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REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Language, Dr. C. C.J. Bunsen on the leading 

 points in the history of the philosophy of, 

 and of its results for general ethnology, 

 1847, 257 ; phenomena of, as to the 

 vestiges of its formation, development 

 and decay, 274 ; philosophical considera- 

 tions on the origin of, and the principle 

 of development in them, 285 ; classifica- 

 tion of languages, 291. 



, Chinese and Indo-Chinese, Dr. Pri- 



chard on the, 1847, 247. 



, Chinese, Dr. C. C. J. Bunsen on the, 

 1847, 282. 



of the Hindiis, General Briggs on the, 



: 1850, 173. 



, results of Egyptian researches as to 



the origin and history of, with particular 



reference to Asiatic and African ethno- 



. logy, by Dr. C. C. J. Bunsen, 1847, 254. 



Languages, brief history of philological in- 

 quiries exemplifying the diversity and 

 affinity of, 1831-32, 530. 



and their affinities. Dr. Prichard on 



the history of, 1847, 236. 



of Africa, Dr. Latham on the, 1847, 



154- 



of America, Dr. Prichard on the, 1847, 



'250. 

 , Arian and aboriginal, of India, on the 



relation of the Bengali to the, by Dr. 



Max Miiller, 1847, 319. 

 , Indo-European, Dr. Prichard on the, 



1847, 241. 

 , Syro- Arabian, Dr. Prichard on the, 



1847, 247. 

 , Turanian, or Ugro-Tartarian, Dr. 



Prichard on the, 1847, 244. 



, vide Philology. 



Laniadje of North America, 1836, 170; of 

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



366. 

 Laplace's coefficients, account of, by Eev. 



Dr. Whewell in his report on electricity, 

 : 1835, 7. 

 Laridae of North America, 1836, 184 ; of 



Dukhun, 1837, 251; of Ireland, 1840, 



380; 1852, 291. 

 Lead district of Alston Moor, galvanic ex- 

 periments in the, by H. L. Pattinson, 1839, 



23. 

 Lead-mining districts of Yorkshire, S. Eddy 



on the, 1858, 167. 

 Lead, acetate of, J. Blake on its action on 



animals, 1843, 115. 

 , acetate of, and sulphate of magnesia, 



or sulphate of soda, or sulphate of zinc, 



or sulphm'ic acid, or oxalic acid, Dr. T. 



Andrews on the heat of combinations of, 



1849, 73, 74. 

 , carbonate of, Prof. Johnston on, 1831- 



32,481. 

 , nitrate of, and sulphuric acid. Dr. 



T. Andrews on the heat of combination 



of, 1849, 74. 

 , phosphates of. Prof. Johnston on, 



1831-32, 484. 



Lead, sulphurets of, 1831-32, 478. 



, vanadiate of, 1831-32, 470. 



Leaves of plants. Prof. Lindley on the theory 

 of wood being generated by the action of, 



1833, 36 ; on the arrangement of, 40 ; on 

 the structure of, 41. 



Leech, British, Dr. T. Williams on the, 

 1851, 165-268. 



Legendre's law of reciprocity, 1859, 241. 



Leibnitz's Protog^ea, notice of, 1831-32, 366. 



Leiodon, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 

 1841, 144. 



Leporidse of North America, 1836, 157; 

 Irish, 1840, 361. 



Lerneada, Irish, 1843, 270; 1852, 294; 

 British, 1860, 226. 



Leucodore, Dr. T. Williams on the genus, 

 1851, 199, 2o8. 



Level line, measured from the Bristol Chan- 

 nel to the English Channel, report of 

 committee on a, by Eev. Dr. Whewell, 

 1838, I. 



Leveling operations between the Bristol 

 Channel and the English Channel, ac- 

 count of, by T. a. Bunt, 1838, 11. 



staff and vane, sketch of a, 1838, 



18. 



Libri's (M.) hypothesis of the conduction of 

 heat, 1841, 8, 10. 



Liebig's " Organic Chemistry applied to 

 Physiology and Pathology," abstract of, 

 by Dr. Lyon Playfair, 1842, 42. 



Life, Dr. W. C. Henry on the term, 1833, 59. 



Life-boats, on the construction and general 

 use of, by G-eneral Chesney, 1854, 327, 



and fishing-boats on the coasts of the 



United Kingdom, report on the, by A. 

 Henderson, 1857, 308. 



Light, report on the progress of optics, by 

 Sir D. Brewster, 1831-32, 308. 



, Rev. Dr. Lloyd on the state of our 



knowledge of the physical theory of, 1834, 



^95'— 



(Unpolarized), propagation of, 297 ; 

 principle of interference, 303 ; re- 

 flexion and refraction of, 305 ; diffrac- 

 tion, 323 ; colours of thin and thick 

 plates, 338. 

 (Polarized), polarization, 350; trans- 

 versal vibrations, 352; reflexion and 

 refraction of, 356 ; double refraction, 

 375 ; colours of crystalline plates, 



395- 



, on the phenomena of absorption by 



crystallized media, by Eev. Dr. Lloyd, 



1834, 393. 



, vide Solar, Spectrum, &c. 



, coloured, its action on germination, 



1833, 54. 

 , researches on the influence of, on the 



germination of seeds and the growth of 



plants, by E. Hunt, 1842, 75 ; 1844, 29 ; 



1846, 33; 1847, 17. 

 — — , influences of, on organic bodies, list of 



memoirs, &c. on, 1850, 153. 

 — — , on the reduction of the chemical 



