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IXDEX. 



Infectious diseases, a contribution to 

 the knowledge of protection against 

 (Lingard), 151. 



Innervation of the pulmonary vessels, 

 the (Bradford and Dean), 369. 



of the renal blood-vessels, the 



(Bradford), 362. 



Iron, electrical resistance of, at a high 

 temperature (Hopkinson), 457. 



magnetisation of, at high tempera- 

 tures. Preliminary notice (Hopkin- 

 son), 318. 



on the magnetisation of, and other 



magnetic metals in very strong fields 

 (Ewing and iow), 40. 



recalescence of (Hopkinson), 455. 



Isoetes lacustris, Linn., on (Farmer), 

 306. 



Johnstone (E.) and T. Carnelley, effect 

 of floor-deafening on the sanitary 

 condition of dwelling-houses, 346. 



Joly (J.), on the specific heats of gases 

 at constant volume. Preliminary note, 

 33. 



Kew Committee, report of, 73. 



Lamb (H.). See A, Schuster. 



Langley (J. N.) and H. M. Fletcher, on 

 the secretion of saliva, chieHy on the 

 secretion of salts in it, 16. 



Lead, tin, and zinc, alloys of (Wright 

 and Thompson), 461. 



Lewis (W. J.). See W. J. Sell. 



Light, on an effect of, upon magnetism 

 (Bidwell), 453. 



in the ultra-violet part of the spec- 

 trum, on the limit of solar and stellar 

 (Huggins), 544. 



reflected and transmitted by cer- 

 tain kinds of glass, some observations 

 on the amount of (Conroy), 101. 



Lingard (A.) a contribution to the 

 knowledge of protection against in- 

 fectious diseases, 151. 



Liquid spheroid of finite ellipticity, the 

 waves on a rotating (Bryan), 42. 



Lockyer (J. N.) appendix to the 

 Bakeriau lecture, session 1887-88, 

 15.7. 



note on the spectrum of the rings 



of Saturn, 315. 



on the spectra of meteor-swarms 



(Group III), 380. 



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

 magnetisation of iron and other mag- 

 netic metals in very strong fields, 40. 



Macfadyen (A.) and T. L. Brunton, the 



ferment action of bacteria, 544. 

 Magnetic action of displacement cur- 



rents in a dielectric, on the (Thomp- 

 son), 392. 



Magnetic inclination, force, and declina- 

 tion in the Caribee Islands, West 

 Indies, on the (Thorpe), 538. 



survey of the British Isles for the 



epoch January 1, 1886. Bakerian 

 lecture (Thorpe and Bucker), 546. 



Magnetisation of iron and other magnetic 

 metals in very strong fields, on the 

 (Ewing and Low), 40. 



at high temperatures. Pre- 

 liminary notice (Hopkinson), 318. 



Magnetism, on an effect of light upon 

 (Bidwell), 453. 



the diurnal variation of terrestrial 



(Schuster), 481. 



Mallock (A.) determination of the vis- 

 cosity of water, 126, 



Marsupial, description of the skull of an 

 extinct carnivorous (Thylacopardus 

 australis, Ow.), (Owen), 99. 



Martin (S.) and D. Williams, the in- 

 fluence of bile on the digestion of 

 starch. I. Its influence on pan- 

 creatic digestion in the pig, 358. 



Maunder (E. W.),.Capt. L. Darwin, and 

 A. Schuster, on the total solar eclipse 

 of August 29, 1886, 354. 



Maximum discharge through a pipe of 

 circular section when the effective 

 head is due only to the pipe's inclina- 

 tion, on the (Hennessy), 145. 



Medals, presentation of the, 54. 



Metals, on the magnetisation of iron 

 and other magnetic, in very strong 

 fields (Ewing and Low), 40. 



Meteor-swarms (Group III), on the 

 spectra of (Lockyer) , 380. 



Meteorites, on the mechanical conditions 

 of a swarm of, and on theories of 

 cosmogony (Darwin), 3. 



Micro-organisms, on the influence of 

 carbonic anhydride and other gases 

 on the derelopment of (Frankland), 

 292. 



Mineral matters in sedimentary and 

 crystalline pearls, the structural ar- 

 rangement of the (Harley), 460. 



Monckman (J.) the specific resistance 

 and other properties of sulphur, 102. 



Monkeys, on the descending degenera- 

 tions which follow lesions of the gyrns 

 marginalis and gyms fornicatus in 

 (France), 460. 



Muscles, the pectoral group of (Windle), 

 99. 



Navigation channels of the estuary of 

 the Seine, the principles of training 

 rivers through tidal estuaries, as illus- 

 trated by investigations into the 



