198 
Aluminium, I. L. Bell on the manufac- 
ture of, 33. 
America, Central, Captain Pim on an 
interoceanic and international transit 
route through, 143, 
, North, J. A, Lapham on the great 
lakes of, 140. 
American nations, South, C. Carter Blake 
on some points in the cranioscopy of, 
*. 
Amiens, Henry Duckworth on a human 
cranium from, 136. 
Angus (T. C.), statistics. of the tanning 
trade of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 161. 
Animal life, A. R. Wallace on the geo- 
graphical distribution of, 108. 
Anodon, R. Garner on a parasitical aca- 
rus of the, 114. 
Ansted (Prof. D. T.) on the metamor- 
phic origin of the porphyritic rocks of 
Charnwood Forest, 64; on a deposit 
of sulphur in Corfu, 64; on some cu- 
riosities of physical geography in the 
Tonian Isles, 133. 
Anthropological classification, Dr. James 
Hunt on, 139. g 
Antimony, Thomas Richardson on the 
separation of lead and, 52. 
‘ Antiquity of Man,’ Sir Charles Lyell’s, 
John Crawfurd on, 136. 
Antizymotic agents, Dr. G. Robinson 
on the practicability of arresting the 
development of epidemic diseases by 
the internal use of, 119. 
Apes, anthropoid, C. Carter Blake on the 
syndactylous condition of the hand in 
the, 98. 
Argentine railway, W. Wheelwright on 
the Central, from Rosario to Cordova, 
148. 
Armies, English and French, Colonel 
Sykes on the comparison of the orga- 
nization and cost in detail of the, 162. 
Armour of steel or iron, corrugated, for 
ships of war, G. Bedford on, 182. 
Armour-plating for ships, Capt. Douglas 
Galton on, 173. 
Armstrong (Sir W. G.), description of the 
large gyroscope used by, in his inyes- 
tigations on rifled projectiles, by Prof. 
W. Pole, 177. 
Army in India, European, Dr. James 
~ Bird on the vital and sanitary statis- 
tics of our, 151. 
Atmosphere at a high elevation, Prof. C. 
Piazzi Smyth on a proof of the dioptric 
and actinic quality of the, 25. 
.——~, J. Samuelson on life in the, 123. 
Atmospheric railways, W. Smith on an 
'~ improved valve and apparatus for, 188, 
REPORT—1863, 
Atmospheric refraction, Stephen Alex- 
ander on the augmentation of the ap- 
parent diameter of a body by its, 3. 
*Attwood (C.) on some facts observed 
in Weardale, 64. 
Australia, T. Johnson’s account of the 
Sa to transport salmon to, 
*——, Rey. J. E, Wood on the rivers of 
the interior of, 148, ; 
Bainbridge (W.) on the Pennine fault in 
connexion with the voleanic rocks at 
the foot of Crossfell; and with the 
Tyndale fault, called “The Ninety- 
fathom Dyke,” 64. 
Baker (W.) on the impurities contained 
in lead, and their influence in its tech- 
nical uses, 32. 
Bala lake, Merionethshire, T. A. Read- 
win on the recent discovery of gold 
near, 86. 
Baifour (Professor), his address as pre- 
sident of Section D, 91; description of 
the fruit of Clerodendron Thomsonse 
(Balf.), from Old Calabar, 95. 
*Barometer, M. Naudet on a metallic or 
holosteric, 24. 
, the Abbé Jeannon’s free air, 24. 
, W. Symons on a new marine and 
mountain, 27. 
Barracks and other public buildings in 
India, Stewart Clark on the ventila- 
tion of, 111. 
Barrett (Lucas), Prof.T. R. Jones and W. 
K. Parker on some recent and fossil 
Foraminifera collected in Jamaica by 
the late, 80. 
Baryta, sulphate of, analysis of a deposit 
from a colliery water containing, by 
Thomas Richardson, 54. 
Basalts, Prof. J. Thomson on the origin 
of the jointed prismatic structure in, 
and other igneous rocks, 89. _ 
Bate (C. Spence) on a new species of 
Tone, 98. 
Bedford (George), description of corru- 
gated armour of steel or iron for ships 
of war, 182. 
Belcher (Admiral Sir E.) on a spirit- 
level telescope for observing altitudes 
and obtaining latitudes independently 
of natural or artificial horizons, 170; 
on an improved caisson gate, 170; ona 
mode of rendering timber-built ships 
impregnable and unsinkable under mo- 
len crew-power, as in leaky vessels, 
Bell (I. L.) on the manufacture of alu- 
minium, 32; of thallium, 34, ; 
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