VI 



INDEX. 



Chemical compounds and their combin- 

 ing proportions, a method of detect- 

 ing dissolved (Gore), 265. 



Chromium and urea, on a series of salts 

 of a base containing. No. 2 (Sell), 

 321. 



Classification of the various species of 

 heavenly bodies, Appendix to the Ba- 

 kerian lecture on (Lockyer), 157. 



Coal-measures, on the organisation of the 

 fossil plants of the. Part XVI 

 (Williamson), 438. 



Cockle (Sir J.) elected an auditor, 1. 



Combustion in dried oxygen (Baker), 1. 



Conroy (Sir J.), some observations on 

 the amount of light reflected and 

 transmitted by certain kinds of glass, 

 101. 



Co-relations and their measurement, 

 chiefly from anthropometric data 

 (G-alton), 135. 



Coronal light during the solar eclipse of 

 August 28-29, 1886, on the determi- 

 nation of the photometric intensity of 

 the (Abney and Thorpe), 354. 



Cortex cerebri, observations upon the 

 electromotive changes in the mamma- 

 lian spinal cord following electrical 

 excitation of the. Preliminary notice 

 (Gotch and Horsley), 18. 



Cosmogony, on the mechanical condi- 

 tions of a swarm of meteorites, and on 

 theories of (Darwin), 3. 



Council, nomination of, 33. 



election of, 58. 



Cranial nerves of Elasmobranch fishes, 

 on the. Preliminary communication 

 (Ewart), 436, 524. 



Cunningham (D. J.) the spinal curva- 

 ture in an aboriginal Australian, 301, 

 487. 



Cylindrical shell, note on the free vi- 

 brations of an infinitely long (Ray- 

 leigh), 443. 



Darwin (G-. H.) on the mechanical con- 

 ditions of a swarm of meteorites, and 

 on theories of cosmogony, 3. 



second series of results of the 



harmonic analysis of tidal observa- 

 tions, 315, 556. 



Darwin (Capt. L.), A. Schuster, and E. 

 W. Maunder, on the total solar eclipse 

 of August 29, 1886, 354. 



Dean (H. P.) and J. E. Bradford, the 

 innervation of the pulmonary vesselsj 

 369. 



Digestion of starch, the influence of bile 

 on the. I. Its influence on pancreatic 

 digestion in the pig (Martin and 

 Williams), 358. 



Discharge through a pipe of civciilar 

 section, on the maximum (Hennessy), 

 145. 



Displacement-currents in a dielectric, on 

 the magnetic action of (Thompson), 

 392. 



Dissolved chemical compounds, relative 

 amounts of voltaic energy of (Q-ore), 

 442. 



and their combining propor- 

 tions, a method of detecting (Gore), 

 265. 



Diurnal variation of terrestrial magnet- 

 ism, the (Schuster), 481. 



Donation Fund, grants from the, 72. 



Drain-pipes of circular section, on the 

 conditions for effective scour in (Hen- 

 nessy), 486. 



Eclipse of August 28-29, 1886, on the 

 determination of the photometric 

 intensity of the coronal light during 

 the solar (Abney and Thorpe), 354. 



of August, 1886, on the total 



solar (Darwin, Schuster, and Maun- 

 der), 354. 



Elasmobranch fishes, on the cranial 

 nerves of. Preliminary communica- 

 tion (Ewart), 436, 524. 



Electrical excitation of the cortex cere- 

 bri, observations upon the electro- 

 motive changes in the mammalian 

 spinal cord following. Preliminai*y 

 notice (Gotch and Horsley), 18. 



resistance of iron at a high tem- 

 perature (Hopkinson), 457. 



systems, some investigations on 



the times of vibration of (Thomson), 

 269. 



Electrolytes, relative amounts of voltaic 

 energy of (Gore), 268. 



the resistance of, to the passage 



of very rapidly alternating currents 

 (Thomson), 269. 



Electrolytic cells, experiments on the 

 resistance of (Sankey), 541. 



Electromotive changes in the mamma- 

 lian spinal cord following electrical 

 excitation of the cortex cerebri. Pre- 

 liminary notice (Gotch and Horsley), 

 18. 



Ewart (J. C.) on the cranial nerves 

 of Elasmobranch fishes. Preliminary 

 communication, 436. 524. 



Ewing (J. A.) and W. Low, on the 

 magnetisation of iron and other mag- 

 netic metals in very strong fields, 40. 



Explosions, on the velocity of transmis- 

 sion through sea- water of disturbances 

 of large amplitude caused by (Threl- 

 fall and Adair), 450. 



