REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



79 



Sporadic diseases, on, 1834, 70. 



Springs, water of. Dr. Daubeny on their 



temperature, chemical constitution, and 



eifects on the animal economy, 1836, 7. 

 , Dr. Daubeny on the influence of 



earthquakes upon, 1836, 43. 

 , Dr. Daubeny on the origin of, 1836, 



58. 

 , salt. Dr. Daubeny on the origin of, 



1836, 74. 

 , mineral. Dr. Daubeny on their action 



upon the animal economy, 1836, 44. 

 , mineral, Dr. Daubeny on the pro- 

 ducts of, 18e36, 56. 

 , thermal. Dr. Daubeny on the origin 



of, 1836, 59 ; geological position of, 62 ; 



theories of, 67 ; oxygen in, 42, 79. 



, thermal, catalogue of, 1836, 80-95. 



, hot, hints for observations of the 



temperature of, by Prof. J. D. Forbes, 



1840, 152. 

 , on the supply of water from, to towns, 



by J. F. Bateman, 1855, 62. 

 Squalidge of the Devonian system, 1843, 



197 ; of the Oolitic system, 201 ; of the 



Cretaceous system, 204 ; of the Tertiary 



system, 206 ; of the London clay, 1844, 



308. 

 of New Zealand, 1842, 29 ; of the seas 



of China and Japan, 1845, 193 ; Irish, 



1840, 397 ; 1852, 292. 

 Squirrels, North American, Sir J. Richard- 

 son on the, 1836, 151. 

 Standard scale, Aberdeen, F. Baily's report 



on the comparative measurement of the, 



1835, 91. 

 Starch and sugar in food, J. B. Lawes and 



Dr. Grilbert on the equivalency of, 1854, 



Stars, periodical publications relating to 

 the, a short account of, by G. B. Airy, 

 1831-32, 126. 



, catalogues of, statement of the im- 

 provements in, 1831-32, 135 ; an account 

 of the more extended Star Catalogues, 143. 

 , double, notices upon the measures of, 

 1831-32, 146. 



, British Association Catalogue of (ex- 

 tension of the Royal Astronomical So- 

 ciety's Catalogvxe), reports on, 1838, 316 ; 

 1839, i74j 1840, 425; 1841, 330; 1842, 

 206 ; 1845, 340. 



, Lacaille's, in the Caelum Australe 



Stelliferwn, reports on the reduction of, 

 1839, 171; 1840,427; 1841, 327; 1842, 

 205 ; 1845, 339 ; 1847, 379. 



, Lalande's, in the Histoire Celeste, re- 

 ports on the reduction of the, 1838, 316 ; 

 1839, 174; 1840,426; 1841, 330; 1842, 

 205; 1845, 339; 1847, 379. 



■ , reports of committee for revising the 



nomenclature of the, 1839, 172; 1840, 

 426 ; 1841, 44 ; 1843, 292 ; 1844, 32. 



, nebulae observed in the six-feet re- 

 flector, by the Earl of Rosse, 1849, 53. 



, falling. Vide Meteors. 



Statistics, vital, of Edinburgh and Leith, 

 Glasgow, Aberdeen, Perth, and Dundee, 

 1842, 121-204. 



of the Four Collectorates of Dukhun 



(Deccan), by Col. Sykes, 1837, 217. 



Steam, on the influence of temperature and 

 powers of different metals in the genera- 

 tion of, 1831-32, 454. 



Steam-engine boiler, on the changes which 

 take place in heating a, 1844, 106. 



Steam-engines, report on a constant indi- 

 cator for, by the Rev. Prof. Moseley, 

 Prof. Hodgkinson, and J. Enys, 1841, 



307:— 



Preliminary remarks. 



Watt's indicator, 308. 



Morin's compteur, 308. 



Prof. Moseley 's indicator, 310. 



Theory of the indicator, 314. 



The springs, 317. 



Friction of the pistons, integrating 



wheel, &c., 320. 

 Formulfe for determining the work 

 of an engine by means of the indi- 

 cator, 323. 

 Second report, 1842, 98. 



Results of a trial of the constant in- 

 dicator, 99. 

 Comparison of the results given by the 

 indicator with the experiments of 

 Mr. Wicksteed, 102. 

 Variations in the registration, 102. 



, Silver's marine and stationary engine 



governors, 1859, 123. 

 , report of the committee for experi- 

 ments on, 1843, 104 ; 1844, 90. 

 , velocity -measuring machine for, 1844, 



9°- 



Steam navigation in Hull, J. Oldham on 

 the rise, progress, and position of, 1853, 

 45-52; 1857, 57; 1859, 119. 



Steam-ship performance, report of the com- 

 mittee on, 1858, 239; 1859, 268; 1860, 

 193. 



transport economy, C. Atherton on, 



1856,423; 1857, 112; 1859, 124. 



Steam -ships, A. Henderson on, in reference 

 to shallow- water navigation in India, 1858, 

 268. 



, on the performance of, the functions 



of the screw, and the relations of its dia- 

 meter and pitch to the form of the vessel, 

 by Admiral Moorsom, 1860, 172. 



, report of committee on their mea- 

 surement for tonnage, 1856, 458 ; 1857, 

 62. 



, statistics as data for the improve- 

 ment of, report of committee on, 1858, 



239- 



, vide Shipping and Ships. 



Stearoptes, list of, 1831-32, 516. 



Steel, action of air and water on, 1840, 



221 ; 1843, I. 

 , cast, exposed in simple contact with 



zinc, immersed in fresh water, R. Mallet 



on, 1840, 251 ; in s3a water, 251. 



