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INDEX. 
Jenyns (Rev. L.), desiderata noticed 
in his report on zoology, xxx. 
Laplace’s coefficients, 7 ; on the theory 
of heat, 21. 
Lindley (Prof.), desiderata noticed in 
his report on botany, xxxi. 
Lloyd (Prof.) on the direction and in¬ 
tensity of the terrestrial magnetic 
force in Ireland, 117. 
——, desiderata noticed in his report 
on optics, xxiii. 
Magnetical observations made in Ire¬ 
land, 159. 
Magnetism, on the recent progress 
and present state of, 10. 
--, resolutions of the Committee for, 
xx. 
•——, terrestrial, 61, 117. 
Mathematics in Belgium, on the state 
of, 35. 
Medical science, resolutions of the 
Committee for, xxxi. 
Meteorology, resolutions of the Com¬ 
mittee for, xvii. 
Mineralogy, resolutions of the Com¬ 
mittee for, xxv. 
Natural history, resolutions of the Com¬ 
mittee for, xxviii. 
Newton’s law of heat, IS. 
Notation, chemical, report on, 207. 
Optics, resolutions of the Committee, 
xxii. 
Phillips (Prof.) on the quantities of 
rain falling at different elevations 
at York, 171. 
Poisons, acrid, on, 211, 235. 
Poisson’s (M.) theories of electricity, 
galvanism, and heat, 7, 13, 27. 
Quetelet (A.) on the state of mathe¬ 
matics in Belgium, 35. 
Quetelet’s (A.) mode of observing fall¬ 
ing stars, xxxviii. 
Radiant heat, desiderata reported by 
Prof. Powell, xxi. 
Radiation of heat, 17, 163. 
Rain, on the quantities falling at dif¬ 
ferent elevations at York, 171. 
Registration of deaths, on, 251. 
Reports on the progress of science 
already printed, list of, xiii. 
—-— undertaken to be drawn up, list 
of, xiv. 
Ross (Capt. J. C.) on the direction and 
intensity of the terrestrial magnetic 
force in Ireland, 117. 
Roupell (Dr.) -on acrid poisons, 235. 
Sabine (Capt. E.) on the phaenomena 
of terrestrial magnetism, 61. 
-on the direction and intensity of 
the terrestrial magnetic force in Ire¬ 
land, 117. 
Standard scale of Aberdeen, on the 
comparative measurement of, 91. 
Statistics, resolutions of the Committee, 
xxxii. 
Terrestrial magnetism, 61, 117. 
Thermometer, on the hourly observa¬ 
tions of the, 181. 
Tides, directions for observing the, 
xxxiii. 
-, resolutions of the Committee, 
xvii. 
Whewell (Rev. W.) on the recent 
progress and present state of elec¬ 
tricity, magnetism, and heat, 1. 
-, desiderata mentioned in his re¬ 
port on electricity, magnetism, and 
heat, xxii. 
-, desiderata noticed in his report 
on mineralogy, xxv. 
