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SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Life table, on a mechanical process by 



which, commencing at birth, it may be 



converted into a similar table com- 

 mencing at any other period of life, 1855, 



163. 

 life-boat, tubular or double, Eiehardson's, 



Col. Chesney on, 1853, 113. 

 -. , improved, Dr. Paterson on an, 1840, 



211. 

 Ligatures, W. Hetling on a new instrument 



for the removing of, 1836, 124. 

 Light, Eev. Prof. Powell on some points 



connected with the theory of, 1838, 6. 

 , on a difficulty in the theory of, by 



Prof. Stokes, 1848, 5. 

 , general view of an oscillatory theory 



of, by Prof. Eankine, 1853, 9. 

 , Prof. Powell on certain points of the 



wave-theory of, 1841, 25. 

 , apparatus for showing in projection 



on a screen all the phenomena of, 1854, 



10. 

 , on a portable apparatus for analysing, 



by M. Porro, 1859, 62. 

 , Prof. Stokes on the aberration of, 



1845, 9. 

 , Eev. Prof. Challis on the aberration 



of, 1845, 9. 

 , on its absorption by coloured media, 



by Sir J. F. W. Herschel, 1833, 373. 

 , Eev. Dr. Whewell on the theory of its 



absorption by coloured media, 1834, 550. 



•- , Eev. Prof. PoweU on Von Wrede's 



, explanation of the absorption of, 1837, 16. 



, dispersion and absorption of, Eev. 



. M. O'Brien on the, 1844, 8. 



r , on the theory of its dispersion by the 



hypothesis of imdulations, by Eev. Prof. 



Powell, 1834, 549. 

 , Eev. Prof. Powell on the dispersion 



of, 1837, 18. 

 , dispersion of, Eev. Prof. Powell on 



anomalies in the, 1847, 37. 

 , on some discussions relative to the 



theory of the dispersion of, by Eev. Prof. 



PoweU, 1849, 8. 

 • , Lord Brougham on the inflexion of, 



1849, 7. 

 , remarks by Eev. Prof. Powell on 



Lord Brougham's experiments on, 1851, 



II. 

 . . ' , on a phenomenon in the interference 



of, by E. Potter, jun., 1833, 378. 

 , Eev. Prof. JPowell on a new case of 



interference of, 1839, i . 

 n , Eev. Prof. Powell on a new case of 



interference of, 1848, 3. 

 , homogeneous, E. Potter, jun., on the 



modification of the interference of two 



pencils of, 1831-32, 555. 

 — — , homogeneous. Sir D. Brewster on a 



new kind of polarity in, 1838, 13. 

 , G. B. Aii^^ on a new apparent polarity 



of, 1840, 3. 

 ^ , Sir D. Brewster on a new polarity of, 



1845, 7. 



Light, polarization of, by rough surfaces and 

 white dispersing surfaces. Sir D. Brewster 

 on the, 1844, 11. 



, polarization of, Sir D. Brewster on 



the use of amethyst plates in experiments 

 on the, 1858, 13. 



, on a new theory of the polarization 



of, by Eev. Prof. Challis, 1847, i. 



, elHptic polarization in, reflected from 



various substances, Eev. Prof. Powell on, 

 1843, 9, 10. 



, elliptic polarization of, Eev. Prof. 



Powell on certain points connected with 

 the, 1844, 7. 



, Eev. Prof. Powell on the elliptic pola- 

 rization of, by metallic reflexion, 1845, 6. 



■ , Eev. Prof. Powell on certain cases 



of elliptic polarization of, by reflexion, 

 1846, 3. 



, common and polarized. Sir D. Brew- 

 ster on the action of crystallized surfaces 

 upon, 1836, 13. 



, polarized, Sir D. Brewster on the 



rings of, in specimens of decomposed 

 glass, 1840, 6. 



, polarized, Eev. Dr. Lloyd on the phe- 

 nomena of tliin plates in, 1841, 26. 



, polarized, reflected and transmitted 



by thin plates, Eev. Dr. Lloyd on the 

 affections of, 1859, 14. 



, polarized, on a method of measuring 



the absorption of, in doubly refracting 

 crystals, by M. Dove, 1854, 10. 



, on the discovery of minute quantities 



of soda by the action of polarized, by Dr. 

 T.Andrews, 1852, 33. 



, Prof. J. D. Forbes on the use of mica 



in polarizing, 1839, 6. 



, ellipticaUy-polarized, Eev. Prof Powell 



on, 1842, 13. 



, ellipticaUy-polarized, M. Dove on an 



apparatus for, 1854, 9. 



, Sir W. E. Hamilton on the propaga- 

 tion of, in crystals, 1838, 6. 



in vacuo, Sir W. E. HamUton on the 



propagation of, 1838, 2. 



, remarks by E. Potter on Fresnel's 



theory of the reflexion of, from the sur- 

 faces of bodies, 1831-32, 74. 



, reflected and refracted, Eev. Prof. 



Powell on Fresnel's formulee for, 1856, 



, on the power of glass of antimony to 



reflect, by E. Potter, jun., 1833, 377. 



, on the refraction of, iDeyond. the cri- 

 tical angle, by Prof. Stokes, 1848, 5. 



transmitted through certain colouring 



media, through the vapours of the atmo- 

 sphere, and through red, orange, and 

 yellow glasses, A. Claudet's observations 

 upon, 1847, 35. 



, blue and yeUow, on the theory of 



compound colours with reference to mix- 

 tures of, by Prof J. C. Maxwell, 1856, 12. 



, theory of, and the production of co- 

 lour, J. Smith on the, 1859, 22. 



