SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



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Eetina, Dr. A. Waller on the luminous spec- 

 tra excited by pressure on the, and their 

 application to the diagnosis of the affec- 

 tions of the retina and its appendages, 

 1848, 82. 



, on a case of vision without, by Sir D. 



Brewster, 1852, 3. 



, on the duration of luminous impres- 

 sions on certain points of the, by Sir D. 

 Brewster, 1858, 6. 



, on vision through the foramen cen- 



trale of the, by Sir D. Brewster, 1858, 7. 



, on its structure at the punctum cen- 



trale, 1858, 141. 



Retzius (Prof.), measurements of a skull 

 considered to be Burgundian, 1848, 96. 



, notes on a Kirgis skull, 1848, 96. 



Rhgetians, Dr. W. Freund on the, 1854, 126. 



Rheumatism, Dr. T. Thomson on the value 

 of opium as a remedy in, 1841, 78. 



— — , chronic, R. Adams on the bones in, 

 1836, 123. 



Rhinanthus crista-galli, J. Clarke on the 

 parasitic character of, 1848, 84. 



Rhododendron ponticum. Prof. Henslow on 

 crystals of sugar in, 1836, io6. 



Rhynchonella psittacea, L. Barrett on, 1855, 

 107. 



Rhynchonellida3, A. Hancock on the ana- 

 tomy of the, 1856, 94. 



Rhynchosaurus, Rev. W. Lister on foot- 

 prints of the, in the new red sandstone 

 north of Wolverhampton, 1860, 87. 



Ricinus communis, Dr. M'Wiiliam on its 

 use as a means to excite lactation, 1850, 

 132. 



Riffers of Morocco, E. Schlagintweit-on the, 

 1860, 177. 



Rifle, Minie,W. Fairbairn on the, 1852, 125. 



Rifles and other fire-arms, C. T. Coathupe 

 on an improved sight for, 1841, 104. 



, on the application of telescope sights 



to, by Prof. C. P. Smyth, 1850, 188. 



Rifle-shells and balls, J. Gall on a new kind 

 of, 1855, 206. 



Rings seen in viewing a light through fibrous 

 specimens of calc-spar, G. J. Stoney on, 

 1860, 19. 



Rivers, J. F. Bateman on a self-acting waste 

 weir and scouring sluice, 1842, no. 



, G. W. Featherstonliaugh on the exca- 

 vation of the rocky channels of, by the 

 recession of their cataracts, 1844, 45. 



, Dr. L. Becker on the constant increase 



of elevation of beds of, 1850, 72. 



, Rev. Dr. Hitchcock on erosions of the 



earth's surface by, 1850, 85. 



, on the causes of the excess of the mean 



temperature of, above that of the atmo- 

 sphere, 1852, 30. 



of Abessinia, on the, 1846, 71. 



in India, on erosion of, by H. and R. 



Schlagintweit, 1857, 90. 



, tidal, J. S. Russell on improvements 



in, 1837, 131. 



f tidal, on the advantages arising from 



the improvement of, as exemplified by the 

 Clyde, 1857, 167. 



Road locomotives, Earl of Caithness on, 

 1860, 204. 



Roads, macadamized, for streets of large 

 towns, J. P. Smith on, 1849, 129. 



and streets, J. I. Hawkins on paving 



them with wood, 1839, 127. 



Robertson's patent chain propeller, P. Spence 

 on, 1859, 243. 



Robinson's (R.) new reaping machine, 1852, 

 129. 



" Roches moutonnees" in the Lake district 

 of Westmoreland, J. Bryce on, 1850, 76, 

 1 12. 



Rock, phosphorite, in Spanish Estremadura, 

 Prof. Daubeny on the, 1844, 28. 



, recently -formed, on the coast of Flan- 

 ders, Dr. T. L. Phipson on the composi- 

 tion of a, 1859, 77. 



, upper Ludlow, Rev. W. S. Symonds 



on a phyllopod crustacean in the, 1855, 

 98. 



Rock-blasting, Dr. Hare on a calorimotor 

 for, 1836, 45. 



Rocks, on the blasting and quarrying of, by 

 W. Sim, 1855, 209. 



— - — , basaltic and metamorphic, Prof. T. 

 Andrews on the microscopic structure of, 

 and the occurrence of metallic iron in 

 them, 1852, 34. 



, calcareous, of Yorkshire, on the, 1831- 



32, 56. 



, Cambrian, of the Longmynd, Shrop- 

 shire, J. W. Salter on some fossils from 

 the, 1855, 95. 



, Cambrian, of Bray Head and Howth, 



Ireland, Prof. Kinahan on the zoological 

 relations of the, 1857, 75. 



, crystalline, of the North Highlands, 



on the relations of the, to the old red 

 sandstone of that region, and on the dis- 

 covery of fossils in the former, by Sir 

 R. I. Murchison, 1855, 85. 



, Devonian, in North Africa, Prof. E. 



Forbes on Dr. Overweg's discovery of, 

 1851, 58. 



, Devonian, in the south of Ireland, 



J. B. Jukes on, 1852, 51. 



, dolomitic, of the Tyrol, Dr. Daubeny 



on the disintegration of the, 1841, 48. 



, erratic. Prof. Phillips on the disper- 

 sion of, at higher levels than their parent 

 rock in Yorkshire, 1853, 54. 



, gneiss, in the north of Scotland, Prof. 



J. Nicol on the age and relations of the, 

 1858, 96. 



, granite, W. Hopkins on the distribu- 

 tion of, from Ben Cruachan, 1851, 59. ^ 



, granitic and transition, near Chris- 



tiania, Norway, Sir C. Lyell on the, 1837, 

 67. 



, igneous, on the east flank of the 



Berwyn range, J. E. Bowman on a pla- 

 teau of, 1840, 100. 



, igneous and sedimentary, of the lower 



