ItEPORTS, ETCi-— INDEX OP SUBJECTS. 



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Sylviadae, North American, 1836, 171; of 

 Dukhun, 1837, 149 ; of Ireland, 1840, 



367. 

 ^mphytum asperrimum and S. officinale, 



Prof. Buckman on the growth of, 1857, 



210. 

 Sympiesometer, 1831-32, 227. 

 Synaptidse, British, 1860, 230^ 

 Syngnatliidas, Irish, W. Thompson on the, 



1840, 396 ; 1852, 292. 



' of North America, 1836, 220; of 



New Zealand, 1840, 28 ; British, 1844, 



303- 

 • of the China seas, Sir J. Eichardson 



on the, 1845, 202, 

 Syro-Arabian languages, 1847, 247, 



Taeniadae, British, 1860, 229. 



Tsenioidei, British, 1840, 388 ; 1844, 30-2. 



Takue (or Boje) and Barea language, 1847, 

 208. 



Talitrus, C. Spence Bate on, 1855, 26-57. 



Talpa, fossil, British, Prof, Ow^ti on the) 

 1842,57,74. _ 



Tamus communis (Black Bryony), Prof. 

 Buckman on, 1859, 29. 



Tantalidse of North America, 1836, 182 ; 

 of Dukhun, 1837, 250. 



Tartaric and paratartaric acids, Prof. John- 

 ston on, 1831-32, 500. 



Tectibranchiata of the ^gean Sea, Prof. 

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



of Ireland, W. Thompson on the, 



1843, 251; 1852, 292. 



of the West coast of North America, 



P. P. Carpenter on the, 1856, 353, 



Teidae, American, 1836, 200. 



Telegraph thermometer, Prof. Wheatstone 

 on the, 1843, 128. 



• , tribothermic, P. Erman on a, 1845, 



107. 



Teleosaurus, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 



1841, 72: — T. Chapmanni, T. Cadomensis, 

 T. aesthenodeirus. 



Telescope, achromatic, 1831-32, 135; inven- 

 tion of, 312. 

 " , aplanatic, 1831-32, 312. 



and equatorial mountings, report on 



the improvement of, by T. Grrubb, 1857, 



195- 

 , large reflecting, the Earl of Rosse on, 



1844, 79. 



Tellina, Dr. Carpenter on the structure of 



the shell of, 1847, 103, 131. 

 Tellinidse of the West coast of North 



America, P. P. Carpenter on the, 1856, 



301. 



of Strangford Lough, 1857, 105-109. 



Telluric acid. Prof. Johnston on, 1831-32, 



Tellurium, on the properties and combina- 

 tions of, 1831-32, 471. 



, metallic, Prof. Johnston on, 1831-32, 



472. 



, persulphuret of, Prof. Johnston on, 



1831-32, 474. 



Tellurium, chlorides of, Prof. J<Dhnston on, 



1831-32, 474. 

 Tellurous acid, Prof. Johnston on, 1831-32, 



472. 

 Temperature, Prof. J. D. Forbes on the pro- 

 gress of our knowledge of, 1831-32, 208 ; 



1840, 4^. 

 — — , Prof. J. D. Forbes on the decrease of, 



with height, 1831^2, 218 ; 1840, 57. 

 ■-^ — of the globe and of space, 1831-32, 



221; 1840, 66. 

 , Rev. Prof. Challis on the law of 



variation ©f, at different heights, 1836, 



229. 

 ' , J. Pv Harrison on lunar influence on, 



1857, 248; 1859, 193. 

 and conducting power of different 



strata, Prof. Forbes on the, 1840, 434. 

 of the Arctic regions, 1831-32, 216% 

 , daily, in Bengal, on the, 1852, 252- 



261. 

 of Dukhun, Col. Sykes on the, 1837, 



232. 

 , observations for, at Birmingham, by 



W. Wills, 1852, 297. 

 -^ , observations on, at Bombay, by Ge- 

 neral Sabine, 1845, 73. 



observations at Point Barrow, J, 



Simpson on the, 1857, 159. 



, reports on the hourly observations of 



the thermometer, 1835, 181; 1838, 21; 

 1839, 149; 1841, 328; 1842, 30; 1843, 



*95f- 

 of hot springs, hints for observations 



of, 1840, 152. 

 ■ of deep mines, R. W. Fox on the, 



1837, 134; 1840, 309; 1857, 96. 

 , subterranean, report of experiments 



on, by Prof. Phillips, 1836, 291. 

 , subterranean, in Ireland, report of 



committee on the, by T. Oldham, 1844, 



221. 



tables, by Prof. W. H. Dove, with 



introductory remarks by General Edward 

 Sabine, 1847, 373 ; supplement, 1848, 84. 



, Prof. H. W. Dove's remarks on his 



maps of the isothermal lines of the globe, 

 and on the principal conclusions in re- 

 gard to climatology deducible from them, 

 1848, 85. 



Tenuirostres of North America, Sir J, 

 Richardson on the, 1836, 178, 194. 



Terebellee, Dr. T. Williams on the, 1851, 

 170-184, 193, 205, 226, 252, 271. 



, British, 1860, 228. 



.^— , Dr. Carpenter on the microscopic 

 structure of the shells of, 1844, 16 ; 1847, 



93' ^3°' 

 Tertiary formations of North America, Prof. 



H. D. Rogers on the, 1834, 29, 49 ; older 



tertiary, or eocene, 43. 

 system. Prof. Agassiz on the British 



fossil fishes of the, 1843, 206. 

 Testacea of Dukhun, 1837, 252. 



of the iEgean Sea, Pi^of. E. Forbes 



on the, 1843, 156. 



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