INDEX. 



IX 



methods of improving the (Vernon- 

 Harcourt), 315, 504. 



Nitrites, on the comparative action of 

 hydroxylamine and, upon blood-pres- 

 sure (Brunton and Bokenham), 352. 



Nutritive value of wheat-meal, experi- 

 ments on the (Blyth), 549. 



Obituary notice : 



Parkinson, Kev. Stephen, i. 



Officers, nomination of, 33. 



election of, 58. 



Owen (Sir R.) description of the skull 

 of an extinct carnivorous marsupial of 

 the size of a leopard (Thylacopardus 

 australis, Ow.), from a recently 

 opened cave near the ' Wellington 

 Cave ' locality, New South Wales, 99. 



Oxygen, combustion in dried (Baker), 1. 



Parkinson (Rev. Stephen), obituary 

 notice of, i. 



Pearls, the structural arrangement of 

 the mineral matters in sedimentary 

 and crystalline (Harley), 460. 



Pectoral group of muscles, the (Windle), 

 9U. 



Pendlebury (W. H.) and M. Seward, an 

 investigation of a case of gradual 

 chemical change, 124. 



an investigation of a case of 



gradual chemical change : the inter- 

 action of hydrogen chloride and 

 chlorate in presence of potassium 

 iodide, 396, 



Photometric intensity of the coronal 

 light during the solar eclipse of Aug. 

 28-29, 1886, on the determination of 

 the (Abney and Thorpe), 354. 



Pig, the influence of bile on the diges- 

 tion of starch. I. Its influence on 

 pancreatic digestion in the (Martin 

 and Williams), ?.58. 



Pipe of circular section, on the maximum 

 discharge through a, when the effec- 

 tive head is due only to the pipe's 

 inclination (Hennessy), 145. 



Plants of the coal-measures, on the 

 organisation of the fossil. Part XVI 

 (Williamson), 438. 



Presents, lists of, 26, 45, 102, 133, 153, 

 262, 290, 303, 312, 316, 355, 377, 393, 

 436, 448, 458, 486, 544, 554. 



President, address of the, 48. 



Protection against infectious diseases, a 

 contribution to the knowledge of 

 (Lingard), 151. 



Pulmonary vessels, the innervation of 

 the (Bradford and Dean), 369 ? 



Rae (Dr.) elected an auditor, 1. 

 Rayleigh (Lord) note on the free vibra- 



tions of an infinitely long cylindrical 

 shell, 443. 



Rayleigh (Lord) on the bending and 

 vibration of thin elastic shells, especi- 

 ally of cylindrical form, 105. 



on the composition of water, 425. 



Recalescence of iron (Hopkinson), 455. 



Renal blood-vessels, the innervation of 

 the (Bradford), 362. 



Reynolds (J. E.) preliminary note on a 

 silico- organic compound of a new 

 type, 39. 



report of researches on silicon com- 

 pounds and their derivatives. Part I, 

 37. 



Rivers, the principles of training, through 

 tidal estuaries, as illustrated by in- 

 vestigations into the methods of im- 

 proving the navigation channels of 

 the estuary of the Seine (Vernon- 

 Harcourt), 315, 504. 



Riicker (A. W.) and T. E. Thorpe, a 

 magnetic survey of the British Isles 

 for the epoch January 1, 1886. 

 Bakerian lecture, 546. 



Saliva, on the secretion of, chiefly on the 

 secretion of salts in it (Langley and 

 Fletcher), 16. 



Salts of a base containing chromium 

 and urea, on a series of. No. 2 (Sell), 

 321. 



Sanitary condition of dwelling-houses, 

 effect of floor-deafening on the (John- 

 stone and Carnelley ) , 346. 



Sankey (Capt.) experiments on the re- 

 sistance of electrolytic cells, 541. 



Saturn, note on the spectrum of the 

 rings of (Lockyer), 315. 



Sohafer (E. A.). See E. P, France. 



Schuster (A.)> the diurnal variation of 

 terrestrial magnetism. With an ap- 

 pendix by H. Lamb, 481. 



Capt. L. Darwin, and E. W. 

 Maunder, on the total solar eclipse of 

 August 29, 1886, 354. 



Scour in drain-pipes of circular section, 

 on the conditions for effective (Hen- 

 nessy), 486. 



Sea-water, on the velocity of transmis- 

 sion through, of disturbances of large 

 amplitude caused by explosions 

 (Threlfall and Adair), 450. 



Secretion of saliva, chiefly on the secre- 

 tion of salts in it, on the (Langley 

 and Fletcher), 16. 



Seine, the principles of training rivers 

 through tidal estuaries as illustrated 

 by investigations into the methods of 

 improving the navigation channels of 

 the estuary of the (Vernon-Harcourt) , 

 315, 504. 



