INDEX I 
TO 
REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 
Objects and min of the Association, v. 
Ptacei ud times of meetings from com- 
tteneemeBt, viii. 
Membcn who have served on Conndl from 
esommeement, x. 
fieneral Treasurer’s account, xii. 
fftem and Council, xiv. 
0#c*rs of Sectional Committees at the Ox- 
fwd meeting, xv. 
Cmvesponding tuembm, xvi. 
^rpart of the Council to the General Com- 
tuittee.xvi. 
Bcrauiuewlations adopted by the General 
Committee, xix. 
Iswinmeuilations not involving grants of 
0^1 xix. 
B*«iuincndation» of special researches in 
•eieiitt, iuTolving mnts of mon< 7 , xx. 
ayaopu of grants of money appropriated to 
kwitific objects, xxi. 
‘lateuicnt of sums which have been 
>•« on account of grants for sciontlfiu 
pnrpose, xxlL 
55^8 meetings, xxvi. 
by Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart., 
*^nlphmc, on the specific gravity of, at 
degrees of dilution, 1. 
140. 
rubiacic, 142, 
«u, 138. 
J*®***, 101. 
the Sr India, on 
of she Bengaii to tiie, 319. 
af ih. ethnology, on the resulu 
^^W^Egyptian rescarchea in re- 
I«®P»g»ted along a solid, 78. 
end Aboriginal Ian- 
tefPtti e ?™ ‘be, 319. 
fourth report on atmospheric 
of volcanic action, 39. 
and African etlinology, and the cUaaifica* 
tion of languages, 254. 
Cardiacea, 102. 
Carpenter (Dr. William) on the microscopic 
structure of shells, part ii., 93. 
Celtic language, on the importance of the 
study of the, as exhibited by the modem 
Celtic dialects still extant, 301. 
Cephalopoda, 116. 
Chamacea:, 100. 
Coiichacctc, 102. 
Crustacea, 127. 
Danheny (Prof.) on the vitality of seeds, 145. 
Dove (Prof. W. 11.), temperature tallies bv, 
373. 
Earth, form of the, 40. 
-, state of tension of the elevated mass of 
the, 57. 
- ,011 the effects of subicrrancan forces on 
the solid cnist of the, 57 t primary pheno¬ 
mena of elevation of the, ii.; forroalion of 
fissures in the, 58, 60. 
Earth’s crust, on the form, solidifintioa and 
thickness of the, 33, 40, 45, 49, 63. 
- , thickness of the fracture/l portions of 
the, 69. 
-, contraction of the, 69. 
-, slow movements uf elevation and de¬ 
pression, and their rolalious to paroxysmal 
movements, 71. 
- , vibratory mutiona of the, jiroduced by 
subterranean forces, 74. 
-, on the jiroductioii of a aarface wave in 
the fiiiid beneath the, and iu possible 
effects on the elevation of the, 88. 
Earthquake pbicnomcna, on the &cls of, 30. 
Earthquake vibrations, on she observations 
required for the determination of the cen¬ 
tre of, aud on the requisites of the Instru¬ 
ments to be employed, 90. 
Earthquakes, on, 74, 82. 
-, on the geological theories of elevation 
and, 33. 
-, position of the centre of disturbance of, 
83. 
- , sea wave of, 87. 
