202 
trains, 154; on the construction of 
large span, 238. 
Brighton, remarkable meteor seen at, in 
January 1856, 141. : 
Brown (T. C.) on a meteorite which fell 
at Cirencester in 1835, 140. 
Buckman (James), report on the experi- 
mental plots in the Botanical Garden 
of the Royal Agricultural College of 
Cirencester, 200. 
Cayley (A.), report on the recent pro- 
gress of theoretical dynamics, 1; me- 
moirs and works referred to in the 
report, 40. 
Chains, on the mechanical effect of com- 
bining girders and suspension, 238. 
China, colours of shooting stars and 
globes observed in, 145. 
Cirencester, on the experimental plots in 
the Botanical Garden of the Royal 
Agricultural College of, 200. 
Cornwall, on the temperature of some 
deep imines in, 96. 
Dauheny (Professor), sixteenth and final 
report on the growth and vitality of 
seeds, 43: 
Dickie (Dr. G.), report on the marine 
zoology of Strangford Lough, Co. 
Down, and corresponding part of the 
Irish Channel, 104. 
Dredging Committee, Belfast, report of 
the proceedings of the, 220. 
Dynamics, theoretical, on the recent pro- 
gress of, 1. 
Electro-chemistry, on, 158. 
England, colours of shooting stars and 
elobes observed in, from 1841-55, 145. 
Equatorial mountings, on the improve- 
nient of, 195. 
Factorial exponentials, on some trans- 
formations of a series of, 101. 
Fairbairn (William) on the resistance of 
tubes to collapse, 215. 
Flax, on, 127. 
Forster (T.) on extraordinary coloured 
meteors, 153. 
Fox (Robert Were) on the temperature 
of some deep mines in Cornwall, 96. 
Girders and suspension chains, on the 
mechanital effect of combining, 238. 
Great Britain, on the magnetic survey 
of, 130. 
Grubb (Thomas), report on the improve- 
ment of telescope and equatorial 
mountings, 195. 
INDEX I. 
Hardwicke (The Earl of), report on the 
measurement of ships for tonnage, 62. 
Hargreave (Charles James) on the alge- 
braic couple; and on the equivalents 
of indeterminate expressions, 184. 
Harrison (J. Park), evidence of lunar in- 
fluence on temperature, 248. 
Henderson (Andrew), report on the mea- 
surement of ships for tonnage, 62; pro- 
posed alterations in the clauses of the 
Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, apper- 
taining to the measurement of ships 
for tonnage, 86; report on the sta- 
tistics of life-boats and fishing-boats 
on the coasts of the United Kingdom, 
308. 
Henslow (Professor), sixteenth and final 
report on the growth and vitality of 
seeds, 43. 
Hodges (Dr.) on flax, 126. 
Hull, second report on steam-navigation 
Ab, Of. 
Hyndman (George C.), report of the pro- 
ceedings of the Belfast Dredging Com- 
mittee, 220. 
Light, experiments on, 151. ; 
Lindley (Professor), sixteenth and final 
report on the growth and vitality of 
seeds, 43. y 
Liverpool, report on the animal and vege+ 
table products imported into, from 
1851-55, 254. 
Lowe (E. J.), meteors observed by, 138. 
Lunar influence on temperature, on, 248. 
Macgregor (John), report on thé mea- 
surement of ships for tonnage, 62. 
Magnetic survey of Great Britain, on 
the, 130. 
Mean values, on the principle of, 188. 
Meteoric irons, description of five new, 
149, 
Meteorite, notice of a, which fell at Citen- 
cester, 140, 
Meteorites, on, 149. 
Meteors ;—luminous, 1313 list of, coms 
municated by various observers, 134 ; 
by E. J. Lowe, 138; on a remarkable, 
seen at Southampton, Brighton, Seven- 
oaks, and Blackheath, in January 1856 
141, 142; on the horary variation of, 
143; on the colours of luminous, 144 ; 
on extraordinary coloured, 153. 
Miller (Dr.) on electro-chemistry, 158. - 
Mines, on the temperature of some deep, 
in Cornwall, 96. 
Mollusca of Belfast Bay, 221. 
Moorsom (Admiral), report on the mea- 
surement of ships for tonnage, 62. 
