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INDEX. 



erect trees containing animal remains 



in the (Dawson), 4. 

 Compositions of numbers, memoir on 



the theory of the (MacMahon), 290. 

 Council, nomination of, 283. 



election of, 315. 



Crookes' cathode stream, on the velocity 



of (Kelvin), 331. 

 Current curves, on (Hippisley), 67, 



255. 



Darwin (Gk H.) on an apparatus for 

 facilitating the reduction of tidal 

 observations, 345. 



Darwin (L.) on the method of examina- 

 tion of photographic lenses at the 

 Kew Observatory, 2, 403. 

 Dawson (Sir J. W.) supplementary 

 report on explorations of erect trees 

 containing animal remains in the coal- 

 formation of Nova Scotia, 4. 

 Dewar (J.) and G-. D. Liveing, note on 

 the spectra of the flames of some 

 metallic compounds, 117. 

 Dielectrics, on the theory of electro- 

 dynamics as affected by the nature of 

 the mechanical stresses in excited 

 (Larmor), 55. 



Dixey (F. A.) preliminary note on the 



relation of the ungual corium to the 



periosteum of the ungual phalanx, 



392. 



Dixon (H. B.) the rate of explosion in 



gases. Bakerian lecture, 451. 

 Donation Fund, grants from the, 325. 

 Duner (Nils C.) awarded the Rumforcl 



medal, 312. 



Dunstan (W. E.) and J. T. Cash, the 

 physiological action of the nitrites of 

 the paraffin series considered in con- 

 nexion with their chemical constitu- 

 tion. Part II. Action of the nitrites 

 on muscular tissue, and discussion of 

 results, 91. 



Earthquake shocks which occurred in 

 the British Isles and France during 

 the month of August, 1892, observa- 

 tions on the (Hull), 276. (Title only.} 



Ectoderm and spongoblasts in one of 

 the Keratosa, on the flask-shaped 

 (Bidder), 134. 



Eel, the electromotive properties of the 

 ^ skin of the common (Reid), 391. 



Election of Council and Officers, 315 



of Fellows, 1. 



Electricity, on a multiple induction 

 machine for producing high-tension 

 (Armstrong), 70, 176. 



Electro-chemical effects on magnetising 

 ivon. Part IV (Andrews), 114. 



Electrodynamics, on the theory of, as 



affected by the nature of the me- 

 chanical stresses in excited dielectrics 

 (Larmor), 55. 



Electrolytes, voltaic cells with fused 

 (Brown), 75. 



Electromotive properties of the skin of 

 the common eel (Reid), 391. 



Electrostatic capacities, measurement 

 of small (Kelvin), 6. 



Elgin sandstone, on some new reptiles 

 from the (Newton), 389. 



Ellis (W.) on the simultaneity of mag- 

 netic variations at different places on 

 occasions of magnetic disturbance, 

 and on the relation between magnetic 

 and earth current phenomena, 191. 



Embryonic heart, on the physiology 

 of the. Preliminary communication 

 (Pickering), 461. 



Explosion in gases, the rate of. Baker- 

 ian lecture (Dixon), 451. 



Explosives, preliminary note on the 

 pressure developed by some new 

 (Noble), 123. 



Fellows admitted, 70, 267. 



deceased, 299. 



elected, 1, 300, 345. 



number of, 325. 



Financial statement, 316. 



Fishes, contributions to the anatomy of. 



II. The air-bladder and Weberiaii 



ossicles in the Siluroid fishes (Bridge 



and Haddon), 139. 

 Flames, on certain appearances of 



beams of light seen as if emanating 



from candle or lamp (Thomson), 70. 

 of some metallic compounds, 



note on the spectra of the (Liveing 



and Dewar), 117. 

 Fleming (John Ambrose) elected, 1. 



admitted, 70. 



Foster (Clement Le Neve) elected, 1. 



admitted, 267. 



Fowler (Gr. H.) note on the structure of 



Rhaldopleura, 132. 

 Frog, on the characters and behaviour 



of the wandering (migrating) cells 



of the, especially in relation to 



micro-organisms, 267. 



Gadow (Hans) elected, 1. 



admitted, 267. 



Gras- testing, a new portable miner's 

 safety-lamp, with hydrogen attach- 

 ment for delicate (Clowes), 484. 



Gases, the rate of explosion in. 

 Bakerian lecture (Dixon), 451. 



Giffen (Robert) elected, 1. 

 admitted, 70. 



Gotch (Francis) elected, 1. 



admitted, 267. 





