Australian crania, on, 126.
Avebury Hills, on the finding of Cnicus
tuberosus at, 95.

Azof, on the sea of, 148.

Baalbec, on the supposed biblical names
of, 143.

Baalgad, on the position of, 143.
Baily (W. H.) on carboniferous limestone
fossils from the county of Limerick,
collected by the Geological Survey, 62;
on a new fossil fern from the coal-
measures near Glin, Co. Limerick, 63.
Ballymacadam, on the tertiary clay and
lignite of, 94.

Bar, on competition at the, 163.
Barbary coast, notes from the, with fos-
sils, 67.

Barnes (Dr. R.) on the condition of
Thames water, as affected by London
sewage, 44.

Barth (Dr. Henry) on the anomalous
period of the rising of the Niger, 118.
Barton (James), model of the Boyne via-
duct, with description of it, and the
principles of its construction, 178.
Bases, on the heat of combination of
acids and, 44.

Basins, tidal, on the formation of the en-

trances to, 198.

Bath, on the oriental, 110.
Beamish (Richard), the human hand an
index of mental development, 118.
Bean, sacred, of India, 96.

Beattie (J. S.) on electro-magnetic en-
gines, 178; on coal-burning engines, ib.
Beddoe (Dr. John) on the physical cha-
racters of the ancient and modern
Germans, 118.

Bianconi (C.) on his car establishment
in Ireland, 155.

Biology, on certain a priori principles of,
109.

Birchall (E.) on a list of additions to

Irish Lepidoptera, 101.

Birmingham (J.) on the drift of West
Galway and the eastern part of Mayo,
64.
Blakeley (Capt.), a mathematical investi-
gation of the proportion between the
length required for an electric telegraph
cable and its specific gravity, 11; on
improvements in ordnance, 179.
Blood-corpuscles, on certain pathological
characters of the, 113.

Bollaert (W.), ethnological and antiqua-
rian researches in New Granada, Quito,
and Peru, 121.

Boole (Prof.) on the theory of astrono-

mical observations, and on some related

questions, 2; on certain additions to
the integral calculus, ib.
Botany, 95.

Boyne viaduct, on the, 178.
Brakenridge (John) on the working and
ventilation of coal mines, 180.

Bray Head and Howth, on the zoological
relations of the Cambrian rocks of, 75.
Brehon laws, on the transcription and
translation of the, 131.

Brewster (Sir David) on the centring of
the lenses of the compound object-
glasses of microscopes, 4.

British Association, on the money grants
of the, 167.

British Isles, on the distribution of heat

over the surface of the, 30; on the
cause of the mild winter temperature
of the, 144.

British plants, on some variations of, 96.
Brooke (C.) on diminishing the strain on

the Atlantic cable by an elastic regu-
lator, 180.

Browne (S.) on the proportion of mar-

riages at different ages of the sexes, 156.
Buchan (P.) on the composition of the

iron ores of the Leitrim coal-field, 44.
Buckman (Prof. J.) on the finding of

Cnicus tuberosus at Avebury Hills, 95.
Buist (Dr.) on the Lotus or sacred bean
of India, 96.

Cable, on diminishing the strain on the
Atlantic, by an elastic regulator, 180;
on the effect of the resistance of water
to an extended, ib; on the submarine
electric telegraph, 189; on machinery
for laying the submarine telegraph,

189, 199.

Cæcidæ, on peculiarities of growth in, 102.
Cairnes (Professor) on some of the prin-

cipal effects of the new gold, as an in-
strument of purchase, in the produc-
tion and distribution of real wealth,
156.
Calculus, on certain additions to the in-
tegral, 2; on the icosian, 13.
Caldbeck fells, on the geology of, 67.
California, on the effects of the gold of,
160.

Callan (Rev. Prof.) on the electro-dyna-
mic induction machine, 11.
Cambrian rocks of Bray Head and Howth,
on the zoological relations of the, 75.
Cameron (Dr.Charles A.) on urea as a direct
source of nitrogen to vegetation, 44.
Canterbury, New Zealand, census of the
province of, 167.

Car establishment of Mr. Bianconi in
Ireland, on the, 155.

English, 174.

Carlile (Dr. H.) on the functions of the

human ear, 116.

Carpenter (Philip P.) on peculiarities of
growth in Cæcidæ, 102.

Celtic races, on the source and origin of
the, 146.

Chadwick (E.) on the economical, edu-

cational and social importance of open
and public competitive examinations,
158; on the dependence of moral and
criminal on physical conditions of
populations, ib.

Chalk, white, of the S.E. of England, on

the occurrence of a boulder of granite
in the, 62; on the forms of Diatomacea
found in, 97.

Chemical notes, 47.
Chemistry, 44.

Chesney (Major-Gen.) on the routes of
communication between England and
India, 123.

China, on, 129.

Chloroform, on a new method of ad-
ministering, 51; on an instrument for
the local application of, 115.
Clarke (Dr.) on certain alterations of
level on the sea coast of part of the
county of Waterford, and the cause
thereof, 65.

Clay (H.) on the effect of good and bad
times on committals to prison, 158.
Cleavage, slaty, on, 92.

Cloaca, on the purification of large towns
by means of dry, 52.

Clocks, on controlling the movements of
ordinary, by galvanic currents, 13.
Clyde, on the advantages arising from

the improvement of tidal rivers, as ex-
emplified by the state of the, 167.
Cnicus tuberosus at Avebury Hills, 95.
Coals, on some modified results attend-
ing the decomposition of bituminous,
by heat, 50.

Coal-burning engines, on, 178.
Coal-field, on the composition of the iron
ores of the Leitrim, 44.

Coal-measures near Glin, on a new fossil
fern from the, 63.

Coal-mines, on the working and ventila-
tion of, 180.

Cobalt, ammonio-iodide of, 55.

Cocoon, on machinery for spinning silk
from the, 189.

Coils, on Mr. Whitehouse's relay and
induction, in action on short circuit, 21.

Collodion plates, on the preservation of
albuminized, 61.

Comatula rosacea, on the reproductive
zooids of, 108.

Comets, on the distribution of the orbits
of the, in space, 23.
Competitive examinations, on the econo-
mical, educational and social import-
ance of open and public, 158.
Confectionary, on coloured, 55.
Continent, on the progress of free trade
on the, 163, 164.

Copper, on the presence of, in the tissues
of plants and animals, 55.
Corbett (Professor J. H.) on Australian
crania, 126.

Cork, on the jointing and dolomitization

of the lower carboniferous limestone in
the neighbourhood of, 68.

Couch (R. Q.) on the embryo state of
Palinurus vulgaris, 102.

Crania, on Australian, 126.

Cranium of osseous fishes, and its verte-
brate and articulate homologies, 104.
Crawfurd (J.) on the effects of the gold
of Australia and California, 160.
Crime, on the prevention of, 162.
Criminal statistics, on, 168, 171.
Cull (Richard) on the character, extent,
and ethnological value of the Indo-
European element in the language of
Finland, 127; letter to, on the present
condition of the natives of Australia,
154.

Cumberland, on the lower sedimentary
rocks of, 67.

Curtis (Prof.) on a system of geodetics
and the conjugate system, 2.
Cyanogen, on some compounds of, 44.

D'Abbadie (Antoine) on the ethnological

and physical characters of the negro
variety of mankind, 117.

Danson (J. T.) on the ages of the popu-
lation in Liverpool and Manchester,

158.

Daubeny (Dr.) on a method of refining

sugar, 45; on the conversion of paper
into parchment, 45.
Davis (Sir John F., Bart.) on China, in
more immediate reference to pending
operations in that quarter, 129.
Decimal scale, on the application of a, to
the construction of maps, 145, 172.
Decomposition, on the time required by
compounds for, 61.

Development, on the influence of inade-
quate or perverted, in the production

of insanity, disease, want and crime,
164.
Diatomaceæ found in chalk, on the forms
of, 97; on the siliceous cells formed in
the frustules of, 101.

Dingle district, on the fossils of the, 89.
Dingle promontory, on the geological
structure of the, 70.

Diseases, on the mortality from certain,

110.

Dodds (J. W.) on improvements in iron

and steel, and their application to rail-
way and other purposes, 180.
Donovan (M.) on a singular acoustic

phenomenon, 22; on a moveable hori-
zontal sun-dial, which shows correct
solar time within a fraction of a mi-
nute, 24; on hygrometers and hygro-
metry, with a description of a new
modification of the condenser hygro-
meter and hygroscope, 45.
Dowden (R.) on a more complete com-
pilation of the facts illustrating the
physiology of vegetable and animal
secretions, 110; on a cash land-trade
for Ireland, retail and wholesale, 160.
Dredging in Weymouth Bay, on, 108.
Drift, on the, of West Galway, and the
Eastern parts of Mayo, 64; on a fossil
of the Severn, 93.

Drummond (J.), outline of a theory of
the structure and magnetic phenomena
of the globe, 22.

Drunkenness, on the necessity of prompt
measures for the suppression of, 161.
Dublin (Archbishop of), introductory

address to the Statistical Section, 154.
Du Noyer (M.) on the geology of Lam-

bay Island, 75; on the junction of the
mica slates and granite, Killiney Hill,
Dublin, 84.

Dupré (Dr. A.) on the presence of copper

in the tissues of plants and animals, 55.
Dur of Ptolemy, identification of the
river, with the Kenmare river, 132.
Durness, on the fossils from, 83.

Ear, on the functions of the human, 116.
Earth's surface, on the direction of gra-
vity at the, 24; on electric currents in
the, 48.

Education in Ireland, on the rise, pro-
gress and present prospects of popular,
163.

Electrical phenomena, on certain, in the
United States, 32.

Electric current, on the variations of in-
tensity undergone by the, when it pro-
duces mechanical work, 16; in the
earth's surface, 48.

Fayè (Dr. M.) on the action of some
animal poisons, 110.

Fern, on a new fossil, from the coal-
measures near Glin, 63.

Fertilizers, on the choice of perennial
rather than annual, 54.

Finland, on the character, extent, and
ethnological value of the Indo-Euro-
pean element in the language of,
127.

Fishes, on the cranium of osseous, 104;

electric, 115; employment of electric,
as medical shock machines, ib.
FitzRoy (Rear-Admiral) on meteorolo-
gical observations made at sea, 28;
on the probable migrations and varia-
tions of the earlier families of the
human race, 130.

Fluids, on the solidification of, by pres-
sure, 25.

Fluorine, on the processes for the detec-
tion of, 61.

Flustrella hispida, on, 106.

Foot (F. J.) on the geology of the neigh-
bourhood of Tralee, 65.

Formulæ, on the interpretation of certain
symbolic, 3.

Forth, on the inhabitants and dialect of
the Barony of, 149.
Fortresses, on the remains of early stone-
built, in the county of Kerry, 148.
Fossils, on carboniferous limestone, from
the county of Limerick, 62; from the
Barbary coast, 67; from Durness, 83;
of the Dingle districts, 89; of the Severn
drift, 93.

Foster (G. C.) on a more systematic no-

menclature for organic bodies, 45.
Foucault (M. Léon) on a new polarizer,
resulting from a modification of the
prism of Nicol, 5; on a telescope spe-
culum of silvered glass, 6.
Free-trade, on the progress of, on the
continent, 163, 164.

Frith (G. H.) on macadamized roads,
180.

Gages (Alphonse) on some arseniates of
ammonia, 47; on the specific gravity
of chloride of nitrogen, with some
remarks upon its action on alcohol,
ib.

Gairdner (Dr.) on the mortality from

certain diseases, 110; on the action of
the auriculo-ventricular valves of the
heart, ib.

Galathea, new species of, 104.
Galty mountains, on the geology of the,
93.

Galvanic currents, on controlling the
movements of ordinary clocks by, 13.
Galway, on the drift of West, 64.
Gardening, cottage, 166.

Gaul, ancient, on an inscription in the
language of, 154.

Geodetics and the conjugate system, on
a system of, 2.

Geographical longitude, on the relative

accuracy of the different methods of
determining the, 25.
Geography, 117.

Geological epochs, on the existence of
forces capable of changing the sea-level
during different, 69.

Geological map of Ireland, description
of the one-inch, 75.

Geological structure of the Dingle pro-
montory, Co. Kerry, on the, 70.

Geological survey of India, on the di-
stricts already visited by the, 85.
Geology, 62; of the neighbourhood of
Tralee, 65; of Caldbeck fells, and the
lower sedimentary rocks of Cumber-
land, 67; of Lambay islands, 75.
Germans, on the physical character of
the ancient and modern, 118.
Gilbert (Dr.) on the assimilation of
nitrogen by plants, 51.

Gladstone (J. H.) on the colour of salts
in solution, each constituent of which
is coloured, 8; on the effects of heat
on the colour of dissolved salts, ib.;
chemical notes, 48; on the use of the
prism in detecting impurities, ib.; on
the decomposition by heat of certain
ammoniacal salts, ib.

Glass, on a telescope speculum of sil-
vered, 6.

Globe, outline of a theory of the struc-
ture and magnetic phenomena of the,

22.

Glycerine, on preserving the vaccine virus
in, 115.

Godwin-Austen (Robert) on the occur-
rence of a boulder of granite in the
white chalk of the south-east of En-
gland, 62.

Gold, ammonio-iodide of, 55; on some
of the principal effects of the new, as
an instrument of purchase, on the pro-
duction and distribution of real wealth,
156; on the effects of the, of Australia
and California, 160; on some of the
economical questions connected with
the effect of the new, in diminishing
the difficulties of the last few years, 166.
Granite, on a boulder of, in the white

chalk of the south-east of England, 62;
on the junction of the mica-slates and,
of Killiney Hill, Dublin, 84.
Grattan (John) on some skulls discovered
in an ancient sepulchral mound near
Mount Wilson in King's County, Ire-
land, 131.

Graves (Rev. Prof.) on the interpretation
of certain symbolic formulæ and ex-
tensions of Taylor's theorem, 3; on
the progress already made in the trans-
cription and translation of the ancient
laws of Ireland, called the Brehon laws,
131; on the identification of the river
Dur of Ptolemy with the Kenmare
river, 132.

Gray (Dr.) on a new railway signal, 185.
Great Eastern' steamer, magnetic ex-
periments made on board the, 22;
mechanical structure of the, 195.
Greene (Joseph R.) on British naked-

eyed Medusa, with notices of seven
undescribed forms, 103.
Greenisland, on converging rays seen at,

35.

Griffith (Sir Richard, Bart.) on the re-

lations of the rocks at or below the
base of the carboniferous series of Ire-
land, 66.

Grove's battery, description of an ar-
rangement of, 20.

Grubb (Thomas) on improvements in the
optical details of reflecting telescopes
and equatoreal instruments, 8.
Gulf-stream, influence of the, on the cli-
mate of Ireland, 132.

Virginis for the epoch 1857, on the re-
sults of measurements of, 32.

Habershon (G. F.), notes from the Bar-
bary coast, with fossils, 67.
Hamilton (Archibald H.) on electric cur-
rents in the earth's surface, 48.
Hamilton (Sir W. R.) on the icosian
calculus, 3.

Hand, the human, an index of mental
development, 118.

Hardy (Dr.) on his instrument for the

local application of chloroform, 115.
Hargrave (Mr. Commissioner) on infinite

angles, and on the principle of mean
values, 3.

Harkness (Professor) on the geology of
Caldbeck fells, and the lower sedi-
mentary rocks of Cumberland, 67; on
the records of a triassic shore, 68; on
the jointing and dolomitization of the
lower carboniferous limestone in the
neighbourhood of Cork, ib.

Hart (A. S.) on the effect of the resist-

ance of water to an extended cable, 180.
Hartnup (John) on controlling the move-
ments of ordinary clocks by galvanic
currents, 13.

Haughton (Dr. Edward) on the Oriental
bath, 110.

Haughton (James) on the necessity of

prompt measures for the suppression
of intemperance and drunkenness,
161.

Haughton (Rev. Prof.) on a model illus-
trative of slaty cleavage, 69; on fossil
stems allied to Stigmaria, recently ob-
tained from the upper beds of the old
red sandstone of Hook Point, Co.
Wexford, ib.

Hayden (Dr.) on the physiological rela-
tions of albumen, 110.

Hayes (Dr. A. A.) on some modified re-
sults attending the decomposition of
bituminous coals by heat, 50.

1857.

Hayes (J. J.) on the mode of rendering
peat economically available as a fuel,
and as a source of illuminating gas,

181.

Heart, on the action of the auriculo-ven-
tricular valves of the, 110.

Heat, on the distribution of, over the sur-
face of the British Isles, 30; on the
conductivity of various substances for,
70; on the quantity of, developed by
water when rapidly agitated, 190.
Hennessy (Professor) on the direction of
gravity at the earth's surface, 24; on
the solidification of fluids by pressure,
25; on simultaneous isothermal lines,
29; on the vertical currents of the
atmosphere, 30; on the distribution of
heat over the surface of the British
Isles, ib.; on the existence of forces
capable of changing the sea-level during
different geological epochs, 69; on the
influence of the Gulf-stream on the
climate of Ireland, 132.

Hennessy (John Pope) on the origin and
elimination of Euclid's "Reductio ad
absurdum," 3; on certain pathological
characters of the blood-corpuscles, 113;
on agricultural and manufacturing in-
dustry, 162.

Herefordshire, new species of Eurypterus
from the old red sandstone of, 93.
Heurteloup (M. le Baron) on a new
method of administering chloroform,

51.

Hills (Gordon M.) on the round towers
of Ireland, 133.

Himalayas, on the routes pursued by the

Messrs. Schlagintweit in the, 149.
Hincks (Rev. E.) on the relation between
the newly-discovered Accadian lan-
guage and the Indo-European, Semitic
and Egyptian languages, 134.
Hippocrates, on the macrocephali of, 146,
Hodgkin (Dr.) on the proposed ship canal
through the Isthmus of Suez, 199.
Hogg (John) on some variations of
British plants, 96; on the supposed
biblical names of Baalbec, and on the
position of Baalgad, 143.

Hopkins (William) on the conductivity of
various substances for heat, 70; on
the cause of the mild winter tempera-
ture of the British islands, 144.
Huggate, meteorological phenomena at,
37.
Hughes (W.) on the application of a deci-
mal scale to the construction of maps,
145.

Human race, on the probable migrations
and variations of the earlier families of

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