Volume 126 (1836)

Front Matter

Anonymous (18 pages)

Researches on the Tides. Fourth Series. On the Empirical Laws of the Tides in the Port of Liverpool

W. Whewell (16 pages)

Researches towards Establishing a Theory of the Dispersion of Light. No. II

Baden Powell (5 pages)

An Account of the Great Earthquake Experienced in Chile on the 20th of February, 1835; With a Map

Alexander Caldcleugh (9 pages)

Some Account of the Volcanic Eruption of Coseguina in the Bay of Fonseca, Commonly Called the Bay of Conchagua, on the Western Coast of Central America

Alexander Caldcleugh (5 pages)

Memoranda Made during the Appearance of the Aurora Borealis on the 18th of November, 1835

Charles C. Christie (7 pages)

On the Anatomical and Optical Structure of the Crystalline Lenses of Animals, Continued from a Former Paper (Phil. Trans. 1833, p. 332.)

David Brewster (18 pages)

On an Artificial Substance Resembling Shell: By Leonard Horner, Esq. F.R.SS. Lond. & Edinb. With an Account of an Examination of the Same: By Sir David Brewster, LL.D. F.R.S. &c.

Leonard Horner, David Brewster (9 pages)

Discussion of Tide Observations Made at Liverpool

J. W. Lubbock (18 pages)

Geometrical Investigations concerning the Phenomena of Terrestrial Magnetism. Second Series: On the Number of Points at Which a Magnetic Needle Can Take a Position Vertical to the Earth's Surface

Thomas Stephens Davies (40 pages)

On Voltaic Combinations

J. Frederic Daniell (21 pages)

Additional Observations on Voltaic Combinations

J. Frederic Daniell (6 pages)

Researches on the Tides. Fifth Series. On the Solar Inequality and on the Diurnal Inequality of the Tides at Liverpool

William Whewell (19 pages)

On the Action of Light upon Plants, and of Plants upon the Atmosphere

Charles Daubeny (28 pages)

Researches in the Integral Calculus. Part I

H. F. Talbot (40 pages)

Meteorological Journal, Kept by the Assistant Secretary, at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council

Anonymous (5 pages)

Corrigenda

Anonymous (2 pages)

The Bakerian Lecture: On the Tides at the Port of London

John William Lubbock (60 pages)

Report of Magnetic Experiments Tried on Board an Iron Steam-Vessel, by Order of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. By Edward J. Johnson, Esq. Commander R.N. Accompanied by Plans of the Vessel, and Tables Showing the Horizontal Deflection of the Magnetic Needle at Different Positions on Board, Together with the Dip and Magnetic Intensity Observed at Those Positions, and Compared with Observations Made on Shore with the Same Instruments

Edward J. Johnson (24 pages)

Researches on the Tides. Sixth Series. On the Results of an Extensive System of Tide Observations Made on the Coasts of Europe and America in June 1835

William Whewell (83 pages)

On the Powers on Which the Functions of Life in the More Perfect Animals Depend, and on the Manner in Which They are Associated in the Production of Their More Complicated Results

A. P. W. Philip (35 pages)

Discussion of the Magnetical Observations Made by Captain Back, R.N. during His Late Arctic Expedition

S. Hunter Christie (40 pages)

Inquiries concerning the Elementary Laws of Electricity. Second Series

W. Snow Harris (42 pages)

Note Relative to the Supposed Origin of the Deficient Rays in the Solar Spectrum; Being an Account of an Experiment Made at Edinburgh during the Annular Eclipse of 15th May 1836

James D. Forbes (4 pages)

A Comparison of the Late Imperial Standard Troy Pound Weight with a Platina Copy of the Same, and with Other Standards of Authority

Anonymous (40 pages)

On the Brain of the Negro, Compared with That of the European and the Orang-Outang

Frederick Tiedemann (38 pages)

On the Respiration of Insects

George Newport (41 pages)

On the Connexion of the Anterior Columns of the Spinal Cord with the Cerebellum

Samuel Solly (6 pages)

On the Temperatures and Geological Relations of Certain Hot Springs, Particularly Those of the Pyrenees; And on the Verification of Thermometers

James D. Forbes (51 pages)

Corrigenda

Anonymous (2 pages)

Meteorological Journal, Kept by the Assistant Secretary, at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council

Anonymous (5 pages)

Back Matter

Anonymous (5 pages)

Articles