INDEX TO VOLUME 111. 



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cussion of, under presidency of, 

 137 ; metallurgy, elaborate re- 

 searches in, 108 ; Price's retort 

 furnace, paper on, reference to, 

 110 ; puddling researches of, 150 ; 

 steel definition, International Com- 

 mittee on, member of, 147. 



i tie discovered by Mansfield, 336. 



Berzelius, chemical researches of, 

 reference to, 325. 



mer, Sir H., regenerative gas 

 furnace alluded to by, 254. 



Bessemer Medal, award of to Siemens. 

 C. W., 107 ; presentation by Bell, 

 I. L., 107, and reply by Siemens, 

 C. W., 108. 



Bessemer process, advantages of, 60 ; 

 liinited to superior brands of pig 

 iron, 60 ; Mushet's addition to, 

 144 ; opinion, high, of, 225. 



Bessemer steel, application of, for 

 general engineering purposes, 144 ; 

 cheapening of, 139. 



Bird's-eye view of daily occupations, 

 387. 



Birmingham and Midland Institute, 

 presidency of, 359 ; usefulness of. 

 291. 



Birmingham, proposal to supply, 

 with heating gas, 254. 



Blows, Bessemer, increased in num- 

 ber per diem in the United States, 

 139, 140. 



Board of Trade gauge, objections to, 

 420. 



Board of Trade rules with regard to 

 steel, 145. 



Boats, battery secondary, applica- 

 tion of, to, 410, 411. 



Boilers, pressure in, limited, 342. 



Bolometer, Langley's observations 

 with, 358. 



Bone, nourishment in, 361. 



Boscha, quadruples telegraphy by, 

 168. 



Bougier's photometer, reference to, 

 122. 



BUCKNILL, CAPT. 



Bramwell, Sir F. (<> electric light 

 areas. 382 ; and candle light, 382 ; 

 ;md gas light, 382 ; legislation, 

 371) ; Perkins's engine, report on 

 342 ; " practical man," describes, 

 275 ; prime movers, address on, 

 reference to, 113 ; (ti/cnirn*, C. 

 IF., address to Society of Arts, 

 nature of, 381 ; applications of 

 science to industry by, 381) ; tele- 

 phony, lecture on, 391. 



Brassey, Sir T., British Navy, work 

 on, 345. 



Brassey, T., on labour, 127. 



Breguet, telegraphy, inventions in, 

 by, 75. 



British Association, address of Sie- 

 mens, C. W., to, 316, 358 ; anniver- 

 sary meeting, success of, 318 ; 

 annual survey of science, 366 ; 

 electrical units, committee of. 321 ; 

 electrical unit of resistance de- 

 rived from Weber's, 33 ; lecturers, 

 Tyndall, Huxley, Miller, Lubbock, 

 Spottiswoode, 85 ; mechanical sec- 

 tion of, address of Siemens, C. W., 

 to, 52 ; science, application of, by 

 members of, 52 ; societies come 

 into existence since foundation of, 

 fll7 ; and Society of Arts, differ- 

 ence between, 366 ; subjects dis- 

 cussed at, of general and inter- 

 national interest, 320. 



British Navy, Brassey, Sir T., on, 

 345. 



Brooke, deep-sea cable, paper on, 

 reference to, 20. . 



Brougham's, Lord, aphorisms with 

 regard to knowledge, 280. 



Brown, Gentle, reference to, 140. 



Buchholz's system of decorticating 

 grain, 83 ; description of process, 

 83. 



Bucknill, Capt., Foreland experi- 

 ments, criticism of, 223 ; Siemens'*, 

 C. W., system of electric street 

 illumination, criticised by. 224. 



