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substitute for wood in ship-building, W. 



Fair bairn on the, 1840, 201. 

 Iron beams, on the strength and best forms 



of, by Prof. E. Hodgkinson, 1831-32, 610. 

 , Prof. Penny on a process for the 



quantitative determination of, 1850, 58. 

 ■ , Rev. Dr. Scoresby on its susceptibility 



for the magnetic condition, 1836, 28. 

 for railways, D. Musliet on the quality 



of, 1837, 134. 

 , J. S. Dawes on an improvement in 



the manufacture of, 1838, 68. 

 , manufacture of, by purified coke, 



Prof. F. C. Calvert on the, 1855, 49. 

 , peroxide of, Prof. Barker on its sepa- 

 ration from sulphuric or muriatic acid, 



1835, 52. 

 , protocarbide of, for the purification 



of water, T. Spencer on, 1859, 85. 

 ' , cast, on the absence of magnetism in, 



when in fusion, by E. W. Fox, 1835, 33. 

 , cast, analytical investigations of, by 



F. C. Wrightson, 1849, 49. 

 , cast. Dr. Clark on the application of the 



hot blast to the production of, 1834, 578. 

 , cast, H. Cox on the hyperbolic law of 



elasticity of, 1850, 172. 

 , cast. Prof. E. Hodgkinson on the 



strength of, 1833, 423. 

 , cast. Prof. E. Hodgkinson on the 



strength of pillars of, 1840, 202. 

 , cast, W. Fairbairn on the mechanical 



properties of, as derived from repeated 



meltings, 1852, 125. 

 , C. May on the process of chill casting, 



1851, 114. 

 , chilled cast, C. May on its application 



to the pivots of astronomical instruments, 



1851, 114. 

 — — , cast and malleable, and steel, Dr. 



Schafhaeutl on the relative combinations 



of the constituents of, 1839, 49. 

 , cast, and steel bars, Eev. Dr. Scoresby 



on a new process of magnetic manipula- 

 tion and its action on, 1844, 12, 100. 

 , cast and wrought, steel and timber, 



Prof. E. Hodgkinson on the comparative 



strengths of, 1840, 206. 

 , carbonaceous. Prof. Johnston's me- 

 thod of analysing, 1833, 400. 

 , French gray, and white Welsh, ana- 

 lysis of, 1839, 52. 

 , liquid red-hot, notice of M. Boutigny 



passing his hand through a stream of, 



1851, 44. 

 , magnetized, on the electric qualities 



of, by Prof. W. Thomson, 1857, 17. 

 • , malleable, for beams or girders, T. 



M. Gladstone on, 1852, 126. 

 , metallic, in certain basaltic and me- 



tamorphic rocks. Prof. T. Andrews on the 



occurrence of, 1852, 34. 

 , meteoric, Dr. Shepard's observations 



on, 1839, 54. 

 , taper, W. Clay on a machine for roll- 

 ing, 1854, 148. 



Iron, titaniferous, of the Mersey shore. Dr. 



J. B. Edwards on the, 1855, 61. 



, fused wrought, E. Riley on, 1857, 57. 



, wrought, produced by cementation 



from cast iron, Prof. W. A. Miller's ana- 

 lysis of, 1848, 55. 

 , wrought, and steel, experiments by 



Messrs. R. Napier and Sons to determine 



the strength of, condensed abstract of, by 



Prof. Rankine, 1859, 242. 

 ore and iron of Yorkshire, R. Hunt on 



the, 1858, 181. 



ore, Blenheim, E. Hull on the, 1860, 8 1. 



■ ore, Mr. Mushet on a metallic cement 



from, 1836, 65. 

 ore, magnetic. Prof. T. Andrews on a 



new variety of, 1852, 41. 

 ores called "brass," on the chemical 



composition of, by E. C. Nicholson and 



Dr. D. S. Price, 1855, 66. 



ores of North Lancashire and West 



Cumberland, Prof Phillips and R. Baker, 

 jun., on the, 1858, 106. 



, pig, Mr. Hartop on the hot-air blast 



in the manufacture of, 1835, 52, 



, pig, on a few facts connected with the 



manufacture of, in the neighbourhood of 

 Leeds, by W. J. Armitage, 1858, 204. 



plates and riveted plates, experiments 



on the strength of, by W. Fairbairn, 1840, 

 201, 202. 



plates, unwrought, W. Fairbairn on 



the tensile strength of, 1852, 125. 



slag, ancient, on the chemical compo- 

 sition of an, by John J. J. Kyle, 1857, 52. 



and carbon. Dr. Bromeis on the com- 



poimds of, 1842, 34. 



and copper, native sulphate of, in 



Cronebane copper-mine, 1837, 47. 



and potassium. Prof. F. C. Calvert and 



R. Johnson on alloys of, 1855, 50. 



combined with aluminium, on two new 



alloys of, by Prof. F. C. Calvert and R. 

 Johnson, 1855, 50. 



Irons and steels, on the manufacture of, as 

 applied to gun-barrels, swords, and rail- 

 way axles, by W. Greener, 1849, 115. 



Ironstone, black band (Mushet band), of 

 the coal-field of Scotland, 1846, 62. 



Iron steamships, G. B. Airy on correcting 

 the local magnetic action of the compass 

 in, 1838, 21. 



vessels exposed to severe strain, W. 



Fairbairn on the construction of, 1851, 



trade, G. R. Porter on facts respecting 



the, 1845, 91. 

 trade in Scotland, Dr. A. Watt on the, 



1845, 90. 

 trade of Leeds, J. Kitson, jun,, on the, 



1858, 183. 



and coal trade of Scotland, on the 



progress, extent, and value of the, by Dr. 

 Strang, 1855, 193. 



Iron-works, Mersey, on the large fly-wheel 

 erected at the, 1854, 147. 



