.relation of the electric and magnetic
forces, 78. Electric inductive capacity, specific, of
certain substances, 40, 392. Electricity evolved by the friction of
waterand steam against otherbodies,
437,
, M. Becquerel's memoirs on, 22.
, on the elementary laws of, 156.
, on the odour accompanying,
226.
, Prof. Faraday's researches in,
37, 49, 54, 77, 111, 200, 213, 437.
, voltaic, contact theory of, 200 ;
chemical theory of, 201.; on the production of heat by, 280.
Electro-chemical equivalents, on, 232.
Electrolysis of secondary compounds, 153, 231.
Electrolytic discharge, 50.
Electro-magnetic clock, 249.
Electrometer, 38.
, hydrostatic, 156.
, micrometer, 193.
Electro-nitrogurets, on, 286.
Elemi resin, 241.
Ellipse and the hyperbola, method of
proving the three leading properties
of the, 443. , spherical, on the rectification
and quadrature of the, 387. Ellipsoids of equilibrium, on, 34. Embryo, first rudiments of the, not
two halves, 283. Embryology, researches in, 73, 136,
222, 279.
Emys Benstedi, a remarkable fossil
turtle, 305. Epithelium tables, cells and cylinders,
compared with corpuscles of the
blood, 324. Equations, numerical, new method of
solving, 300. Equivalents, chemical, on, 119, 123. Erratic boulders of Lochaber, 128. Erythrine, chemical examination of,
233.
Erythroleicacid, chemical examination
of, 233. Erythrolein, 234.
Erythryline, chemical examination of, 233.
Erythrolitmine, 234.
Escapement for an astronomical clock,
description of an, 221. Eudiometry, appHcation of the gas
battery to, 464.
Euphorbium resin, 241.
Evans (Dr. W. J.) on the general and
minute structure of the spleen, 456,
457.
Exley (T.) on a new theory of physics, 325.
Eye, on the structure and mode of ac- tion of the iris, 439.
, on the cure of congenital blind- ness, 303.
, on the anatomy and physiology
of certain structures in the orbit, 311.
Factorial expressions, on, 456.
Falkland Islands, meteorological jour- nal kept at, 330.
Fallopian tube of the rabbit, ova found in the, 222.
Faraday (Prof.), researches in electri- city (11th Series), 37; (12th Series), 47, 49; (13th Series), 53, 54 ; (14th Series), 77; (15th Series), 111 ; (16th Series), 200; (17th Series), 213; (18th Series), 437.
-, a Copley medal awarded to, for
his discovery of specific electrical in- duction, 100.
, chemical account of the Cold
Bokkeveld meteoric stone, 134.
Farnborough (Lord), notice of the late, 94.
Farquharson (Rev. Dr. J.), on a geo- metrical measurement of the height of the aurora borealis, 162.
, on the localities affected by hoar- frost, 293, 294.
, on ground-gru, or ice formed at the bottom of running water, 295.
, on a remarkable appearance of
the aurora borealis below the clouds, 382.
Farre (A.) on the organ of hearing in Crustacea, 471.
Fecundation, changes in the ovarian ovum preparatory to, 222 ; point of, 222 ; changes in the ovum immedi- ately after, 223.
Fellows of the Royal Society admitted, 4, 85, 168, 251, 340, 400.
, table showing their number in
1837, 32; in 1838, 109; in 1839, 251 ; in 1840, 277 ; in 1841, 360; in 1842, 428.
, Foreign Members admitted, 5,
168, 252, 400.
Fellows of the Society, deceased, list of, 4, 85, 167, 251, 340, 399.