IV CONTENTS. 



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XVI. On the Storm of the 18th of April, 1850, . . . .312 



XVII. Notes on the Meteorology of Ireland, deduced from the Observa- 

 tions made in the year 1851, under the direction of the Royal 

 Irish Academy, . . . 317 



XVIII. The Climate of Ireland, and the Currents of the Atlantic. 

 (Lecture delivered before the Dublin Young Men's Christian 

 Association, October 25, 1865), 381 



XIX. On the rise and progress of Mechanical Philosophy. (Intro- 

 ductory Lecture delivered in the Philosophy School of Trinity 

 College, in Hilary Term, 1834), 414 



XX. The Applied Sciences, and the mode of Teaching them. (Preelec- 

 tion delivered on the occasion of the Opening of the School of 

 Engineering in the University of Dublin, November 15, 1841), 437 



XXI. Address delivered at a Meeting of the Royal Irish Academy, held 



April 13, 1846, on the occasion of taking the Chair, . . 454 



XXII. Address delivered at a Meeting of the Royal Irish Academy, held 

 June 26, 1848, on the occasion of the presentation of the Medals 

 awarded by the Council, 468 



XXIII. Address delivered at the Opening Meeting of the British Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, held in Dublin, 

 August 26, 1857, 485 



NOTES. 



Note to Table VI., p. 289, 511 



Note to Tables V. and VIII., pp. 286 and 291, . . . .511 



