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INDEX I. 



TO 



REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



Objects and Rules of the Asso- 

 ciation, V. 



Officers and Council, viii. 



Officers of Sectional Committees, ix. 



Treasurer's Account, xi. 



Reports on the progress and desiderata 

 of different branches of science, al- 

 ready printed, xii. 



Reports of Researches, already printed, 

 xiv. 



Reports undertaken to be drawn up at 

 the request of the Association, xv. 



Researches recommended, and deside- 

 rata noticed by the Committees, xvi. 



Synopsis of sums appropriated to sci- 

 entific objects, six. 



Address by Prof. Daubeny, xxi. 



Alpine plants of Scotland, 258. 



America, North, physical geography of, 

 123. 



, climate of, 128. 



, birds of, 164. 



, cetacea of, 161. 



, ichthyology of, 202. 



■■ , mammalia of, 137. 



, reptiles of, 197. 



, zoology of, 121. 



Arteries and absorbents, on the com- 

 munications between the, 289. 



Atmosphere, mechanical theory of the, 

 226. 



Birds of North America, 164. 



Botany : — the remarkable plants of 

 Dublin, Edinburgh, and south-west 

 of Scotland, 253 ; plants which cha- 

 racterize Scotland and Ireland, 257. 



Brain and nervous system, pathology 

 of the, 283. 



Carlsbad waters, imitation of the, 54. 

 Carbonate of soda, its origin in certain 



secondax-y rocks, 24. 

 Cetacea of America, 161. 



Challis (Prof.) on the mathematical 

 theory of fluids, 225. 



Chemical theory of thermal springs, 68. 



Clendinning (Dr.), report on the mo- 

 tions and sounds of the heart, 261. 



Colouring matter of water explained, 

 35. 



Daubeny (Dr.), address, xxi ; on the 

 present state of our knowledge with 

 respect to mineral and thermal wa- 

 ters, 1. 



Dublin, the i-emarkable plants of the 

 neighbourhood of, 253. 



Dublin Committee on the pathology 

 of the brain and nervous system, 

 283. 



Sub-committee on the motions 



and sounds of the heart, 261. 



Earth, instructions for conducting ex- 

 periments on the temperature of, 

 291. 



Earthquakes, their influence upon 

 springs, 43. 



Edinburgh, remarkable plants of the 

 neighbourhood of, 253. 



Elastic fluids, theory of, 246. 



Equations of elevated degrees, on trans- 

 forming and resolving, 295. 



Fluids, on the theory of, 225, 24G. 



Geography, physical, of North Ame- 

 rica, 123. 



Geology : — position of thermal springs, 

 62 ; products of springs, 56 ; theories 

 of thermal springs, 67. 



Glairine, described, 31. 



Graham (Prof) on the remarkable 

 plants of Dublin, Edinburgh, and 

 south-west of Scotland, 253. 



Hamilton (Sir W.) on Mr. Jerrard's 

 method of transforming and resolv- 

 ing equations, 295. 



