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JREPORTS, ETC»— INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



African ethnology, Dr. C. C. J. Bunsen 

 on the results of, 1847, 254. 

 Elardic and palmic acids, Prof. Johnston 



on, 1831-32, 505. 

 Electrical observatory, Kew, 1843, xxxix ; 

 , 1844, 121 ; 1845, 341 ; 1848, xrii; 1849, 

 80, 113; 1850,176; electrical apparatus, 

 1851, 336. 



■ observatory for transport, F. Ronalds 



on an, 1851, 338. 

 ciu'rents among stratified rocks, gal- 

 vanic experiments to determine the ex- 

 istence or non-existence of, by H. L. Pat- 

 tinson, 1839, 23. 



observations at Kew, report by W. R. 



Birt on the discussion of the, 1849, 113. 

 Part I. Positive electricity, 113. 

 Part II. Negative electricity, 176. 

 Electricity, magnetism, and heat, Rev. Dr. 

 Wheweirs report on the mathematical 

 theories of, 1835, 1-34:— 

 Introduction, i. 

 Electricity, 2. 

 Laplace's coefficients, 7. 

 Magnetism, 10. 

 Heat, 17. 



1. Experimental thermotical princi- 

 ples, 17. 



2. Fundamental mathematical for- 

 mulae, 19. 



3. Mathematical solutions of the equa- 

 tions, 24. 



4. Applications of the solutions, 30. 



a. Motion of heat in the earth, 30. 



b. Central heat, 31. 



c. Cosmical heat, 32. 



, report on thermo-electricity, by the 



Rev. Prof. Gumming, 1831-32, 301. 



, atmospheric. Prof. J. D. Forbes on, 



1831-32, 252; 1840, 116. 



, atmospheric, experiments on frequency 



of, at the Kew observatory, 1844, 141 ; 

 1850, 177, 179; 1851, 354. 



, atmospheric, experiments on induction 



by, at the Kew observatory, 1844, 140. 



, atmospheric, frequency paper for ob- 

 servation of, used at Kew observatory, 

 1850, 179. ^ 



■ , atmospheric, report of committee on 



portable apparatus for observing, 1860, 

 44. 



— — , Prof. Schonbein on phenomena of po- 

 larization caused by, 1840, 212. 



— — of metallic veins, R. W. Fox on the, 

 1837, 133. 



— — , vide Friction, Gralvanic experiments, 

 Magnetism. 



Electro-chemistry, researches in, by Prof. 

 Schonbein, 1840, 209 ; 1845, 91. 



, report on, by Prof. W. A. MiUer, 1857, 



158. 



Electrograph at the Kew observatory, on the, 



1844, 126. 



Electrolysis of water, the odour developed 

 by the, Prof. Schonbein on, 1840, 209 ; 



1845, 92. 



Electro-magnetic meteorological register at 



Kew observatory, report on, by Prof. 



Wheatstone, 1843, xl. 

 Electro-meteorological observations at the 



Kew observatory, specimen of, 1844, 132 ; 



1850, 179; 1851, 354, 357. 

 Electrometer, atmospheric, self-recording, 



report of committee on, 18G0, 44. 

 Electrometers of the Kew observatory, 1843, 



xxxix; 1844, 123, 135, 141, 142; 1845, 



341; 1849, 81; 1851, 337. 

 Electro-negative metals, 1831-32, 468. 

 Electro -positive metals, reduction of, 1831- 



32, 475. 

 Electroscope, Bennet's gold-leaf, at the Kew 



observatory, 1844, 125; 1851, 337. 

 Elephas, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 



1843, 208. 

 primigenius, remains of, N. America, 



1834,25. 

 Eleutheropomi, cartilaginous fish, Irish, 

 . 1840, 397 ; 1852, 292 ; of North America, 



1836, 221 ; of the seas of China and 



Japan, 1845, 198. 

 Elevation and earthquakes, report on the 



geological theories of, by W. Ilopldns, 



1847,33:- 



Part I. Sect. I, On the phenomena and 

 theories of volcanos, 33. 

 Sect. II. On the form, solidification and 

 thickness of the earth's crust, 40. 

 Part II. On the effects of subterranean 

 forces on the solid crust of the 

 earth, 57. 

 Sect. I. Theories of elevation, 57. 

 Sect. II. Yibratory motions of the 

 earth's crust produced by subter- 

 ranean forces — earthquakes, 74. 

 Elk, Irish, fossil, Prof. Owen on the, 1843, 



237. 

 Eiaydidse, North American, Sir J. Richard- 

 son on, 1836, 199. 



, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 1841, 



160. 

 Emydosaurii, American, 1836, 200. 

 Emys testudiniformis, fossil, Prof. Owen on 



the, 1841, 161. 

 Enaliosaui'ia, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on 

 the general characters of the order, 1839, 

 45 ; characters of the genus Plesiosaurus 

 and Ichthyosaurus, 49, 86, species of the, 

 126. 



, 1841, 60 (Pliosaurus brachydeirus and 



P. trochanterius). 

 Eneke's comet, 1831-32, 188. 

 Endemics, Dr. W. Henry on, 1834, %^. 

 Engine-governors, marine and stationary, 



Silver's, 1859, 123. 

 Engineering, report on the progress of hy- 

 draulics as a branch of, by Gr. Rennie, 

 188.3, 153; 1834,415. 

 Engines, water-pressure, 1847, 147 ; 1848, 



II ; 1854, 417. 

 Entomology of Dukhun, Col. Sykes on the, 

 1837, 252. 

 , vide Insects. 



