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SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Atmospheric railway, C. Vignoles on the, 



1842, ICO. 



railway, Kingstown and Dublin line, 



1843, loi. 



recorder, G. DoUond on an, 184C, 



I?' 



refraction, uncommon, M. Moggridge 



on two cases of, 1848, 33. 



waves. Admiral FitzRoy on, 1859, 



^' waves, W. R. Birt on, 1846, 35 ; 1860, 



38. 



Atmotic ship, Hon. W. Bland on an, 1860, 

 60. 



Atomic weights, atomic volumes, and pro- 

 perties of the chemical elements, J. F. 

 Coleman on some remarkable relations 

 existing between the, 1860, 66. 



weights. Dr. E. Turner on, 1831-32, 



576. 



weights. Dr. Turner's experiments on, 



1833, 399. 



weights of elementary bodies. Prof. 



Clark on the, 1839, 43. 



weights of the families of the elements, 



J. Mercer on the relation of the, 1858, 



weights of the elements of six chemical 



families, J. Mercer on the, 1858, 59. 

 weight of magnesium, A. Macdonnell 



on the, 1852, 36. 

 weight of oxygen. Prof. W. A. Miller 



on the, 1860, 70. 

 weights of platinum and barium. Prof. 



T. Andrews on the, 1852, 33. 

 weight of tin, Dr. W. Odling on the, 



1858, 58. 

 Atrato, explorations through the valley of 



the, to the Pacific, in search of a route 



for a ship-canal, by F. M. Kelley, 1850, 



162. 

 Attraction and repulsion, on the alternate 



spheres of, by Rev. T. Exley, 1844, 39. 

 , electrical, Sir W. S. Harris on, 1835, 



'7- . . 



— ■ — , electrical, Sir W. S. Harris on some 



new phenomena of, 1833, 386. 

 Attractions, theory of, Rev. Prof. Jellett on 



some general propositions connected with 



the, 1857, 3. 

 Auchenia, W. Danson on the introduction 



of a species of, into Britain, for obtaining 



wool, 1839, 92. 

 Aurora, G. A. Rowell on the cause of the, 



1840, 48. 

 , G. A. Rowell on the cause of the, and 



the declination of the needle, 1847, 41. 

 , Dr. Hooker's observations of an, 1848, 



18. 



at Point Barrow, Major-Gen. Sabine 



on the frequency of the, 1857, 14. 



boreahs, on the nature of, 1831-32, 



85. 



borcalis, on an arch of the, 1833, 401 ; 



directions for observations of the, 486. 

 borealis, on the, 1852, 26. 



Aurora borealis, W. Herapath on the, 1836, 



32. 

 — borealis of August 11, 1836, Dr. Traill 



on the, 1836, 32. 

 borealis, S. H. Christie on its occurrence 



in England during summer, 1837, 28. 

 borealis, Rev. G. Fisher on the nature 



and origin of the, 1845, 22. 



borealis at Alton, 1846, 12. 



borealis, Dr. Siljestrom on those varia- 

 tions of the force and the direction of the 



terrestrial magnetism whicli seem to de- 

 pend on the, 1848, 4. 

 borealis, notice of, by J. K. Watts, 



1851, 41. 

 borealis. Admiral Sir J. Ross on the, 



1835, 18 ; 1855, 42. 

 Aurora3, notices of, by J. Jenkins, 1848, 



22. 

 Auroral arches, Rev. Prof. Chevallier on the 



height of, 1847, 7. 

 Auscultation, Dr. Brooke on an instrument 



to assist in the discovery of foreign bodies 



by, 1845, 86. 

 , Dr. C, J. B. Williams on the con- 

 struction and application of instruments 



used in, 1842, 75. 

 Australian expedition, communications on 



an, by Capt. Sturt, Dr. Blundell, and G. 



S. Wilson, 1854, 125. 

 Avenella dilatata, 1858, 128. 

 Aves constrictipedes and inconstrictipedes, 



J. Hogg on the classification of, 1846, 



77. 78. 

 Avicula contorta beds and lower lias in the 



south of England, Dr. T. Wright on the, 



1860, 108. 

 Awalian tribes of the Tarai, at the foot of 



the Himalayas, J. B. Davis on the, 1859, 



^77- . 

 Axe, miner's, ancient, recently discovered 



in the Forest of Dean, description of, by 



R. Mushet, 1856, 71. 

 Axles, straight, for locomotives, C. Vignoles 



on, 1842, 104. 

 , railway, J. Nasmyth on the strength 



of hammered and annealed, 1842, 105. 

 Azimuth circle, G. B. Airy on a question of 



probabilities which occurs in the use of a 



fixed collimator for the verification of the 



constancy of position of an, 1850, i. 

 Azote, atomic weight of, 1839, 49. 



Babinet's (M.) homolographic maps, notice 



of, 1854, 2. 

 homolographic maps, Prof. Hennessy 



on, 1856, 112. 

 Bache's tide observations. Rev. Dr. Whewell 



on, 1854, 28. 

 Balaklava tempest, on the, and the mode of 



interpreting barometrical fluctuations, by 



T. Dobson, 1856, 36. 

 Balance, revolving, Mr. Lotldan on a, 1840, 



206. 

 Balance spring, glass, for clu-onometers, 



Mr. E. J. Dent on a, 1833, 421. 



