REPORTS, ETC. INDEX 01? SUBJECTS. 



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Arabine (gum), analysis of, 1831-32, 511. 



Araclmida, Rev. L. Jenyns on the state of 

 our knowledge of the, 1834, 200. 



of Dukhun, 1837, 253. 



, Irish, 1843, 270. 



, list of, for local museums, 1855, 118. 



, British, list of, compiled by H. M'An- 



drew, 1860, 226. 



Arachnodermata of the ^gean Sea, Prof. 

 E. Forbes on the, 1843, 146. 



Araneidea, report on the structure, func- 

 tions, and economy of the, by J. Black- 

 wall, 1844, 62. 



, R. H. Meade on some points in the 



anatomy of the, especially on the struc- 

 ture of their spinning organs, 1858, 157. 



Arcacese, Dr. Carpenter on the microscopic 

 structure of the shells of, 1847, 10 1, 131. 



of the jEgean Sea, 1843, 144, 192 ; 



Irish, 1843, 260; 1852, 293 ; 1857, 105 ; 

 South European, 1850, 265 ; British, 1850, 

 209, 236 ; 1860, 221 ; West coast of N. 

 America, 1856, 310 ; North-east Atlantic, 

 &c., 1856, 142. 



Archetype and homologies of the Verte- 

 brate skeleton, Prof. Owen on the, 1846, 

 169. 



Arctic regions, temperature of the, 1831-32, 

 216. 



Ardeida3, North American, 1836, 182 ; of 

 Dukhun, 1837, 250 ; of Ireland, 1840, 374. 



Arenicola, Dr. T.Williams on the, 1851, 171, 

 174, 177, 186, 188, 195, 227, 248. 



Arian and aboriginal languages of India, 

 Dr, Max Miiller on the relation of the 

 Bengali to the, 1847, 319. 



Ariciada3, Dr. T. Williams on the, 1851, 

 199, 216, 235. 



, British, 1860, 228. 



Aristotle on earthquakes, 1850, 3, 83. 



Arragonite, 1831-32, 480. 



Arsenic, experiments on, by Cavendish, 

 1839, 50. 



-^ — , J. Blake on the physiological action 

 of, 1843, 118. 



, on cases of poisoning by, 1835, 225, 23 5. 



Art, pictorial, applied to ornithology. Prof. 

 II. E. Strickland on, 1844, 201. 



Arteries and absorbents, report of the Lon- 

 don Committee on the communication 

 between the, by Dr. Hodgkin, 1836, 

 289. 



Artery, carotid, Dr. G. L. Roupell on tlie 

 effects of carbonic acid when thrown into 

 the, 1841, 28. 

 Artesian wells, on the supply of water from, 



by J. F. Bateman, 1855, 69. 

 Artillery, provisional report on the pro- 

 perties of metals, and effects of various 

 modes of treating them which are of im- 

 portance to the durabilitv and efficiency of, 

 1855, 100. 

 Ascidia of the iEgean Sea, 1843, 146 ; Irish, 

 1843,264; 1852, 292; 1857, 105, hi; 

 British, 1850, 241 ; list of, 1860, 222. 

 Ashantee language, 1847, 169. 



Asiatic and African ethnology, on the re- 

 sults of the Egyptian researches in re- 

 ference to, 1847, 254. 



Asphyxia, notice of researches on, 1843, 294. 



Astarte, ^gean. Prof. Forbes on the, 1843, 

 144, 192. 



Asteroidea of the ^gean Sea ; 1843, 148, 

 150; Irish, 1843, 279 ; 1852, 296 ; Brit- 

 ish, 1860, 230. 



, oolitic. Dr. T. Wright on the, 1856, 



402. 



Astronomical Society's catalogue of stars 

 (British Association Catalogue), reports 

 on the extension of, 1838, 316; 1839, 174 ; 

 1840,425; 1841, 330; 1842, 206; 1&45, 



340. 

 Astronomy, Prof. Airy's report on the pro- 

 gress of, 1831-32, 125 :— 



1. A short general history of institu- 

 tions and periodical publications, 

 126. 



2. An account of some of the instru- 

 ments principally in use, 131. 



3. A statement of the improvements in 

 the catalogues of fundamental stars, 

 including the discussions of the va- 

 rious corrections, 135. 



4. An account of the more extended 

 star catalogues, with the tables for 

 facilitating the corrections, 143. 



5. Notices upon the measures of double 

 stars, the observations of nebulae, &c., 

 146. 



6. An account of the principal obser- 

 vations, tables, &c. of the sun and 

 moon, the old planets and their sa- 

 tellites, 149. 



7. History of the new planets and pe- 

 riodical comets; and of comets ge- 

 nerally, 156. 



8. Account of measures whose object is 

 to determine the figure of the earth, 

 165. 



9. General history of physical theories, 

 169. 



10. Comparison of the progress of Astro- 

 nomy in England with that in other 

 countries, 180. 



11. Suggestion of points to which it 

 seems desirable that the attention of 

 astronomers should be directed, 186. 



in Belgium, M. Quetelet on, 1835, 57. 



, vide Stars, &c. 



Atherinidece of North America, Sir J. Ri- 



cliardson on the, 1836, 207, 211. 

 Atmosphere, Prof. J. D. Forbes on the 



constitution of the, 1831-32, 206. 

 , Rev. Prof. Challis on the mechanical 



theory of the, 1836, 226. 

 , W. West on apparatus for the de- 

 tection and measurement of gases in the, 



1838, 316; 1839, 171. 

 , Prof. J. D. Forbes on the distribution 



of vapour in the, 1840, loi. 

 , repoi*t on experiments with balloons 



for ascertaining the condition of the upper 



