formation of the south-east of En-
gland, 305.
Uterus, on the nerves of the gravid, 189.
, on the nervous ganglia of the, 321, 395.
Utting (A.), hourly meteorological ob- servations made at Plymouth, 303.
, barometrical observations made at Yarmouth, 369.
Vacuum, relations of a, to electrical phenomena, 55.
Van Diemen's Land, magnetic and meteorological observations at, 298, 374, 378, 380.
Vegetable colours, effect of the spec- trum on, 208, 393.
decomposition, inflaence of ni- trogen in promoting, 148.
impregnation, Mr. Brown's dis- coveries in, 173.
tissues, on a new theory of earthy bases of, 52.
Vegetables, on the ascent of the sap in, 432.
Vibration of the pendulum, 78.
Victoria, Queen, the address on the occasion of receiving Her Majesty's signature as Patroness of the Royal Society, 69.
, the address of congratulation to Her Majesty on the occasion of her marriage, 203.
, address of congratulation to Her Majesty on the occasion of the trai- torous attack made upon her life, 237.
— — , address of congratulation to Her Majesty on the birth of the Princess Royal, 281.
, address of congratulation to Her Majesty on the birth of the Heir to the Throne, 332.
, address of congratulation on the
providential escape of Her Majesty from the attack of an assassin, 391.
, address of condolence to Her Majesty on the occasion of the de- mise of H.R.H. the Duke of Sus- sex, 463.
Vignolles (Prof.), an original portrait of Sir Isaac Newton presented to the Royal Society by, 296, 333.
Vigors (N. A.), notice of the late, 261.
Viola tricolor, action of light on a so- lution of, spread on paper, 393.
Vision, binocular, on some remarkable phenomena of, 76.
, single, with two eyes, on, 199.
Vitreous humour, a non-vascular ani- mal tissue, 310.
Vivian (Lord), notice of the late, 415.
Voltaic battery, Prof. Daniell's con- stant battery a new form of the, 23.
— Prof. Daniell's dissected battery, 24.
battery, constant, account of the effects of a large, 147.
battery, on the possibility of ob- taining a spark before the circuit is completed, 193.
battery, gas, on the, 463.
circuit, reduction of metals from solutions of their salts by the, 447.
circuit, new instruments and pro- cesses for determining the constants of a, 469.
combinations, on, 23, 43, 147, 383, 384.
electricity, contact theory of, 200, 215 ; chemical theory of, 201 ; che- mical and contact theories compared, 202 ; on the production of heat by, 280.
pile, source of power in the, 200, 213.
Walton (Rev. W.), meteorological journal kept at AUenheads, with re- marks on the rain-guage, 221, 297, 371.
Water, on the relative attractions of sulphuric acid for, 81.
Watson (H. H.) on the relative attrac- tions of sulphuric acid for water, 81.
Weddle (T.) on a new method of sol- ving numerical equations, 300.
Wellstead (Lieut.), notice of the late, 419.
West Indies, magnetical observations made in, 4.
Wharton (W. L.) on intermitting springs, 43.
Wheatstone (Prof.) on some remark- able and hitherto vmobserved phe- nomena of binocular vision, 76.
, description of the electro-mag- netic clock, 249.
' , a Royal medal awarded to, 255.
, account of new instruments and
