Meteorological Register kept at Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land, du-
ring the year 1838. By Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General
Lempriere, in south latitude 43° 6' 9", and east longitude 147° 51'33" 200
Experimental Researches in Electricity.-Sixteenth Series. By Mi-
chael Faraday, Esq. D.C.L. F.R.S. &c.
An Account of the Shooting Stars of 1095 and 1243. By Sir Francis
Palgrave, K.H. F.R.S. &c.........
On certain variations of the mean height of the Barometer, mean tem-
perature and depth of Rain, connected with the Lunar Phases, in
the cycle of years from 1815 to 1823. By Luke Howard, Esq.
F.R.S.
On the theory of the dark bands formed in the solar spectrum from
partial interception by transparent plates. By the Rev. Baden
Powell, M.A. F.R.S. Savilian Professor of Geometry in the Univer-
sity of Oxford
Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism. By Major Edward Sabine,
R.A. V.P.R.S.....
Researches in Electricity.-Seventeenth Series. On the source of
power in the Voltaic Pile. By Michael Faraday, Esq. D.C.L.
F.R.S. &c.
Additional Note to the Eleventh Series of Researches on the Tides.
By the Rev. William Whewell, B.D. F.R.S. &c..........................
On the Nervous System. By Sir Charles Bell, F.R.S.............
Observations of the magnetic intesity on shore, and on board
H.M.S. Erebus, with needle F. 1.
Magnetic dip observations on shore, and on board H.M.S.
Erebus, with needle F. 1.
Observations for the magnetic dip on shore, and on board
H.M.S. Terror.
Observations of the magnetic dip by needle F. C. 5. on shore,
and on board H.M.S. Terror.
Observations in magnetic intensity by needle F. C. 5. on shore,
and on board H.M.S. Terror.......
Postscript to Major Sabine's paper, entitled 'Contributions to Ter-
restrial Magnetism,' containing an extract from a letter from Capt.
James Clark Ross, commanding the Antarctic expedition, dated from
St. Helena, February 9th, 1840; noticing the success which had
attended the employment of Mr. Fox's Instrument, in observations
of the magnetic dip and intensity on shipboard
A few Remarks on a Rain Table and Map, drawn up by Joseph At-
kinson, Esq................
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Researches in Embryology.-Third Series. A Contribution to the
Physiology of Cells. By Martin Barry, M.D. F.R.S. F.R.S.E,
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh
On the Odour accompanying Electricity, and on the probability of its
dependence on the presence of a new substance. By C. F. Schoen-
bein, Professor of Chemistry, Bâle
Tables of the Variation, through a cycle of nine years, of the mean
height of the Barometer, mean Temperature, and depth of Rain, as
connected with the prevailing Winds, influenced in their direction by
the occurrence of the Lunar Apsides, with some concluding observa-
tions on the result. By Luke Howard, Esq. F.R.S. &c............
Experimental Researches into the strength of Pillars of Cast Iron, and
other meterials. By Eaton Hodgkinson, Esq..........
Remarks on the Meteorological Observations made at Alten, Fin-
marken, by Mr. S. H. Thomas in the years 1837, 1838, and 1839.
By Major Sabine, R.A. V.P.R.S., and Lieut. Col. Sykes, F.R.S.;
being a Report from the Committee of Physics, including Meteoro-
logy, to the Council of the Royal Society
Second Letter on the Electrolysis of Secondary Compounds, addressed
to Michael Faraday, Esq. D.C.L. F.R.S. &c. By J. Frederic
Daniell, Esq. For. Sec. R.S. Professor of Chemistry in King's Col-
lege, London
Meteorological Register kept at Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land, du-
ring the year 1838, and the Register of Tides at Port Arthur, from
August 1838 to July 1839, both inclusive. By Deputy-Assistant-
Commissary-General Lempriere
Second series of Approximate Deductions made from about 50,000
observations taken during the years 1836, 1837, and 1838, at the
P. Louis Observatory, Mauritius, four times each day; namely, at
8 A.M., at noon, and at 4 and 8 P.M. By J. A. Lloyd, Esq. F.R.S. 232
On the Solubility of Silica by Steam; with an account of an experi-
ment on the subject, conducted in the East Indies, by Julius Jef-
freys, late of the Hon. East India Company's Medical Establishment 233
Contributions to the Chemical History of Archil and of Litmus. By
Robert Kane, M.D. M.R.I.A.
rent new Polarity in Light.' By George B. Airy, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. Astronomer Royal
Description of a Percussion Shell to explode at the bottom of the Sea.
By Captain J. Norton
Memorandum addressed to the Royal Society. By T. Wharton Jones,
F.R.S.....
Description of the Electro-magnetic Clock. By C. Wheatstone, Esq.
F.R.S..
A Memorandum, addressed to the Royal Society, November 28th,
1840. By Martin Barry, M.D. F.R.S. L. and Ed.
Supplementary Note to a Paper, entitled' Researches in Embryology.
Third Series. A Contribution to the Physiology of Cells.' By
Martin Barry, M.D. F.R.S. L. and Ed.
Present state of the Diamond Mines of Golconda. By T. J. Newbold,
Esq. of the Madras Army, A.D.C. to Major-General Wilson, K.B. 280
Magnetic-term Observations made at Milan. By Professor Carlini,
Director of the Observatory at that place: also Magnetic-term
Observations made at Prague. By Professor Kreil, Director of the
Observatory at that place
On the Production of Heat by Voltaic Electricity By J. P. Joule,
Esq......
Variation of the Magnetic Declination, Horizontal Intensity, and In-
clination observed at Milan on the 23rd and 24th December 1840... 282
On the Chorda dorsalis. By Martin Barry, M.D. F.R.SS. L. and E.. 282
On the Corpuscles of the Blood.-Part III. By Martin Barry, M.D.
F.R.SS. L. and E.
On the action of certain Inorganic Compounds when introduced di-
rectly into the Blood. By James Blake, Esq. M.R.C.S.
On some Electro-Nitrogurets. By William Robert Grove, Esq. M.A.
F.R.S.
Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism.-No. 2. By Major Edward
Sabine, R.A. V.P.R.S.
On the Calculation of Attractions, and the Figure of the Earth. By
C. J. Hargreave, B.A. of University College
Memoir on a portion of the Lower Jaw of an Iguanodon, and other
Saurian Remains discovered in the strata of Tilgate Forest, in
Sussex. By Gideon Algernon Mantell, Esq. LL.D. F.R.S.
On a Theorem of Fermat. By Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.
V.P. and Treas. R.S......
Miscellaneous Observations on the Torpedo. By John Davy, M.D.
F.R.S.
On a remarkable property of the Diamond. By Sir David Brewster,
K.H. D.C.L. F.R.S.L. V.P.R.S. Ed.
On a Cycle of Eighteen Years in the Mean Annual Height of the
Barometer in the Climate of London; and on a Constant Variation
of the Barometrical Mean, according to the Moon's Declination.
By Luke Howard, Esq. F.R.S.....
On a remarkable depression of the Barometer in November 1840, agreeing very closely in its movements and results with that of December 1821. By Luke Howard, Esq. F.R.S.
General results of Meteorological Observations at Constantinople. By
J. W. Redhouse, Esq...........
Term-Observations made at Prague in November and December 1840,
and January 1841. By C. Kreil .....
Magnetic-term Observations, taken at Kerguelen's Land, for May and
June 1840. By Capt. James Clark Ross, R.N. F.R.S. Commander
of the Expedition
Hourly Magnetic Observations taken at Kerguelen's Land, commencing
May 25, and ending June 27, 1840. By Capt. James Clark Ross,
R.N. F.R.S. &c......
Meteorological Observations taken on board Her Majesty's Ship Erebus, for October, November, and December 1839, and from January to August 1840. By Capt. James Clark Ross, R.N. F.R.S. &c........ 293 Meteorological Observations taken on board Her Majesty's Ship Terror, for November and December 1839, and from January to July 1840. By Capt. T. B. M. Crozier, R.N.......
On the Localities affected by Hoar-frost, the peculiar currents of Air excited by it, and the Temperature during its occurrence at High and Low Stations. By James Farquharson, LL.D. F.R.S. Minister of the Parish of Alford
Term-Observations of Magnetic Observations, the Variation of the Magnetic Declination, Horizontal Intensity and Inclination at Prague ; for June, July, September, and October 1840. By Prof. Kreil...... 294 Term-Observations of the Variation of the Magnetic Declination, Horizonal Intensity and Inclination at Milan; for June 1840. Francesco Carlini, For. Memb. R.S. Director of the Observatory... 294 On Ground-gru, or ice formed, under peculiar circumstances, at the bottom of running water. By James Farquharson, LL.D. F.R.S. Minister of the Parish of Alford
Meterological Observations made at the Magnetic Observatory at St.
Helena, from February to October 1840. By Lieut. J. H. Lefroy,
R.A.......
Meteorological Observations made at the Magnetic Observatory at
Toronto, Upper Canada, from January to October 1840. By Lieut.
E. J. B. Riddell, R.A..........
Observations on Magnetic Direction and Intensity made at the Obser-
vatory at Milan during the 24th, 26th and 27th of January 1841.
By Prof. Carlini ...................
Note on an irregularity in the Height of the Barometer, of which the argument is the Declination of the Moon. By Sir John William Lubbock, Bart. V.P. and Treas R.S.
A Meteorological Journal for 1840, kept at Allenheads, Northumberland, with a few remarks on the Rain-gauge. By the Rev. W. Walton, F.R.S.
The Scholar's Lute among the Chinese. By Lay, Esq.
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