550 



INDEX. 



Carbonic acid, on the absorption of, by 

 saline solutions, 192, 483. 



Cardwell (Rt. Hon. E.), elected, 42 ; ad- 

 mitted, 241. 



Cave-deposits of England, on the alleged 

 existence of remains of a lemming in, 364. 



Cayley (Prof.), a memoir on the trans- 

 formation of elliptic functions, 56. 



Centre of motion in the human eye, on 

 the, 429. 



Cerebral hemispheres, on the excitation 

 of the surface of the, by induced cur- 

 rents, 368. 



Chemical action of total daylight, on the, 

 158. 



constitution of saline solutions, on 



the, 241. 



Chinoline and pyridine bases, on the phy- 

 siological action of the, 432. 



Clifford (W. K), admitted, 362. 



Coal-measures, on the fossil plants of the, 

 248. 



Colour, on the combinations of, by means 

 of polarized light, 354. 



Coniferine, on, and its conversion into 

 the aromatic principle of vanilla, 398. 



Connective tissue, nerve, and muscle, on 

 the anatomy of, with special reference 

 to their connexion with the lymphatic 

 eystem, 380, 515. 



Contributions to the history of the orcins : 

 No. IV. On the iodo-derivatives of the 

 orcins, 53. 



to the history of explosive agents : 



second memoir, 160. 



to the developmental history of the 



Mollusca : Sections I.-IY., 232. 



. to terrestrial magnetism : No. XIV., 

 461. 



Copley medal awarded to H. L. F. Helm- 

 holtz, 10. 



Copper wire, preliminary experiments on 

 a magnetized, 311. 



Cottrell (J.) on the division of a sound- 

 wave by a layer of flame or heated gas 

 into a reflected and a transmitted wave, 

 190. 



Council, list of, 12. 



Crookes (W.) on the action of heat on 

 gravitating masses, 37. 



Croonian Lecture announced, 297. 



Daylight, total, on a self-recording me- 

 thod of measuring the intensity of the 

 chemical action of, 158. 



Dechevrens (M.), magnetic observations 

 at Zi-Ka-Wei, 440. 



Declination, on the annual variation of 

 the magnetic, 254. 



Deep-sea thermometer, on a new, 238. 



Development, on the, of Peripatus capen- 

 sis, 344. 



Developmental history of the Mollusca 



on the, 232. 

 Dewar (J.) and M'Kendrick (J. G.) on 



the physiological action of the chino- 



line and pyridine bases, 432. 

 Digitalis, on the diuretic action of, 420. 

 Displacement of the solar spectrum, note 



on, 219. 



Diuretic action of Digitalis, on the, 420. 

 Donkin (A. E.) on an instrument for the 



composition of two harmonic curves, 



196. 

 Double refraction, on, in a viscous fluid 



in motion, 46. 

 Dredgings and deep-sea soundings in the 



South Atlantic, on, 423. 

 Duncan (P. M.) on the nervous system of 



Actinia : Part I., 44, 263. 



Earth, on the motions of some of the 

 nebula towards or from the, 251. 



Election of Fellows, 361. 



Electric conductors, on the attractions of 

 magnets and, 245. 



Electrotorsion, on, 57. 



Elliptic functions, on the transformation 

 of, 56. 



Energy, on volcanic, 328. 



Experiments with safety -lamps, 441. 



Explosive agents, contributions to the 

 history of : second memoir, 160. 



Explosives, researches on : fired gun- 

 powder, 408. 



Factorials, on the calculus of, 434. 

 Fayrer (J.) and Brunton (T. L.) on the 



nature and physiological action of the 



poison of Naja tripudians and other 



Indian venomous snakes : Part II., 68. 

 Fellows deceased, 1 ; elected, 2, 361 ; 



number of, 13. 

 Ferrier (D.), the localization of function 



in the brain, 229. 

 Financial statement, 14, 15. 

 Fireman's respirator, on some recent 



experiments with a, 359. 

 Forced breathing, on the bending of the 



ribs in, 42. 

 Forces, on the, caused by evaporation from, 



and condensation at, a surface, 401. 

 Formic aldehyde, on the synthesis of, 171. 

 Fossil plants of the coal-measures, on the 



organization of the : Part VI. Ferns, 



248. 

 Frankland (E.) on some winter thermo- 



metric observations in the Alps, 317. 

 Franks (A. W.), admitted, 380. 

 Function in the brain, on the localization 



of, 229. 



Galapagos Islands, on the tortoises of the, 

 421. 



