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INDEX 11. 
llitr(W. Tiffin), experiments oil the roots ot 
the Canns Indies, with reference to their 
value in an economical 2 >oint of view, 85. 
Ima^rea, on electrical, 6. 
India, on the at>original tribes of, IIS. 
' and China, on the tribes between, 127. 
ami Rniffand, prices of the cerealia and 
other edible* of, compared, 107. 
Imlhint, 00 (he Chippewyan, 110. 
, on the Loucheux, 121. 
“ ' . on the Nehanni tribe of .t Koloochian 
claj* of American, 121, 
Indo'Oermanic lan^ages, on the lexico¬ 
graphy uf the Semitic and, 121. 
Induction, on die nature of, 27. 
InflaiTimation. on the probable physiological 
eondilltin of the blood in some cases of, 93. 
Inglls (Dr. James) on a new species of Nau 
Hlus from die Halifax coal beds, fi4. 
Insert*, Dll certain bliiiil apecios of, 81. 
loiegratioii, on a mefhnd of deliuitc, 1. 
Ireland, on nihlltioiis to the faniia of, S(l. 
— on the varlsliims in the supply of .silver 
coin in, dining the operatlnna for the relief 
uf distress in 1846-47, 97. 
—, scheme for improving the coadiiioii oP 
Ubmuers, tried at Hiilahinp, i-o. Clare, 98. 
Irivh Sea fisheries, on the resources of the, 
no. ‘ 
Iron columns, on the strength of, l, 3 g. 
Irim-hiiilt vessels, on the defects of, mid 
danger Briaing from the use of corrective 
magnet* for local attraction on the com- 
pasaes of, 81. 
1*" Chippewyan Indians, 
“ on the Loiichcux Indians, 121. 
- uu the Nehanni tribe of a Koloochian 
clM* of American Indians, 121. 
Ilallan penimiila. on the oaks to be found in 
Jarrett (Rev. Prof.) on the summation of 
ceruin circiilar function*. 5 . 
—— on the lexicography of the Semitic and 
Indo-dermanir languages, 122. 
Jenym L-) fi" rimbor attacked by the 
larva of CalliUniin Hajulum, 8.5. 
Joule (J, p ) un the mechanical equtvnicm of 
Iwai. as determined by the heat evolved by 
the agiuoon of ilqnliU, 55 . 
Kameii (Dr. A|.) on an amorphous boracitc, 
Kent’s Cavern, „„ ,hc phn-nomcna of, 7.3. 
New otwervatory. obscrvaiiona made at the, SO. 
Keymhng, ((\,u„,} Geology of the N.E 
extrenmy of Kuuiu in Europe, on, 65. 
'lie condition of, 
f^'fhnie. CO. Clare. Ireland. 98. 
Munich, 25. ‘ ‘ ® 
Languages, on the Malay, Hi). 
Lane (Dr.) on the French language, lU. 
Lankester (Dr. E.) on the plant vhkb jMk 
guita percha, 86. 
Larva of certain Acari, on the Ancttre ti 
the, 74. 
— of Fiumatella fmticon, on the Isow- 
tive, 74. 
— of Callidium Bajulum, oa datef x- 
tacked by the, 85. 
Latham (Dr.) on the Shyenne BOfflRtU UI 
—* on a Botocudo rocabulvj, 125. 
— on some Tiuoali words iron Dl Tii- 
schek's vocabulary, 133. 
on a Moskito grammar aadvotaiNkn, 
12S. 
— on some Fazoglo words fwm Di.T*i- 
Bchck's vocabulary, 124. 
Lawson (Henry) on tpoU in the sno, k. 
Lead, on the precipitate caused in quist ■! 
river waters by acetate of 4S. 
Lee (Dr.) on the advantages derinhir fna 
miigneric aud eleetro-meleorolojiad ib 
Nervations at Allen, in Lapland, 34. 
Li-pidosiren, on the, 78. 
Lepton squamosum, cm the animal of TS. 
Leverrier (Prof.) sur lescomto pifinii** 
de Lexel ile Faye et do Vico, 19. 
Life, on the forces concurring in the pI«» 
mens of humun, 89. 
Light,on a new theoryoi'ihepolariniloaith 
— - on anomalies in the dispersinnof. J'- 
——, on the directions of plants as inflBrsn* 
by, 5.5. 
• under water, on an apparatus Wfpritp 
in diving operationr, 132. 
Lightning, on some recent and retiurfcsiAt'' 
amploa of the prutection affordrJ by 
tallic conductors against heavy stralo^ 
23. 
Liquids, on the mechanical cquivalenlrfkn' 
as determined by tlie heste»oi«d hyd* 
agitation of, 55. 
Llanrwst, periodical birds obserred » 
j'eare 1846-47 near, 75. 
Lock-gates of Sevastopol, on the iron. ^ 
Lothian (J. ) on a triple differential who**. > 
Lubbock (Sir J. W., Bart.) on the cskuh. 
of planets and comets, 9. 
Maccaire (Prot) on the direction* sf jh' -* 
as influenced by light, 55. 
Madras presidency, barometrical leveit’ f 
•ho, 42. J. 
Magnetic observations made at ilnskh. 
~ and meteorolog^e observstnri vt 
bay, on the, 28. 
-oliservatory at Altcn, on the esufc- • 
inent of a, 34. , 
Magnet, ou the diiimal motion ofi. 9^ 
suspended in the dircfiion of ***"*“*• • 
20 . 
Magnets, on the defects of, and dsnptr * 
from the use of corrective, for looJ 
tion on tlie compasses of iron-built fotttk 
31. 
