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REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OF AUTHORS. 



tlie Greenwich observations of the moon, 

 1838, 315. 



Roberts (E.), report on steam-ship per- 

 formance, 1860, 193. 



Robinson (Rev. Dr.), on the determination 

 of the constant of nutation by the Green- 

 wich observations, 1837, 127. 



, report on the establishment of an ob- 

 servatory at Liverpool, 1838, 316. 



, report on the reduction of the Green- 

 wich observations of the moon, 1838, 



315- 



, report on the reduction of the stars in 



the Histoiro Celeste, 1838, 316; 1839, 

 . 174; 1840,426; 1841, 330; 1842, 205. 



, report on the extension of the Royal 



Astronomical Society's Catalogue of stars 

 (British Association Catalogue of stars), 

 1838, 316; 1839, 174; 1840,425; 1841, 

 330; 1842, 206; 1845, 340. 



, on the determmation of the arc of 



longitude between the observatories of 

 Armagh and Dublin, 1839, 19. 

 , report on the translation and publica- 

 tion of foreign scientific memoirs, 1840, 

 446; 1841, 328; 1842, 210; 1843, 129. 



, report on experiments with balloons, 



, 1841, 55; 1843, 128; 1844, 390. 

 ->— , address at the Birmingham Meeting, 

 1849, xxix. 



, report on the physical character of 



the moon's surface, as compared with that 

 of the earth, 1853, 84; 1854, 415. 



* , report on metals for ordnance, 1855, 



100. 

 ' ■ , report on earthquakes and Seismo^ 



meters, 1854, 370. 

 — — , report for procuring a continuance of 

 the magnetic and meteorological observa- 

 tories, 1858, 295. 

 RoBisoN (Sir J.), report on waves, 1837, 

 417; 1838, 315; 1840, 441; 1841, 325; 

 1844, 311. 



, report on the form of ships, 1840, 



425; 1841, 325; 1842, 104; 1843, 112. 

 , report on registering shocks of earth- 

 quakes in Great Britain, 1843, 120. 

 Rogers (Prof. II. D.), report on the geology 



of North America, 1834, 1. 

 RoGET (Dr.), report on the chemical com- 

 position of the glands and their secretions, 

 1837, 139, 149- 

 Ronalds (F.), reports on the observatory at 

 Kew, 1844, 120-142 ; 1845, 341 ; 1849, 

 80; 1850, 176; 1851, 335. 



, magnetographs, 1849, 82 ; 1850, 181 ; 



1851, 350, 358 {vide 1843, xxxix; 1848, 

 xvii ; 1849, xvi ; 1851, xxvii ; 18o2, xxviii). 

 RoscoE (Dr. H. E.), photochemical re- 

 searches, 1856, 62. 

 Ross (Admiral Sir J. C), on the direction 

 and intensity of the terrestrial magnetic 

 force in Ireland, 1835, 117. 



, magnetic observations in the British 



Islands, 1838, 62, 74, 86, 104, 116, 148, 

 I57» 163, 174, 182. 



Ross (Admiral Sir J. C), report on an ex- 

 pedition for tide observations, 1847, 1 34. 



, report on the magnetic survey of 



Great Britain, 1857, 130; 1858, 185. 



Ross (D.), Leith tide observations, 1841, 



33- 

 RossE (Earl of), address at the meeting at 



Cork, 1843, xxix. 

 , on the construction of large reflecting 



telescopes, 1844, 79. 

 , on nebulEB observed in the six-feet re- 

 flector, 1849, 53. 

 , report on the physical character of 



the moon's surface, as compared with that 



of the earth, 1853, 84; 1854, 415. 

 RouPELL (Dr.), report on acrid poisons, 



1835, 211, 235. 



, report on poisons, 1841, 26. 



RoYLB (Prof.), report on the probable effects 



of the destruction of tropical forests, 



1851, 78. 

 Russell (J. S.), report on waves, 1837, 



417; 1838, 315; 1840, 441; 1841, 325; 



1844, 311-390. 

 , report on the form of ships, 1840, 



425; 1841, 325; 1842, 104; 1843, 112; 



1844, 391. 

 , report on the tides of the Frith of 



Forth and the east coast of Scotland, 



1843, no. 

 , report on the measurement of ships 



for tonnage, 1857, 62. 

 , report on steam-ship performance, 



1859, 268 ; 1860, 193. 

 Rutherford (Rev. A.), register of the ther- 

 mometer and barometer at Kingussie, 



1839, 28. 



Sabine (General), an abstract of the ' Mag- 

 netismus der Erde' of Prof. Ch. Hansteen, 

 1835, 61. 



, on the direction and intensity of the 



terrestrial magnetic force in Ireland, 



1835, 117. 



, on the direction and intensity of tlie 



terrestrial magnetic force in Scotland, 



1836, 97. 



, report on the variations of the mag- 

 netic intensity observed at difierent points 

 of the earth's surface, 1837, i, 497 ; 1838, 

 318. 



, memoir on the magnetic isoclinal 



and isodynamic lines in the British 

 Islands, 1838, 49-196. 



, address at the Glasgow Meeting, 1840, 



XXXV. 



, reports on simultaneous magnetical 



and meteorological observations, 1840, 

 427 ; 1841, 38 ; 1842, i ; 1843, 54; 1844, 

 143 ; 1845, I, 53. 



, report on the translation and publi- 

 cation of foreign scientific memoirs, 1840, 

 446; 1841,328; 1842, 210; 1813, 129. 



, report for providing meteorological 



instruments for M. Agassiz and Mr. 

 M'Cord, 1841, 41. 



