122 
Great Britain, quantity of iron made in, in 
1839, 116. 
‘Head, synonyms of the bones of the, accord- 
ing to their general homologies. See Table 
Ill. 
Henslow (Prof.), sixth report on the vitality 
of seeds, 20. 
Homology, special, 169. 
, general, 240. 
, serial, 332. 
Hunt (Robert) on the actinograph, 31. 
on the influence of light on the growth 
of plants, 33. 
Hydrodynamics, recent researches in, 1. 
Jron manufacture in Great Britain, on the 
progress, present amount, and probable 
future condition of the, 99. 
, manufacture of pig, in England and 
Wales, in 1788, 114. 
in Great Britain in 1796, nianufacture 
of, 114. 
—— —— 1806, 1523 and 1830, production 
of, 115. 
116. 
—— —— in 1840, production of, 116. 
—— in 1843 compared with 1840, make of, 
118. 
—, British, quantities of, exported, de- 
clared value of same, and average value 
of each ton exported from 1827 to 1845, 
117. 
»—, quantity and value of wrought and un- 
wrought, exported to the U.S. of America 
from 1831 to. 1844, 118. 
>», exported to France from 1831 to 1844, 
118. 
++—, estiniated quantity of, required for the 
construction and putting into operation 
each mile of railway, 119. 
in 1839, quantity of made in, 
Jessop (William), production of iron in Great 
Britain in 1840, as ascertained by, 116. 
Light on the growth of plants, influence of, 
33. 
Lindley (Prof.) sixth report on the vitality of 
seeds, 20. 
Madder, on the colouring matters of, 24. 
Man, on the bones of the skull of, 300. 
Mastoid, on the, 197. 
Medicines, on the physiological action of, 27. 
Mushet (David), quantity of iron made in 
Great Britain in 1839, as stated by, 116. 
Orbitosphenoid, on the, 211. 
Osler’s anemometer, on, 343. 
Owen (Prof.) on the archetype and homolo- 
gies of the vertebrate skeleton, 169; table 
of synonyms of the bones of the head ‘of 
vertebrata, according to their special ho-= 
mologies ; of the elements of the typical 
vertebrata; of the bones of the head, ac- 
INDEX I. 
cording to their general homologies. See 
Tables I. I. and III. 
Pachyderm, on the skull bones of a young, 
297. 
Percy (Dr. John) on the crystalline slags, 
351. 
Phillips (John) on anemometry, 340. 
Plants, influence of light on the growth of, 33. 
Porter (G. R.) on the progress, present 
amount, and probable future condition of 
the iron manufacture in Great Britain, 99. 
Railway, estimated quantity of iron required 
for the constructing and putting into ope- 
ration each mile of, 119. 
Schunck (Dr.) on the colouring matters of 
madder, 24. 
Sea-water, comparative analytical researches 
on, 90. 
Seeds, on the vitality of, 203; table of expe- 
riments, 21. 
Skeleton, on the archetype and homologies 
of the vertebrate, 169. 
Skull of the vertebrate series, on the con 
formity of structure of the, 176. 
Skull-bones, classification of, 307. 
Slags, on the crystalline, 351. 
Steam-vessels, iron, being built. in the Clyde 
during the spring of 1846, 117. 
Stokes (G. G.) on recent researches in hydro- 
dynamics, 1. 
Strickland (H. E.) sixth report on the vitality 
of seeds, 20. 
Tides, theory of river and ocean, 9. 
Transcendents, on algebraical, 43. 
Vertebra, synonyms of, the elements of the 
typical. See Tadle II. 
Vertebre, development of, 254. a 
, general characters of the, of the trunk, 
257. 
, summary of modifications of corporal, 
264. 
— of the skull, 274. 
—, objections to the cranial, considered, 
309. 
Vertebrata, synonyms of the bones of the 
head of, according to their special homo- 
logies, 176, and see Table Il. , 
Vertebrate skeleton, on the archetype and 
homologies of the, 169. 
Water, comparative analytical researches on 
sea, 90. 
Waves, theory of long, 4. 
, oscillatory, 5. 
, solitary, 8. 
——,, atmospheric, 119. iy 
——, recurrence of symmetrical, 121: 
——., stations at which observations of the, 
were made, 122, : 
—+4, comparison of observations made at 
Cambridge Heath from Oct. 1 to Noy. 21, 
