
INDEX II. 
Joule’s (J. P.) description of a galvanometer, 
— on the calorific effects of magneto- 
electricity and the mechanical value of 
heat, 33. 
Keleher (Rev. Wm.) on the statistics of the 
parish of Kilmurry, a rural district in the 
barony of West Muskerry, county of Cork, 93. 
Kilmurry, statistics of the parish of, 93. 
Kirwan (Dr. R.), eulogium on the late, by 
Dr. Pickells, 39. 
Knox (Revs. Thomas and Henry) on the 
quantity of rain which falls in the 8.W. of 
Treland, and in Suffolk, with the wind at 
the several points of the compass, 22. 
Knox (Rev. T.) on the relative electro-nega- 
tive powers of iodine and fluorine, 39. 
Lamps, on the shape of glass chimneys for, 
Land, method of ascertaining inaccessible 
distances, 102. 
Lankester (Dr. E.) on the occurrence of Calo- 
thrix nivea, and the infusoria of sulphu- 
reous waters at Cove, Ireland, 77. 
Lanthanium, a new metal, associated with 
cerium, 25. 
Larcom (Captain) on contour maps, 18. 
—— on the census in Ireland, 91. 
Lawson (Prof.) on the connexion between 
statistics and political economy, 94. 
Leahy (Mr. P.) on a method of ascertaining 
inaccessible distances at sea or land, 102. 
Leatham (W.) on the present infecting and 
demoralizing state of the lodging-houses 
for the travelling poor in the towns and 
villages of England, 96. 
Lichens, on the economical uses of certain, 79. 
Life-preservers, on, invented by Mr. J. E. 
Purser, 101. 
Light, action of two blue oils upon, 8. 
——,, elliptic polarization in, reflected from 
various substances, 9. 
——,, influence of, on metallic and other 
compounds, 35. 
——,, influence of, on the growth of plants, 35. 
—, effect of, as a part of vital statistics, 96. 
Limax, on the Irish species of the genus, 73. 
Limestone, on some beds of, in the valley of 
Cork, 51. 
Limestone series, carboniferous, on the lower 
portion of the, of Ireland, 42. 
Linaria, on specimens of a, from Ireland, 78. 
Liverpool, on the late fires at, 39. 
Lloyd (Prof.) on the method of graphical 
representation, as applied to physical re- 
sults, 4. 
— on the phenomena of metallic reflex- 
ion, 6. 
—— on the regular variations of the direc- 
tion and intensity of the earth’s magnetic 
. force, 12. 
Lodging-houses, infecting and demoralizing 
state of the, for the travelling poor in 
England, 96. 
111 
Lunacy, statistics of, with special relation to 
the asylum in Cork, 96. 
Lunatics, on the pauper, of Ireland, 90. 
Lundy Island, on the granite and other vol- 
canic rocks of, 57. 
Lungs, treatment of gangrene of the, by 
chloride of lime, 82. 
MacCullagh (Prof.) on the theory of total 
reflexion, and of the insensible refraction 
which accompanies it, 4. 
——, remark relative to Sir D. Brewster’s 
notice on the ordinary refraction of Iceland 
spar, 7. 
M’ Evers (Dr.) ona peculiarcase of sterility, 87. 
Machine, new electrical, 15. 
Mackay (Mr.) on the Irish Saxifrages, 78. 
Magneto-electricity, calorific effects of, 33. 
Magnets, circumstances which affect the 
energy of artificial, 13. 
Mammalia, classification of the, 65. 
Manganese, oxides of, improved method of 
ascertaining the commercial value of, 37. 
Map, relievo, of England and Wales, co- 
loured geologically, on a, 64. 
Maps, contour, 18. 
Marigold, luminous appearance on the com- 
mon, 79. 
Mathematics, 1, 
Mayer (Signor Enrico) on the infant indus- 
trial schools of Tuscany, 93. 
Mechanical science, 96. 
Medical science, 79. 
Metallic and other compounds, influence of 
light on, 35. 
Meteorological register for 1842-43, from 
diurnal observations taken at Beddgelert, 
20. 
Minerals of Cork, on the, 38. 
Mines, apparatus for raising miners and mi- 
nerals from the deep vertical shafts of, 100. 
Molluse, new species of, found at Dalkey 
Island, near Dublin, 74. 
Mollusca of Cork, on the, 71. 
Mollusca ‘nudibranchiata, on some new spe- 
cies of, 73. 
Mosander (Prof. C. G.) on the new metals 
lanthanium and didymium, which are as- 
sociated with cerium ; and on erbium and 
terbium, new metals associated with yttria, 
25; addendum, 30. 
Moyes (Corporal William), observations with 
the thermometer, made at Aden in Ara- 
bia, 22. 
Murchison (R. I.), the “ Permian system” as 
applied to Germany, with collateral obser- 
vations on similar deposits in other coun- 
tries, 52. 
—— on the important additions recently 
made to the fossil contents of the tertiary 
and alluyial basin of the Middle Rhine, 55. 
Museum, on the Ordnance geological, 61. 
Navigators Islands, physical characters, lan- 
guages, and manners of the people of the, 
