17. H. Hearn (George Whitehead, Esq.). On the cause of the discrepancies observed by Mr. Baily with the Cavendish Apparatus for determining the mean Density of the Earth, 217. Heat, Radiation of; on the amount of the, at Night, from the Earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth, 119. M. Magnetic Declination, on the Diurnal Variation of the, at St. Helena, 51. Magnetical and Meteorological Instruments, on Photographic Self-registering, 111. Magnetism, influence of the permanent action of, on conducting bodies traversed by interrupted electric currents, 39. Magnetograph (Photo-), 113. Magnetometers and other Meteorological Instruments, on the Automatic Registration of, by Photography, 59, 69. Matteucci (Signor Carlo). Electro-Physiological Researches. Fifth Series. Upon Induced Contractions, 231. Sixth Series. Laws of the electric discharge of the Torpedo and other electric Fishes. Theory of the production of electricity in these animals, 239. Matteucci (Signor Carlo). Electro-Physiological Researches. Seventh and last Series. Upon the relation between the intensity of the electric current, and that of the corresponding physiological effect, 243. P. Photo-electrograph, 111.—Thermograph, 113.—Barometrograph, ibid.—Magnetograph, ibid. Photographic, (on) Self-registering Meteorological and Magnetical Instruments, 111. Photography, on the Automatic Registration of Magnetometers and other Meteorological Instruments by, 59, 69. R. Radiation of Heat, on the amount of the, at Night, from the Earth, and from various bodies placed on or near the surface of the earth, 119. Section I. Results of simultaneous observations made by Mercurial Thermometers, not self-registering, 127. Section II. Results of observations made by self-registering Minimum Thermometers, 164. Ronalds (Francis, Esq.). On Photographic Self-registering Meteorological and Magnetical Instruments, 111. S. Sabine (Lieut.-Colonel Edward, R.A.). On the Lunar Atmospheric Tide at St. Helena, 45. On the Diurnal Variation of the Magnetic Declination at St. Helena, 51. Solar Radiation, on different properties of, producing or preventing a deposit of Mercury on Silver Plates coated with Iodine, or its compounds with Bromine or Chlorine, modified by Coloured Glass Media and the Vapours of the Atmosphere, 253. Solar System, on the Proper Motion of the, 79. St. Helena, on the Lunar Atmospheric Tide at, 45. ———— on the Diurnal Variation of the Magnetic Declination at, 51. T. Thermograph (Photo-), 113. Torpedo, laws of the electric discharge of the,—theory of the production of electricity in the, 239. V. Voltaic Arc, researches on the, and on the influence which Magnetism exerts both on this Arc, and on bodies transmitting interrupted Electric Currents, 31. § 1. Some phenomena concerning the Voltaic Arc, 32. § 2. Influence of Magnetism on the Voltaic Arc, 37. § 3. Influence of the permanent action of Magnetism on conducting bodies traversed by interrupted electric currents, 39. Voltaic Ignition, on certain phenomena of, 1, 17. MDCCCXLVII. WALLER (A., M.D.). Microscopic Observations on the so-called Vesicular Vapour of Water, as existing in the Vapours of Steam, and in Clouds, &c., 23. 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