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species were taken, Prof. E. Forbes on, 

 1850, 200, 220, 260. 

 Gasteropoda of the West coast of North 

 America, P.P. Carpenter on the, 1856, 312. 

 Prosobranchiata, British, list of, com- 

 piled by E. M'Andrew, 1860, 218. 



Opisthobranchiata, British, list of, 



compiled by R. M'Andrew, 1860, 219. 



Nudibranchiata, British, list of, 1860, 



220. 

 Gastric juice, its action on food, 1842, 50. 

 Gauging of water by triangular notches, 

 reports on the, by Prof. J. Thomson, 

 1856,46; 1858, 181; 1860,217. 

 Gaussian constants, A. Erman on the calcu- 

 lation of the, 1846, 92; 1847, 377; 1848, 

 98. 

 Gay-Lussac on earthquakes, 1850, 23. 

 Geckotidaa, North American, 1836, 200. 

 Geography, physical, of North America, 

 Prof. H. D. Rogers on the, 1834, i ; Sir 

 J. Richardson on the, 1836, 123. 

 Geological science, report on the progress, 

 state, and prospects of, by the Rer. W. 

 D. Conybeare, 1831-32, 365 ; palajon- 

 tology, 402. 

 ■ section across Europe, from the North 

 of Scotland to the Adriatic, 1831-32, 413. 

 — — sections of railway cuttings, report 

 of the committee on, 1841, 331; 1842, 

 38; 1843, 295. 



phenomena, Rev. W. V. Ilarcourt's 



report on the effects of long-continued 

 heat, illustrative of, 1860, 175. 



theories of elevation and earthquakes, 



W. Hopkins on the, 1847, 33. 

 Geology of North America, report on the, 

 by Prof. H. D. Rogers, 1834, 1-66 :— 

 Physical geography, i. 

 Geology of the United States, 6. 

 Volcanic action, 7. 

 Alluvial deposits, 8. 

 Recent changes in the Mississippi, 9. 

 Alluvial terraces, 10. 

 Of the coast islands and their probable 



origin, 11. 

 Raised estuary formations of the Gulf 



of Mexico, 13. 

 Diluvial action over North America, 14. 

 Ancient alluvium, 18. 

 Fossil mammaha of the United States, 



Localities of fossil mammalia, 25. 

 Tertiary formations, 29. 

 Synoptical table of recent and tertiary 

 formations of the United States, 



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Newer pleiocene of St. Mary's county,. 

 Maryland, 33. 



Formations of the older pleiocene and 

 meiocene periods, 35. 



Geographical range of the older pleio- 

 cene and meiocene formations, 36. 



Older tertiary, or eocene, 43. 



Steps in the history of the tertiary 

 formations of the United States, 49. 



Geology of N. America, continued. 

 Cretaceous formations, 50. 

 Calcareous formations, 51. 

 Ferruginous sands of New Jersey, &c., 



52. 

 Nummulite limestone, 59. 

 Organic remains discovered in New 

 Jersey, Delaware, and Alabama, 61. 



of Dukhun, Col. Sykes on the, 1837, 



219; ghats, 220; valleys, 221; terraces 

 and escarpments, 222 ; basalt, 223 ; dykes^ 

 224; ferruginous clay, 224; limestone, 

 225, 230; loose stones, 226; rocky heaps, 

 226 ; sheets of rock, 226 ; trap rocks, 227 ; 

 minerals, 229 ; natural salts, 229 ; ores, 

 229 ; organic remains, 229 ; thermal 

 springs, 230; extent of trap region, 230; 

 laterite, 230; granite, 230; sedimentary 

 rocks, 231. 



, vide Earth's crust. Fossils, Palajonto- 



logy. Rocks, &c. 



Geometrical interpretation of the algebraic 

 couple. Dr. C. J. Hargreave on the, 1857, 

 185. _ 



origin of logarithms. Rev. Dr. Booth 



on the, 1856, 68. 



Gerhardt's classification of chemical sub- 

 stances, 1859, I. 



Girders and suspension chains, P. W. Bar- 

 low on the : 

 1857, 238. 



, wrought-iron, experiments to deter- 

 mine the effect of vibratory action and. 

 long-continued changes of load upon, by 

 W. Fairbairn, 1860, 45. 



Glairine in mineral waters, Dr. Daubeny on, 

 1836, 30. 



Glands, &c. of the human body, report of 



- committee on the analysis of the, 1837» 

 139, 149. 



Globes and cylinders, glass, W. Fairbairn on 

 the collapse of, 1858, 174. 



Glories, &c., Prof, J. D. Forbes on the phe- 

 nomenon of, 1840, 137. 



Glycera, Dr. T. Williams on the, 1851, 174, 

 198, 214, 235. 



Glycerides, Dr. Daubeny on the, 1851, 131. 



Glycerine, 1859, 2, 5. 



Glyptoloemus Kinnairdii, of the Dura Deil 

 yellow sandstone, 1860, 33. . 



Glyptolepis leptopterus, fossil, Prof, Agassiz 

 on, 1842, 87 ; G. elegans, 87. 



Gneiss from Bugten, analysis of, by Prof. G. 

 Forchhammer, 1844, 168. 



Goat, fossil remains of, Prof. Owen on the, 

 1843, 236. 



Gobioidte of North America, Sir J. Richard- 

 san on the, 1836, 207, 211. 



of Ireland, 1840, 388 ; British, 1844, 



302. 



of New Zealand, Sir J. Richardson on 



the, 1842, 22. 



of the China seas, Sir J. Richardson 



on the, 1845, 204, 318, 319. 



Goitre, Dr. Daubeny on the cause of, 1836, 

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