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REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Kocks, continued. 



2. Cleavage continuons through large 



ranges of country, 372. 



3. Cleavage in continuous parallel 



planes across bent and contorted 

 strata, 373. 



4. Cleavage symmetrically related to 



axes of movement of the strata, 



374- 



5. Relation of cleavage planes to the 



inclination of the strata, 375. 



6. Cleavage varies in strata of unlike 



quality, 383. 



7. Cleavage accompanied by change of 



dimensions in rocks, 386. 



8. Secondary cleavage of slate, 393. 



9. Relation of cleavage to joints, 393. 



10. Occurrence of structures analogous 



to cleavage near greenstone dykes, 



394- 



11. The cleat in coal, 395. 



• and minerals, report on the results 



obtained by the mechanico-chemical exa- 

 mination of, by A, Gages, 1859, 65 : — 

 Introduction. 



1. Comparative examination of the re- 



sidues of Permian magnesian lime- 

 stones from ten localities, 66. 



2. Comparative examination of the mag- 



nesian limestone of Howth, co. 

 Dublin, contrasted with those of 

 the Permian localities, 68. 



3. Magnesian limestone conglomerate 



from Downhill, co. Londonderry, 



4. Examination and analysis of a pseudo- 



dolomite, 70. 



5. Experiments on the composition and 



structure of the residues obtained 

 from the calp or middle limestone, 

 CO. Dublin, and of the lower lime- 

 stone shales of Drogheda, 71. 



6. On chloritic slate, and metamorphic 



limestone derived from it, 73. 



7. On a metamorphic limestone con- 



taining garnets reposing on the 

 granite, 75. 

 Rodentia of North America, Sir J. Richard- 

 son on the, 1836, 1 50. 



, fossil, British, Prof Owen on, 1842, 72. 



Rosa spinosissima and R. Doniana, Prof. 



Buckman on the growth of, 1859, 24. 

 Rubiacate of potash, Dr. E. Schunck on 



the, 1848, 66. 

 Rubiacic acid, Dr. E. Schunck on, 1847, 



137, 142; 1848,66. 

 -Rubiacin, Dr. E. Schunck on, 1847, 136, 



141; 1848, 66. 

 Rubian, a colouring matter. Dr. E. Schunck 



on, 1847, 136, 143 ; 1848, 68. 

 Ruminant! a of North America, 1836, 159; 



of Dukhun, 1837, 247. 

 , fossil, British, Prof. Owen on the, 



1843, 232. 

 Rysosteus, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 



1841, 159. 



Sabellse, Dr. T. Williams on the, 1851, 172, 

 186, 192, 204, 225, 271. 



Salamandra, North American, Sir J. Rich- 

 ardson on, 1836, 20I. 



Saleniadae, oolitic, Dr. T. Wright on the, 

 1856, 399, 401. 



Saliva, its action on food, 1842, 50. 



Salmon, Sir W. Jardine, Dr. Fleming, and 

 E. Ash worth's report on the experiments 

 conducted at Stormontfield, near Perth, 

 for the artificial propagation of, 1856, 

 451. 



Salraonidse of North America, Sir J. Rich- 

 ardson on the, 1836, 214., 216. 



of Ireland, 1840, 391 ; British, 1844, 



302. 



of the Japan Sea, 1845, 304. 



Salsafy, vegetable. Prof. Buckman on the 

 growth of, 18.57, 212 ; 1859, 29. 



Salt, rock, Melloni's discovery of a singular 

 property possessed by, 1840, 3. 



Saltatoria, British, C. Spence Bate on, 

 1855, 57. 



Salt-springs, Dr. Daubeny on the ingre- 

 dients of, 1836, 16. 



springs. Dr. Daubeny on the origin of, 



1836, 74. 



Salts, Prof. Johnston on the, 1831-32, 479. 



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



442. 



, red, of manganese. Prof. Johnston on, 



1831-32, 482. 



, sulphm% Prof. Johnston on, 1831-32, 



440. 



of the magnesian family, J. Blake on 



their action when introduced into the 

 blood, 1843, 117; 1845, 84. 



, neutral, Dr. Daubeny on the nomen- 

 clature of the, 1851, 127. 



of iridium and osmium, J. Blake on 



their action when introduced into the 

 blood, 1846, 27. 



, preliminary report on the solubility 



of, at temperatures above 100° Cent., and 

 on the mutual action of salts in solution, 

 by Prof. W. K. Sullivan, 1859, 291 :— 

 Introduction. 



Preliminary inquiries on solution, the 

 actions of different solvents, &c., 294. 

 Relative compressibility of saline solu- 

 tions, 305. 

 Capillary ascension and diffusion of 



saline solutions, 306. 

 Phenomena connected with density, 



307- 

 Thermology of saline solutions, 307. 



Sands, ferruginous, of North America, Prof. 

 H. D. Rogers on the, 1834, 50, 52. 



Sandstone, old red. Prof. Agassiz on the 

 fossil fishes of the, 1842, 80. 



, lower new red, with the coal -mea- 

 sures, at Collyhurst, report on the exca- 

 vation made at the junction of the, by 

 E.W. Binney, 1843, 241. 



, yellow, of Dura Den, on the fossils 



of the, 1860, 32. 



