REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OF AUTHORS. 



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Phillips (Prof.), report on zoological no- 

 menclature, 1842, 105; 1843, 119. 



— — on magnetical and meteorological ob- 

 servations, 1845, 37. 



, report on anemometry, 1846, 340; 



further researches, 1848, 97. 



, report on earthqu.akes and seismo- 

 meters, 1854, 370. 



, report on the physical character of the 

 moon's surface, as compared with that of 

 the earth, 1853, 84; 1854, 415. 



— — , report on typical objects in natural 

 history for local museums, 1855, 108 ; 

 1856, 461. 



, report on cleavage and foliation in 



rocks, and on the theoretical explanations 

 of these phenomena, 1856, 369. 



report on the magnetic survey of 



Great Britain, 1857, 130; 1858, 185. 



Phillips (Prof. M.), report on the internal 

 changes in the constitution of metals, 

 1843, 294. 



Phillips (R.), report on chemical notation, 

 1835, 207. 



Plaar (Dr. G.) on certain transformations 

 of a series of factorial exponentials, 1857, 



lOI. 



Playpair (Dr. Lyon), abstract of Professor 



Liebig's report on "Organic chemistry 



applied to physiology and pathology," 



1842, 42. 

 , report on the gases evolved from iron 



furnaces, with reference to the theory of 



smelting of iron, 1845, 142. 

 Pole (Prof. W.), report of experiments on 



steam-engines, 1843, 104 ; 1844, 90. 

 Porter (G. R.), report on the vital statistics 



of large towns in Scotland, 1842, 121. 

 on the progress of savings' banks in 



the United Kingdom, 1845, 129. 

 •— — , report on the progress of the iron 



manufacture in Great Britain, 1846, 99- 



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PoRTLOCK (General), report on registering 

 shocks of earthquakes in Great Britain, 

 1842,92; 1843, 120; 1844, 85. 



, report on the marine zoology of Corfu 

 and the Ionian Islands, 1844, 390. 



, report of the Committee on earth- 

 quakes, with their proceedings respect- 

 ing seismometers constructed under the 

 superintendence of Major James, 1854, 



370- 



Powell (Rev. Prof), report on radiant heat, 

 1831-32,259; 1840, i; 1854, 337. 



— — on determining the refractive indices 

 for the standard rays of the solar spec- 

 trum, 1836, 288. 



• , report of experiments on subterranean 



temperature, 1836, 291. 



, report on our knowledge of refrac- 

 tive indices for the standard rays of 

 the solar spectrum in different media, 

 1839, 1. 



, reports on observations of luminous 



meteors, 1848, i; 1849, i; 1850, 89; 



1851, i; 1852, 178 ; 1853, 1 ; 1854, 386; 



1855, 79; 1856, 53; 1857, 131; 1858, 



137; 1859, 81. 

 Powell (Rev. Prof.), suggestions for the 



observation of the total eclipse of the sun, 



1850, 359. 

 Prichard (Dr. J. C), on philological and 



physical researches as applied to the 



human species, 1831-32, 529. 

 , report on the varieties of the human 



race, 1840, 447; 1841, 52, 332; 1843, 



292 ; 1844, 93. 

 , on the various methods of research 



which contribute to the advancement of 



ethnology, and of the relations of that 



science to other branches of knowledge, 



1847, 230. 

 Prince Consort (His Royal Highness the), 



address at the Aberdeen Meeting, 1859, lix. 

 Prout (Dr.), report on chemical notation, 



1835, 207. 



Quetelet (A.), on the state of mathematics 

 in Belgium, 1835, 35. 



on magnetical and meteorological ob- 

 servations, 1845, 31. 



• , on observations of the periodical phe- 

 nomena of animals and vegetables, 1845, 

 321. 



Ramsay (Prof. A. C), report on the upper 

 Silurians of Lesmahago, Lanarkshire, 

 1859, 63. 



, report on the excavations in Dura 



Den, 1860, 32. 



Rankine (Prof. W. J. M.), on luminous^ 

 meteors, 1853, 32. 



, report on metals for ordnance, 1855^ 



100. 



, report on steam-ship performance, 



1859, 268 ; 1860, 193. 



Read (Rev. W.), on luminous meteors^ 

 1852, 235. 



Reade (Riev. J. B.), observations of lumin- 

 ous meteors, 1852, 208; 1854, 394, 412. 



Redfield (W. C.) on magnetical and meteo- 

 rological observations, 1845, 65. 



Rees (Dr. G. O.), report of Committee on 

 the chemical composition of glands and 

 their secretions, 1837, 139, 149. 



Rennie (G.), report on the progress of hy- 

 draulics as a branch of engineering, 1833, 

 153 ; 1834, 415. 



, report on railway constants, 1838, 



197. 



, report upon the changes in the chan- 

 nels of the Mersey, 1855, 143 ; 1856, 1,4. 



Richardson (Sir J.), report on North 

 American zoology, 1836, 121. 



, report on the ichthyology of New 



Zealand, 1842, 12. 



, report on zoological nomenclature, 



1842, 105; 1843, 119. 



, report on the ichthyology of the seaa 



of China and Japan, 1845, 187. 



RiGAUD (Prof.), report on the reduction of 



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