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SECTIONS.— INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



SviBpension-bridge over the Avon, T. Motley 



on a, 1838, 1^7. 

 Suspension-bridges, J. M. Rennel on truss- 

 . ing for the roadways of, 1841, 102. 

 Suture, C. Brooke on a new mode of, appli- 

 cable to plastic operations, 1845, 84. 

 Swallow tribe, E. J. Lowe on a singular 



mortality among the, 1855, 112. 

 Swedes, Dr. Latham on certain localities not 



in Sweden occupied by, 1853, 86. 

 Swiss, ancient, on the lacustrine homes of 



the, by M. Troyon, 1858, 154. 

 Swords, W. Greener on the manufacture of 

 . tile finer irons and steels for, 1849, 115. 

 Sylvia tithys, on a singular locality chosen 



' for its nest, by Dr. M. Barry, 1852, 71. 

 Symphytum officinale, Prof. J. Buckman on 



the growth of, 1853, 63. 

 Sympiesometer, new, Prof. J. D. Forbes on 



a, 1834, 593. 

 Syro-Arabian railway, a proposed new route 



to India, by J. Locke, 1856, 114. 



Table-land of Abessinia, Dr. Beke on the 



physical character of the, 1846, 70. 

 Tactions of Apollonius of Perga, Dr. Bren- 



necke on some solutions of the problem 



of, by modern geometry, 1860, 4. 

 Taenia, Dr. D. Williams on two specimens 



of, 1844, 85. 

 Tagua plant, or vegetable ivory. Dr. Lan- 



kester on the, 1845, 70. 

 Talbotypes, positive, Sir D. Brewster on an 



improved method of taking, 1845, 10. 

 , notice of a series of, exhibited by Sir 



D. Brewster, 1850, 6. 

 Talpina ?, new, C. B. Eose on the discovery 



ofa, 1852, 55. 

 Tangent wheels, G. L. Molesworthon. 1857, 



186. 

 Tannic and gallic acids, on their action on 



iron and alumina mordants, by Prof. 



F. C. Calvert, 1854, 65. 

 Tannin, on the conversion of, into gallic 



acid, by J. Horsley, 1856, 52. 

 Tanning, W. Herapath on a new process for, 



1838, 71. 

 TantaUte, Bavarian, Prof. H. Rose on the new 



metal Pelopiiun contained in the, 1846, 37. 

 Tape-worm, as prevalent in Abyssinia, Dr. 



Hodgkin on the, 1844, 85. 

 Tarentaise, C. Bunbiuy on the occurrence 



of fossil plants of the carboniferous period 



associated in the same bed with belem- 



nites in the, 1848, 64. 

 Tartaric, citric, and oxalic acids. Prof. F. C. 



Calvert on their action on cotton and flax 



fibres, 1854, 65. 

 Tartrate and racemate of lead, Prof. T. Clark 



on the atomic weight of, 1839, 49. 

 Taste, experiments on the sense of, by Dr. M. 



Hall and S. D. Broughton, 1836, 126. 

 Taxodium disticha, W. Nicol on the struc- 

 ture of, 1835, 73. 

 " Tayleur," Rev. Dr. Scoresby on the loss of 

 . the iron ship, 1854, 49. 



Tea and alcohols, their hction contrasted, 



by Dr. E. Smith, 1860, 145. 

 Teas, black and green, of commerce. Prof. 



Royle on the, 1852, 69. 

 Teeth, Dr. J. Macartney on their structure 



and decay, 1836, 115. 

 • , human. Prof. J. Goodsir on the origin 



and development of the, 1838, 121. 

 — — , Prof. Owen on the structure of thej 



1838, 135. 



of fishes, Prof. Owen on the, 1838, 137. 



■ of reptiles, Prof. Owen on the, 1838j 



144- 

 of mammalia. Prof. Owen on the, 1838 j 



145- 

 • : on the follicular stage of dentition in 



the ruminants, by Prof. J. Goodsir, 1839, 



82. 

 ■- of the British Pulmoniferous moUusca; 



W. Thomson on the, 1850, 126. 

 , fossil, of the Sauroid fishes, Sir D. 



Brewster on, 1838, 90. 

 Telegraph, day and night, J. Garnett on a, 



1838, 159. 

 , electric, on rendering it subservient to 



meteorology, by J. Ball, 1848, 12. 

 ■ , electric copying, F. C. Bakewell on 



the, 1849, no; 1851, 11. 

 , electro-magnetic, Alexander's and 



Ponton's, notice of, 1840, 213. 

 : two letter-codes,Whishaw's system of, 



1848, 123. - 

 , speaking, F. Whishaw on the, 1848, 



125. 

 , Whishaw's "uniformity of time," 



1848, 123. 

 ' , on a imiform reckoning of time in 



connexion with the, by J. J. Murphy, 



1857, 26. 

 — — , North Atlantic, Col. Schaffner on the 



geography of the, 1860, 178. 

 , submarine, on the origin of the, and 



its extension to India and America, by 



J. W. Brett, 1854, 7. 



communications, submarine and sub- 

 terranean, C. F. Yarley on improvements 

 in, 1854, 17. 



for commimicating across rivers and 



seas without a submerged cable, J. B. 

 Lindsay on a, 1854, 157. 



• , Prof. W. Tliomson on the efiects of in- 

 duction in long submarine lines of, 1857, 

 21, 



cable, electric, on the proportion be- 

 tween the length required and its specific 

 gravity, by Capt. Blakely, 1857, 11. 



cables, on constructing and laying, by 



J. Mackintosh, 1858, 214. 



~ — wires, submarine, on peristaltic induc- 

 tion of electric currents in, by Prof. W. 

 Thomson, 1855, 21. 



Telegraphic code box, Whishaw's, 1848, 

 123. 



dispatch box, Whishaw's, 1848, 123. 



and other purposes, F. Whishaw on 



the subaqueous rope for, 1848, 123. 



