SECTIONS. — INDEX OF AUTHORS. 



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Booth (Rev. Dr. J.) on an improved in- 

 strument for describing spirals, 1860, 60. 



* on the true principles of an income- 

 tax, 1860, 184. 



on a deep-sea pressure-gauge, invented 



by Mr. H. Johnson, 1860, 202. 



*BoRcnARDT (M.) sur leprincipe du dernier 

 multiplicateur dans les problemes de me- 

 canique, 1847, i. 



BosE (C. M. von), remarks on the volume 

 theory of gases, 1860, 71. 



*BoswARRA (J.), notice of the heave of a 

 copper lode, 1841, 64. 



BoTHWELL (G-. B.) on the manufactm-es 

 and trade of Aberdeen, 1859, 200. 



^BouLT (J.), diagrams illustrative of the 

 changes in the bed of the river Mersey 

 and its approaches, 1854, 117. 



* on the importance of periodical en- 

 gineering surveys of tidal harbours, 1855, 



147. 



BouTiGNY (M.) on the spheroidal state of 

 bodies, and its application to steam- 

 boilers, and on the freezing of water in 

 red-hot vessels, 1845, 27. 



■ on the cause which maintains bodies 



in the spheroidal state beyond the sphere 

 of physico-chemical activity, 1851, 44. 



BowDiTCH (W. R.) on the formation of hail, 

 as illustrated by local storms, 1858, 34. 



BowERBANK (Dr. J. S.) on the probable di- 

 mensions of the great shark (Carcharias 

 megalodon) of the red crag, 1851, 54. 



on the pterodactyles of the chalk for- 

 mation, 1851, 55. 



on the remains of a gigantic bird from 



the London clay of Sheppey, 1851, 55. 



on the origin of siliceous deposits in 



the chalk formation, 1856, 63. 



Bowman (Mr.) on a remarkable rainbow, 

 1840, 12. 



Bowman (E.) on determining distances by 

 the telescope, 1841, 42. 



Bowman (J. E.) on the bone-cave at Cefn 

 in Denbighshire, 1836, 88. 



— — on the longevity of the yew, and the 

 antiquity of planting it in churchyards, 

 1836, loi.^ 



on microscopic vegetable skeletons 



found by Mr. Binney in the peat near 

 Gainsborough, 1839, 71. 



■ on a species of dodder (Cuscuta epi- 



linum), 1839, 89. 



■ on the upper Silurian formation in the 



Yale of Llangollen, and on a plateau of 

 igneous rocks on the east flank of the 

 Berwyn range, 1840, 100. 



on the upper Silurian rocks of Den- 

 bighshire, 1841, 59. 



Bowman (W.) on some points in the ana- 

 tomy of the eye, chiefly with reference to 

 its power of adjustment, 1847, 91. 



BowNESs (E.) on a plan for drawing coals 

 from pits without ropes or chains, 1844, 98. 



BowRiNG (Dr.) on plague and quarantine, 

 1838, 120. 



BowRiNG (J. C.) on the theory and practice 

 of amalgamation of silver ores in Mexico 

 and Peru, 1844, 28. 



*BoYS (Rev. Mr.) on the choice of sites for 

 colonial towns, 1845, 90. 



Bracebridge (C. H.) on rural statistics, 

 illustrated by those of the Atherstone 

 Union, 1844,* 93. 



on the county of Warwick asylum for 



juvenile offenders, 1849, 87. 



on self-supporting dispensaries, with 



statistics of the Coventry Provident Dis- 

 pensary, 1858, 170. 



^Bradley (Rev. J.) on the boring of Sabella?, 

 1848, 125. 



Brady (A.) on the elephant-remains at 

 Ilford; 1859, 130. 



*Braham (Mr.) on an improvement in 

 Pope's fluid compass, 1836, 132. 



Braid (J.) on the physiology of fascination, 

 1855, 120. 



Brakenridge (J.) on the working and ven- 

 tilation of coal-mines, 1857, 180. 



Brand (Mr.) on the statistics of British 

 botany, 1839, 89. 



*Brand (Mr. Consul) on the Portuguese 

 possessions of South-west Africa, 1855, 

 147. 



Brandt (J. F.), notice of his zoological in- 

 vestigations, 1840, 137. 



Braschmann (Prof.), considerations on the 

 principles of analytical mechanics, 1842, 4. 



Brazier (J. S.) on Irish bog butter, 1852, 



35- 

 on the action of concentrated sulphuric 



acid on cubebin in relation to the test for 



strychnine by bichromate of potash and 



sulphuric acid, 1859, 256. 



on dugong oil, 1859, 256. 



* on distilled water, 1859, 256. 



, laboratory memoranda, 1859, 257. 



Brennecke (Dr.) on some solutions of the 



problem of tactions of Apolloniusof Perga 



by modern geometry, 1860, 4. 

 Brent (J. B.), a comparison of athletic 



men of Great Britain with Greek statues, 



1851, 84. 

 Brent (W. B.) on the stature and relative 



proportions of man at different epochs 



and in different countries, 1844, 82. 

 ■ on the height, weight, and strength of 



man, 1845, 80. 

 Brett (R. H.) on the physical and chemical 



characters of expectoration in different 



diseases of the lungs, 1837, 125. 

 Brett (J. W.) on the origin of the submarine 



telegraph, and its extension to India and 



America, 1854, 7. 

 Breunner (Count) on the use of wire ropes 



in deep mines, 1838, 150. 

 Brewster (Sir D.) on the progress of the 



science of mineralogy, 1831-32, 60. 

 on an instrument for distinguishing pre- 

 cious stones and minerals, 1831-32, 72. 

 on the crystalline lens in fishes, birds, 



reptiles, and quadrupeds, 1831-32, 81. 



