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SECTIONS. INDEX OF AUTHORS. 



Smith (JAsrES, of Jordan Hill), notice of 

 undescribed shells, 1837, loo. 



on the shells of the newer pleiocene 



deposits, 1838, 87. 



on the superficial beds in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Glasgow, 1840, 94. 



* on the geology of Madeira, 1840, 



118. 



on the subsidence of the land at Puz- 



zuoli, 1845, 52. 



* on the conditions under which 



boulders occur in Scotland, 1852, 61. 



* on the shelly deposits of the basin of 



the Clyde, with proofs of change of cli- 

 mate, 1855, 96. 



Smith (John, of Perth) on the production 

 of colour and the theory of light, 1859, 

 22. 



on the chromoscope, 1860, 65. 



Smith (John) on the rubble bridge of 

 Ashiesteel, 1850, 187. 



Smith (J. P.) on the superiority of mac- 

 adamized roads for streets of large towns, 

 1849, 129. 



Smith (E.) on a wreck intelligencer, 1858, 

 221. 



Smith (Dr. E. Angus) on sulphuric acid in 

 the air and water of towns, 1851, 52. 



Smith (S.), notice of some balls composed 

 of the hairs of a plant, 1858, 117. 



Smith (S.) on the bursting of guns and 

 cannons, 1858, 221. 



Smith (Dr. W.) on the variations in the 

 quantity of rain in different parts of the 

 earth, 1838, 27. 



*Smith (W.) on improved meclianical 

 means for the extraction of oil, and 

 the economical manufacture of ma- 

 nures from fish and fishy matter, 1856, 

 164. 



Smith (W. H.) on the natural peculia- 

 rities and advantages of the mineral field 

 and the proposed harbour of Fair Head, 

 Ireland, 1852, 129. 



"Smith (W. L.) on the choice of subject in 

 photography, 1858, 66. 



Smyth (Prof. C. P.) on changes in the posi- 

 tion of the transit-instrument, attributed 

 to the temperature of the earth, 1847, 37. 



* — — on cometary physics, 1850, 31. 



* account of the Edinburgh observa- 

 tory, 1850, 31. 



— — on a new form of equatorial mounting 

 for the Edinburgh observatory, 1850, 

 187. 



on a mode of cooling the air of rooms 



in tropical climates, 1850, 188. 



on the application of telescope sights 



to rifles, 1850, 188. 



* on a method of applying the power 



of wind to a pump, for the purpose of 

 irrigation, 1851, 118. 



on an improved form of reflecting in- 



striunent for use at sea, 1852, 12. 



on the red prominences seen during 



the total solar eclipse of 1851, 1852, 13. 



Smyth (Prof. C. P.) on Penrose and Ben- 

 nett's sliding helicograph, 1852, 129. 



on solar refraction, 1855, 29. 



on altitude-observations at sea, 1855, 



29. 



on the transmission of time-signals, 



1855, 29. 



on naval anemometrical observations, 



1855, 45. 



on the constancy of solar radiation, 



1856, 28. 



, notice of the engraving of three views 



of the Mare Crisium, 1857, 28. 



Smyth (Admiral) on the results of measure- 

 ments of y Virginis, 1857, 32. 



Smythies (J. K.) on the motion of points 

 or atoms subject to any law of force, 

 1839, 24. 



Snow (Capt. W. P.) on practical experience 

 of the law of storms in each quarter of 

 the globe, 1860, 52. 



on the lost Polar expedition, and the 



possible recovery of its scientific docu- 

 ments, 1860, 180. 



SoLLiTT (J. D.) on the composition and 

 figuring of the specula of reflecting tele- 

 scopes, 1853, 10. 



on the chemical constitution of the 



Humber deposits, 1853, 49. 



on the Diatomacese found in the 



neighbourhood of Hull, 1853, 63, 



Solly (E.), analysis of American soils on 

 which cotton is grown, 1839, 91. 



on bleaching vegetable wax, 1840, 



86. 



, notice of diseased bark of ash-trees, 



occasioned by insects, 1842, 65. 



on gutta percha, a new variety of 



caoutchouc, 1845, 32. 



on the influence of galvanic electricity 



on the germination of seeds, 1845, 69. 



*Solomon (J. V.) on squinting, 1841, 

 80. 



*Somers (W.) on a new alga, 1853, 63. 



SopwiTii (T.) on the mountain-limestone 

 formation in Alston Moor, 1838, 79^ 



on the construction of geological mo- 

 dels, 1838, 94. 



on an improved levelling stave, 1838, 



^54- 

 , description of instruments to facilitate 



the process of isometrical projection, 



1838, 155. 

 on improved writing-cabinets, 1838, 



on the importance of preserving na- 

 tional mining records, 1838, 156. 



SoRBY (H. C.) on the tetramorphism of 

 carbon, 1850, 62. 



— — on the structure and mutual relation- 

 ships of the older rocks of the Highland 

 border, 1855, 96. 



on some of the mechanical structures 



of limestones, 1855, 97. 



on the currents produced bythe action 



of the winds and tides, and the structures 



