344 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. St Peters- Compte-Rendu Annuel, par A. T. Kupffer. An. 1857. American Journal of Science and Arts, November 1859, and January L'Institut, December 1859, January and February 1860.—From the Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. 273.-From the S- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, New Croft's London: What to See, and How to See it.—From the Publisher. The Action and Sounds of the Heart, by Dr G. B. Halford.-From the Des Hermodactes, au point de Vue Botanique et Pharmaceutique, par J. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich Koniglicher Geologischer Reichsanstalt in Ansprache gehalten am Schlusse des Ersten Decenniums der Kaiser- Bibliotheque Universelle, nouv. periode, tom. vii., No. 25.-From the Editor. 345 INDEX. Alison, Dr W. P., Biography of, 316 Alternation of Generation, 1 Ammonia, its Primary Use in Vegetable Nutrition, by Major John H. Hall, 334 Arabic-speaking Population of the World, 139 Aral, Vegetation of Sea of, 163 Astrapaa Wallichiana, its Mucilage, 335 Aurora of 28th August and 2d September 1859, 90 Balfour, Professor J. H., on the Plant producing the Calabar Ordeal Bean, 332 Birds, Growth of, 260 Specific Gravity of, 264 Bone Cave near Montrose, 308 Boring for Water, 311 Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Proceedings of, 141, 333 Bread Making, 125 Breaks for Railway Trains, by W. Fairbairn, 310 Brewster, Sir D., on a New Species of Double Refraction, 113 on Nineveh Glass, 121 British Association, Proceedings of, 108, 290 Butterflies, British, Distribution of, by H. T. Stainton, 306 Caledonians, Ethnology and Hieroglyphics of, 139 Californian Trees, Notes on, 205 Carduella Scotica, 308 Ceylon, Flora of, 338 Chinese Astronomy, 120 Chloride of Potassium Crystals on the Banana Stem, 335 Claudet, A., on the Focus of Object-Glasses, 114 Coal-Mines of Borneo, by James Motley, 166 Compass in Iron Ships, 110 Cone-in-Cone Structure, 132 Cretinism and Goitre in the Cordillera, 29 Darwin's Origin of Species, Noticed, 280 Davy, Dr John, on the Tadpole; on the Albumen of the Newly-laid Egg; on Diamond, Graphite, and Charcoal Forms of Carbon, 323 Diaphragm for Double Achromatic Combinations, 115 Dinornis, Egg of, 164 Disguises of Nature, 66 Dynamical Theory of Gases, 122 Egg, Albumen of, 257 Electrical Frequency, 118 Electric Cable, 112 Electricity, Atmospheric, 108 transmitted through Water, 113 Elephant Remains at Ilford, 136 Ferns, Vegetative Axis of, by Dr Ogilvie, 310 Flora of Aberdeenshire, by Dr Dickie, 307 Form and Colour in Plants and Animals, 66 Fuel, Use and Economy of, 45, 192 Galago, Supplementary Remarks on, 99 Gebel Haurân, and Eastern Desert of Syria, described Geographically and Geikie, A., on the Chronology of the Trap-Rocks of Scotland, 132 Geology of Aberdeen and North-East of Scotland, 126 Glaciers, Vestiges of Extinct. Part I., by Edward Hull, B.A., 31 Glass found at Nineveh, 121 Gneiss, Red Sandstone, and Quartzite, their Relation, 134 Goitre and Cretinism in the Cordillera, 29 Granite Quarries of Aberdeen, by A. Gibb, 311 Graptolithus, Remarks on, by James Hall, 167 Gymnotus electricus, 307 Hector's Exploration of British North America, 169 Heliometer, Improvement of, 120 Hogg, John, on Gebel Haurân and the Eastern Desert of Syria, 173 Hybrids in Plants, 163 Japan, Botany of, by Professor Asa Gray, 159 Notes on, by Laurence Oliphant, 169 Jardine, Sir Wm., on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 290 Jenkins, F., on Submarine Telegraphic Signalling, 111 Kirk, Dr, on the Country near Lake Shirwa in Africa, 151 Landscape in a specimen of Calcedony, 115 Lee, Principal, Biography of, 312 Lindsay, J. B., on Transmission of Electricity through Water, 113 Livingston, J. S., on the Anæsthetic Effects of Chloroform, Ether, and Livingstone's African Expedition, Noticed, 151 Meteorological Register for 1859, kept at Arbroath by Alexander Brown, 343 Milne, Alex. D., on Laws of Heat and Combustion, in Reference to the Use and Economy of Fuel, 45, 192 Moigno, Abbé, on the Phonautograph, 113 Mont Blanc, Thermometric Stations on, 117 Moon's Motion, 115 Morphology of certain Organs of Plants, by Christopher Dresser, 155 Muir, John, D.C.L., on the Progress of Sanskrit Literature, 242 Murray, Andrew, Notes on Californian Trees, Part II., 205 on the Disguises of Nature, 66 on the Genus Galago, 99 on the Progress of Botanical Science, 141 Nicol, Professor James, on the Geology of Aberdeen and North-East of Scot- Object-Glasses, Focus of, 114 Ogilvie, George, M.D., on the Genetic Cycle in Organic Nature, 1 Organic Nature, Genetic Cycle in, 1 Owen, Professor, on Fossil and Recent Reptilia, 294 Oxides and Salts, Symmetrical Arrangement of, 124 Peruvian Crania, 25 Peruvian Gleanings, 25 Peruvian, Oriental Origin of, 26 Pheasants of Britain, 309 Phonautograph described, 113 Photograph of Fluorescent Substances, 125 Physostigma venenosum, the Calabar Ordeal Bean Plant, 332 Pinus insignis, 222 Jeffreyi, 224 Murrayana, 226 radiata, 222 Planetary Orbits, 122 Playfair, Dr Lyon, on a Symmetrical Arrangement of Oxides and Salts on a on some Numerical Relations between the Specific Gravities of Polyps, their Structure, 164 Post-Pliocene Drift, by Rev. W. Symonds, 339 Refraction, Double, New Species of, 113 Reptilia, Fossil and Recent, 294 Reptilian Remains near Elgin, by Professor Huxley, 134 Reviews and Notices of Books, 103, 271 Rogers, Professor William B., on the Aurora of 28th August and 2d September 1859, 90 Roots in Drains, 335 Royal Society of Edinburgh, Proceedings of, 312 Rudolph's Botanical Geography, Noticed, 271 Sanskrit Literature, Progress of, 242 Sequoia sempervirens, 221 Silurians of Lesmahagow, by Mr Page, 133 Skull found at Jerusalem, 164 Societies, Proceedings of, 108, 290 Sounds under Water in Ceylon, 340 Smith, Archibald, M.D., Peruvian Gleanings, 25 Smyth, Professor C. Piazzi, Explanation of Carrington and Hodgson's recently Species of Plants, Distribution of, by Professor Asa Gray, 157 Stark, Dr, on the Incorrectness of the Present Mode of Estimating Mean Tadpole, 252 Telegraph, Submarine, 111 Temperature, Mode of Estimating, 228 Tertiary Fossils of India, by W. H. Baily, 135 on Discharge of a Coiled Electric Cable, 112 Tropœolum majus, Physiological Peculiarity in, by Christopher Dresser, 337 Volcanic Rocks in Italy, by Dr Daubeny, 133 Wellingtonia gigantea, 205 Willich's Popular Tables, Noticed, 107 Wilson, Dr Daniel, on a Fragmentary Skull found in an Ancient Quarry Cave Professor George, Biography of, 321 Winters in Britain, 122 Wren, Sir Christopher, Cypher of, 119 Zoophytes of Caithness, by C. W. Peach, 307 END OF VOLUME ELEVENTH-NEW SERIES. EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY NEILL AND COMPANY |