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REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



1848, 31; 1849, 78; 1850, 160; 1851, 



53; 1852, 177; 1853, 67; 1854, 439; 



1855, 78 ; 1857, 43 ; general summary of 



the experiments, from 1841 to 1857 in- 

 clusive, 1857, 43. 

 Seismic maps of Berghaus, Johnston, and 



Mallet, 1858, 41, 45, 60. 

 energy in relation to time, season, 



and space of earthquakes, R. Mallet on, 



1858, 47, 5i> 57- 

 Seismometer, common pendulum, 1841, 46. 

 , suspended and inverted pendulum, 



1841, 47; 1858, 73, 74, 79, 80; spring 



pendulum, 73, 74, 80, 81. 

 , self-registering, report of committee 



on the construction of a, 1848, 98 ; 1850, 



88; 1851, 278; 1853, 86; 1858, 74, 81, 



87. 

 Seismometers, report of committee on, by 



Col. Portlock, 1854, 370. 



, R. Mallet on, 1858, 72. 



Seismoscope, description of the, 1851, 278. 

 Selachiidese of North America, Sir J. Rich- 

 ardson on the, 1836, 221, 222. 

 Selenic acid, J. Blake on its action when 



introduced into the blood, 1846, 29. 

 Self-jegistering meteorological instruments 



employed in the observatory at Senften- 



berg, 1845, 108. 

 — — magnetogi'aphs of the Kew observa- 

 tory, 1849, 82, 83, 86; 1850, 178, 181 ; 



1851, xxvii, 325, 328, 329, 330, 351, 358, 



360, 362; 1859, 200. 

 Semitic languages, Rev. Dr. Donaldson on 



the, 1851, 146. 



and Sclavonic languages, 1851, 146. 



Seneca on earthquakes, 1850, 8. 



Sepia, Dr. Carpenter on the structure of the 



shell of, 1847, 117. 

 Septaria gigantea. Dr. Carpenter on the 



shelly tube of, 1847, 106, 132. 

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



168, 174, 177, 192, 203, 225, 229. 

 Serpulina, Irish, W. Thompson on the, 



1843, 272. 

 Serranidae of the China and Japan seas. Sir 



J. Richardson on the, 1845, 229. 

 Shadows, aerial. Prof. J. D. Forbes on, 



1840, 124, 137. 

 Shales, calp, &c., lower limestone, A. Gages 



on the chemical examination of, 1859, 



71- 

 Sheep, Prof. Owen on the cranium of a, 



1846, 189. 

 , J. B. Lawes and Dr. Gilbert on the 



food of, 1852, 325, 328. 

 Shells of the ^gean Sea, distribution of, in 



depth, 1843, 171, 172. 

 , freshwater, of North America, 1836, 



224. 

 of the West coast of North America, 



P. P. Carpenter on the, 1856, 159. 



, Acapulco, list of, 1856, 170. 



, list of, common to the European and 



American coasts of the Atlantic, 1836, 



224. 



Shells obtained in the Port of Faro in Al- 



garve, 1850, 270. 



of the Galapagos Islands, 1856, 359. 



, land, at Gibraltar, 1850, 279 ; at 



Cintra, 304. 

 , list of species obtained in Kingstown 



and Killiney Bays, 1860, 29. 



procured at Malaga, &c., 1850, 280. 



, list of, from the Turbot Bank, 1857, 



230. 

 , list of species taken in deep water off 



the Maidens Lighthouses, 1857, 234. 

 , report on the microscopic structure 



of, by Dr. W. B. Carpenter, 1844, 1-24:— 

 I. Introductory remarks. 

 II. On the condition of the calcareous 

 matter in shell, 3. 



III. Of the animal basis of shell, 4. 



IV. Prismatic cellular structure, 4. 

 V. Membranous shell-substance, 9. 



VI. Nacreous structure, 1 1 . 

 VII. Tubular structure, 1 3. 

 VIII. Cancellated structure, 14. 

 IX. Shells of Brachiopoda, 16. 

 X. Shells of Placunidae, 18. 

 XI. Shells of Ostraceae, 1 9. 

 XII. Shells of Pectinidse, 1 9. 



XIII. Shells of Margaritaceae, 20. 



XIV. Shells of Nayadefe, 21. 

 Plates, 22. 



, second report on the microscopic 



structure of, by Dr. W. B. Carpenter, 1847, 



93'— 



Introductory remarks. 

 I. Observations supplemental to 

 former report, 93. 

 Brachiopoda. 

 Placunidae. 

 Pectinidje. 

 Margaritaceae. 

 Nayadeae. 

 II. Continuation of former report, 



97- 

 III. Mytilacege, 99. 

 IV. Tridacnacese, 100. 

 V. Chamaceae, 100. 

 VI. Trigonaceae, 100. 

 VII. Arcaceae, 10 1. 

 VIII. Cardiaceae, 102. 

 IX. Conchaceae, 102. 



X. Nymphaceae, 102. 

 XI. Mactraceae, 103. 

 XII. Myaceae, 103. 



XIII. Solenaceae, 105. 



XIV. Tubicolse, 106. 

 XV. Gasteropoda, 107. 



XVI. Cephalopoda, 116. 

 XVII. Echinodermata, 117. 

 XVIII. Crustacea, 127. 



List of illustrations, 1 30. 

 Shipping statistics, as data conducive to 

 the improvement of naval architecture, 

 report on, 1858, 239. 

 , report of the committee on the mea- 

 surement of, for tonnage, 1856, 458 ; 

 1857, 62. 



