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Venus expeditions, curried out by order of her majesty's 

 government in the years 1874—75. 579 p. (55 Taf.). 



Vol. 169. Parti, II. London 1878-79. 



4".'— Haughton: On the tides of the arctic seas. Part VII. 

 p. 1 — lü (1 Taf.). — Hopkinson: Electrostatic capacity 

 of glass. p. 17 — 24 (1 Tat'.). — Tomes: On the structure 

 and development of vascular dentine. p. 25 — 48 (3 Taf.). — 

 Schorlemmer: On the normal paraffins. Part II. p. 49^56. 



— Warren: Kxperimental researches on the electric dis- 

 charge with the Chloride of silver battery. p. 55 — 122, 155 

 —242 (3Taf). — Airy: On the tides at Malta, p. 123— 138. 



— Lockyer and Schuster: Report on the total solar 

 eclipse of April 0, 1875. p. 139—1.54 (6 Taf). — Crookes: 

 Ün repulsion resulting l'rom radiation. p. 243 — 318. — 

 William son: On the Organisation of the fossil plants of 

 the coal-measures. p. 319 — 364 (7 Taf). — Joule: On a 

 new determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat. 

 p. 365 — 384 (1 Taf). — Parker: On the structure and 

 development of the skull in the common snake (Tropidonotiis 

 natrix). p. 385 — 418 (7 Taf.). — Cayley: Addition to 

 memoir on the transformation of' elliptic functions. p. 419 



— 424. — Moseley: On the structure of Stylaster idae, a 

 family of the hydroid stony corals. p. 425 — 504 (11 Taf). - 

 Bullar: On the development of the parasitic isopoda. p. 505 



— 522 (3 Taf.). — Turner: On the placentation of the 

 apes, with a comparison of the structure of their placenta 

 with that of the human female. p. 523 — 562 (2 Taf). — 

 Schäfer: Observations on the nervous System of Aurelia 

 aurita. p. 563 — 576 (2 Taf). — Lowne; On the raodifi- 

 cations of the simple and Compound eyes of insects. p. 577 

 — 602 (3 Taf.). — Cayley: A tenth memoir on quantics. 

 p. 603 — 662. — Clifford: On the Classification of loci, 

 p. 663 — 682. — Bridge: On the osteology of Polyodon 

 f'olütm. p. 683 — 734 (3 Taf). — Sanders: Contributions 

 to the anatomy of the central nervous System in vertebrate 

 animals. p. 735—776 (8 Taf). — Robinson: On the de- 

 termination of the constants of the cup anemometer by 

 experiments with a whirling machine. p. 777 — 822 (5 Taf.). 



— Proceedings. Vol. XXVII, Nr. 187 — 189. 

 London 1878. 8". — Bullar: On the development of 

 the parasitic isopoda. p. 284 — 286. — Robinson: On the 

 determination of the constants of the cup anemometer by 

 experiments. p. 286 — 289. — Tomlinson: On the action 

 of ozone on nuclei p. 290 — 291. — Haughton: Notes on 

 physical geology. p. 291— 292. — IVIarcet: Summary of an 

 experimental inquiry iuto the function of respiration at 

 various altitudes. p. 293 — 303. — Maxwell: On Stresses 

 in rarefield gases arising froni inequalities of temperature. 

 p. 304 — 307. — Lockyer: Note on the existence of carbon 

 in the coronal atmosphere of the sun. p. 308 — 309. — 

 Bowrey: On the pliysiological action of the poisonous 

 principle of Urechitcs suberecia. p. 309 — 331 . — D a 1 1 i n g e r : 

 On the life-history of a minute septic organism: with an 

 account of experiments made to determine its thermal death 

 point. p. 332 — 349. — Liveing: ün the reversal of the 

 lines of metallic vapours. p 350 — 353. — Whipple: On 

 the determination of the scale value of a Thomson's Qua- 

 drant electrometer used for registering variations in atrao- 

 spheric electricity at the Kew observatory. p. 356 — 361. — 

 Hughes: On the action of sonorous vibrations in varying 

 the force of an electric current. p. 362 — 368. — Watney: 

 Note on the minute anatomy of the thymus. p. 369 — 370. 



— Thomson: ,, Harmonie analyzer" shown and explained. 

 p. 371 — 373. — Warren and Mull er: Experimental re- 

 searches on the electric discharge with the Chloride of silver 

 battery. Part II. The discharge in exhausted tubes. p. 374 



— 380. — Todhunter: Note on Legendre's coefficients. 

 p. 881—382. — Schuster: On the spectra of metalloids. 

 p. 383—388. — Stewart: On the variations of the diurnal 

 ränge of the magnetic declination as recorded at the Prague 

 observatory. p. 389 — 401 — Sanderson: Experimental 

 results relating to the rhythmical and excitatory motions of 

 the ventricle of the heart of the frog and of the electrical 

 phenomena which accompany thera. p.410 — 414 — Sauders: 

 Contributions to the anatomy of the central nervous System 

 in vertebrate animals. Parti. Ichtyopsida. Section 1. Pisces. 



Leop. XV. 



Subsection 1. Teleostei. p. 414 — 417. — Casey: On the 

 equations ofcircles. p. 417 — 419. — Darwin: On the bodily 

 tides of viscous and semi-elastic spheroids and on the ocean 

 tides on a yielding nucleus. p, 419 — 424. — Simpson: Ou 

 the formation of chlor-iodide and brom-iodide of ethylidene. 

 p. 424 — 426. — Roscoe: Note on the specific gravity of 

 the vapours of the Chlorides of thallium and lead. p. 426 

 — 428. — Davidson: On Brachiopoda dredged by H. M. S. 

 „Challenger". p. 428—439. — Thomson: Electrodynamic 

 qualities of metals. Part VII. Eflects of stress on themagneti- 

 sation of iron, nickel and cobalt. p. 439 — 443.^ Balfour: 

 On the existence of a rudimentary head-kidney in the em- 

 bryo chick. p. 443 — 446. — Haughton: On physical geo- 

 logy. p 447 — 450 — Abney: On the acceleration of oxi- 

 dation by the least refrangible eud of the spectrum. p. 451 

 — 452. — Cayley: On quantics. p. 452 — 453. — Bridge: 

 Osteology of Polyodon fulium. p. 454 — 456. — Sladen: 

 On Astrophiura permira. p. 456 — 457. — Lombard: Ex- 

 perimental researches on the temperature of the head. p. 457 



— 465. — Brunton and Fayrer: Note on the effect of 

 various substances in destroying the activity of Cobra poisou. 

 p. 465 — 474. — Ewart: On the life-history of Bacterimn 

 termo and Micrococcus, with further observations on Bacillus. 

 p. 474—480 (1 Taf). — Geddes and Ewart: On the life- 

 history of Spirillum. p. 481— 484 (2 Taf ). — Stok es: On 

 an easy and at the sanie time accurate method of deter- 

 mining the ratio of the dispersions of glasses intended for 

 objectives. p. 485 — 494. — Liveing and De war: On the 

 reversal of the lines of metallic vapours. p. 494 — 496. — 

 Glazebrook: An expenmeutal investigation into the velo- 

 cities of normal propagation of plane waves in a biaxal 

 crystal, with a comparison of the results with theory. p. 496 

 — 502. —Gore: Oq the thermo-electric properties ofliquids. 

 p. 513 — 543. — Moss: Observations on artic sea-water and 

 ice. p. 544 — 559. 



Vol. XXVIII, Nr. 190-195. London 1878. 



8". — Poynting: On a method of using the balance with 

 great delicacy, and ou its omployment to determine the mean 

 density of the earth. p. 2 — 34 (1 Taf.). — Crookes: On 

 repulsion resulting from radiation. p 35 — 41. — id.: On the 

 Illumination of lines of niolecular pressure and the trajectory 

 of molecules. p. 103 — 110. — Thomson, W.: On a machine 

 for the Solution of simultaneous linear equations. p. 111 — 113. 



— Thomson, J.: On the flow of water in uniform regime 

 in rivers and other open cliannels. p. 114 — 127. — Ayrton 

 and Perry: The magic mirror of Japan, p. 127 — 148. — 

 Hopkinson: On the torsional strain which remaius in a 

 glass fibre after release from twisting stress. p. 148 — 154. — 

 Gordon: Measureraents of electrical constants. Nr. II. On 

 the specific induetive capaeities of certain dielectrics, p. 155 

 — 157.- — Lockyer: Researches in spectrum analysis in 

 connexion with the spectrum of the sun. p. 157 — 180. — 

 Grove: Note of an experiment on the spectrum of the 

 electric discharge. p. 181 — 184. — Darwin: On the pro- 

 cession of a viscous spheroid, and on the remote history of 

 the earth. p. 184 — 194. — id.: Problems connected with 

 the tides of a viscous spheroid. p. 194 — 199. — Downes 

 and Blunt: On the influence of light upon protoplasm. 

 p. 199 — 212. — Tyndall: Note on the iniiuence exercised 

 by light on organic infusions. p. 212 — 213. — Parker: On 

 the structure and development of the skull in the Laeertilia. 

 Part I. On the skull of the common lizards (Lacerta agilis, 

 L. viridis and Zootoca vivipara). p. 214 — 218. — Vines: 

 On tlie Chemical composition of Aleurone grains. p. 218 — 221. 



— v. Ettingshausen: Report on phyto-palaeontological 

 investigations generally and on those relating to the Eocene 

 fiora of Great Britain in particular. p. 221—227. — Hart- 

 I e y and Huntington: Researches on the absorption of 

 the ultra-violet rays of the spectrum by organic substances. 

 p. 233 — 236. — Fitzgerald: On the electromagnetic theory 

 of the refiection and refraction of üght. p. 236 — 238. — 

 Frankland: On dry fog. p. 238 — 241. — Stewart and 

 Dodgson: Note on the inequaUties of the diurnal ränge 

 of the declination magnet as recorded at the Kew observa- 

 tory. p. 241 — 242. — Conroy: Some experiments of me- 

 tallic reflexion. p. 242 — 250. — Thin: On some points con- 

 nected with the anatomy of the skin. p. 251 — 257. — id.: 



