REPORTS, ETC. — INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



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Eadiata of the Mgea,n Sea, report on the, 



by Prof. E. Forbes, 1843, 146 :— 

 Arachnodermata, 146. 

 Echinodermata, 148. 

 Zoophyta, 151. 

 Amorphozoa, 152. 

 Provinces of depth, 176. 



of the Frith of Clyde, 1856, 51. 



, Irish, 1843, 275, 279; 1852, 295; 



1857, III ; 1858, 179, 286. 

 , list of, for local museums, 1855, 



121. 

 , British, taken on the Southern and 



Western coasts of England, and Northern 



and Western coasts of Scotland, 1850, 



21 1, 239. 



, British, list of, 1860, 229. 



, oolitic. Dr. T. Wright on, 1856, 396. 



, vide Dredging. 



Radiation of heat, Rev. Dr. Whevrell on 



the mathematical theories of the, 1835, 



17. 

 of heat, Dr. H. Hudson on the, 1835, 



163 ; Rev. Prof. Kelland on the, 1841, 2. 

 — — , solar or terrestrial, Prof. J. D. Forbes 



on, 1831-32, 222 ; 1840, 60. 

 , solar, on the chemical action of the, 



by R. Hunt, 1850, 137; 1852, 262; 1853, 



68 ; list of bodies susceptible of chemical 



change, 1850, 150. 

 , solar. Dr. G-ladstone on its influence 



on plants, 1852, 239; 1854, 373; 1855, 



Raidse, North American, Sir J, Richardson 

 on the, 1836, 222. 



— of the seas of China and Japan, Sir J. 



Richardson on the, 1845, 195, 197. 



, Irish, W.Thompson on, 1840, 398. 



of New Zealand, Sir J. Richardson on 



the, 1842, 29. 



of the Oolitic system, 1843, 201. 



of the Tertiary system, 1843, 206. 



of the London clay, 1844, 308. 



Railway constants, report of the committee 

 on the determination of the mean nume- 

 rical values of, by Dr. Lardner, 1838, 

 197-252 ; 1841, 205 ; by E. Woods, 247 ; 

 Appendix, 268. 



suspension bridges, C. Vignoles and 



P. W. Barlow on, 1857, 154, 238 ; 1858, 



293- 



trains, experiments on breaks for, by 



W. Fairbairn, 1859, 76. 



structures, W. Fairbairn on the effect 



of vibratory action and long-continued 

 changes of load upon wrought-iron gir- 

 ders, 1860, 45. 



excavations, reports on coloured draw- 

 ings of the sections of strata exposed in, 

 1841, 333; 1842, 38; 1843, 295. 



Railways, Rev. Prof. Moseley, Prof. E. Hodg- 

 kinson, and J. Enys on a constant indi- 

 cator for steam-engines, 1841, 307 ; 1842, 

 98. 



, report on railway-bar corrosion, by R. 



Mallet, 1849, 88. 



Railways, W. Fairbairn on the strength of 

 locomotive boilers and the causes which 

 lead to explosion, 1853, 53. 



Rainbow, Prof. J. D. Forbes on the, 1840, 

 125, 



Rain, Prof. J. D, Forbes on, 1831-52, 249 : 



1840, III. 



, third report on the quantities falling 



at different elevations at York, by W. 



Gray and Prof. Phillips, 1835, 171 (for 



first and second Reports, vide "Rain," 



Index of Subjects, Sections). 

 in Dukhun, Col. Sykes on the fall of, 



1837, 236. 

 in Bengal, Col. Sykes on the fall of, 



1852, 252. _ 

 at Birmingham, W. Wills on the fall 



of, 1852, 298. 



at Southampton, J. Drew on, 1851, 



58. 



Rain-gauge at the Liverpool observatory, 

 account of the, by A. F. Osier, 1855, 

 127. 



and vapour-gauge of the Kew observa- 

 tory, 1844, 128 ; 1851, 341. 



Rain-water, on, 1836; 2 ; 1848, 21; 1851, 

 70, 77- 



Rallidas of North America, 1836, 183 ; of 

 Dukhun, 1837, 250; Irish, 1840, 376; 

 1852, 291. 



Ramphastidffi of N. America, 1836, 177, 



Rana, North American, Sir J. Richardson 

 on the, 1836, 201. 



boans (great bull-frog). Prof. Owen on 



the cranium of the, 1846, 213. 



Rape-seed, Indian, on, 1859, 27. 



Raphiosaurus subulidens. Prof. Owen on, 



1841, 145. 



Raptores of North America, Sir J. Richard- 

 son on the, 1836, 168, 191. 



of Dukhun, Col. Sykes on the, 1837, 



248. 



of Ireland, W. Thompson on the, 



1840, 364; 1852, 291. 



Rasores of North America, Sir J. Richard - 



son on the, 1836, 180, 195. 

 of Dukhun, Col. Sykes on, 1837, 250. 



of Ireland, W. Thompson on the, 



1840, 372 ; 1852, 291. 



Rats of North America, 1836, 1 54. 



Red sandstone, lower new, at CoUyhurst, 



near Manchester, report on the excavation 



made at the junction of the coal-measures 



with the, by E. W. Binney, 1843, 241. 

 Reflexion of heat, Rev. Prof. Powell on the, 



1840, 10, 32. 

 and refraction of light, Rev. Dr. 



Lloyd on the, 1834, 305; of polarized 



light, 356. 

 Refraction, G. B. Airy on, 1831-32, 136, 



186. 

 and double refraction. Sir D. Brewster 



on, 1831-32, 308, 310. 

 , double. Rev. Dr. Lloyd on, 1834, 375- 



of heat, on the, 1840, 2, 7; 1854, 



341- 



