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REPORTS, ETC. — INDEX OF AUTHORS. 



Babington (Prof. C. C), report on typical 

 objects in natural history for local mu- 

 seums, 1855, io8; 1856, 461. 

 Bache (Dr. A. D.) on the magnetic obser- 

 vatory at Philadelphia, 1842, 209. 



Baily (P.), report on the comparative mea- 

 surement of the Aberdeen standard scale, 

 1835, 91. 



, report on the reduction of Greenwich 



observations of the moon, 1838, 315. 



, report on the establishment of an ob- 

 servatory at Liverpool, 1838, 316. 



, report on the reduction of the 



stars in the Histoire Celeste, 1838, 316 ; 

 1839, 174; 1840, 426; 1841, 330; 1842, 

 205. 



, report on the extension of the Astro- 

 nomical Society's Catalogue of Stars 

 (British Association Catalogue of Stars), 

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

 330; 1842, 206. 



, report on the application to Govern- 

 ment relative to the Royal Observatory 

 at the Cape of Good Hope, 1839, 

 172. 



, report on the nomenclature of the 



stars, 1839, 172; 1840, 426; 1841, 44; 

 1843, 292 ; 1844, 32 ; Appendix, 34. 



Baines (Et. Hon. M. T.), report on the pa- 

 tent laws, 1859, 191. 



Baird (Dr.), typical list of Entomostraca 

 for local museums, 1855, 120. 



Balfour (Prof.), report on typical objects 

 in natural history for local museums, 

 1855, 108; 1856, 461. 



, report on dredging, 1856, 47. 



Ball (E..), report on the marine zoology of 

 Great Britain, 1840, 444; 1841, 331; 

 1842,213. 



, report on the periodical phenomena of 



animals and vegetables, 1845, 321. 



Barlow (P.), report on the strength of ma- 

 terials, 1833, 93. 



Barlow (P. W.) on the mechanical effect of 

 combining girders and suspension chains, 

 and a comparison of the weight of metal 

 in ordinary and suspension girders, to 

 produce equal deflections with a given 

 load, 1857, 238. 



Bartlett (Mr.), report on the marine 

 zoology of Britain, 1842, 213. 



Bate (C. Spence), report on the British 

 Edriophthahna, 1855, 18. 



Bateman (J. F.) on the supply of water to 

 towns, 1855, 62. 



Beckley (R.), description of a self-record- 

 ing anemometer, 1858, 306. 



Beeciiey (Admiral), report on the effects 

 produced upon the channels of the Mersey, 

 by the alterations made in its banks, 1855, 

 143 ; 1856, I. 



Belcher (Capt. Sir E.), report on metals 

 for ordnance, 1855, 100. 



Bell (Dr. J. P.) on the character and 

 measurements of degradation of the 

 Yorkshire coast, 1853, 81. 



Bell (T.), typical list of Podophthalma for 

 local museums, 1855, 119. 



Bellamy (H.), report on the marine zoology 

 of Britain, 1842, 213. 



Berkeley (Rev. M. J.), report on typical 

 objects in natural history for local mu- 

 seums, 1855, 108; 1856,461. 



BiNNEY (E. W.), report on the excavation 

 made at the junction of the lower new 

 red sandstone with the coal-measures at 

 Colly hurst, near Manchester, 1843, 241. 



BiRT (W. R.), reduction of meteorological 

 observations, 1841, 42 ; 1842, 208. 



, reports on atmospheric waves, 1844, 



267; 1845, 112; 1846, 119, 372; 1847, 

 351; 1848,35. 



, details of observations of meteors, 



1849, 50. 



, report on electrical observations at 



Kew, 1849, 113. 

 , observations of luminous meteors, 



1850, 106; 1852, 232, 234; 1853, 15, 

 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 34. 



on a luminous beam seen in the sky, 



1S54, 410. 

 Blackwall (John), report on the structure, 



functions and economy of the Araneidea, 



1844, 62. 

 Blake (J.), report on the physiological ac- 

 tion of medicines, 1843, 115; 1845, 82; 



1846, 27. 

 Boguslawski (Prof. Von), letter relative to 



the magnetical observatory at Breslau, 



1840, 431. 

 on magnetic observations, 1842, 11 ; 



1843, 59; 1844, 154. 



on the comet of 1843 ; 1845, 86. 



Bond (Prof. W. C.) on a meteor seen at 



Cambridge, U.S., 1855, 94. 

 Booth (Rev. Dr. J.) on the trigonometry of 



the parabola, and the geometrical origin 



of logarithms, 1856, 68. 

 Boreham (W. W.), observations of meteors, 



1851, 39 ; 1852, 230, 233 ; 1853, 34. 

 Boult (J.), report on the changes in the 



channels of the Mersey, 1855, 143 ; 

 1856, I. 

 Bowerbank (J. S.), report on typical objects 

 in natural history for local museums, 



1855, 108; 1856,461. 



on the vital powers of the Spongiadee, 



1856, 438 ; 1857, 121. 



Brand (Mr.), report on engraving skeleton 

 maps for recording the distribution of 

 plants and animals, 1840, 445 ; 1841, 



3^7- 

 Bread ALBANE (Marquis of), memorial on the 



Ordnance Survey of Scotland, 1851, 370. 

 Brewster (Sir D.), the honorary degree of 



D.C.L. conferred on, by the University of 



Oxford, 1831-32, 100. 



, report on optics, 1831-32, 308. 



, report on the hourly meteorological 



observations kept in Scotland, 1839, 27 ; 



1840, 349 ; 1841, 329 ; 1842, 206 ; 1843, 



292, 293; 1844, 391. 



