INDEX. 



XIX 



changes of short duration (Burch), 



Electrometers, quadrant (Ayrton, 

 Perry, and Sumpner), 53. 



Electromotive phenomena of the mam- 

 malian heart, on the (Bayliss and 

 Starling), 211. 



Electrostatic method of measuring high 

 electrical resistances, on a differential 

 (Cardew), 340. 



Elliott (Edwin Bailey) elected, 1. 



admitted, 79. 



Ethyl alcohol, on the mechanical 

 stretching of liquids : an experimental 

 determination of the volume-extensi- 

 bility of (Worthington), 423. 



Evaporation, on electrical (Crookes), 88. 



Ewart (J. C.) the electric organ of the 

 skate : observations on the structure, 

 relations, progressive development, 

 and growth of the electric organ of 

 the skate, 474. 



Fellows admitted, 79, 120, 166. 



deceased, 219. 



elected, 1, 219, 318. 



number of, 242, 515. 



Festing (Maj.-Gen.) and W. de W. 



Abney, colour photometry. Part III, 



369. 



Financial statement, 233. 

 Flesh, on the bases (organic) in the 



juice of. Part I (Johnson), 287. 

 Foreign members, election of, 194. 

 Fossil plants of the coal-measures, on 



the organisation of the. Part XIX 



(Williamson), 469. 

 Foster (M.) note on the history of the 



statutes of the Royal Society, 501. 

 Frankland (Percy laraday) elected, 1. 



admitted, 120. 



Friction in the bores of rifled guns, 



note on the energv absorbed by 



(.Noble), 409. 



Galton (F.) elected an auditor, 166. 



Gaussian functions, determination of 

 the value of the, and comparison of 

 simultaneous magnetic disturbances 

 at several observatories (Adams), 129. 



Gestation of Indian rays, further ob- 

 servations on the ; being natural 

 history notes from H.M. Indian 

 Marine Survey steamer " Investiga- 

 tor." Series 2, No. 11 (Wood-Mason 

 and Alcock), 202. 



Gilchrist (Percy C.) elected, 1. 



admitted, 79. 



" Ginger-beer plant " and the organisms 



' composing it: a contribution to the 

 study of fermentation-) easts and 

 ( bacteria (Ward), 261, 358. 



Gold-aluminium series of alloys, on th<> 



melting points of the (Roberts- Austen ) 



367. 

 Gould (Benjamin Apthorp) elected a 



foreign member, 194. 

 Government Grant of 4.000J., ar-count 



of the appropriation of the, 242. 

 Grant (James Augustus), obituary 



notice of, xiv. 

 Gravitation constant and mean density 



of the earth, on a determination of 



the, by means of the common balance 



(Poynting), 40. 

 Guns, note on the energy absorbed by 



friction in the bores of rifled (Noble) 



409. 



Halliburton (William Dobinson) elected, 



admitted, 79. 



Hardy (W. B.) on some histological 

 features and physiological properties 

 of the postoesophageal nerve cord of 

 the Crustacea, 144. 



Harley (V.) the rdle played by sugar in 



the animal economy. Preliminary 



note on the behaviour of sugar in 



blood, 442. 



Hawkshaw (Sir John) obituary notice 



of, i. 



Heart, contributions to the physiology 

 and pathology of the mammalian 

 (Roy and Adami), 435. 



on the electromotive phenomena 



of the mammalian (Bayliss and Star- 

 ling), 211. 



Heat produced by compressing liquids 

 and solids, on the measurement of the 

 (Burton and Marshall), 130. 

 Heathcote (F. G.) See F. G. Sinclair. 

 Heaviside (Oliver) elected, 1. 



on the forces, stresses, and fluxes 



of energy in the electromagnetic fie.d, 

 126. 

 Hemisection of the spinal cord in 



monkeys, results of (Mott), 120. 

 Herronn (E. F.) and G. F. Yeo, note 

 on the audibility of single sound 

 waves, and the number of vibrations 

 necessary to produce a tone, 318. 

 Herschell (Lord) elected, 318. 



admitted, 407. 



Hill (M. J. M.) on the locus of singular 

 points and lines which occur in con- 

 nexion with the theory of the loeu* 

 of ultimate intersections of a system 

 of surfaces, 180. 



Hindoo astronomy, on (Brennand), 2~> \. 

 Hopkinson (J.) note on the density <>t 



alloys of nickel and iron, 121. 

 Huggins (W.) and Mrs. Huggins, pre- 

 liminary note oa Nova Aungse, 4tto. 



