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REPORTS, ETC. — INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Ursidie, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 



1842, 62. 

 of North America, 1836, 14a ; Irish, 



1840, 359. 

 iTrus priscus (fossil Aurochs), British, Prof. 



Owen on the, 1843, 232. 



Vanadiate of lead, Prof. Johnston on, 1831- 

 32, 470. 



Vanadic acid. Prof Johnston on, 1831-32, 

 469. 



Vanadium, Prof. Johnston an, 1831-32, 

 468. 



Vane, wind-, Kew observatory, 1844, 129. 



Vapour in the atmosphere, on the distribu- 

 tion of, 1840, 1 01. 



Vapours and gases, on the density of, 1831- 

 32, 421. 



Varnishes and paints for iron, on, 1838, 

 287 ; 1840, 238 ; 1843, 19, 23. 



Vegetable acids, Prof Johnston on, 1831- 

 32, 500; list of, 506. 



-^ alkalies, Prof. Johnston on, 1831-32, 



499, 508 ; list of, 510. 



— — alkalies. Dr. Daubeny on the nomen- 

 clature of the, 1851, 127. 



anatomy, Prof Lindley on, 1833, 27. 



chemistry, Prof. Johnston on, 1831-32, 



496. 



fertilization, Prof. Lindley on, 1833, 



45- 



juices, remarkable action of the spec- 

 trum on, 1850, 149. 



kingdom, typical epitome of, for local 



museums, 1855, 123, 124. 



physiology, Prof. Lindley on, 1833,49. 



physiology, Prof. Henfrey on the re- 

 production of the higher cryptogamous 

 plants, 1851, 102. 



principles, are they educts or products, 



1831-32, 499 ; indifferent, list of, by Prof. 

 Johnston, 514. 



products imported into Liverpool, 



Prof. T. C. Archer's report on the, 1857, 

 254. 



^ products imported into the Clyde, 



M. Connal and W. Keddie's report on 



• the, 1858, 185. 



— — substances, indifferent, on, 1831-32, 



' 5"- 

 . substances, report of the committee 



on the preservation of, by Rev. Prof. 



Henslow, 1840, 421; 1842, 40. 



wax, analysis of, 1831-32, 512. 



Vegetables and fruits of Dukhun, Col. Sykes 

 , on the, 1837, 239, 242. 

 ^ J esculent, experiments on the growth 



of, by Prof. Buckman, 1857, 211 ; 1859, 



29 ; 1860, 37. 

 , report of committee on the registra- 

 tion of periodical phenomena of, 1845, 



321 ; 1849, 78 ; 1850, 338. 

 Veins, mineral, on the state of knowledge 



respecting, by J. Taylor, 1833, i. 

 — — , metallic, report of experiments on the 



electricity of, by R. W. Fox, 1837, 133. 



Velocity-measuring machine, 1844, 90. 

 Veneridte of the West coast of North Ame- 

 rica, P. P. Carpenter on the, 1856, 305. 



of Strangford Lough, 1857, 105-109. 



Vermetidae of the West coast of North 



America, 1856, 324. 

 Vermetus of the ^gean Sea, 1843, 137, 

 189 ; South European, 1850, 266 et seq. ; 

 North-east Atlantic, 1856, 149. 

 Vertebrata, state of our knowledge respect- 

 ing the, by Rev. L. Jenyns, 1834, 160. 



, Irish, W. Thompson on the, 1840, 



358 ; 1852, 291 ; catalogue of, 1840, 401. 



of North America, 1836, 137. 



, vide Fauna of Ireland. 



and land animals, traces of, taken in 



the dredge. Prof. E. Forbes on, 1850, 

 247. 

 Vertebrate skeleton, report on the archer 

 type and homologies of the, by Prof. 

 Owen, 1846, 169-340: — 



Part I. Special homology, 169. 

 Part 11. General homology, 240. 

 Part III. Serial homology, 332. 

 Table I. Synonyms of the laones of the 



head of vertebrata, 338. 

 Table II. Synonyms of the elements of 



the typical vertebra, 338. 

 Table III. Synonyms of the bones of 

 the head, 338. 

 VespertiHo of North America, 1836, 138 ; 



of Ireland, 1840, 358 ; 1852, 291. 

 Vesta, planet, discovery of, 1831-32, 157. 

 Vetches, Prof Buckman on the growth of, 



1857, 208 ; 1859, 29. 

 Vibrations, musical, in tubes, on, 1833, 140. 



, propagation of, along a cylindrical 



tube, 1847, 75; along a solid bar, 78; 

 through a solid mass, 79. 

 Vicia angustifolia. Prof. Buckman on the 



growth of, 1857, 208 ; 1859, 29. 

 Vinegar, Prof. Johnston on the manufacture 



of, 1831-32, 504. 

 Viola odorata. Prof. Buckman on the growth 



of, 1859, 24. 

 Vitrifaction and other applications of high 

 heat, report on a gas-furnace for experi- 

 ments on, by Rev. W. V. Harcom-t, 1844, 

 82. 

 Volcanic action in N. America, on, 1834, 7. 

 action, M. Bischoff's theory of, 1847, 



39- 



forces, mode of action of, 1847, 35. 



Volcanos, W. Hopkins on the phenomena 

 and theories of, 1847, 33 ; chemical 

 theory of, 38. 



Voltaic electrometers of the Kew observa- 

 tory, 1844, 123; comparison of, 135; 

 1851, 337. 



Voluta, Dr. Carpenter on the structure of 

 the shell of the, 1847, 109. 



Vulturidge of North America, 1836, 167, 

 168, 191; of Dukhun, 1837, 248; of Ire- 

 land, 1852, 291. 



Water, Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt on the 



