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INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1865. A. Antedon rosaceus, embryogeny of, 513 (see Thomson). Armour-plated ships, magnetic character of, 263 (see Evans). Atlantic, principal currents of the, 239 (see Forchhammer). Atomic heat and atomic weight, relations between, 177 (see Kopp). B. Bailey (J. W.), his researches on Foraminifera, 423 (see Parker). Bakerian Lecture, 605 (see Roscoe). Beale (L. S.). New Observations upon the Minute Anatomy of the Papillæ of the Frog's Tongue, 443. —Conclusions, 456; description of the plates, 457. Binney (E. W.). A Description of some Fossil Plants, showing Structure, found in the Lower Coal-seams of Lancashire and Yorkshire, 579.—Concluding remarks, 596; description of the plates, 599. Blood, influence of physical and chemical effects upon, 687 (see Harley). C. Cayley (A.). On the Sextactic Points of a Plane Curve, 545.—Application to a cubic, 556; Appendix, 569. Cerebral hemispheres of the Marsupialia and Monotremata, 633 (see Flower). Chemical action of total daylight, 605 (see Roscoe). Comatula rosacea, embryogeny of, 513 (see Thomson). Compass, effect of ship's magnetism on the, 263 (see Evans). Complexes, linear, of right lines, 725 (see Plücker). Condensers, electric, theory of, 493 (see Maxwell). Cubic curve, sextactic points of, 556 (see Cayley). D. Double refraction, 760 (see Plücker). E. Echidna Hystrix, 671 (see Owen). Electromagnetic field, dynamical theory of, 459 (see Maxwell). Elements, nature of the chemical, 199 (see Kopp). Evans (F. J.) and Smith (A.). On the Magnetic Character of the Armour-plated Ships of the Royal Navy, and on the Effect on the Compass of particular arrangements of Iron in a Ship, 263.—Deduction of the formulæ employed, 267; physical representation of the results, 271; numerical values of the coefficients, 278; tables of coefficients, 291; effect on the compass of particular masses of soft iron in a ship, 304. F. Flower (W. H.). On the Commissures of the Cerebral Hemispheres of the Marsupialia and Monotremata as compared with those of the Placental Mammals, 633.—Description of the plates, 650. Foraminifera from the Atlantic Ocean, &c., 325 (see Parker). Forchhammer (G.). On the Composition of Sea-water in the different parts of the Ocean, 203.—Elements which occur in the water of the ocean, 204; on the quantitative analysis of sea-water, 214; distribution of the salts in different parts of the sea, 219; general results of the preceding investigation, 226; principal currents of the Atlantic, 239; chemical decomposition in sea-water, 242; tables, 246. Fossil plants found in coal-seams, 579 (see Binney). Frog's tongue, minute anatomy of the papillæ of, 443 (see Beale). G. Gases, spectra of, 1 (see Plücker). Geometry, on a new, of space, 725 (see Plücker). Glyptodon, osteology of, 31 (see Huxley). H. Harley (G.). On the Influence of Physical and Chemical Agents upon Blood; with special reference to the mutual action of Blood and the Respiratory Gases, 687.—Influence of physical agents, 689; of chemical agents—animal products, 699; of vegetable products, 704; of anaesthetics, 713; of mineral substances, 718. Hittorf (J. W.) and Plücker (J.). On the Spectra of Ignited Gases and Vapours, &c., 1 (see Plücker). Hoplophoridae, 31 (see Huxley). Huxley (T. H.). On the Osteology of the genus Glyptodon, 31.—Part I. History of the discovery and determination of the remains of the Hoplophoridae, 31. Part II. Description of the skeleton of Glyptodon clavipes, 43; of the skull, 43; of the vertebral column, 58; description of the plates, 69. INDEX. I. Induction, electromagnetic, 466 (see Maxwell). J. Jones (T. R.) and Parker (W. K.). Foraminifera from the Atlantic Ocean, 325 (see Parker). K. Kopp (H.). Investigations of the Specific Heat of Solid Bodies, 71.—Historical introduction, 71; description of a method of determining the specific heat of solid bodies, 83; determination of the specific heat of individual solid substances, 103; table of the substances whose specific heat has been experimentally determined, 167; on the relations between atomic heat and atomic weight or composition, 177; considerations on the nature of the chemical elements, 199. L. Light, electromagnetic theory of, 497 (see Maxwell). M. Magnetic character of ships, 263 (see Evans). Marsupialia, cerebral characters of the, 633 (see Flower). Maxwell (J. C.). A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, 459.—Introduction, 459; on electromagnetic induction, 466; general equations of the electromagnetic field, 480; mechanical actions in the field, 488; theory of condensers, 493; electromagnetic theory of light, 497; calculation of the coefficients of electromagnetic induction, 506. Meteorological registration of the chemical action of total daylight, 605 (see Roscoe). Monotremata, cerebral characters of the, 633 (see Flower). N. Nitrogen, different spectra of, 6 (see Plücker). O. Owen (R.). On the Marsupial Pouches, Mammary Glands, and Mammary Fœtus of the Echidna Hystrix, 671.—Description of the plates, 685. P. Parker (W. K.) and Jones (T. R.). On some Foraminifera from the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, including Davis Straits and B'n's Bay, 325. (For Contents, see p. 325.) INDEX. Plücker (J.) and Hittorf (J. W.). On the Spectra of Ignited Gases and Vapours, with especial regard to the different Spectra of the same elementary gaseous substance, 1.—Different spectra of nitrogen, 6; spectra of the first and second orders, 13; spectra of sulphur and various other elements, 13; explanation of the plates, 26. Plücker (J.). On a New Geometry of Space, 725.—On linear complexes of right lines, 725; on complexes of luminous rays within biaxal crystals, 760. Additional note, 774. (For Contents, see p. 788.) Poisons, influence of various, upon blood, 687 (see Harley). Pourtales (F. L.), his researches on Foraminifera, 429 (see Parker). R. Roscoe (H. E.). The Bakerian Lecture. On a Method of Meteorological Registration of the Chemical Action of Total Daylight, 605.—Tables of results, 624. S. Sea-water, composition of, in different parts of the ocean, 203 (see Forchhammer). Sextactic points of a plane curve, 545 (see Cayley); 653 (see Spottiswoode). Sigillaria, 579 (see Binney). Smith (A.) and Evans (F. J.). On the Magnetic Character of the Armour-plated Ships of the Royal Navy, &c., 263 (see Evans). Specific heat of solid bodies, 71 (see Kopp). Spectra, different, of the same elementary substance, 1 (see Plücker). Spottiswoode (W.). On the Sextactic Points of a Plane Curve, 653. T. Thomson (Wyville). On the Embryogeny of Antedon rosaceus, Linck (Comatula rosacea of Lamarck), 513.—Explanation of plates, 542. V. 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