INDEX I. 



189 



Miles (Rev. Dr.), dredging report — Frith 

 of Clyde, 1856, 47. 



Minerals, on typical forms of, for mu- 

 seums, 461. 



MoUusca dredged from the Frith of 

 Clyde, list of, 49 ; nudibranchiate, 50 ; 

 on the marine testaceous, of the north- 

 east Atlantic and neighbouring seas, 

 101 ; on the present state of our know- 

 ledge with regard to the west coast of 

 North America, 159. 



Museums, on typical forms of minerals, 

 plants, and animals for, 461. 



Mylne (Mr.) on the navigation and con- 

 servancy of the river Mersey, 11, 12. 



Napier (James R.), remarks b\', on Mr. 

 Atherton's paper on mercantile steam 

 transport economy, 435 ; letter by 

 Mr. Atherton on his paper, 437 ; on 

 the measurement of ships for tonnage, 

 458. 



Oyster-beds and oysters of the British 

 shores, on the, 368. 



Parabola, on the trigonometry of the, 68. 



Peake (James) on the measurement of 

 ships for tonnage, 458. 



Phillips (John), report on cleavage and 

 foliation in rocks, and on the theoreti- 

 cal explanations of these phsenomena, 

 part i., 369. 



Philosophical memoirs, on the formation 

 of a catalogue of, 463. 



Photochemical researches, 62 ; induc- 

 tion, 65. 



Plants, on typical forms of, for museums, 

 461. 



Powell (Rev. Professor Baden), report 

 on observations of luminous meteors, 

 1855-56, 53. 



Rennie (George) on the past and present 



state of the Mersey within the last 



seventy years, 4. 

 Rennie (John) on the navigation and 



conservancy of the riv?r Mersey, 9. 

 Rocks, report on cleavage and foliation 



in, and on the theoretical explanations 



of these pheenomena, 369. 

 Roscoe (Dr. Henry E.), photochemical 



researches, 62. 



Salmon, on the experiments conducted 

 at Stormontfield, near Perth, for the 

 artificial propagation of, 451. 



Seismometer, on observations with the — 

 provisional report presented, 462. 



Ships, on the measurement of, for ton- 

 nage, 458. 



Spongiadee, on the vital powers of the, 

 438 ; inhalation and exhalation, ib. ; 

 adhesion of species, 446 ; reparative 

 powers, 447 ; disease and death, 449 ; 

 nutrition, ih. 



Steam transport economy, on mercantile, 

 423. 



Stevenson (Robert) on the navigation and 

 conservancy of the river Mersey, II. 



Stokes (G. 6.) on the formation of a 

 catalogue of philosophical memoirs, 

 464. 



Stormontfield, near Perth, on the experi- 

 ments conducted at, for the artificial 

 propagation of salmon, 451. 



Stratificatioa of rocks, cleavage distinct 

 from, 369. 



Thomson (James), interim report on pro- 

 gress in researches on the measure- 

 ment of water, by weir-boards, 46, 



Tonnage, on the measurement of ships 

 for, 458. 



Walker (Mr.) on the navigation and con- 

 servancy of the river Mersey, 11. 



Water, on progress in researches on the 

 measurement of, by weir-boards, in- 

 terim report on, 46. 



Weir-boards, on progress in researches 

 on the measurement of water by, 46. 



Whidbey (Mr.) on the navigation and 

 conservancy of the river Mersey, 8. 



Wilkin (Messrs.), report of the, relative 

 to the navigation and conservancy of 

 the river Mersey, 7. 



Wood (John) on the measurement of 

 ships for tonnage, 458. 



Wright (Dr. Thomas) on the stratigra- 

 phical distribution of the oolitic echi- 

 nodermata, 396. 



Zoophyta dredged from the Frith of 

 Clyde, list of, 51. 



