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REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Indo-European languages, 1847, ^41, 261. 

 Indo-Gkrman philology, Rev. Dr. Donald- 

 son on two problems in, 1851, 138. 

 Induction, experiments on, by atmospheric 



electricity, at the Kew observatory, 1844, 



140. 

 , photochemical, Prof. Bunsen and Dr. 



H. E. Roscoe on, 1856, 65. 

 Industrial Feeding-schools, Aberdeen, A. 



Thomson's report on the, 1859, 44. 

 Inferobranchiata of the ^gean Sea, Prof. 



E. Forbes on the, 1843, 133, 134, 187. 



of Ireland, 1843, 251. 



Infinite angles, Dr. C. J. Hargreave on, 



1857, 188. 

 Infraorbital cavities in deers and antelopes. 



Prof. Jacob on the, 1855, 208. 

 Infusoria, Rev. L. Jenyns on the state of 



our knowledge of the, 1834, 242. 

 Inoculation, Dr. W. Henry on, 1834, 73. 

 Inorganic chemistry, report on, by Prof. 



Johnston, 1831-32, 447, 487. 

 — — substances, R. Mallet on the action of 



long-continued heat on, 1838, 313. 

 Insectivora (Ord. Camivora) of North 



America, Sir J. Richardson on the, 1836, 



140. 

 , fossil, British, Prof. Owen on the, 



1842, 57. 

 Insects, Rev. L. Jenyns on the state of our 



knowledge of, 1834, 205. 



of Dukhun, Col. Sykes on, 1837, 252. 



of Ireland, 1843, 290. 



, list of, selected for observation of 



periodical phenomena, 1845, 336; 1850, 



343- 



Insessores of North America, 1836, 170, 192, 

 193 ; of Dukhim, 1837, 248 ; of Ireland, 

 1840, 366; 1852,291. 



Insulation, experiments on, at the Kew ob- 

 servatory, 1844, 138. 



, external apparatus for, 1851, 340. 



Insulators, comparative insulating powers 

 of, 1844, 135, 136, 137. 



Invertebrata, Rev. L. Jenyns on the state 

 of knowledge of the, 1834, 218. 



, marine, report on the infralittoral dis- 

 tribution of, on the southern, western, and 

 northern coasts of Great Britain, by Prof. 

 E. Forbes, 1850, 192. 



of the jEgean Sea, Prof. E, Forbes on 



the, 1843, 130. 



of the North-east Atlantic, &c., R. 



M'Andrew on the, 1856, 115. 



' of the West coast of North America, 



1856, 312. 



, South European, R. M'Andrew on, 



1850, 264. 



of Ireland, 1843, 245 ; 1852, 292 ; 



1857, 106 ; 1858, 178. 



• , British marine, list of the, by R. M'An- 

 drew, 1860, 217. 



, vide Dredging. 



lodate of soda, mode of preparing, 1831-32, 

 480. 



Iodic acid. Prof. Johnston on, 1831-32, 466. 



Iodic acid. Dr. J. Blake on its effects when 



injected into the veins, 1845, 83. 

 Iodine and bromine, heat of combination 



of. Dr. T. Andrews on, 1849, 78. 



and bromine in salt springs, 1836, 16. 



and chlorine, oxides of, Prof Johnston 



on, 1831-32, 465. 

 Iridium, salts of, on their action when in- 

 troduced into the blood, 1846, 27. 

 Iron, P. Barlow on the mean strength and 



elasticity of, 1833, 96-103. 

 , corrosion of, R. Mallet on the, 1838, 



253 ; 1840, 221 ; 1843, i. 

 — — , on paints and varnishes to prevent 



the corrosion of, 1838, 287; 1840, 238; 



1843, 19, 23. 

 manufacture in Great Britain, G. R. 



Porter on the progress of, 1846, 99-1 19. 

 , slags produced in the smelting and 



manufacture of. Dr. Percy on the, 1846, 



351- 



, on certain anomalous conditions in 



castings when produced from the same 

 iron in successive meltings, by W. Fair- 

 bairn, 1853, 87. 



, smelting of, report on the gases evolved 



from furnaces, with reference to the theory 

 of the, by Prof. Bunsen and Dr. L. Play- 

 fair, 1845, 142. 



works, Ystalyfera, on the advantageous 



use made of the gaseous escape from the 

 blast-furnaces of, by J. P. Budd, 1848, 75. 



, the contact of oak and all timbers 



which contain tannic or gallic acids in- 

 jurious to, 1843, 17. 



, cast, W. Fairbaim on the strength and 



other properties of, 1837, 377 ; 1842, 88. 



, cast. Prof. E. Hodgkinson on the 



strength and other properties of, 1837, 337. 



, cast, experiments on the ultimate 



transverse strength of, 1838, 312. 



, cast, by the cold and hot blast. Prof. 



T. Thomson on the difference in the com- 

 position of, 1837, 117. 



, cast, analyses of, 1843, 4. 



, cast, on the resistance of, derived 



from repeated meltings, to the force of 

 compression, by W. Fairbaim, 1853, 109. 



—— , wrought and cast, and steel, reports 

 of experiments upon the action of air and 

 water on, by R. Mallet, 1838, 253 ; 1840, 

 221 ; 1843, I. 



, wrought, W. Fairbaim on the tensile 



strength of, at various temperatures, 1856, 

 405 ; on the tensile strength of rivet-iron, 



415- 



, R. Mallet on railway bar corrosion, 



1843, 28 ; 1849, 88. 



beams, impact upon, 1835, 93. 



girders, wrought, on the effect of vi- 

 bratory action and long-continued changes 

 of load upon, 1860, 45. 



guns, on, 1855, 100. 



ships, on the corrosion of, 1843, 14. 



ships, injurious effect of oak timber, &c., 



in, 1843, 17. 



