REPORTS^ ETC. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



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Eeptiles, fossil, continued (1841). 

 Order Ophidia, 1 80 : — 



Palffiophis toliapicus, 180. 

 Order Batrachia, 181 : — 



Labyrinthodon salamaudroides, 



183. 



leptognathus, 183. 



pachygnathus, 186. 



ventricosus, 183. 



scutulatus, 188. 



Summary, 191. 

 Errata, 204. 

 — — , fossil and recent, on the orders of, 

 and their distribution in time, by Prof. 

 Owen, 1859, 153 :— • 



Introduction. 

 Order I. G-anocephala, 155. 



II. Labyrinthodontia, 158. 

 III. Ichthyopterygia, 159. 

 IV. Saur ©pterygia, 159. 

 V. Anomodontia, 161. 

 VI. Pterosauria, 162. 

 VII. Thecodontia, 163. 

 VIII. Dinosauria, 164. 

 IX. Crocodilia, 164. 

 X. Lacertilia, 165. 

 XL Ophidia, 166. 

 XII. Chelonia, 166. 

 XIII. Batrachia, 166. 

 Eesinous substances, list of, 1831-32, 516. 

 Resins and gum-resins. Prof. Johnston on 

 the, 1831-32, 512 ; basic, 513 ; subresins, 



, E. Schunck on the, 1848, 57, 67, 



68. 

 , Dr. Daubeny on the nomenclature 



of, 1851, 127. 

 Resistance of air. Prof. E. Hodgkinson on 



the mode of conducting experiments on 



the, 1842, 211. 



of air, on the theory of the, by Rev. 



Prof. Challis, 1833, 149; 1856, 251. 



of fluids, on the theory of the, by 



Rev. Prof. ChalKs, 1833, 149; 1836, 

 251. 



Respiration, Dr. W. C. Henry on the action 

 of the medulla spinalis and oblongata on, 

 1833, 73. 



, Liebig's theory of, 1842, 51. 



Respiratory organs. Dr. C. J. B. Williams 

 on the, 1840, 411. 



Rhinoceros, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 

 1843, 220. 



Rhizocarpea3, Prof. Henfrey on the repro- 

 duction of, 1851, 116, 122. 



Rhizostomidse, British, 1860, 233. 



Rhynchonellidse of the West coast of North 

 America, 1856, 298 ; North-east Atlantic, 

 1856, 114; British, 1860, 222. 



Rhynchorhinus of the London clay. Prof. 

 Agassiz on, 1844, 295. 



Rhynchosaurus, fossil, British, Prof. Owen 

 on, 1841, 145. 



Richardson's tubular life-boat, 1854, 333. 



Rissoa of the ^gean Sea, 1843, 137, 189; 

 Irish, 1843, 255; 1852, 293; British, 



1850, 202, 223 ; 1860, 219 ; South Euro- 

 pean, 1850, 265 ; of the North-east At- 

 lantic, 1856, 148. 



Ritchie's (Dr.) instrument for showing that 

 the absorptive power of surfaces is pre- 

 cisely proportional to their radiating 

 power, 1831-32,265. 



River Humber, J. Oldham on the physical 

 features of the, 1853, 36. 



— — Mersey, provisional report on the 

 effects produced upon the channels 

 of the; by alterations made in its banks, 



1855, 143 ; report of the committee, 



1856, I. 



Mississippi, on changes in the, 1834, 9. 



— — Rhine, on the phenomena exhibited 



in different parts of its course, 1834, 



462. 

 Thames, on the courae, dimensions, 



inclinations, and velocities of the, by Gr. 



and J. Rennie, 1834, 486 (with a sec- 

 tion from the river Kennet to the Nore 



Light). 

 steamers, in reference to shallow-water 



navigation, A. Henderson on, 1858, 268. 

 boats of Bengal, A. Henderson on the, 



1858, 272. 

 Rivers of Dukhun, Col. Sykes on the, 1837, 



256, 257, 259, 260. 

 . in France and Flanders, declivities 



of, 1834, 443. 

 , Dr. R. A. Smith on the supply of 



water to towns from, 1851, 70. 

 , J. F. Bateman on the supply of water 



to towns from, 1855, 72. 

 , canals, and drainage, Gr. Rennie on 



the progress of hydraulics in England 



with reference to, 1834, 473. 

 , on the forms of the surface of, 1834, 



468. 

 , on the progress of our knowledge of, 



by G-. Rennie, 1834, 425. 

 , on regurgitations or the swelling of, 



by obstacles placed in them, 1834, 470, 

 , on the phenomena of the stoppage 



of, R. Mallet on, 1858, 131. 

 Rivet-iron, W. Fairbairn on the tensile 



strength of, 1856, 415. 

 Robiquet's alizarin, 1847, 136. 

 Rocks, secondary, origin of carbonate of 



soda in. Dr. Daubeny on, 1836, 24. 

 , stratified, H. L. Pattinson on some 



galvanic experiments to determine the 



existence or non-existence of electrical 



currents among, 1839, 23. 



of North America, on the, 1834, 5. 



, trap, of Dukhun, Col. Sykes on the, 



1837, 219, 227, 230. 

 , on the metamorphosis of, by Prof. 



Forchhammer, 1844, 165. 

 , report on cleavage and foliation in, 



and on the theoretical explanations of 



these phenomena, by Prof. Phillips, 1856, 



369 ■— 



Cleavage distinct from stratification, 

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