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INDEX I. 



Edinburgh and suburbs, vital statistics of, 

 123, 134, 144, 147, 154, 172, 175, 180. 



— — , proportion of deaths by various diseases 

 in, 199. 



Ely (The very Rev. the Dean of) on simul- 

 taneous meteorological observations, 1. 



England, annual deaths in, during 1838 to 

 1841, 186. 



Enys (J.) on the construction of a constant 

 indicator for steam engines, and for the de- 

 termination of the velocity of the piston of 

 the single-acting engine at different pe- 

 riods of the stroke, 98. 



Fairbairn (William) on the strength and 

 other properties of cast-iron obtained from 

 the hot and cold blast, 88. 



Felis, on the genus, 71. 



Fishes, fossil, of the old red sandstone, 80. 

 , , of the Devonian system, 80. 



— — , , synoptical table of the, 87. 



Fossil mammalia, British, 54. 



, addendum to report on, 74. 



Gadoideae, 26. 



Ganoidians, 87. 



Garnons (Rev. W. L. P.) on the preservation 

 of animal and vegetable substances, 40. 



Glasgow, vital statistics of, 137, 144, 149, 

 172, 176, 182. 



— — , proportion of deaths by various diseases 

 in, 199. 



Gobioideae, 22. 



Great Britain, on registering shocks of earth- 

 quakes in, 92. 



Harris (W. Snow) on the progress of the me- 

 teorological observations at Plymouth, 30. 



Henslow (Rev. Prof.) on zoological nomen- 

 clature, 105. 



on the growth and vitality of seeds, 



34. 



Herschel (Sir J. F.W., Bart.) on the reduction 

 of Lacaille's stars, 205. 



. on the system of simultaneous magneti- 



cal and meteorological observations, 1. 



Heywood (J.) on the vital statistics of large 

 towns in Scotland, 121. 



Histoire Celeste, reduction of stars in the, 205. 



Hodgkinson (Eaton) on the construction of a 

 constant indicator for steam-engines, and 

 for the determination of the velocity of the 

 piston of the single-acting engine at dif- 

 ferent periods of the stroke, 98. 



on the mode of conducting experiments 



on the resistance of air, 211. 



on the strength of stones and other ma- 

 terials, 211. 



Hunt (Robert) on the influence of light on 

 the germination of seeds and the growth 

 of plants, 75. 



Hyaena, on the genus, 71. 



Ichthyology of New Zealand, present state 



. of the, 12. 



Inclinometer, Prof. Lloyd's new, 8. 



Inclinometer, Weber's inductive, 9. 



, M. Lamont's, 9. 



Indicator, constant, construction of a, for 

 steam-engines, 98. 



, result of a trial of the, upon the Cornish 



engine at the East London water- works, 99. 



, comparison of results given by the, 



with the experiments of Mr. Wickstead, 102. 



Insectivora, 57. 



Inverness, erection of one of Mr. Osier's ane- 

 mometers at, 206. 



, hourly series of meteorological obser- 

 vations made at, from 1840-1841, 206. 



Iron, cast, properties of, from the hot and cold 

 blast, 88. 



, Coed-Talon, experiments on bars of, 



89, 90, 91. 



Jenyns (Leonard) on zoological nomencla- 

 ture, 105. 



Labroideae, 24. 



Lacaille's stars, on the reduction of, 205. 



Lamont's (Dr.) inclinometer, 9. 



— — — , letter from, to Col. Sabine, on the sy- 

 stem of meteorological and magnetical ob- 

 servations on the continent, 207. 



Leith, vital statistics of, 123, 125, 135,144, 

 148, 156, 181. 



Liebig's " Organic chemistry applied to phy- 

 siology and pathology," Dr. Lyon Playfair 

 on his report on, 42. 



Lindley (Prof.) on the growth and vitality of 

 seeds, 34. 



Liverpool, proportion of deaths by various di- 

 seases in, during 1839, 198, 199. 



Lloyd (Prof.) on the system of simultaneous 

 magnetical and meteorological observations, 

 1. 



on his new inclinometer, 8. 



on the mutual action of permanent mag- 

 nets, 10. 



London, annual deaths in, during 1838- 

 1841, 186. 



Lophobranchi, 28. 



Lutra, on the genus, 72. 



Macacus, on the genus, 55. 



Magnet, absolute intensity of, by deflection 



observations, 10. 



, mutual action of permanent, 10. 

 Magnetic surveys, in Southern Africa, 4. 



in North America, 4. 



and meteorological observations made 



on the Antarctic expedition, 1. 



in Britain and India, 2. 



in Southern Africa, 4. 



in North America, 4. 



— — at sea, 5. 



disturbances, 6. 



instruments and mode of observation, S. 



Magnetic observations, publication of, and 



description of observatories, &c, 9. 



observations at Breslau, 11. 



, simultaneous, 1. 



, system of, on the continent, 207. 



