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REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Bovid.T, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 1843, 



232. 



Brachiopoda, 1834, 224 ; ^gean Sea, 1843, 

 141, 193; Irish, 1843, 259; 1857, 108, 

 225 ; West coast of N. America, 1856, 298 ; 

 North-east Atlantic, &c., 1856, 1 14; South 

 European, 1850, 265 ; British, 1860, 222. 



, list of, for local museums, 1855, 116. 



-, Dr. Carpenter on the microscopic 



structure of the shells of, 1844, 16 ; 1847, 



93- 

 Brachyiu-a, Irish, 1843, 267 ; 1852, 293 ; 



1857, 112; 1858, 263, 265, 286, 292; 



1859, 80 ; 1860, 3 1 ; of the Clyde, 1856, 50. 



, British, 1850, 243 ; list of, 1860, 222. 



Brain and nervous system. Dr. W. C. Henry 



on the physiology of the, 1833, 63. 



and nervous system, report of the 



Dublin Committee on the pathology of 

 the, 1836, 283. 



Brass, E.. Mallet on its power to preserve cast- 

 and wrought-iron in sea-water, 1838, 293. 



Brassica oleraeea (wild cabbage). Prof. Buck- 

 man on, 1859, 28 ; 1860, 37. 



Breaks for railway trains, experiments on, 

 by W. Fairbairn, 1859, 76. 



Brendel's water-pressure engine, J. Glynn 

 on, 1848, 12. 



Bridges, P. W. Barlow on the mechanical 

 effect of combining girders and suspension 

 chains, &c., 1857, 238. 



• , suspension, C. Vignoles on their 



adaptation to sustain the passage of rail- 

 way trains, 1857, 154; 1858, 293. 



, experiments on the effect of vibratory 



action and long-continued changes of 

 load upon wrought-iron girders of, by 

 W. Fairbairn, 1860, 45. 



British Association Catalogue of Stars (ex- 

 tension of the Royal Astronomical So- 

 ciety's Catalogue), report on, 1838, 316 ; 

 1839, 174; 1840, 425; 1841, 330; 1842, 

 206; 1845, 340. 



Bromic acid, its effects when injected into 

 the veins, J. Blake on, 1845, 83. 



Bromides, test for chlorine in. Prof. Johnston 

 on, 1831-32, 466. 



Bromine in salt springs, Dr. Daubeny on, 

 1836, 16. 



and iodine. Dr. T. Andrews on the 



heat of combination of, 1849, 78. 



Brychetus MuUeri, fossil. Prof. Agassiz on, 

 1844, 293. 



Bryozoaof the ^gean Sea, 1843, 151 ; Irish, 

 1843, 284 ; 1852, 296 ; West coast of 

 N. America, 1856, 298 ; British, with lo- 

 calities, 1850, 242. {vide Polyzoa.) 



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



Buccinidse, Irish, 1843, 257 ; 1852, 292 ; 

 1857, 106, 228 ; ^gean, 1843, 133 ; South 

 European, 1850, 266, et scq. ; North-east 

 Atlantic, &c., 1856, 131; West Coast of 

 North America, 1856, 341 ; British, 1850, 

 204, 226 ; 1860, 218. 



Buccinxmi reticulatura, C. W. Peach on, 

 1843, 129. 



Bulimus, Dr. W. Carj^enter on the structure 

 of the shell of the, 1847, 109. 



Bullidee of the iEgean Sea, 1843, 134, 187 ; 

 of Ireland, 1843, 252 ; of the West coast 

 of N. America, 1856, 313 ; of the North- 

 east Atlantic, 1856, 145 ; British, 1800, 

 219. 



Bylandt's " Th^orie des Volcans," extracts 

 from, by R. Mallet, 1850, 21. 



Cacciatore mercurial dish, used in Seismo- 

 metry, R. Mallet on the, 1858, 73, 78. 



Caffre languages, 1847, 189, 218. 



Calcareous formations of North America, 

 Prof. H. D. Rogers on the, 1834, 51. 



Calcium, chloride of, experiments made at 

 the Kew Observatory on insulation by 

 means of, 1844, 138. 



Callionymida? of the China and Japan seas, 

 Sir J. Richardson on the, 1845, 210, 319. 



Calyptra?a, Dr. W, Carpenter on the struc- 

 ture of the shell of the, 1847, 114, 133. 



CamacadsB of Ireland, 1843, 261 ; British, 

 ISOO, 221. 



Camcroons language, 1847, 172. 



Camphor, artificial, analysis of, 1831-32, 

 512. 



, Dr. Daubeny on the term, 1851, 127. 



Canals, G-. Rennie on the progress of hy- 

 draulic engineering with reference to, 

 1834, 415 ; in England, 473. 



Canis, fossil, L'l'itish, Prof Owen on the, 



1842, 70. 



Cannon, on metals for, 1855, 100. 

 Capillary attraction, report by Rev. Prof. 



Challis on the theory of, 1834, 253 ; 1836, 



249. 



ascension and diffusion of saline so- 

 lutions, 1859, 306. 



Capra, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on the, 



1843, 236. • 



Caprellidse, British, C. Spence Bate on the, 



1855, 60. 

 Caprimulgidffi of North America, 1836, 179 ; 



of Dukhun, 1837, 248 ; of Ireland, 1840, 



372- 

 Carbon, bisulphuret of, Prof. Johnston on, 



1831-32, 463. 



, new chloride of, 1831-32, 518. 



Carbonate of lead. Prof. Johnston on, 



1831-32, 481. 

 of lime (Arragonite), Prof. Johnston 



on, 1831-32, 480 ; hydrated, 481. 



of soda. Dr. Daubeny on its ori- 

 gin in certain secondary rocks, 1836, 24. 



of soda and lime, 1831-32, 480. 



Carbonic acid evolved from mineral waters. 



Dr. Daubeny on, 1836, 36, 71. 

 acid, Dr. G. L. Roupell on its effecfs 



when thrown into the veins and the carotid 



artery, 1841, 28. 

 acid, its action on the growth of plants, 



by R. Hunt, 1848, 84 ; by Dr. Daubeny, 



1848, 07; 1849, 56; 1850, 159. 

 Carboniferous system, table of British fishes 



of the, by Prof. Agassiz, 1843, 195. 



