Johnston (J. F. W.) on a new equi-
atoinic compound of bicyanide with
binoxide of mercury, 135. on the constitution of the resins,
136, 162, 218, 241. Johnstone (Dr. John), notice of the
late, 15.
Jones (T. W.) on single vision with two eyes, 199.
, memorandum addressed to the
Royal Society by, 248.
on the blood-corpuscles, parti- cularly with reference to opinions expressed and conclusions drawn by Dr. Barry, 431.
Joule (J. P.) on the production of heat by voltaic electricity, 280.
Julus terrestris, organs of reproduc- tion of, 326.
Kane (Dr. R.), contributions to the chemical history of archil and lit- mus, 233, 337.
— — , a Royal medal awarded to, 337.
on the chemical history of the
compounds of palladium and plati- num, 378, 379.
Kater (Capt. H.), description of an astronomical clock invented by,22 1.
Kelly (Dr. W.) on low fogs and sta- tionary clouds, 4, 33.
Kerguelen 's Land, magnetic-teriu ob- servations taken at, 293 ; hourly magnetic observations taken at, 293.
, on the birds of, 298.
, geological remarks on, 299, 305.
, catalogue of geological speci- mens procured from, 305.
, plants from, 305.
Kidney, on the structure and use of the Malpighian bodies of the, 375.
Kin, a Chinese stringed instrument, 297.
Knight (T. A.), biographical notice of, 92.
Kbnig (C), his retirement from the office of foreign secretaiy, 1 0.
Kreil (Prof.), magnetic-term observa- tions made at Praouc, 280, 294, 329, 373, 380, 396, 439, 467.
Labdanum, resin of, 219.
LaCaille's arc of the meridian, on,l 92.
Lake Victoria, 83.
Lambert (A. B.), notice of the late, 412.
Latham (Dr. J.), notice of the late, 12,
Lay (Mr.) on the scholar's lute among
the Chinese, 297. Lee (Dr. R.) on the nerves of the
gravid uterus, 189. on the nervous ganglia of the
uterus, 321, 395. on the anatomy and physiology
of the decidua, 370. Lefroy (Lieut. J. H.), meteorological
observations made at St. Helena,
295.
on the influence of the moon on
the atmospheric pressure, 395.
L'Huillier (S.), biographical notice of, 350.
Lempriei'e's meteorological register kept at Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land, 200, 232, 329.
Levels, line of, across Northern Syria,
Library of the Royal Society, catalogue of the, statement of the Council re- lative to Mr. Panizzi's claims, 9, 18, 171.
, catalogue of the miscellaneous
manuscripts, 253, 334.
- , catalogue of the miscellaneous
literature, 334.
, catalogue of the manuscript
letters, 253.
— — , report on the state of the, 333.
Liebig (Prof.), a Copley medal award- ed to, 256.
Life contingencies, a new notation ap- plicable to the doctrine of, 198.
Light, dispersion of, Rev. B. Powell's theory of, 47.
, theory of dispersion of, as con- nected with polarization, 64, 210.
, it action upon the colour of the
river sponge, 72.
, on the application of the che- mical rays of, to purposes of picto- rial representation, 131.
, its action on nitrated paper, 132.
, theoretical explanation of an
apparent new polarity in, 239, 247.
, polarized, phenomena of thin
plates of solid and fluid substances exposed to, 302.
, on the elliptic polarization of, 394, 436.
Lindsay (Maj.-Gen.), hourly obser- vations of the barometer and ther- mometer at sea, 239.
Liquids, instrument for measuring the resistance of, 471.
