REPORTS^ ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS, 



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Algebraical transcendents, researches into 



the properties of, by R. L. Ellis, 1846, 43. 

 Alizaric acid, Dr. Schunck on, 1847, 140; 



1848, 64. 

 Alizarin, a colouring matter. Dr. Schunck 



on, 1846, 25; 1847, 136, 138: 1848, 57, 



61, 71. 

 Alkalies, vegetable. Prof. Johnston on the, 



1831-32, 499, 508 ; list of/ 510. 

 , Tcgetable, Dr. Daubeny on the no- 

 menclature of the, 1851, 127. 

 Alkaline and indifferent principles, list of, 



by Prof. Johnston, 1831-32, 528. 

 Alluvial deposits of North America, Prof. II. 



D. Rogers on, 1834, 8 ; alluvial terraces, 



10 ; ancient alluvium, 18. 

 Alphabetical writing, Eev. Dr. Donaldson 



on, 1851, 151. 

 Alpha-resin, as a colouring matter, Dr. 



Schunck on, 1848, 57, 67. 

 Alpine plants of Scotland, 1836, 258. 

 Alum slate, Scandinavian, Prof. G-. Porch- 

 hammer on the metamorphosis of the, 



1844, 155. 

 Ammolin, Prof. Johnston on, 1831-32, 526. 

 Ammonia and potash, Prof. Johnston on 



the isomorphism of, 1831-32, 431. 

 — — — in springs. Dr. Daubeny on, 1836, 28. 

 obtained from iron-furnaces. Prof. 



Bunsen and Dr. Lyon Playfair on, 1845, 



180. 

 ' , sulphate of, and chloride of barium, 



Dr. T. Andrews on the heat of combina- 

 tion of, 1849, 72. 

 Amorphozoa of the JEgean Sea, 1843, 152 ; 



Irish, 1843, 286; 1852, 296; 1857, 112; 



British, 1850, 246 ; list of, 1860, 235. 

 Ampelidae of North America, 1836, 172; of 



Ireland, 1840, 368. 

 Amphibia, North American, Sir J. Richard- 

 son on the, 1836, 148, 201. 

 , Irish, W. Thompson on the, 1840, 



384, 406. 

 Amphipoda, Ir-ish, W. Thompson on the, 



1843, 268 ; 1852, 294. 

 , British, C. Spence Bate on the, 1855, 



18, 57- 



■ , British, list of, 1860, 223, 



Amphisbeeniai, American, 1836, 2Co. 

 Amphitherium, fossil, British, Prof. Owen 



on, 1842, 57. 

 Amphitrita^, Dr. T. Williams on the, 1851, 



168, 193, 207, 225, 229. 

 Ampullaria, structure of the shell of the, 



1847, 109, 112. 

 AnabantidEe of the China Seas, Sir J. 



Richardson on the, 1845, 250. 

 Analcime (mineral). Prof Johnston on, 



1837, 192. 

 Analysis, Rev. Dr. Peacock's report on the 



progress of certain branches of, 1833, 



185-352:— 

 Algebra, 185 ; elementary works, 282. 

 Trigonometry, 288. 

 Theory of equations : — 



Composition of equations, 296. 



General solution of equations, 305. 

 On the solution of numerical equa- 

 tions, 322 ; errata, 352. 



Analysis (theory of the comparison of trans- 

 cendentals), report on the progress of, by 

 R. L. Ellis, 1846, 34; list of papers con- 

 nected with the subject, 84. 



Anatidae of North America, 1836, 183; of 

 Dukhun, 1837, 251; Irish, 1840, 377, 

 378, 379 ; 1852, 291. 



Anatina, structure of the shell in the. Dr. 

 W. B. Carpenter on the,;i844, 10 ; 1847, 

 103, 131. 



Anatomy of birds. Prof. H. E. Strickland on 

 the, 1844, 204. 



of the Amphipoda, C. Spence Bate 



on the, 1855, 18. 



of the Annelida, Dr. T. "Williams 



on the, 1851, 167. 



• of the ^iraneidea, on the, 1844, 62 ; 



1858, 157. 



of the Polyzoa, 1850, 307. 



• , on the nomenclature of, by Prof. 



Owen, 1846, 169. 

 , on the archetype and homologies of 



the vertebrate skeleton, by Prof. Owen, 



1846, 169. 

 , ijathological, on the effects of acrid 



poisons on the mucous membrane, 1835, 



211, 235. 



■ , vegetable, Dr. Lindley on, 1833, 27. 



Anemometer, Prof. J. D. Forbes on the, 



1831-32, 247 ; 1840, 103. 

 • , Osier's, at Plymouth, report on, by 



Sir W. S. Harris, 1844, 241. 

 , self-registering, A. E. Osier's report 



on the observations recorded at Birming- 

 ham by the, 1840, 321. 

 , Osier's, at Inverness, report on, by 



Sir D. Brewster, 1841, 329; 1842, 206. 

 , Osier's, report on the action of, at 



Edinburgh, by Prof. J. D. Forbes, 1840, 



435- 



, Osier's, description of, 1844, 253 ; 



1846, 343.^ 



and rain-gauge at the Liverpool Ob- 

 servatory, account of the, with a summary 

 of the records, by A. F. Osier, 1855, 127. 



, Whewell's, tables &c. of observations 



made with, at Mount Wise, Devonport, 

 by Sir W. Snow Harris, 1838, 28. ^ 



, Whewell's, report 01a the working of, 



at Plymouth, by Sir W. Snow Harris, 

 1840, 157; 1841, 36; 1844,241. 



, Whewell's, description of, 1844, 242. 



', Rev. W. Foster's, Sir W. Snow Harris 



on, 1844, 250. 



, self-recording, description of a, by R. 



Beckley, 1858, 306. 



Anemometers of the Kew Observatory, 1844, 

 129, 142; 1851, 341, 368; 1855, XXX ; 

 1856, xxxi; 1858, 306. 



Anemometry, Professor Phillips on, 1846, 

 340:— 

 Mechanical effects of the movement of 

 the atmosphere, 1846, 340. 



