INDEX I. 



115 



Greenwich, variations of the temperature, 



vapour pressure, gaseous pressure, and 



force of wind at, 60, 61. 

 , observations with Osier's anemometer 



at, 257. 

 , mean results of, for 1841 and 1842, 



266. 



Hancock (Albany) on the British nudibrau- 

 chiate moUusca, 24. 



Harcourt (Rev. W. V.) on a gas furnace for 

 experiments on vitrifaction and other ap- 

 pUcations of high heat in the laboratory, 82. 



Harris (W. Snow) on the working of Whewell 

 and Osier's anemometers at Plymouth, for 

 the years 1841, 1842 and 1843, 241. 



Heat, on applications of, in the laboratory, 82. 



, concentration of, 110. 



Henley electrometer used at the Kew ob- 

 servatory, 123. 



Henslow (Prof.) on the growth and vitality 

 of seeds, 94. 



Herschel (Sir J. F. W., Bart.) on the nomen- 

 clature of the stars, 32. 



, on simultaneous magnetical and me- 

 teorological observations, 143. 



Hodgkin (Thomas) on the varieties of the 

 human race, 93. 



Hodgkinson (Eaton), experiments on steam- 

 engines, 91. 



Houldsworth's pyrometer, 107. 



, experiments with, 109. 



Human race, on the varieties of the, 93. 



Hunt (Robert) on the influence of light on 

 the germination of seeds and the growth 

 of plants, 29. 



Hydrogen, carburetted, constituents of one 

 atom of. 111. 



Hygrometers used at the Kew observatory, 

 on the, 128. 



Hyndman (Mr.), series of dredging observa- 

 tions on the Irish coast by, 391. 



India, British, on the ornithology of, 186. 

 Induction, experiments on, by atmospheric 



electricity, 140. 

 Instruments used in the Kew Observatory, on 



the, 120. 

 Insulation, experiments on, by means of 



chloride of calcium, 138. 

 Insulators, comparative insulating powers of, 



135, 136, 137. 

 Inveruess,hourly meteorological observations 



carried on at, 391. 

 Ionian Islands, marine zoology of the, 390. 

 Ireland, on subterranean temperature in, 221. 

 Irish coast, series of dredging observations 



on the, 390. 

 Italy, on the ornithology of, 183. 



Japan, on the ornithology of, 185. 



Kew observatorj-, description of the, and the 



instruments used in the, 120. 

 , explanation and remarks concerning 



the Journal, 130. 



Kew Observatoiy, experiments made at the, 



in 1843 and 1844, 135. 

 Kreil (M.) on the meteorology of Prague, 43. 



Laboratorj', on apphcations of high heat in 



the, 82. 

 Libraries, Ornithological, 217. 

 Light, influence of, on the germination of 



seeds and grovrth of plants, 29. 

 Lindley (Prof.) on the growth and vitaUty of 



seeds, 94. 

 Lind's gauge, comparative indications of, and 



Whewell's anemometer, 263. 

 Lithography, progress of, as applied to orni- 

 thology, 202. 

 Lloyd (Dr.) on simultaneous magnetical and 



meteorological observations, 143. 

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

 Londres, sur les poissons fossiles de I'argile 



de, 279. 



M' Andrew (Mr.), dredging operations round 

 the coasts of Anglesea by, 390. 



Macfarlane (Mr.), earthquake shocks regis- 

 tered at Comrie by, 85. 



Mackenzie (Thomas), hourly meteorological 

 observations carried on at Inverness by, 

 at the expense of the British Association, 

 391. 



Magnetical observations, 143. 



, made atBreslau, 154. 



Magnetic observatories, British colonial, 144. 



surveys and itinerant observations, 147. 



Magnetism, terrestrial, publications relating 

 to, 149. 



Malasia, on the ornithology of, 187. 



Mammals of Australia, on the extinct, 223. 



Margaritaceae, on the structure of the shells 

 of the, 20. 



Marine zoology of Corfu and the Ionian is- 

 lands, 390. 



MetalUc-plate engraving, progress of, as ap- 

 plied to ornithology, 202. 



Metaraorphism, 155. 



Meteorological department, on the, 152. 



Meteorological observations, on simultaneoiis 

 magnetical and, 143. 



, discussion of, 152. 



, hourly, carried on at Inverness, 391. 



Meteorological observatories, British colo- 

 nial, 144. 



Meteorology of Toronto, on the, 42. 



of Prague, 43. 



Microscopic structure of shells, 1. 



Milne (David) on registering earthquake 

 shocks in Scotland, 85. 



MoUusca, component elements of the shells 

 of, 15. 



, British Nudibranchiate, 24. 



, present number of known British spe- 

 cies of, 25. 



Monographs, notice of ornithological, 196. 



Moseley (Rev. Prof.), experiments on steam 

 engines, 90. 



Museums, ornitholoerical, 215. 



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