SECTIONS.— ►INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



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Astronomical clock, Rev. Dr. Eobinson on 

 the barometric compensation of the pen- 

 dulum, 1843, 17, 102. 



instruments, C. May on the applica- 

 tion of chilled cast iron to the pivots 

 of, 1851, 114. 



observations, Messrs. Bond on appa- 

 ratus for making, by means of electro- 

 magnetism, 1851, zi. 



observations. Prof. Boole on the theory 



of, 1857, 2. 



problems. Prof. J. C. Adams on the 



application of graphical methods to the 

 solution of, and in particular to the deter- 

 mination of the perturbations of planets 

 and comets, 1849, i. 



Astronomy, Chinese, J. B. Lindsay on, 



1859, 35. 

 , meteoric, researches in, byD.Vaughan, 



1854, 26. 

 Atherstone Union, C. H. Bracebridge on 



rural statistics, illustrated by the, 1844, 



Atlantic cable, on diminishing the strain by 

 an elastic regulator, 1857, 180. 



telegraph. North, geography of the, by 



Col. Schaffner, 1860, 178. 



waves, their magnitude, velocity, and 



phenomena, Eev. Dr. Scoresby on, 1850, 

 26. 



Atmopolarimeter, Dr. F. Bernard on an, 

 1854, 6. 



Atmosphere and the earth, on the general 

 and gradual desiccation of the, by J. S. 

 Wilson, 1858, 155. 



during cholera, on the condition of 



the, by Dr. E. D. Thomson, 1855, 71. 



, its influence on the rate of mortality, 



1842, 97. 



, its state during the prevalence of in- 

 fluenza, by G-. H. Fielding, 1833, 461. 



— — , on the pressure of the, and its power 

 in modifying and determining hsemor- 

 rhagic disease, by J. Milligan, 1858, 



138. 



, J. Nott on the electricity of the, 1843, 



, instrument for measuring the electri- 

 city of the, 1837, 38. 



, Prof. Wheatstone on Quetelet's inves- 

 tigations relating to the electricity of the, 

 1849, II. 



, on an instrument for observing verti- 

 cal currents in the, by Prof. Hennessy, 

 1856, 40. 



, on the vertical currents of the, by 



Prof. Hennessy, 1857, 30. 



, on the causes of the excess of the 



mean temperature of rivers above that of 

 the, by W. J. M. Rankine, 1852, 30. 



, on the heating of the, by contact with 



the earth's surface, by Prof, Hennessy, 

 1858, 36. 



, on the aqueous vapom* of the, by 



Admiral FitzEoy, 1859, 50. 



, T. Hopkins on the means of com- 



puting the quantities of aqueous Tapour 

 in the, 1850, 36. 



Atmosphere, T, Hopkins on computing the 

 quantity of vapour contained in a vertical 

 column of the, 1849, 24. 



, Col. James on the refraction of the, 



1858, 38. 



, Sir D. Brewster on the polarization 



of the, 1847, 32. 



, Sir D. Brewster on some new pheno- 

 mena in the polarization of the, 1850, 6. 



, H. H. Watson on the quantity of car- 

 bonic acid in the, 1834, 583. 



, Sir J. W. Lubbock on Poisson's 



theory of the constitution of the, 1837, 

 31- 



, on the natural obstructions in the, 



preventing the view of distant objects, by 

 A. Cruickshank, 1859, 49. 



of the moon, J. Grooby on the, 



1847, 8. 



Atmospheres, deteriorated, apparatus for 

 determining the quantity of carbonic acid 

 gas in, by C. T. Coathupe, 1839, 63. 



, deteriorated, C. T. Coathupe on respi- 

 ration of, 1839, 108. 



Atmospheric air. Dr. Prout on, 1831-32, 



570-574- 



air, W. West on detecting gases pre- 

 sent in, 1836, 77. 



circulation, on the grand currents of, 



by Prof. J. Thomson, 1857, 38. 



daily and yearly fluctuations, Dr. 



Buist on, 1852, 25. 



disturbances, and on a remarkable 



storm at Bombay, by Col. Sykes, 1848, 

 41. 



electricity, A. Crosse on, 1836, 48. 



— ^ electricity, on the detection and mea- 

 surement of, by M. J. Johnson, 1865, 

 40. 



electricity in the United States, Prof. 



Loomis on, 1857, 32. 



electricity, on Dellman's method of 



observing, by Prof. W. Thomson, 1856, 



electricity, on the necessity for inces- 

 sant recording, and for simultaneous 

 observations in difierent localities, for the 

 investigation of, by Prof. W. Thomson, 



1859, 27. 



electricity. Prof. W. Thomson on, 



1860, 53- 



movements, on the effects of the earth's 



rotation on, by D. Yaughan, 1859, 41. 



phenomena, L. How:ard on a cycle of 



eighteen years in, 1842, 24. 



phenomena, E. J. Lowe on some, 



1851, 33. 



pressure, W. Maugham on a mode of 



obtaining an increase of, 1838, 73. 



pressiire during long periods of time, 



Prof. Rankine on a barometric pendulum 

 for the registration of, 1853, 26. 



pressure on the animal frame, J. Dalton 



on the efi'ects of, 1831-32, 85. 



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