SECTIONS. — INDEX OF AUTHORS. 



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jured by the bursting of the air-pipe of 

 the diving apparatus, 1842, 84. 



Richardson (Sir J.), notice of a beetle found 

 alive in artificial concrete, 1846, 82. 



on electric fishes, 1857, 115. 



, abstract of Mr. Anderson's report of a 



searching party down the Great Fish 

 Eiiver in quest of the remains of the crews 

 of the 'Erebus' and 'Terror,' 1857, 

 148. 



Richardson (J.) on a native Touarick alpha- 

 bet, 1847, 126. 



^ on the medicinal leech, 1854, 113. 



Richardson (T.) on emulsin, 1838, 48. 



, examination of sphene, 1838, 49. 



— — on the composition of idocrase, 1839, 



RiDDELL (Lieut.), curves representing the 

 simultaneous changes of the magnetic ele- 

 ments, 1841, 26. 



RiGAUD (Prof.), notice relative to the dis- 

 covery of the satellites of Jupiter, 1831-32, 

 613. 



RiGG (R.), inquiry into a peculiar property 

 of the earth, 1837, 50. 



on the formation or secretion of car- 

 bon by animals, 1844, 33. 



Riley (E.) on fused wrought iron, 1857, 



Riley (Dr. H.) on an additional species of 

 saurian found near Bristol, 1836, 90. 



on the foot of the two-toed ostrich, 



1836, 98. 



Ritchie (Mr.) on warming and ventilating 

 buildings, 1840, 214. 



Ritchie's (E. S.) powerful induction appa- 

 ratus, account of, 1857, 15. 



RoBB (Dr. J.) on certain geological features 

 of the river St. John, in New Brunswick, 

 with an account of the falls upwards from 

 the sea, 1840, 115. 



on an anomalous form of the plum 



observed in the gardens of New Brxms- 

 wick, 1840, 148. 



*RoBB (J.) on the comparative value of 

 propellers, 1859, 243. 



Roberton (J.) on the period of puberty in 

 negro women, 1842, 82. 



Roberts (Mr.) on a machine which renders 

 objects visible while revolving 200,000 

 times in a minute, 1835, 113. 



Roberts (Gr.) on a remarkable tide in the 

 British Channel, 1848, 37. 



Roberts (H.) on various efforts to improve 

 the domiciliary condition of the labouring 

 classes, 1860, 196. 



Roberts (R.) on a new element of mechan- 

 ism, 1848, 119. 



on the sheet-metal moulding machine, 



1849, 126. 



on correct sizing of toothed wheels and 



pinions, 1849, 127. 



on the eccentric sheet-metal and wire- 

 gauge, 1849, 128. 



— — , apparatus by which the influx and re- 

 flux of the tide are rendered available as 



agents for effecting the motions of clock- 

 work, 1849, 128. 



Roberts (R.) on the expansion of solids by 

 heat, 1850, 16. 



on mechanism to explain the pendu- 

 lum experiment, 1851, 117. 



* on certain improvements in the con- 

 struction of steam-ships, life-boats, and 

 other vessels, also in steam-boilers, pro- 

 pellers, anchors, windlasses, and metallic 

 casks, 1853, 121. 



*RoBERTSON (J.) on Pholas, 1851, 82. 



Robertson (Capt.), ascent of the mountain 

 Sumeru Parbut, 1855, 150. 



Robinson (Rev. Dr. E.) on the Wadi el'Ara- 

 bah in Syria, 1840, 121- 



Robinson (Sir G.) on moon blindness, 1858, 

 19. 



^^Robinson (R.), a new reaping-machine, 

 1852, 129. 



Robinson (Rev. Dr. T. R.) on the visibility 

 of the moon in total eclipses, 1834, 



552- 



on the parallax of a Lyree, 1837, 



3- 



on determining the index error of a 



circle by reflexion of the wires of its tele- 

 scope, 1843, 16. 



on the barometric compensation of the 



pendulum, 1843, 17, 102. 



, notice of E. J. Cooper's catalogue of 



50 telescopic stars, 1843, 18. 



on the influence which finely divided 



platina exerts on the'electrodes of a volta- 

 meter, 184^, 46. 



■ , modification of Dr. Whewell's anemo- 

 meter for measuring the velocity of the 

 wind, 1846, in. 



on the electrolysis of water, 1847, 



on shooting-stars seen at Armagh, 



1848, 37, 



— — , notice of Sharp's universal sun-dial, 



1849, 34, 



on drawings to illustrate recent obser- 

 vations on nebulse, 1852, 22. 



on transit-observations of the moon, 



1857, 27. 



* , address as President of Section A. at 



the Dublin Meeting, 1857, i. 



RoBisoN (Sir J.), Unseed-oil barometer, 

 1831-32, 86. 



on a method of measuring the interval 



and the velocity of waves at sea, 1836, 

 130. 



on a barometrical instrument for tra- 

 vellers in mountainous districts, 1838, 



37- 



on coal-gas as the cheapest fuel for 



cooking, 1838, 159. 



, notice of the bucket of a pump in use 



in Sweden, 1838, 159. 



on a new optical instrument, 1842, 



27. 



on Mr. Pressor's method of mak- 

 ing earthenware or porcelain from 



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