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INDEX ir. 
Pbipp* (J. P.) OD the application of the wave 
■ytteni of Mr, Scott llussell to the con- 
•truction of uilioft vessels, 1,32. 
Photoftraphjr, on the applicution of, to mi. 
oruscopic objects, 48. 
■ . on some phenomena of, 48. 
— . OB lb* bearings of, on cheinicnl philo- 
eophy, 26. 
PbiHphoricmeteors, on, I.S. 
Pbyalc*. I, 
Pbyaioiufjr, experiments on subjects connected 
with vegetable, and agricultural chemistry. 
Planets, on the calculation of the nerturha* 
(inns of, 9. ' 
Plants, on the directions of, as influenced by 
light, 53. ■' 
— , on the ocrurrence of ronrlnr, in Wor- 
cestenhire, 61. 
— of the New South Wales and Van Die- 
men s Land coal-fields, 04. 
Platinum, improved method of producing and 
applying very fine wire of, for ttstrononiical 
or other purposes, 42. 
Playfair (Or. L.) on decompositions produced 
by catalytic bodies, and on the molmilur 
cousutution ot salts, 67. 
PlumatelU fruUcosa, on the locomotive larva 
or, 74. 
PaUr iiation, of tits atmosphere, .32. 
—^ nn a new species of, related to the di- 
r^on of the grooves lit grooved surfaces, 
PoJycyiiina, on Ehrenberg's, 70 
k'.h™ »» 
^ ‘"Huence of cduaulon. 
Table# ftir 1845 and 1840, 100. 
rcro. “ 
•— seeds, on the vitality of, S6. 
I wUtofs. on sugar from, 37. 
the 
swenqe labeary, June 24, 1847 14 
l>«’*"»dic meteors, 15. ' ’ 
on the eclipse of October 1847 Ifi 
—— uu anomalies in the disuersion t: 
37 -dispersion of light, 
roteme and iu compounds, on, 57 . 
to the theory^^^lh^t;;^ 
Railways, on the adoptiouofeluiieiulluUt 
iron tube, as a means of developisg Ac 
principle of aimosphenc propuliion, 111 
Rain, on the cause of, 41. 
Ramsay (A. C.) on the orifin of Ibt eiittia; 
physic^ outline of a peetioa vf Cstiipa- 
shire, 66. 
Rankin (Rev. 7.) on a sluguUr tppwnaa 
of the shaded part of the moos os the 
evening of March 18, 1847, 18. 
■ —, meteorological observatioci at Hifptt, 
18. • 
- on phosphoric meteors, 18. 
- , scarlatina increased sad »g|nnl«4hj 
the want of rentilatlon, 93. 
Reade (Rev. J. B.) on two iie* ulu of gsU, 
57. 
Rennie (O.) on the iron luck-gstn of R«it> 
topol, 132. 
Rich.-)rdson (J.) on a native TousHek slpb- 
bet, with the corresponding Afsblt «4 
English letters, 126. 
Robinson (Rev. Dr.) on the eleitrultiit of 
water, 52. 
Ronalds (F,), observations nude st ilit It* 
ob»erV3loiy, 30. 
Rowell (G. A.) on the cause of the s«fof*i 
and the declination of the needle, 41. 
— - - on the cause of evaporation, rjin. htil- 
stones, and the winds of tempmic rrgioiu, 
41. 
Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, on ihr »• 
loured glass employed in glaring ibf «* 
pnim house in the, 52. 
Rusictl (Scott) on the application of tlir«« 
system of, to the construction of tiilnf 
vessels, 132. 
Russia in Europe, on Count Keyt«^‘ 
Geology of the N.E. extramlty Oti fiS- 
Sabine (Col.), letter to, from Dr. lsiDWt.eo 
magnetograpliic instrutnenli. «id 
rations made with thesaDieatMunk!i, JI 
Salter (J. W.) on a system of colour l»f 
geological maps, 69. 
.Salts, on the molecular cOAsdtviicsi sf, il* 
—■■ of gold, on two new, 57. 
Savi (Prof.), on his work on the ph*w®t“ 
observed during the earthquakes ifl !#■ 
cany in August 1846, 03. 
Scales, on resolving. 40. 
Scariaiina increased and a^arslcd bj i* 
want of ventilation, 95. 
Scliomburgk (Sir R. K.) on sugsr 
potatoes, 57. 
- on the geoii^cai strurtoTCof 
and on Ghrenberg's Polycystins, s at* 
section of animalcules froia BsrbsJo*. J®- 
Schdnbein (Prof.) on a peculiar fof«u«ii»" 
permanganic acid, 57. 
Scbiinck (Dr.) on the products cf ^ 
composition of chrysainniic acid, W- 
Scoresby (Rev. W.) on the lUtecl* W ■* 
danger arising from the use of corwcore 
magnets for local attraction on the »»• 
passes of iron-built vessels, 3J. 
