SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



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preventing collisions on, by Capt. Leach, 



1857, i8i . 



Railways: on a plan for giving alarms in 



passenger trains, by J. O'Neill, 1858, 219. 

 , street, as used in the United States, 



a R Train on, 1860, 215. 



, wooden, W. Bridges on, 1844, 97. 



— — in America, 1837, 135. 



in Ireland, abstract of the Report of 



the Commissioners on, 1838, 171. 

 Rain, Prof. Stevelly on the origin of, 1834, 



565- 

 , G-. A. Rowell on the formation of, 



1840, 47. 

 , evaporation, and the winds of tem- 

 perate regions, G-. A. Rowell on the cause 



of, 1847, 41. 

 in the temperate zones, Prof. Dove on 



the distribution of, 1854, 28. 

 , Dr. W. Smith on the variations in 



the quantity of, which falls in different 



parts of the earth, 1838, 27. 

 , on the variation in the quantity of, 



due to the moon's position in reference 



to the plane of the earth's orbit, by C. 



Fulbrook, 1857, 29. 

 , Prof. Forbes on excessive falls of, 



1840, 43. 

 , L. Howard on the difference of the 



quantity of, at different heights, 1 834, 563. 

 , Prof. Bache on the quantity of, col- 

 lected at different heights, 1838, 25. 

 : readings of mountain gauges, by J. F. 



MiUer, 1846, 21. 

 , Sir T. M. Brisbane on an apparent 



anomaly in the measure of, 1834, 560. 

 ■ at the Albion mines, Nova Scotia, Col. 



Sykes on, 1854, 39. 

 at Arbroath, A. Brown on the fall of, 



1855, 30. 

 in the Lake districts of Cumberland 



and Westmoreland, &c,, table of the fall 



of, by J. F. Miller, 1846, 18. 



at Demerara, on the fall of, by P. 



Sandeman, 1859, 52. 



in Forfarshire, on the fall of, by A. 



Brown, 1859, 47. 



at Harraby, near Carlisle, J. Atkinson 



on, 1841, 30. 



, on the fall of, at Hull, by W. Law- 

 ton, 1853, 31. 



in Ireland, on the amount of, ir52, 



28, 29. 



in the south-west of Ireland, and in 



Suffolk, Rev. T. Knox and Rev. H. Knox 

 on the quantity of, 1843, 22. 



— — -, with the different winds, at Tooma- 

 vara, co. Limerick, during five consecu- 

 tive years. Rev. T. Knox on the amount 

 of, 1845, 17. 



at Florence Court, Enniskillen, and 



Belfast, a comparison of the, by W. 

 Thompson, 1844, 14. 



, Col. Sykes on the prodigious fall of, 



at Mahabuleshwar and along the Q-hats 

 of Western India, 1S39, 15. 



Rain on the coast of Travancore and table- 

 land of Uttree, India, Col. Sykes on the 

 fall of, from observations of General Cul- 

 len, 1846, 22. 



, on the fall of, on the table-land of 



Uttree MuUay, Travancore, by Col. Sykes, 

 1848, 39. 



, experiments to determine the fall of, 



at different heights below 200 feet, in the 

 island of Bombay, 1852, 25. 



, Prof. Phillips's experiments on the 



quantities of, falling at different eleva- 

 tions at York, 1833, 401. 



, W. Gray, jun., and Prof. Phillips on 



the quantities of, falling at different eleva- 

 tions at York, 1834, 560. 



, Prof. Phillips's experimental re- 

 searches on, 1840, 45. 



at York and Harraby, Prof. Phillips 



on, 1841, 30. 



, Prof. Phillips on the quantities of, 



received at unequal elevations upon the 

 ground, 1844, 21. 



Rain-fall of London and its vicinity, on the 

 position of the moon with reference to 

 the plane of the earth's orbit in its con- 

 nexion with the, by C. Fidbrook, 1857, 

 29. 



, on some simultaneous observations of, 



at different points on the same mountain 

 range, by Prof. W. J. M. Rankine, 1854, 46. 



Rain-falls for a series of years at home and 

 in foreign coimtries, P. L. Simmonds on, 

 1855, 45. 



Rainbow, remarkable, Mr. Bowman on a, 

 1840, 12. 



, explanation of the, by the Abbe Rail- 



laj-d, 1857, 35. 



after actual sunset. Rev. Prof. Cheval- 



lier on a, 1849, 16. 



seen after sunset, Rev. Prof. Chevallier 



on a, 1855, 38. 



, lunar, account of a, by J. K. Watts, 



1851, 41. 



Rainbows, remarkable, Rev. J. Fisher on, 

 1840, 12. 



Rain-gauge and anemometer, new register- 

 ing, F. Osier on a, 1837, 33. 



, Prof. Bache on the effect of deflected 



currents of air on the quantity of rain 

 collected by a, 1838, 25. 



erected at Plymouth by the British 



Association, 1839, 17. 



, new, for determining the direction in 



which rain comes, and the angle of in- 

 clination at which it descends. Prof. Phil- 

 lips on a, 1840, 46. 



, improved, Mr. Thom on an, 1840, 210. 



, new, J. Johnston on a. 1840, 211. 



Rain-water, on the methods of estimating 

 the amounts of ammonia and nitric acid 

 in, by J. B. Lawes and Dr. J. H. Gilbert, 

 1854, 70, 164. 



Raptores, J. Hogg on the classification of 

 the, 1846, 77. 



Rarefaction, artificial, Sir James Murray on 



