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.SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Siphonotreta, on the genus, with description 

 of a new species (S.? anglica), by J. Mor- 

 ris, 1849, 57. 



Su'ene, water, description of the, by Prof. 

 Donaldson, 1850, 174. 



Skeleton, on the homology of the, by G. M. 

 Humphry, 1858, 126. 



Skin, Dr. A. T. Thomson on Porrigo rodens, 

 a pustular disease of the, 1841, 77. 



Skull, measurements of a, considered to be 

 Burgundian, by Prof. Retzius, 1848, 96. 



, Kirgis, notes on a, by Prof. Retzius, 

 1848, 96. 



——„ human, from South Australia, which 

 had been used as a drinking ressel, 1844,77. 



-r — of Eugene Aram, Dr. Inglis on the, 



'..1838, 125. 



of a Manatee from Old Calabar, Dr. J. 



M'Bain on a, 1859, 150. 



Skulls, on certain American, Celtic, Cimbric, 

 Roman, and ancient British, by Prof. 

 Retzius, 1849, 86. 



, human, in the ancient mounds of 

 North America, Dr. Warren on, 1837, 108. 



Slate, mica, of Ireland, Sir R. Griffith on 

 the, 1852, 47. 



, Stonesfield, at CoUyweston near Stam- 

 ford, Rev. P. B. Brodie on the, 1850, 74. 



Slates, CoUyweston, on the position of the, by 

 Capt. Ibbetson and J. Morris, 1847, 127. 



of Downshire, on the discovery of Silu- 

 rian fossils in the, by Dr. J. Bryce, 1859, 

 260. 



, black, of Menai Straits, &c., Prof. A. 



. C. Ramsay on the geological position of 



. the, 1850, 102. 



, Silurian, of Peebleshire, A. Bryson on 



a cmdous structure in the, 1854, 78. 



Slate-rocks of Ballyrizora, in the co. of Cork, 

 R. W. Townsend on refracted lines of 

 cleavage seen in the, 1853, 61. 



of the north of Devonshire, old, classi- 

 fication of the, by Prof. Sedgwick and Sir 

 R. I. Murchison, 1836, 95. 



, J. P. Norton on the composition of, 



1845, 38. 



Slaty cleavage, on a model illustrative of, by 

 Rev. Prof. Haughton, 1857, 69. 



cleavage, H. C. Sorby on some facts 



connected with, 1857, 92. 



Slave labour and free labour in the West 

 Indies, Prof. Hancock on, 1852, 117. 



Slavery in the United States of America and 

 the cotton manufacture in the United 

 Kingdom, on the connexion between, by 

 J. T. Danson, 1856, 137. 



Slavonic, Germanic, and Idthuanic popula- 

 tions, Dr. Latham on the original distri- 

 bution of the, 1850, 141. 



Sleep, Dr. Dalziel on, 1838, 127. 



, Dr, R. Fowler on the state of the mind 



during, 1852, 80. 



Slickensides, J. Price on, 1859, 123. 



Sliding-rule, J. Bateman on the, 1841, 42. 



for hygrometrical calculations, J. 



Welsh on a, 1851, 4^. 



Slonimski's (M.) calculating instrument, 

 1849, 118. 



Sluice, scouring, and waste weir, J. F. Bate- 

 man on a self-acting, 1842, ixo. 



Small-pox, Dr. Inglis on the cause of the in- 

 crease of, 1839, 104, 



: on the new vaccine virus of 1838, by 



J. B. Estlin, 1839, 105. 



matter, notice of Mr. Oeely's experi- 

 ments on, 1839, 106. 



and vaccination, statistics of, in the 



United Kingdom, by Dr. W. Moore, 1859, 

 223. 



Smelt, W. Yarrell on Osmerus hebridicus, 

 a new species of, 1838, 108. 



Smelting of iron with anthracite coal, G. 

 Crane on the, 1837, 52. 



• of iron, J. S. Dawes on an improve- 

 ment in the, 1838, 68. 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, P. P. 

 Carpenter on the principles and working 

 of the, 1860, 109. 



Smoke, C. W. Williams on the prevention 

 of, 1840, 199. 



, W. Fairbairn on combustion of coal 



and prevention of, 1842, 107. 



, C. W. Williams on several plans for 



abating the nuisances from, 1842, io8. 



, H. Dircks on the production and pre- 

 vention of, 1843, 39. 



, H. Dircks on the prevention of, from 



engine boilers and other furnaces, 1843, 98. 



-, J. Chanter on a furnace for preventing, 



1843, 99. 



— — , J. Juckes's furnace for burning, 1842, 



108; 1843,99. 

 , on the consumption of, in furnaces 



and manufacturing premises, by Rev. 



F. F. Statham, 1853, 127. 

 , on the prevention of, by W. Fairbairn, 



1854, 149. 

 , on coal-burning without, by D. K. 



Clark, 1859, 230. 

 Snail's heart, on the beat of the, by Dr. M. 



Foster, 1859, 160. 

 Snails, Rev. T. Rankin on the hibernation 



of, 1846, 83. ^ 

 Snake-nut tree, Sir R, Schomburgk on the, 



1844, 71. 



Snow, on a fresh form of crystallization in 

 the particles of, under intense cold, by 

 J. Wolley, 1858, 40. 



, red. Prof. Agassiz on animals found 



in, 1840, 143. 



Snow-crystals, J. Glaisher on photogenic 

 drawings of, 1854, 30. 



Snow-storm, J. K. Watts on a, 1851, 41. 



Soap, Prof. T. Thomson on the manufacture 

 of, at Glasgow, 1840, 63. 



Soaps, on the employment of Algae and other 

 plants in the manufacture of, by Chevalier 

 Claussen, 1855, 103. 



Soap-test, D. Campbell on its action upon 

 water containing a salt of magnesia only, 

 and upon water containing a salt of mag- 

 nesia and a salt of lime, 1850, 49. 



