196 
Maxwell (Prof.), report on standards of 
electrical resistance, 111; on the ele- 
mentary relations between electrical 
measurements, 130; description of an 
experimental measurement of electri- 
cal resistance, 163. 
Metals and alloys, Dr. A. Matthiessen 
on the electrical permanency of, 124. 
Meteor of November 27, 1862, path of, 
324, 
Meteors, luminous, report and catalogue 
of, observed in 1862-63, 209; appen- 
dix, 318. 
Meteoric iron, on a new British, 337. 
shower of April 1863, Prof. II. A. 
Newton on the, 325. 
shower of August 1863, 326. 
Miller (Dr. W. A.), report on the ap- 
plication of gun-cotton to warlike | 
purposes, 1; report on standards of 
electrical resistance, 111. 
Minerals, M. Alphonse Gages’ synthe- 
tical researches on the formation of, | 
203. 
Mollusca, Philip P. Carpenter on the, of 
the west coast of North America, 
517. 
Napier (J. R.), fifth report on steam- | 
ship performance, 339. 
Nasmyth (James), report on the appli- 
cation of gun-cotton to warlike pur- 
poses, 1. 
Newberry’s (Dr.) list of Californian 
fossils, 593. 
Newton (Prof. H. A) on the meteoric 
shower of April 1863, 325. 
Northern districts, Thomas Spencer on 
the manufacture of steel in the, 764. 
Numbers, Prof. H. J. S. Smith’s report 
on the theory of, 768; geometrical 
representation of forms of a negative 
determinant, 768; application of for- 
mule relating to the division of the 
circle to the theory of quadratic forms, 
772. 
Palmer (Charles M.) on the construction 
of iron ships, and the progress of iron 
shipbuilding on the Tyne, Wear, and 
Tees, 694. 
Paris (Admiral E.), fifth report on 
steamship performance, 339, 
Rankine (Prof. W. J. M.), fifth report on 
steamship performance, 339. 
Rays, spectral, Dr. C. K. Akin on the 
transmutation of, 93. 
Redtenbacher (Dr.) on Baron Lenk’s 
gun-cotton, 33. 
REPORT—1863. 
Rich (Major), shells collected by, from 
the Californian fauna, 540; collected 
near La Paz, 541, 
Richardson (Thomas), report on the 
chemical manufactures of the north- 
ern districts, 701; report on the local 
manufacture of lead, copper, zinc, an- 
timony, &c., 715. 
Roberts (R.), fifth report on steam- 
ship performance, 339. 
Robinson (Rey. Dr.), report of the com- 
mittee on fog-signals, 105. 
Rocks, Cambrian, influence of the fel- 
spathic solution on the structure of 
some, 207. 
Russell (J. Scott), report on the appli- 
cation of gun-cotton to warlike pur- 
poses, 1; fifth report on steamship per- 
formance, 339. 
Schneider (Dr.) on Baron Lenk’s gun- 
cotton, 35. 
Schrétter (Dr.) on Baron Lenk’s gun- 
cotton, 33. 
Scott (Robert H.), report on the che- 
mical and mineralogical constitution 
of the granites of Donegal, and of the 
rocks associated with them, 48. 
Shetland, J. Gwyn Jeffreys’s report on 
dredging on the coasts of, 70. 
Ships and shipbuilding on the Tyne, 
Wear, and Tees, Charles M. Palmer 
on the construction of iron, 694, 
Siemens (C. W.), report on standards of 
electrical resistance, 111. 
Signals, fog,the Rey.Dr. Robinson on, 105, 
Silicate of hydrated protoxide of iron, 
solubility of, 204. 
— of lime, action of the alkalies 
on, 205. 
Smith (Dr. Edward), abstract of report 
by the Indian Government on the food 
used by the free and jail populations 
of India, 176. 
Smith (H. J. Stephen), report on the 
theory of numbers, 768 
Smith (Wm.), fifth report on steam- 
ship performance, 339. 
Sopwith (T.), report on the local manu- 
acture of lead, copper, zine, antimony, 
&e., 715. 
Spectral rays, Dr. C. K. Akin on the 
transmutation of, 93. 
Spencer (Thomas), report on the manu- 
facture of steel in the northern dis- 
tricts, 764. : 
Standards of electrical resistance, report 
of the committee on, 111. 
Statical effects, on the measurement of 
electric phenomena by, 148, 
