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REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Ophidia, fossil, Prof. Owen on the, 1841, 



1 80; 1859, 166. 

 OpMuroidea of Ireland, W. Thompson on 



the, 1843, 279. 

 of the yEgean Sea, Prof. E. Forbes on 



the, 1843, 148, 149. 

 , Dr. Carpenter on the structure of the 



shell of, 1847, 126. 



, British, 1860, 230. 



, ooHtic, Dr. T. Wright on the, 1856, 



398, 402. 

 Opisthobranchiata of the West coast of 



North America, P. P. Carpenter on the, 



1856, 312. 

 — — , British, list of, 1860, 219. 

 Opium, immediate principles obtained from 



it, 1831-32, 513. 

 Optical properties of minerals, Eev. Dr. 



Whewellon, 1831-32, 335. 

 meteorology. Prof. J. D. Forbes on, 



1840, 120. 

 Optics, report on the progress of, by Sir D. 



Brewster, 1831-32, 308. 

 , physical, Rev. Dr. II. Lloyd's report on 



the progress of, 1834, 295-413: — 

 Part I. Unpolarized light, 297. 



1. Propagation of light. — Principle 



of interference, 297. 



2. Reflexion and refraction of light, 



305- 



3. Diifraction, 323. 



4. Colours of thin and thick plates, 



338. 

 Part II. Polarized Hght, 350. 



1. Polarization, — Transversal vibra- 



tions, 350. 



2. Reflexion and refraction of pola- 



rized light, 356. 



3. Double refraction, 375. 



4. Colours of crystalline plates, 395. 

 , vide Light. 



Orbicula, Dr. Carpenter on the microscopic 



structure of the shells of, 1844, .18. 

 Orchestidai, British, C. Spence Bate on the, 



1855, 57. 

 Ordnance survey of Scotland, memorial re- 

 lative to the, 1851, 370. 

 Ordnance, report of committee on metals 



for, 1855, 100. 

 Organic bodies, influences of light on, list 



of memoirs, &c. on, 1850, 153. 

 — chemistry, report on the progress of, 

 by Prof. Johnston, 1831-32, 496. 



chemistry applied to physiology and 



pathology, abstract of Liebig's report on, 

 1842, 42. 



chemistry, report on the progress of, 



by G. C. Foster and Dr. OdHng, 1859, i. 

 compounds, Dr. Daubeny on the no- 

 menclature of, 1851, 124: — 

 Introduction. 

 Part I. On the classes of organic bodies, 



126. 

 Part II. On the terminations of the 

 words designating the members of 

 each glass, 131. 



Organic matter in springs, 1831-32, 521; 



1836, 30. 

 matter, porous strata, and water, action 



of, on the air and water of towns, by Dr. 



R. A. Smith, 1851, 66. 

 and inorganic substances, R. Mallet on 



the action of heat of 212° Fahr. on, 1838, 



313- 



remains discovered in New Jersey, 



Delaware, and Alabama, Prof. H. D. 

 Rogers on the, 1834, 61. 



Ornithological works and monographs, Prof. 

 Strickland's list of, 1844, 173. 



Ornithology of North America, Sir J. Rich- 

 ardson on the, 1836, 164. 



, report on the progress of, by Prof. H. 



E. Strickland, 1844, 170-221 :— 

 Introduction, 170. 



1. Oeneral systematic works, 173. 



2. Works descriptive of the ornitho- 

 logy of particular regions, 180. 



3. Ornithological monographs, 196. 



4. Miscellaneous descriptions of spe- 

 cies, 199. 



5. Progress of the pictorial art as ap- 

 plied to ornithology, 201. 



6. Anatomy and physiology of birds, 

 204. 



7. Fossil ornithology, 209. 



8. Ornithological museums, 215. 



9. Desiderata of ornithology, 217. 

 • , vide Birds. 



Osier's anemometer, at Plymouth, 1838, 21 ; 



1844, 241; at Birmingham, 1840, 321; 

 at Edinburgh, 1840, 435; at Inverness, 

 1841, 329 ; 1842, 206 ; at Liverpool, 



1855, 127. 



anemometer, description of, 1844, 253, 



258; 1846, 343. 



Osmium, salts of, on their action when in- 

 troduced into the blood, by J. Blake, 1846, 

 27. 



Osteolepis, fossil, Prof. Agassiz on, 1842, 87 ; 

 1843, 194. 



Osteology of fish, Prof. Agassiz on the, 1844, 

 285. 



— ■ — of man. Prof. Owen on the, 1846, 169- 



Ostinopterygii [Ossei] of the China and 

 Japan seas, Sir J. Richardson on the, 



1845, 199, 317. 



Ostracese, Dr. Carpenter on the microscopic 

 structure of the shells of the, 1844, 19. 



Ostracoda, British, 1860, 225. 



Ostrapoda, Irish, W. Thompson on the, 

 1843, 270 ; 1852, 294. 



Ostreada;, ^gean, 1843, 146; Irish, 1843, 

 260 ; 1857, 105, 107, 108, 109 ; British, 

 1860, 220; South European, 1850, 265 ; 

 of the West coast of North America, 



1856, 312. 



Ostrich, Prof. Owen on the skull of the, 



1846, 190, 200, 201, 224. 



Otter of North America, 1836, 145 ; Irish, 



1840,359. 

 Ox, British, fossil remains of. Prof. Owen 



on the, 1843, 233. 



