INDEX TO VOL. IV.
Abbott (R.) on the variation of a triple integral, 42.
AcaroicI resin, 163.
Achromatic eye-pieces, single, con- struction and use of, 195.
Actinograph, or self-registering pho- tometer, for meteorological pur- poses, 209.
Actinometers, photometers, &c., in- competent to give absolute measures of either heat or light, 389.
Addison (W.) on the distribution of the air-passages, and of the modes of formation of the air-cells of the lungs, 381.
Aerolite, 134.
Afzelius (Dr. Adam), notice of the late, 18.
A ins worth (W.), geological and bo- tanical notes on Northern Syria, 57.
Air, inductive capacity of, 41.
Airy (G. B.), experiments on iron- built ships, for the purpose of dis- covering a correction for the devi- ation of the compass produced by the iron of ships, 140, 141.
on the theoretical explanation of
an apparently new polarity of light, 239, 247.
on the rise and fall of the tides
in the Thames, 330.
on the meteorological instru- ments at the Royal Observatory, Greenwicli, with which the meteo- rological observations have been made from November 1840 to July 1841, 330.
on the laws of individual tides at
Southampton and Ipswich, 415.
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (H.R.H. Prince), the address of congratulation on the occasion of his Royal Highness's marriage with Her Majesty the Queen, 204; the answer of His Royal Highness, 205.
, address of congratulation on the
occasion of the late traitorous attack of an assassin, 237.
— — , address of congratulation on
the birth of the Princess Royal, 281.
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (H.R.H. Prince), address of con- gratulation on the birth of the Heir to the Throne, 332.
, address of congratulation on the
providential escape of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness from the attack of an assassin, 392.
Algebraic series, on the summation of, 45 G.
Alderson (Dr.) on the difference of
colour in different parts of the bodies
of animals, 165. Alison (Rev. A), notice of the late, 1 76. Alkaline and earthy bodies in plants,
on the formation of, 131. Allenheads, meteorological journal for
1841 kept at, 221, 297, 371. Alten, meteorological observations
made at, 195, 229. Amarythrine, chemical examination
of, 233.
America, magnetical observations made on the north coast of, 4.
, magnetic observations on the
west coast of, and the adjacent islands, 288, 465.
Ammonia, resin of, 219.
, its action on biniodide and per-
chloride of platinum, 380.
Annual tissues, the non-vascularity and peculiar uniform mode of orga- nization and nutrition of, 308.
tissues, on the supposed deve-
lopement of from cells, 468.
Animalcule, parasitic, of the human skin, a newly discovered, 455.
Animals, on the difference of colour in different parts of the bodies of, 165.
, on the relation between the
respiratory organs of, and the pre- servation of independent tempera- tures, 474.
Anniversary Meetings: Nov. 30, 1837, 4; Nov. 30, 1838, 84; Nov. 30, 1839, 167; Nov. 30, 1840, 250; Nov. 30, 1841, 331 ; Nov. 30, 1842, 399.
