SECTIONS. INDEX OF AUTHORS. 



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' cially along prismatic masses of liquid, 



1851, 4. 

 Banking (Prof. W. J. M.) on the reconcen- 



tration of the mechanical energy of the 



universe, 1852, 12. 

 • on the causes of the excess of the mean 



temperature of rivers above that of the 



atmosphere, recently observed by M. Re- 



nou, 1852, 30. 

 on telegraphic communication between 



Great Britain and Ireland by the Mull 



of Cantyre, 1852, 128. 

 on Prof. Smyth's mechanical process 



for cooling air in tropical climates, 1852, 



128. 

 on an oscillatory theory of light, 



1853, 9. 

 on a proposed barometric pendulum 



for the registration of the mean atmo- 

 spheric pressure during long periods of 



time, 1853, 26. 

 on some simultaneous observations of 



rain-fall at different points on the same 



mountain range, 1854, 46. 

 on formulas for the maximum pressure 



and latent heat of vapours, 1854, 58. 

 on the means of realizing the advan- 

 tages of the air-engine, 1854, 159. 

 , opening remarks on the objects of the 



Mechanical Section at Glasgow, 1855, 201 ; 



concluding address, 211. 



on practical tables of the latent heat 



. of vapom-s, 1855, 208. 



on the operation of the patent laws, 



1855, 208. 

 on the principle of the transformation 



of structures, 1857, 189. 

 on the experiments by Messrs. Napier 



and Sons, on the strength of wrought 



iron and steel, 1859, 242. 

 Bansom (Dr. W. H.) on the structure of 



the ova of fishes, with especial reference 

 ' to the micropyle, and the phenomena of 



their fecundation, 1855, 131. 

 Bansome (P.) on soluble silicates, and some 



of their applications, 1859, 78. 

 I^Bathbone (T. W.) on a proposed plan for 



decimal coinage, 1853, 112. 

 — — on the plans which have been proposed 



of decimal accounts and coinage, 1854, 



143; 1855, 184. 

 Bavenstein (M. a.) on relief maps, 1840, 



122. 

 Bawson (B.) on the summation of infinite 



series, 1844, 2. 



on the friction of water, 1849, 3. 



on elliptic integration, 1849, 4. 



on the oscillations of floating bodies, 



1849, 5. 

 Bawson (W. B.) on the number of fires in 



the metropolis and its vicinitv, from 



1833 to 1837, 1838, 170. 

 , report of the Bailway Commissioners 



in Ireland, 1838, 171. 



on the criminal statistics of England 



. and Wales, 1839, 117. 



Bayners (Mr.) on a machine regulator, 

 1840, 209. 



Bead (G.) on ropy bread, 1850, 60. -_ 



Bead (Dr. J.) on the iriscope, 1840, 14. 



, experiments in thermo-electricity, 



1846, 46. 



Beade (Bev. J. B.) on the solid materials 

 found in the ashes of plants, 1837, 

 103. 



on the chemical composition of vege- 

 table membrane and fibre, 1837, 104. 



on Liebig's theory of fallow crops, 



1842, 64. 



on the cilia and ciliary currents of the 



oyster, 1845, 66. 



on two new salts of gold, 1847, 57. 



on a new solid eyepiece, 1850, 15. 



on photographs of the moon and of 



the sun, 1854, 10. 



on a new method of forming am* 



monio-iodides of metals, 1857, 55. 



—. — on animal ammonia, its formation, 



evolution, and office, 1858, 65. 

 Bebmann (the Bev. J.), letter to the Bev. 



H. Venn, from Kisaludini (in Babbai), 



1854, 123. 

 Bedfern (Dr. P.) on the connexion between 



cartilage and bone, 1853, 71. 

 on the natm*e of the Torbaneliill and 



other varieties of coal, 1854, 102. 

 ■ , photographs on glass of histological 



and natxn-al-history objects, 1855, 118. 



on a method of applying the com-r 



pound microscope to the sides or top of 

 aquaria less than 2 feet in height, 1857, 

 106. 



■ on FlustreUa hispida, 1857, 106. 



on the method of production of sound 



by a species of Notonecta, 1859, 173. 



on the admixture of nervous and mus- 

 cular fibres in the nerves of the Hirudo 

 medicinalis and other leeches, 1859, 

 174. 



on the structure of the otoliths of the 



cod (Gadus morrhua), 1859, 174. 



Bbdfield (W. C.) on American storms and 

 tornadoes, 1840, 40. 



Bedtenbacher (Prof.) and Dr. Yarren- 

 trapp on the constitution and product^ 

 of the distillation of fat bodies, 1840,, 



Bees (Dr. G, O.) on the liquor amnii, 1838, 



126. 

 on the existence of fluoric acid as a 



constituent of certain animal substances, 



1839, 56. 

 * on the preservation of subjects for 



anatomical purposes, 1840, 156. 

 Beeve (Lovell) on the dissimilarity in the 



calcifying functions of mollusks, 1846, 



82. 



on a new species of Argonaut, A. 



Owenii, with observations on the A. gon- 

 dola, Dillwyn, 1848, 80. 



on the discovery of a living represen- 

 tative of a small group of fossil Volutes 



