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INDEX J. 



Balloons, on captive, 390. 



Barometer, extreme range of, at Toronto and 

 Prague, in 1840, 1841, 54. 



used at the Kew observatory, onthe, 127. 



Barometric observations reduced to the level 

 of the sea, 275. 



Birds, anatomy and physiology of, 204. 



Birt (W. R.) on atmospheric vraves, 267. 



Blackwall (John) on some recent researches 

 into the struct\ire, functions and oeconomy 

 of the Araneidea made in Great Britain, C2. 



Boguslavpski (Prof.), letter from, to Col. Sa- 

 bine, on magnetic observations made at 

 Breslau, 154. 



Boilers, on the forms of, for the prevention 

 of smoke, 103. 



on an improved stationary, 115. 



Bornholm, analysis of alum slate from, 162, 

 168. 



Brachiopoda, on the shells of the, 16. 



Breslau, magnetic observations made at, 154. 



Brewster (Sir David) on the hourly meteor- 

 ological observations carried on at Inver- 

 ness, 391. 



Britain, on the ornithology of, 181. 



Bugten, analysis of gneiss from, 168. 



Calcium, chloride of, on insulation by means 

 of, 138. 



Carpenter (Dr. W.) on the microscopic struc- 

 ture of shells, 1. 



Cellular structure of shells, prismatic, 4. 



Ceramites Hisingeri, 162. 



China seas, proposed survey of the, 148. 



Clay, on the fossil fishes of the London, 279. 



Clock, on a storm, 142. 



Coal, constituents of, and other fuel, 100. 



, analysis of various species of, 101. 



Constellations, revision of the, 34. 



Continental surveys, on, 148. 



Corfu, marine geology of, 390. 



Coulomb electrometer, on a new, 142. 



Ctenoides, 302, 304, 307, 309. 



Curves, rediscussion of the observations on 

 waves, by the method of, 337. 



Cycloides Acanthopterygiens, 302, 304, 307, 

 310. 



Malacopte'rygiens, 302, 304, 307, 310. 



Daubeny (Prof.) on the growth and vitality 

 of seeds, 94. 



Denny (Henry) on the progress of the inves- 

 tigation of the exotic Anoplura, 392. 



Devonport, mean results of Osier's anemo- 

 meter at, for 1841 and 1842, 265. 



Diprotodon, 224. 



Australis, 224. 



Discharger used at the Kew observatory, on 

 the, 125. 



Distinguisher used at the Kew observatory, 

 on the, 125. 



Dorida;, 25, 26. 



Dredging committee for 1844, report of, 390. 



Earth, on the influence of fucoidal plants 

 upon the fonnations of the, 155. 



Earthquake shocks, on registering in Scot- 

 land, 85. 



, register for, 86. 



Electrical observatoiy at Kew, on the, 121. 



Electricitv, atmospheric, on induction by, 

 140. 



, on frequency of, 141. 



Electrograph used at the Kew observatory, 

 on the, 126. 



Electrometers used at the Kew observatory, 

 onthe, 123. 



, comparison of voltaic, 135. 



, pluvio, 141. 



, on new Coulomb, 142. 



Electro-meteorological observations, speci- 

 men of, at the Kew observatory, 132. 



Electroscope, Bennet's gold-leaf, used at the 

 Kew observatory, 125. 



Ely (The Dean of) on simultaneous magueti- 

 cal and meteorological observations, 143. 



England, summary of sea-iish inhabiting the 

 coasts of, 302. 



Enys (J. S.) experiments on steam-engines, 

 91. 



Europe, on the ornithology of, 180. 



, of north and central continental, 182. 



Fairbaim (William) on the consumption of 

 fuel and the prevention of smoke, 100, 

 118. 



Fishes, fossil, of the London clay, 279. 



, list of species of the bony, of Sheppey, 



304. 



Forbes (Prof. E.), dredging operations round 

 the coasts of Anglesea by, 390. 



Forchharamer (Prof.) on the influence of 

 fucoidal plants upon the formations of the 

 earth, on metamorphism in general, and 

 particularly the metamorphosis of the 

 Scandinavian alum slate, 155. 



Fossil fishes of the London clay, 279. 



ornithology, 209. 



Foster's anemometer, velocitv of wind bv, 

 251. 



France, on the ornithology of, 183. 



Fuel, on the consumption of, 100, 118. 



, calorific and oeconomic value of differ- 

 ent kinds of, 103, 110. 



Furnaces, relative proportions of the, for the 

 prevention of smoke, 103. 



Galapagos islands, progress and present state 



of ornithology in the, 194. 

 Galvanometer used at the Kew observatory, 



on the, 124. 

 Ganoi'des (types recents), 303. 



(types anciens), 308. 



Gaseous pressure, variations of the, at To- i 



ronto, 58, 59. I 

 , differences of, at Greenwich and To- ' | 



ronto, 61. 

 Gas furnace for experiments on vitrifaction 



and other applications of high heat in the 



laboratory, 82. 

 Gneiss from Bugten, analysis of, 168. 

 Greece, on the ornithology of, 184. 



