REPORTS, ETC.—- INDEX OF (SUBJECTS. 



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Flax plant, report on the composition and 

 economy of the, by Dr. Hodges, 1852, 

 273:— 

 History of flax cultivation in Ireland, 



The composition of the flax plant, 



274. 

 Account of the processes of cultivation, 



274. 

 An account of the methods of preparing 



the flax, 277. 

 Composition of the ash of the flax straw, 



286. 

 Flax cotton, 286. 



, report on, by Dr. Hodges, 1853, 67 ; 



1867, 126 :— 

 Composition of the unsteeped flax stem 



and of the dressed fibre, 126. 

 Examination of the steeping process, 

 129. 



plant (Linum perenne). Prof. Buck- 



. man's experiments on the growth of, 



1857,213; 1859, 22; 1860,42. 

 Fluids, report on the analytical theory of 

 hydrostatics and hydrodynamics, by Rev. 

 Prof. ChalHs, 1833, 131. 



I. Motion in pipes and vessels, 135. 



II. The velocity of propagation in 

 elastic fluids, 136, 



III. Musical vibrations in tubes, 140. 



IV. Waves at the surface of water, 142. 

 V. The resistance to the motion of a 



ball-pendulum, 149. 



, report on capillary attraction, by Eev. 



Prof. ChaUis, 1834, 253. 

 , supplementary report on the mathe- 

 matical theory of, by the Rev. Prof. Chal- 

 Hs, 1836, 225-252. 

 Introduction. 

 Mechanical theory of the atmosphere, 



226. 

 Theory of the velocity of sound, 233. 

 Propagation of sound through liquids, 



244. 

 Theories of elastic fluids, 246. 



, on the motions of, through orifices, 



tubes, artificial channels, canals, and 

 rivers, by a. Rennie, 1833, 153 ; 1834, 

 415. 

 , report on researches in hydrody- 

 namics, by Prof. Stokes, 1846, i. 



r~, vide Hydrostatics, Hydrodynamics, 



and Hydraulics. 

 Fluoric acid in mineral waters. Dr. Daubeny 



on, 1836, 19. 

 Fogs, dry. Prof. J. D, Forbes on the blood- 

 red colour of, 1840, 122. 

 Fomites, Dr. W. Henry on, 1834, 79. 

 Food, on the processes employed in the nu- 

 trition and reproduction of various parts 

 of the animal economy, by Prof. Liebig, 

 1842,42. 

 — — for cattle, on the growth of fenu- 

 greek, used for flavouring the, 1869, 

 28. 

 r- — , on the composition of, in relation to 



respiration and the feeding of animals, 

 by J. B. Lawes and Dr. J. H. Gilbert, 

 1852, 323. 



Food, on the equivalency of starch and 

 sugar in, by J. B. Lawes and Dr. J. H. 



, ailbert, 1854, 421. 



Foraminifera, Irish, W. Thompson on, 1843, 

 274; 1852, 295. 



of Belfast Bay, Prof. Williamson on 



the, 1857, 237. 



. , British, list of, 1860, 234. 



Forests, tropical, report of committee on 

 the effects in an economical and physical 

 point of view of the destruction of, 1851, 

 78. 



of India, on the, 1851, 79. 



Formations of the earth. Prof. Forchhammer 

 on the influence of fucoidal plants on the, 

 1844, 155. 



Formic acid in mineral waters, 1836, 29. 



Fossil and recent conchology at the British 

 Museum, report by the Marquis of North- 

 ampton on, 1840, 443. 



fishes of the old red sandstone, or De- 

 vonian system, on the, 1842, 80 ; synopti- 

 cal table of the species, by Prof. Agassiz, 

 87. 



fishes, British, arranged in the order of 



the geological formations, by Prof. Agas- 

 siz, 1843, 194. 



fishes of the London clay, Prof. Agas- 



feiz on the, 1844, 279 ; list of species, 



307- 

 fishes of the Dura Den yellow sand- 

 stone, 1860, 32. 

 Echinodermata, oolitic. Dr. T. Wright 



on the, 1856, 396-404. 

 mammalia 01 North America, Prof. H. 



D. Rogers on the, 1834, 23 ; Sir J. Rich- 



ards'on on the, 1836, 159. 

 mammalia, British, report on, by Pro£ 



Owen, 1842, 54; 1843, 208. 

 mammals of Australia, Prof. Owen oh 



the, 1844, 223. 



ornithology. Prof. H. E. Strickland 



on, 1844, 209. 



remains of extinct animals. Rev. W. 



Conybeare's report on, 1831-32, 402. 



remains taken in the dredge. Prof. E. 



Forbes on, 1850, 247. 

 reptiles, British, report on, by Prof. 



Owen, 1839, 43 ; 1840, 443 ; 1841, 60. 

 r and recent reptilia, Prof. Owen on the 



orders of, and their distribution in time, 

 ^ 1859, 153. 

 Fossils of N. America, Prof. H. D. Rogers 



on, 1834, 33-64. 



obtained by Mr. Slimon in the upper 



Silurians of Lesmahago, Lanarkshire,- 

 1859, 63. 



, Astorian, list of, 1856, 367. 



Foster's anemometer, 1844, 250. 



Fourier's (M.) hypothesis of the conduction 



of heat, 1841, 9. 

 Foxes, American, 18§6, 146; Irish, 1836, 



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