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INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1859. A. Amalgams, conductibility of, for heat, 831. Amphistegina, 30. Antimony, on the properties of electro-deposited, 797. Arc of Meridian in India, 759, 791 (see Pratt). Atomic weight of graphite, 249. B. Bladder, nature of the involuntary muscular tissue of the, 469. Brodie (Professor B. C.). On the Atomic Weight of Graphite, 249. Buckton (G. B.). On the Isolation of the Organo-Metals, Mercuric, Stannic, and Plumbic Ethyls; and Observations on some of their Derivatives. Second Memoir, 417.—Mercuric ethyl, 417; stannic diethyl, 423; plumbic diethyl, 430; diplumbic triethyl, 432. Bunsen (Professor R.) and Roscoe (Dr. H. E.). Photo-chemical Researches. Part IV., 879.—Comparative and absolute measurement of the chemical rays, 880; chemical action of diffuse daylight, 891; chemical action of the direct sunlight, 905; the photo-chemical action of the sun compared with that of a terrestrial source of light, 920; chemical action of the constituent parts of solar light, 923. C. Carbon, atomic weight of, as graphite, 249. Carbonic acid evolved in respiration, 681, 715 (see Smith). Carpenter (W. B.). Researches on the Foraminifera. Part III.—On the Genera Peneroplis, Operculina, and Amphistegina, 1; Peneroplis, 2; Operculina, 12; Amphistegina, 30; explanation of the plates, 36. Cayley (A.). A Sixth Memoir upon Quantics, 61.—On geometry of one dimension, 62; on geometry of two dimensions, 69; on the theory of distance, 82. ——— On the Double Tangents of a Plane Curve, 193. ——— On the Conic of Five-pointic Contact at any point of a Plane Curve, 371. Chemical rays, measure of, as determined by the combination of chlorine and hydrogen, 879 (see Bunsen). Clarke (J. Lockhart). Further Researches on the Grey Substance of the Spinal Cord, 437.—Structure of the caput cornu posterioris, 439; on the grey substance of the filum terminale, 453; of the epithelium of the central canal, 455; appendix, 458; explanation of the plates, 461. Colour-blindness, 323. Compression, thermal effects of, on solids (longitudinal compression), 119; on fluids, 133. Conic of five-pointic contact at any point of a plane curve, 371. Crace-Calvert (F.) and Johnson (R.). Conductibility of Mercury and Amalgams, 831. Cubic, conic of five-pointic contact with a, 384, 394. D. Double tangents of a plane curve, 193. E. Elliptic functions, 171 (see Merrifield). Ellis (G. V.). Researches into the Nature of the Involuntary Muscular Tissue of the Urinary Bladder, 469. F. Fairbairn (W.) and Tate (T.). On the Resistance of Glass Globes and Cylinders to Collapse from external pressure; and on the Tensile and Compressive Strength of various kinds of Glass, 213.—Tenacity of glass, 215; resistance of glass to crushing, 217; resistance of glass globes and cylinders to internal pressure, 224; to external pressure, 231; reduction of the results, and formulae, 241. Farr (Dr. W.). On the Construction of Life-Tables, illustrated by a New Life-Table of the Healthy Districts of England, 837. (For Contents, see pp. 837, 838.) Foraminifera, researches on, 1 (see Carpenter). Frankland (Dr. E.). Researches on Organo-metallic Bodies. Fourth Memoir, 401.—Action of zincethyl upon iodide of stanethyl, 402; action of zincmethyl, 405; of zincethyl on iodide of mercury-methyl, 409; of zincmethyl on chloride of mercuryethyl, 410; of zinc on a mixture of the iodides of ethyl and methyl, 411; preparation of zincmethyl, 412. G. Gassiot (John P.). On the Stratifications in Electrical Discharges, as observed in Torricellian and other Vacua. Second communication, 137.—Character of the stratified discharge under different condi- INDEX. tions of rarefied media, 138; condition of discharge at negative terminal, 140; stratified discharge from both terminals, 143; influence of temperature, 144; on vacua free from vapour of mercury, 146; carbonic acid vacua, 147; on non-conducting vacua, 148; vacua-tubes prepared with arsenious acid, bromine, iodine, pentachloride of antimony, bichloride and bisulphide of carbon, 150; condition of discharge at negative terminal, 152; general conclusions, 155; notes, 157, 158. GILBERT (Dr. J. H.). See LAWES. Glaciers, on the physical phenomena of, 261; on the veined structure of, 279. Glass, strength of, 213 (see FAIRBAIRN). Globes and cylinders, strength of, to resist an internal pressure, 213 (see FAIRBAIRN). GORE (G.). On the Properties of Electro-deposited Antimony, 797. Graphite, atomic weight of, 249. II. HENFREY (Professor A.). On the Anatomy of Victoria regia.—Part II., 479. Himalayas, effect of attraction of, on the plumb-line in India, 745 (see PRATT). J. JOHNSON (R.). See CRACE-CALVERT. JOULE (Dr. J. P.). On some Thermo-dynamic Properties of Solids, 91. (For Index, see p. 131.) On the Thermal Effects of Compressing Fluids, 133. L. Land-lizard, description of some remains of a gigantic, 43. LAWES (J. B.) and GILBERT (Dr. J. H.). Experimental Inquiry into the Composition of some of the Animals Fed and Slaughtered as Human Food, 493. (For Contents, see pp. 493, 494.) Life-Tables, on the construction of, 837 (see FARR). LUBBOCK (J.). On the Ova and Pseudova of Insects, 341.—Development of pseudova, 358. M. Marsupial Carnivore, 309 (see OWEN). Megalania prisca, 43. Megatherium, bones of the posterior extremities of the, 809; physiological summary relative to, 823. Mercury, conductibility of, for heat, 831. Mer de Glace, motion of, 261; inclinations of, 275; dirt-bands of, 304. MERRIFIELD (CHARLES W.). On the Comparison of Hyperbolic Arcs, 171. N. Nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous constituents in animal food and in bread, relation of the, 568 (see LAWES). Numbers, theory of, 49 (see POLLOCK). INDEX. O Operculina, 12. Organo-metallic bodies, 401, 417 (see Frankland, Buckton). Owen (Professor). Description of some remains of a Gigantic Land-lizard (Megalania prisca, Owen) from Australia, 43. On the Vertebral Characters of the Order Pterosauria as exemplified in the Genera Pterodactylus and Dimorphodon, 161.—Atlas and axis vertebre of the Pterodactyle, 165. On the Fossil Mammals of Australia.—Part I. Description of a mutilated Skull of a large Marsupial Carnivore (Thylacoleo carnifex, Owen), from a calcareous conglomerate stratum eighty miles S.W. of Melbourne, Victoria, 309. On the Megatherium.—Part V. Bones of the Posterior Extremities, 809.—Physiological summary, 823. P. Peneroplis, 2. Photo-chemical researches, 879 (see Bunsen). Pole (W.). On Colour-blindness, 323. Pollock (Sir Frederick). On some Remarkable Relations which obtain among the Roots of the Four Squares into which a Number may be divided, as compared with the corresponding Roots of certain other Numbers, 49. Pratt (Archdeacon J. H.). On the Deflection of the Plumb-line in India, caused by the Attraction of the Himalaya Mountains and of the elevated regions beyond; and its modification by the compensating effect of a Deficiency of Matter below the Mountain Mass, 745 (for Contents, see p. 745). Postscript on Himalayan Attraction, 774. On the Influence of the Ocean on the Plumb-line in India, 779. Pseudova of insects, 341; their development, 358. Pterosauria, vertebral characters of the order, 161. Q. Quantics, 61 (see Cayley). R. Rankine (W. J. Macquorn). On the Thermo-dynamic Theory of Steam-engines with dry saturated Steam, and its application to practice, 177.—Introduction, 177; summary of previously known principles and formulae, 178; theory of the work, heat, and efficiency of dry saturated steam, 184; approximate formulae, 187; comparison of theory with experiment, 189. Supplement to a paper "On the Thermo-dynamic Theory of Steam-engines with dry saturated Steam, and its application to practice," 743. Respiration, chemical and other phenomena of, 681; effect of foods on, 715 (see Smith). Roscoe (Dr. H. E.). See Bunsen. S. Sea-level, change of, produced by attraction of mountains, &c., 792. INDEX. SMITH (Dr. E.). Experimental Inquiry into the Chemical and other Phenomena of Respiration, 681.—Quantity of carbonic acid evolved and changes in respiration, 685; variations from day to day, and from season to season, 698; influence of walking and the treadwheel, 709; résumé, 711. Experiments on Respiration.—Second Communication. On the Action of Foods on Respiration during the primary processes of digestion, 715.—Starch, 718; fats, 720; sugars, 721; milk, 724; alcohols, 726; inhalation of alcohols, 728; tea, 733; some other nitrogenous substances, 737; conclusion, 738. Spectrum, measure of the chemical action of various parts of the, 923. Spinal cord, on the grey substance of the, 437 (see CLARKE). Steam-engines, on the thermo-dynamic theory of, with dry saturated steam, 177, 743 (see RANKINE). Stratifications in electrical discharges, 137 (see GASSIOT). T. TATE (T.). See FAIRBAIRN. Tension of solids, thermal effects of, 98. Thermo-dynamic properties of solids, 91 (see JOULE). Thermo-electricity, 91 (see JOULE). Thylacoleo carnifex, 309 (see OWEN). TYNDALL (Professor J.). On the Physical Phenomena of Glaciers.—Part I., 261. 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