INDEX TO VOL. XLY. 



ABXEY (Capfc. W. de W.) and T. E. 



Thorpe, on the determination of the 

 photometric intensity of the coronal 

 light during the solar eclipse of August 

 28-29, 1886, 354. 



Adair (J. F.) and R. Threlfall, on the 

 velocity of transmission through sea- 

 water of disturbances of large ampli- 

 tude caused by explosions, 450. 



Address of the President, 48. 



Alloys, on certain ternary. I. Alloys of 

 lead, tin, and zinc (Wright and 

 Thompson), 461. 



Alternating currents, the resistance of 

 electrolytes to the passage of very 

 rapidly (Thomson), 269. 



Anniversary meeting, 47. 



Aqueous solutions, a method of examin- 

 ing rate of chemical change in (Gk>re), 

 440. 



Auditors elected, 1. 



report of, 47. 



Aurora, on the wave-length of the prin- 

 cipal line in the spectrum of the (Hug- 

 gins), 430. 



Australian, the spinal curvature in an 

 aboriginal (Cunningham), 301, 487. 



Auto-infection in cardiac disease, on 

 (Wooldridge), 309. 



Bacteria, the ferment action of (Brun- 



ton and Macfadyen) , 544. 

 Baker (H. B.) combustion in dried 



oxygen, 1. 

 Bakerian lecture (Thorpe and Kiicker), 



546. 

 , session 1887-88, appendix to 



the (Lockyer), 157. 

 Balance sheet, 60. 

 Ball (J.) elected an auditor, 1. 

 Bending and vibration of thin elastic 



shells, especially of cylindrical form, 



on the (Rayleigh), 105. 

 Bidwell (S.), on an effect of light upon 



magnetism, 453. 

 Bile, the influence of, on the digestion of 



starch. I. Its influence on pancreatic 



digestion in the pig (Martin and 



Williams), 358. 

 Blood-pressure, on the comparative 



action of hydroxylamine and nitrites 

 upon (Brunton and Bokeuham), 352. 



Blood-vessels, the innervation of the 

 renal (Bradford), 362. 



Blyth (A. W.) experiments on the 

 nutritive value of wheat-meal, 549. 



Bokenham (T. J.) and T. L. Brunton, 

 on the comparative action of hydr- 

 oxylamine and nitrites upon blood- 

 pressure, 352. 



Bradford (J. R.) the innervation of the 

 renal blood-vessels, 362. 



and H. P. Dean, the innervation 



of the pulmonary vessels, 369. 



British Isles, a magnetic survey of the, 

 for the epoch January 1, 1886. Ba- 

 kerian lecture (Thorpe and Riicker), 

 546. 



Brunton (T. L.) and T. J. Bokenham, 

 ori the comparative action of hydr- 

 oxylamine and nitrites upon blood- 

 pressure, 352. 



and A. Macfadyen, the ferment 



action of bacteria, 544. 



Bryan (G. H.) the waves on a rotating 

 liquid spheroid of finite ellipticity, 

 42. 



Cadmium, spectrum analysis of (Griin- 

 wald), 105: 



Candidates for election, list of ; 424. 



Carbonic anhydride, on the influence of, 

 and other gases on the development 

 of micro-organisms (Frankland), 292. 



Cardiac disease, on auto-infection in 

 (Wooldridge), 309. 



Caribee Islands, West Indies, on the 

 magnetic inclination, force, and de- 

 clination in the (Thorpe), 538. 



Carnelley (T.) and E. Johnstone, effect 

 of floor-deafening on the sanitary 

 condition of dwelling-houses, 346. 



Chemical change, an investigation of a 

 case of gradual (Pendlebury and 

 Seward), 124. 



in aqueous solutions, a method 



of examining rate of (Gore), 440. 



compounds, relative amounts of 



voltaic energy of dissolved (Gore), 

 442. 



