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REPORTS^ ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Solar heat, Prof. J. D. Forbes on, 1831-52, 

 221 ; 1840, 68. 



heat, origin of the, Prof. W. Thom- 

 son's theory of, 1854, 352. 



— — radiation. Prof. J. D. Forbes on, 

 1831-32, 222 ; 1840, 60. 



radiations, R. Hunt on the state of 



our knowledge of the chemical action of 

 the, 1850, 137; list of bodies susceptible 

 of chemical change under the influence 

 of the, 150; list of memoirs, &c., em- 

 bracing influences of light on organic 

 bodies, 153. 



radiations, on the chemical action 



of the, by R. Hunt, 1852, 262 ; 1853, 

 68. 



f— radiations, reports on the influence 

 of, on the vital powers of plants, by Dr. 

 J. H. G-ladstone, 1852, 239 ; 1854, 373 ; 

 1855, 15. 



rays, Rev. Prof Powell on the heat 



of the, 1831-32, 283. 



rays, R. Hunt on their influence on 



the germination of seeds and the growth 

 of plants, 1842, 75 ; 1844, 29 ; 1846, 33 ; 

 1847, 17. 



rays, report on the actinograph for 



registering the chemical action of the, 

 by R. Hunt, 1845, 90 ; 1846, 31. 



■ spectrum, Rev. Prof. Powell on the 



state of our knowledge of the refractive 

 indices for the standard rays of the, 1836, 

 288 ; 1839, I. 



spectrum. Rev. Prof. Powell on the 



action of gaseous and other media on the, 



1841, 329; 1843, 293. 



— — system, W. Hopkins on the hypo- 

 thesis of the former nebulosity of the, 

 1847, 56. 



theory, G-. B. Airy on the, 1831-32, 



174. 



Solasteridffi, oolitic, 1856, 402. 



Solecurtus, Dr. Carpenter on the structure 

 of the shell of, 1847, 105, 132. 



Solemya australis, Dr. Carpenter on the 

 structure of the shell of, 1847, 106, 

 132. 



SolenaccEC, Dr. Carpenter on the micro- 

 scopic structure of the shells of, 1847, 

 105, 132. 



Solenidae of the West coast of !North 

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

 301. 



of Strangford Lough, 1857, 105, 106, 



108, 109. 



Sorex, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on the, 



1842, 57. 



Sorghum saccharatum (Chinese sugar-cane), 

 Prof. Buckman on the growth of, 1859, 

 30; 1860, 35. 



Soricidae of North America, 1836, 140 ; 

 Trish, 1840, 359. 



Sound, on the theory of, 1836, 233 ; 1846, 

 14. 



, on the production of, by the mo- 

 tion of water through tubes, 1837, 156. 



Sound, Prof. Stokes on the theory of, 1846, 



14. 

 Sparidse of the seas of China and Japan, 



Sir J. Richardson on the, 1845, 240. 

 , Nortli American, Sir J. Richardson 



on, 1836, 206, 209. 

 of New Zealand, Sir J. Richardson on, 



1842, 20. 



, Irish, 1840, 386; 1852, 291 ; British, 



1844, 302. 

 , fossil, of the London clay. Prof. 



Agassiz on the, 1844, 287, 307. 

 Spatangidae, British, 1860, 230. 

 Spectrum, solar, report on the state of our 



knowledge of the refractive indices for the 



standard rays of the, by the Rev. Prof. 



Powell, 1836, 288; 1839, i. 

 , solar. Sir D. Brewster on the action 



of gaseous and other media on the, 1841, 



329 ; 1843, 293. 



analysis, R. Hunt on, 1852, 262 ; 



1853, 68. 



Specula of telescopes, on the, 1844, 79. 

 Sphagebranchidae of the seas of China and 



Japan, Sir J. Richardson on the, 1845, 



314. 

 Sphyraenoidse, fossil, of the London clay, 



Prof. Agassiz on the, 1844, 290, 308. 



of the China and Japan seas. Sir J. 



Richardson on the, 1845, 266. 



Spiders, J. Blackwall on the structure, 

 functions, and economy of, 1844, 62. 



, R. H. Meade on the anatomy of, and 



structure of the spinning-organs of, 1 858, 



157- 



, mde Araneidea. 



Spinal marrow. Dr. W. C. Henry on the, 



1833, 74. 

 Spinning-organs of spiders, on the, 1844, 



62; 1858, 157. 

 Spio, Dr. T. Williams on the genus, 1861, 



170, 191, 199, 213, 234. 

 Spirula, Dr. Carpenter on the structure of 



the shell of, 1847, 117. 

 Spondylida; of the West coast of North 



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



312. 

 , Dr. Carpenter on the structure of the 



shells of, 1844, 19. 

 Sponges of the ^gean Sea, Prof. E. Forbes 



on the, 1843, 152. 

 of Ireland, W. Thompson on the, 



1843, 286; 1852, 296; 1857, 112. 



, British, list of, compiled by R. M'An- 



drew, 1860, 235. 

 Spongiadre, Dr. J. S. Bowerbankon the vital 

 powers of the, 1856, 438 : — 

 Inhalation and exhalation, 438. 

 Adhesion of species, 446. 

 Reparative powers, 447. 

 Disease and death, 449. 

 Nutrition, 449. 



, further report on the, by J. S. Bow- 



erbank, 1857, 121. 

 Spongilla fluviatilis, Dr. J. S. Bowerbank 

 on the, 1857, 121. 



