134 
Flax plant, on the composition and ceco- 
nomy of the, 273; history of flax cul- 
tivation in Ireland, ib. 
Flax-straw, composition of the ash of the, 
before and after steeping, 286. 
Foods, on the composition of, in relation 
to respiration and the feeding of 
animals, 323. 
Forbes (J. D.) on the laws of the con- 
duction of heat, 260. 
Gilbert (J. H.) on the composition of 
foods, in relation to respiration and 
the feeding of animals, 323. 
Gladstone (J. H.) on the influence of 
solar radiation on plants, 239. 
Heat, on the laws of the conduction of, 
260. 
Henslow (Prof.), twelfth report on the 
vitality of seeds, 177. 
Hewitt’s (Mr.) meteor, 231. 
Hodges (Dr.) on the composition and 
ceconomy of the flax plant, 273. 
Hodgkin (Dr.), a manual of ethnological 
inquiry, 243. 
Hunt (Robert) on the chemical action 
of the solar radiations, 262. 
India, meteors seen in, 226, 238. 
Invertebrata of Ireland, 292. 
Ireland, history of flax cultivation in, 
273; supplementaryreport on the fauna 
of, 290. 
Lawes (J. B.) on the composition of 
foods, in relation to respiration and the 
feeding of animals, 323. 
Lawson (Henry), meteors observed at 
Hereford, in Nov. 1841, 190. 
Lindley (Prof.), twelfth report on the 
vitality of seeds, 177. 
Lowe (E. J.), observations of luminous 
meteors, 1851-52, 198. ; 
Madras, meteors seen at, 226. 
Mallet (Robert), third report on the facts 
of earthquake phenomena, 1. 
Meteorology of Birmingham, on the, 
297. 
Meteors, observations of luminous, 178 
to 239. 

INDEX I. 
Moore (J. Carrick) on a meteor seen at 
Carlisle, 232. 
Plants, on the influence of solar radia- 
tions on, 239. 
Powell (Rev. Prof.), fifth report on ob- 
servations of luminous meteors, 178; 
appendix, 226. 
Rain in Bengal, on the, 252. 
Read (Rev. W.) on luminous meteors 
seen at South Mimms, 236. 
Respiration, on the composition of foods, 
in relation to, and the feeding of ani- 
mals, 323. 
Seeds, on the growth and vitality of, 
Vee 
Solar radiation, on the influence of, on 
plants, 239; on the chemical action of 
the, 262. 
South Mimms, on luminous meteors 
seen at, 236. 
Spectrum, analysis of, by absorbent 
media, 262. 
Strickland (H. E.), twelfth report on the 
vitality of seeds, 177. 
Sykes (Colonel) on the temperature and 
rain in Bengal, 252. 
Temperature in Bengal, on the, 252. 
Thompson (the late William), supple- 
mentary report on the fauna of Ireland, 
290. 
Thomson (James) on the vortex water- 
wheel, 317. 
Vertebrata of Ireland, 291. 
Victoria Park, on luminous meteors ob- 
served in, 232. 
Water-wheel, on the vortex, 317. 
Webb (T. W.) on luminous meteors, 
from 1818 to 1850, extracted from 
old diaries of natural phenomena, 
178. ; 
Weston-super-Mare, on luminous me- 
teors seen at, 237. 
Wills (William) on the meteorology of 
Birmingham, 297. 

