Coal, on the relative position of the various 
qualities of, in the South Wales coal mea- 
sures, 65. 
——-, 0n some experimental borings in search 
b-stiot, "67. 
Coke, on a peculiar property of, 56. 
Cole (J. F.), observations upon the meteorolo- 
gical observations for 1846 and 1847, from 
Alten, in a letter to Dr. Lee, 32. 
Collieries, on the ventilation of, 120. 
; . on the vision of distance as given by, 
. 8. 
_ Colymbus arcticus shot near Swansea, on the 
; recurrence of, 125. 
_ Conductors, on the motion of the electric 
fluid along, 52. 
Crawford (John), vital statistics of a district 
in Java, 112. 
_ Crocodiles, on the communications between 
the tympanum and palate in the, 79. 
Crook (W. H.) on a supposed connexion be- 
__ tween an insufficient use of salt in food and 
the progress of Asiatic cholera, 88. 
_ Crustacea, on the structure and functions of 
___the branchial organs of the, 83. 
_ Crystals, on pseudomorphous, from volcanic 
districts of India, 61. 
Cullen (General) oi the fall of rain on the 
table-land of Uttree Mullay, Travancore, 
during 1846, 39. 
Cultivation of Brittany, as compared with 
___ that of all France, table of the, 114. 
_ Cunnington (William) on a peculiarity in the 
structure of one of the fossil sponges of the 
_ chalk, Choanites Konigi, Mantell, 67. 
‘Cymry, Breton and Gael, on the, 101. 
_Cystidez, on discoveries among the British, 68. 
. 
Darlaston, on the statistics of, 101. 
‘Daubeny (Dr.), reply to an objection of Mr. 
Hopkins to the “ Chemical Theory of Vol- 
- canos,” in the last volume of the Trans- 
actions, 67. 
De la Beche (Sir H. T.) on the geology of 
- portions of South Wales, Gloucestershire, 
and Somersetshire, 79. 
Dennis (J. C.) on improvements in the re- 
 flecting circle, more particularly in refer- 
"ence to an instrument for the purpose of 
_ measuring angular distances of the sun and 
mo on, 117. 
‘Dental system in mammalia, on the homo- 
_ logies and notation of the, 91. 
Diamond, on the oxidation of the, in the 
liquid way, 60. 
* Dirt-bands” on glaciers, on the origin of, 71. 
Drainage of marshes and fen-lands, on the 
application of steam power to the, 117. 
Dutch possessions in the East, remarks on 
the, 112. 
Dynamic effect, and resistance of various 
' voltaic combinations, on the, 62. 
Eclipse of Oct. 9, 1847, on the annular, 3. 
Eclipses, explanation of the “beads” and 
INDEX II. 
131 
Education, progress and character of popular, 
in England and Wales, 102. 
Eggs, on the changes and chemical compo- 
sition of, during incubation, 89. ' 
Egypt, on a map of ancient, of the time of 
Antoninus Pius, 66. 
Electrical discharge, on ageneral law of, 19. 
Electric fluid, on the motion of the, along 
conductors, 52. 
Electric telegraph, on rendering the, subser- 
vient to meteorological research, 12. 
Electricity, on the identity of the existences 
or forces of, 53. 
Electro-magnetic induction, on the theory 
of, 9. 
Electromotive force, dynamic effect and re- 
sistance of various voltaic combinations, 62. 
Elton (Prof.) on the ante-Columbian disco-~ 
very of America, 94. 
England, moral and educational statistics of, 
105. 
» progress and character of popular edu- 
roti in, 102. 
Ethnographical note on the vicinity of Charn- 
wood Forest, 99. 
Ethnology, 94. 
Exley (Rev. Thomas) on the laws of che- 
mical combinations and the volumes of 
gaseous bodies, 50. 
on the motion of the electrie fluid along 
conductors, 52. 
Fauna in the Agean Sea, on the influence of 
temperature upon the distribution of the, 81. 
Fauna of Ireland, on additions to the, 125. 
Fazoglo_ language, on the, 100. 
Fen lands, on the application of steam power 
to the drainage of, 117. 
Fletcher (Joseph), progress and character of 
popular education in England and Wales 
as indicated by the criminal returns, 
1837-1847, 102. 
, moral and educational statistics of Eng- 
land and Wales, 105. 
Flora, additions to the British, 84. 
Fluids, on the mechanical equivalent of heat, 
and on the constitution of elastic, 21. 
Foraminifera, on the classification of, 125. 
Foramen centrale of the retina, on the visual 
impressions upon the, 48. 
Forbes (Prof. E.), notice of discoveries among 
the British Cystidex, 68. 
on some marine animals from the 
Bristol Channel, 125. 
Fossil remains recently discovered in Bacon 
Hole, Gower, on, 62. 
Fossil sepia in the lias of Gloucestershire, on 
some reniains of, 66, 
Fossil sponges of the chalk, Choanites Konigi, 
Mantell, on a peculiarity in the structure 
of one of the, 67. 
Fowler (Richard), an attempt to give a phy= 
siological explanation how persons both 
blind, deaf and dumb from infancy inter- 
pret the. communications of others by their 
touch only, 88. 
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