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the probability of finding, in the, 1873, 
81 
Coal, on the parts of England and Wales 
in which, may and may not be looked 
for beyond the known Coal-fields, by 
Sir R. I. Murchison, Bart., 1866, 57 
--suggestions for sites for searching 
for, by W. Whitaker, 1890, 819 
-Prof. E. Hull on a deep boring for, 
at Scarle, near Lincoln, 1876, 91 
-Halifax Hard Seam, W. Cash on the, 
1881, 626 
- Halifax, Hard Bed , report on the 
flora of the , 1882, 267 ; 1883, 160 ; 
1887, 235 
- of the Leeds districts, some physi¬ 
cal properties of the, B. Holgate on, 
1890, 796 
-methods for coking, and recovering 
the bye-products, Watson Smith on, 
1883, 465 
- in South Africa, Prof. T. R. Jones 
on the deposits of, 1886, 641 
- microscopic structure of, pre¬ 
liminary remarks on the, by Prof. W. 
C. Williamson, 1881, 625 
- microscopic features of, the present 
state of the inquiry into the, and into 
the organisation of the fossil plants of 
the Coal - Measures, Prof. W. C. 
Williamson on, 1889, 69 
- question, Prof. W. S. Jevons on the 
progress of the, 1875, 216 
* -the rate of production of, during 
the present century, Prof. E. Hull on, 
1889, 713 
-raised within the British Empire, 
statistics of the production and value 
of, by R. Meade, 1886, 646 
-ridgy structure in, Prof. J. Thomson 
on, with suggestions for accounting for 
its origin, 1876, 96 
* - spontaneous combustion of, in 
ships, J. Bamfield on the, 1880, 696 
-sulphur in, F. Crace-Calvert on the 
estimation of, 1871, 68 
-industry, sliding scales in the, Prof. 
J. E. C. Munro on, 1885, 1173 
- and iron industries, the effect of 
mining royalties on, Prof. W. R. Sorley 
on, 1888, 755 
Coal-bearing rocks of Canada, F. D. 
Adams on the, 1886, 639 
*Coal-beds of Panama, the Rev. Dr. 
Hume on the, in reference mainly to 
their economic importance, 1871, 
103 
Coal-cutting and other underground 
machinery, T. Levick on machinery 
for compressing air, and the applica¬ 
bility of such compressed air for 
working, 1865, 185 
-machine, W. E. Carrett on an 
hydraulic, 1866, 141 
*Coal-cutting, the application of machi¬ 
nery to, Samuel Firth on, 1863, 192 
-, Wm. Firth on the application of 
machinery to, in mines, 1873, 175 
-machine, the Nant-y-glo, Dr. W. J. 
Clapp on, 1873, 213 
* Coalfield in Brazil, G. R. Rumney on a, 
1865, 73 
-Bristol, W. Sanders on a geological 
map of the, 1864, 68 
-, Bristol, statistics relative to the, by 
H. Cossham, 1864, 164 
* -Bristol, H. Cossham, E. Wethered, 
and W. Saise, on the northern end of 
the, 1875, 64 
-Bristol, the sandstones and grits of 
the Lower and Middle series of the, E. 
Wethered on, 1880, 579 
--Bristol, the northern section of the, 
H. Cossham on, 1888, 659 
-Burnley, and its fossil contents, 
J. T. Wilkinson and J. Whitaker on the, 
1861, 135 
- Chile, G. A. Lebour and W. Mundle 
on the Tertiary, 1870, 78 
--Cumberland, W. Matthias Dunn on 
the relations of the, to the Red Sand¬ 
stone, 1863, 68 
- of Durham, Nicholas Wood and 
Edward F. Boyd on ‘ the Wash,’ a re¬ 
markable denudation through a por¬ 
tion of the, 1863, 89 
- Durham and Northumberland, 
Isaac Lowthian Dell on the manufac¬ 
ture of iron in connection with the, 
1863, 730 
-- Lancashire, A. IT. Green on the 
faults of, 1861, 113 
-of Natal, Dr. Mann on the, 1868, 73 
* -New South Wales, J. Mackenzie on 
the, 1864, 59 
--- Northumberland, A. Hancock and 
T. Atthey on some curious fossil fungi 
from the black shale of the, 1869, 114 
- Staffordshire, on the distribution of 
the organic remains of the North, 1863, 
342 ; 1865, 42 ; appendix by John 
Young, 317 
-- Staffordshire, South, H. Johnson on 
the extent and duration of the, 1865, 63 
* -Staffordshire, South, C. Twamley 
on the faults in the, and their relation 
to the igneous rocks of the district, 
1865, 76 
* - Staffordshire, South, S. Bailey on 
the economic value of the various 
Measures of coal and ironstone in the, 
1865, 48 
Coal-fields, extension of the, beneath the 
newer formations of England, and the 
successive stratigraphical changes to 
which the Carboniferous rocks have 
been subiected, Prof. E. Hull on the, 
1870, 74 
