
INDEX I. 
Observatories, meteorological, results of ex- 
periments made in the European group of, 
61. 
——,, Asiatic, 81. 
——,, South African, 83. 
——,, American, 84. 
——,, North American, 85. 
—,, synopsis of the stations and terms, 
101. 
Oolitic system, British fossil fishes of the, 
198. 
Owen (Richard) on British fossil Mammalia, 
208. 
Palzotherium, on the remains of the genus, 
in Great Britain, 225. 
Parthenia, new species of, 188. 
Peach (C. W.) on the habits of the marine 
Testacea, 129. 
Pecten, new species of, 192. 
Peracle, new species of, 186. 
Permian system, British fossil fishes of the, 
198. 
Pleurobranchus, new species of, 187. 
Pleurotoma, new species of, 190. 
Plymouth, results of the discussion of the 
meteorological observations made at, 291. 
Pole (William) on steam-engines, 104, 
Provisional reports and notices, 291. 
Radiata of the Hgean Sea, on the, 130, 146. 
Railroad section committee, report of, 295. 
Rhinoceros, on the remains of the genus, in 
Great Britain, 220. : 
Rissoa, new species of, 189. 
_. Robinson (T. R.) on conducting experiments 
_ with captive balloons, 128. 
Ruminantia, on the remains of, in Great 
Britain, 232. 
Russell (J. 8.) on the tides of the Frith of 
Forth and the east coast of Scotland, 110. 
— on the form of ships, 112. 
Sabine (Colonel) on simultaneous magnetical 
and meteorological observations, 54. 
— on the translation and publication of 
' foreign scientific memoirs, 129. 
Sandstone, lower new red, on the excavation 
made at the junction of the, with the coal 
measures at Collyhurst, 241. 
Scalaria, new species of, 189. 
Scientific Memoirs, foreign, on the transla- 
_ tion and publication of, 129. 
Scotland, on the tides of the east coast of, 
a 110. 
_ Seeds, growth and vitality of, 105. 
——, ——, result of the experiments made 
on the, 106. 
Sharpey (Dr.) on Asphyxia, 295. 
Shells, He he of, in various depths of 
the Aigean Sea, 171. 
_ Ships, iron, durability of, 14. 
- ——, form of, 112. 
107 
Silurian system, British fossil fishes of the, 
194, 
Smoke, on the prevention of, 294. 
Spectrum, action of different bodies on the, 
294, 
Sponges, abundance of, in the Agean Sea, 
152. 
— of Ireland, on the, 286. 
Stars, on revising the nomenclature of the, 
292. 
Steam-enginés, experiments on, 104. 
Steel, action of air and water on, 1, 9. 
, corrosion of, 9. 
Strata, section of, at Collyhurst, 241. 
along the valley of the Irk, 242. 
Strickland (H. E.) on the growth and vitality 
of seeds, 105. 
—— on zoological nomenclature, 119. 
Surveys, magnetic, 59. 
Sus, on the remains of the genus, in Great 
Britain, 228. 


Terebratula, new species of, 193. 
Tertiary system, British fossil fishes of the, 
206. 
Testacea, habits of the marine, 129. 
— of the Agean Sea, 156. 
Thompson (William) on the fauna of Ireland : 
Div. Invertebrata, 245. 
Thracia, new species of, 191. 
Tides of the Frith of Forth, on the, 110. 
Tornatella, new species of, 191. 
Triasic system, British fossil fishes of the, 
199. 
Trinity College, Cambridge (the Master of) on 
simultaneous magnetical and meteorologi- 
cal observations, 54. 
Trochus, new species of, 189. 
Turritella, new species of, 189. 
Undulations, features of the small, 67. 
United States, tabular view of ranges of the 
barometer, for 27 and 37 hourly observa- 
tions at the equinoxes and solstices in the, 
during 1836, 1837, and part of 1838, 85. 
Urus, on the remains of, in Great Britain, 
232. 
Vermetus, new species of, 189. 
Vertices, tables illustrative of the coincidence 
of, 67. 
Water, action of, on cast and wrought iron 
and steel, 1. 
Wheatstone’s (Prof.) appendix to report on 
captive balloons, 128. 
Whewell (Rev. W.) on revising the nomen- 
clature of the stars, 292. 
Zoological nomenclature, 119. 
Zoophytes, scarcity of, in the Aigean Sea, 151. 
——,, on Trish, 283. 
