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Balloon ascents for meteorological objects, 

 Col. Syies on, 1858, 39. 



Balloons, on obserrations of the barometer 

 and thermometer made during ascents in, 

 by G-. Eush, 1849, 29. 



Banking, London, on the family principle 

 in, by J. w. Gilbart, 1856, 143. 



Banks, Joint-stock, on the rise, progress, and 

 condition of, by J. Knight, 1854, 138. 



, Joint-stock, reasons for extending 



limited liability to, 1857, 165; on the 

 recent legislation relative to, 166. 



Barbacenia, Sir R. Schomburgk on a new- 

 species of, 1844, 71. 



Barbel, Prof. Owen on the pharyngeal tooth 

 of the, 1838, 143. 



Barege mobile, or canalization of rivers, 

 1844, 99. 



Barium, Prof. T. Andrews on the atomic 

 weight of, 1852, 33. 



and strontium. Dr. Hare on the pre- 

 parations of, 1839, 36. 



Bark, Matias, Dr. Mackay on the chemical 

 and medicinal properties of, 1839, 6 1 ; 

 1840, 160. 



Barley crops, on the injury of parasitic 

 plants to, 1848, 84. 



Barnacles, Sir C Lyell on the occurrence 

 of a stratum of stones covered with, in the 

 red crag at Wherstead, 1851, 65. 



Barometer, on the diurnal variations of the, 

 by T. Hopkins, 1844, 22. 



, G-. Hutchison on the nature and 



causes of the diurnal oscillations of the, 

 1843, 19. 



, J. A. Broun on the laws of the di- 

 urnal variation of the, witliin the tropics, 

 1860, 20. 



— — , on the horary oscillations of the, 

 1831-32, 86. 



, T. Hopkins on the relations of the 



semidiurnal movements of the, to land 

 and sea breezes, 1846, 25. 



, on the semidiurnal and annual va- 

 riations of the, by J. A. Broun, 1859, 43. 



, on the diurnal variation of the, by 



T. Davies, 1859, 50. 



, Rev. J. Hailstone on a peculiar oscil- 

 lation of the, 1834, 569. 



, Mr. Espy on the four daily fluctua- 

 tions of the, 1840, 55. 



, on the irregular movements of the, 



by T. Hopkins, 1844, 21. 



• , solar variation, through the seasons, of 



the, in the climate of London, by Luke 

 Howard, 1844, 14. 



, on observations of the, made during 



ascents in balloons, by G-. Rush, 1849, 

 29. 



■ , Prof. Stevelly on a method of filling 



the, without the aid of an air-pump, 1839, 

 21. 



• pump, for filling barometer-tubes in 



vacuo, 1844, 24. 



, new, on the construction of a, by 



Rev. Prof. Miller, 1833, 414. 



Barometer, new standard portable moun- 

 tain, by G. J. Symons, 1858, 39. 



, P. M'Farlane on a new construction 



of the, 1840, 55. 



, portable, improved, 1831-32, 581. 



, portable, new method of construct- 

 ing a, by J. Newman, 1833, 417. 



with an enlarged scale, by W. L. 



Wharton, 1833, 414. 



, aneroid, daily comparison of, with a 



Board of Trade barometer by captains of 

 ships at sea, Dr. J. Lee on the, 1858, 

 38. 



, Breguet's, Rev. Prof. Gumming on a, 



1833, 418. 



, linseed oil, 1831-32, 86. 



, 0. Brooke on a self-registering, 1846, 



17. 

 , self-registering, Prof. Stevelly on a, 



1835, 109. 

 , wheel. Sir W. S. Harris on the con- 

 struction of a new, 1833, 414. 

 Barometers, Bm'sill's, notice of, 1841, 



42. 

 , M. R. von Schlagintweit on thermo- 



barometers compared with, at great 



heights, 1860, 50. 

 Barometric formula. Dr. Apjohn on the 



correction to be applied for moisture to 



the, 1843, 20. 

 ■ pendulum, for the registration of the 



mean atmospheric pressure during long 



periods of time. Prof Rankine on a, 



1853, 26. 



pressure. Admiral FitzRoy on the 



areas or lines of, 1860, 41. 



readings, M. R. von Schlagintweit on 



some results deduced from comparisons 

 of the boiling-point with, 1860, 50. 



Barometrical fluctuations, T. Dobson on the 

 mode of interpreting, 1856, 36. 



instrument for travellers in moun- 

 tainous districts, Sir J. Robison on a, 

 1838, 37. 



levellings in the Madras Presidency, 



Colonel Sykes on, 1847, 42. 

 registration, simultaneous, in the north 



of England, Prof Phillips on, 1844, 



21. 

 Barrande's (M.) labours in preparing his 



' Silurian System ' of Bohemia, review of, 



by Sir R. I. Murchison, 1850, 97. 

 Baryta, bicarbonate of, Prof T. Andrews 



on its application to quantitative analyses, 



1852, 41. 

 Barytes and platinum, cyanurets of. Sir D. 



Brewster on the optical properties of the> 



1850, 5. 

 Basalt in the island of Mull, the Duke of 



Argyll on a fossiliferous deposit under- 

 lying, 1850, 70. 

 Basaltic dyke in the vale of Eden, J. A. 



Knipe on a, 1839, 67. 



formations in Northumberland, W. 



S. Gibson on, 1859, 108. 



Basins, tidal, on the formation of the 



