86 



REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



WaTes, etmtinued. 



Table VI. Small wares, 335. 

 Table VII. Large vraves, 336. 

 Table VIII. Ke-discussion of the ob- 

 Bervations by the method of curves, 



337- 

 Table IX. Velocity due to a wave of 



the first order, 338. 

 Table X. Phenomena of wave of the 



first order, 342. 

 Table XI. Observations on the velocity 



of negative waves of the first order, 



348. 

 Table XII. Observations on the velocity 



of negative waves of the first order, 



349. 

 Table XIII. Observed heights of a 



wave in channel of variable breadth, 



353- 

 Table XIV. Observations in a channel 



of variable depth, 353. 

 Table XV. Observations on the wave 

 of the first order in triangular chan- 

 nels, 355. 



Table XVI. Observations on the lateral 

 diffusion of the wave of the first 

 order, generated in a narrow channel 

 and transmitted into a wide reser- 

 voir, 358. 



Table XVII. Observalions on the dif- 

 fusion of the wave of the first order 

 round an axis of original transmis- 

 sion, 360. 



Table XVIII. The velocity of the wave 

 of the first order, 361. 

 Section II. Waves of the second order 

 (oscillating waves), 363. 



Table XIX. Observations on the length 

 and velocity of waves of the second 

 order, 367. 



Table XX. Observations on the length 

 and velocity of waves of the second 

 order — in the sea, 371. 



Table XXI. Length, period, and velocity 

 of transmission of waves of the' second 

 order, 374. - 



Section III. Waves of the third order 

 (capillary waves), 375. 



Table XXII. Observations on the ve- 

 locity, distance, and divergence of 

 waves of the third order, 377. 



Table XXIII. Comparison of experi- 

 ments on the divergence due to given 

 velocities of genesis, 379. 



Table XXIV. For determining the 

 velocity of currents or moving 

 bodies by observations of divergence, 

 380. 

 Section IV. Waves of the fourth order 

 (the corpuscular wave), 382. 



Description of the plates, 383-390. 



, Pi\)f. Stokes on the theory of, 1846, 



4-— 



Long waves, 4. 

 Oscillatory waves, 5. 

 Solitary waves, 8. 



Waves, atmospheric, Prof. J. D. Forbes's 



remarks on, 1831-32, 235. 

 , atmospheric. Sir J. F. W. Herschel 



on, 1843, 60, 98. 

 , atmospheric, reports on, by W- R. 



Birt, 1844, 267; 1845, 112; 1846, 119, 



372; 1847, 351; 1848,35. ^^. ^ ^ 

 , analogies of transmission of bght and 



heat by, 1864, 351. 

 Weasels and martins of North America, 



1836, 143 ; of Ireland, 1840, 359. 

 Weber's inductive inclinometer, 1842, 9. 

 Weeds, experiments on the growth of, by 



Prof. Buckman, 1857, 214; 1860, 39. 

 Weights and measures of Dukhun, Col. 



Sykes on the, 1837, 327. 

 Weir-boards, Prof. J. Thomson on the 



measurement of water by, 1856, 46 ; 



1858, 181 ; 1860, 217. 

 Well-water, on, 1848, 22 ; 1851, 66. 

 Wells, artesian, on the supply of water to 



towns from, by J. P. Bateman, 1855, 69. 

 Werner's theory of mineral veins, &c., 1832, 



369 ; 1833, 7. 

 Westgarth's water-pressure engine, 1848, 



12. 

 Wheat, experiments on the growth of, by 



Prof. Buckman, 1857, 2c6 ; 1859, 42. 

 Whitelaw's water-mill, 1847, 159. 

 Wind, Prof. J. D. Forbes on, 1831-32, 246 ; 



1840, IG2, 155. 

 , Prof. Phillips's anemometrical re- 

 searches, 1846, 340 ; 1848, 97. 

 Winds, as connected Avith barometrical 



movements. Sir J. F. W. Herschel on 



the, 1843, 99. 

 of Dukhun, Col. Sykes on the, 1837, 



236. 

 Wind-vane of the Kew observatory, 1844, 



29. 

 Woloff language, 1847, 159. 

 Wolves, American, 1836, 145. 

 Wood, on the cause of the formation of, 



1833, 36. 

 , mean strength and elasticity of vari- 

 ous kinds of, 1833, 103. 

 Wood-engraving as applied to ornithology, 



1844, 201. 

 Worms, British, Dr. T. Williams on, 1851, 



159. 



Xanthin, a colouring matter, Dr. Schunck 



on, 1848, 58, 69. 

 Xyphiidje of the sea of Japan, 1845, 276. 

 of the London clay, 1844, 308. 



Yarriba language, 1847, 171. 



Zeidae of the China and Japan seas, 1845, 

 266. 



Zenith distances, on instruments for mea- 

 suring. 1831-32, 133. 



Zinc, action of sulphuric acid on, 1831-32, 

 477 ; oxide of, 477. 



— — as a protection to iron against cor- 

 rosion, 1838, 290 ; 1840, 246 ; 1843, 20. 



