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INDEX 



370, 403 ; Excursions, 335 ; Sir John Hawkshaw's Tresi- 

 dential Address, 336 ; Balance-sheet for 1874-5 J 372 ; 

 Microscopical soirh, 371 ; Report of Committee on Specific 

 Volumes, 372 ; Report on Dredging on Coast of Durham 

 and Yorkshire, 372; Report on Zoological Station at 

 Naples, 372 ; Report on Intestinal Secretion, 372 ; Grants 

 for Scientific Purposes, 403 ; Report on Mathematical 

 Tables, 404 ; Report on Hyperelliptic P'unctions, 404 ; 

 Report on Mathematical Printing, 404 ; Report on Tides, 

 404 ; Report on Wave-numbers, 404 ; Report on Ohm's 

 Law, 404 ; Report on Specific Volumes of Liquids, 404 ; 

 Report of the Sewage Committee, 404; Report on the 

 Protection of Indigenous Animals, 404 ; Report on Sub- 

 wealden Exploration, 404, 461 ; Report on Luminous 

 Meteors, by Mr. James Glaisher, 437 ; Report on British 

 Rainfall, by Mr. G. J. Symonds, 437 ; Committee for esti- 

 mating the cost of Mr. Babbage's Analytical Engine, 437 ; 

 Committee on Gold Assays, 438 ; Report of the Committee 

 on Potash and Phosphoric Acid, 438 ; Report of Com- 

 mittee on the Thermal Conductivities of Rocks, 438 ; 

 Report of Committee on Erratic Blocks, by Rev. H. W. 

 Crosskey, 462 ; Meeting at Glasgow in 1876, 240 

 Section A {Mathematical and Physical Science). — Opening 

 Address by the President, Prof. Balfour Stewart, 346, 372 ; 

 Rev. S. J. Perry's paper on the Transit of Venus, 373 ; 

 Prof. Osborne Reynolds' paper on the Refraction of Sound 

 by the Atmosphere, 373 ; Prof. Stokes and Dr. Hopkin- 

 son's paper on the Optical Properties of a Titano-Cilicic 

 Glass, 373 ; Mr. J. A. Fleming's paper on the Decompo- 

 sition of an Electrolyte by Magneto-electric Induction, 

 374 ; Dr. Moffat's paper on Sun-spots, Atmospheric Ozone, 

 &c., 374; Sir \Vm. Thomson's paper on the effects of 

 Stress upon the Magnetism of Soft Iron, 374 ; Prof. W. F. 

 Barrett's paper on the effects of Heat on the Molecular 

 Structure of Steel Wires and Rods, 374 ; Dr. J. Janssen's 

 paper on the Eclipse of April 1875, 404 ; Dr. J. Janssen's 

 paper on the Transit of Venus Expedition to Japan, 405 ; 

 Dr. J. Janssen's Magnetic Observations in Siam and Ben- 

 gal, 405 ; Dr. J. Janssen's Observations on Mirage at Sea, 

 405 ; Prof. Hennessy on the Influence on Climate of the 

 substitution of Water for Land in Africa, 405 ; Prof, 

 Osborne Reynolds on the Force caused by the communi- 

 cation of Heat between a Surface and Gas, 405 ; Capt. H. 

 Toynbee on the Physical Geography of the Atlantic Dol- 

 drums, 405 ; Mr. Froude on Stream Lines, 406 ; Mr. H. A. 

 Rowland on Magnetising Function of Iron, &c., 406 ; Capt. 

 Abney on the Increase of Actinism due to Difference of 

 Motive Power in the Electiic Light, 438; Prof Frederick 

 Guthrie on the Measurement of Wave-motion, 462 

 Section B (Chemical Science). — Opening Address by A. G. 

 Vernon Harcourt, F.R.S., President, 438; Prof. Cayley 

 on the Analytical Forms called Trees, with appli- 

 cation to the theory of Chemical Combinations, 463 ; 

 Mr. P. Braham on Crystallisation of Metals by Elec- 

 tricity, 463 ; Mr. Gatehouse on Silver Nitrate, 463 ; 

 Mr. A. II. Allen on a method of effecting the Solution of 

 Difficultly- Soluble Substances, 463 ; Mr. J. C. Melliss on 

 Utilisation of Sewage, 463 ; Prof. Debus on the Chemical 

 Theory of Gunpowder, 464 ; Prof. Thorpe on a new com- 

 pound of Fluorine and Phosphorus, 464 ; Mr. B. J. Fairlie 

 on New Solvents for Gold, Silver, Platinum, &c., 464 ; 

 Dr. J. H. Gladstone on the Relation of the Acids and Bases 

 in a Mixture of Salts to the Original Manner of Com- 

 bination, 464 ; Dr. J. H. Gladstone on the Copper-zinc 

 Couple, 464 ; the President on an Apparatus for Esti- 

 mating Carbon Bisulphide in Coal Gas, 465; Prof. A. 

 Oppenheim on Oxuvitic Acid, 465 ; Mr. C, T. Kingzett on 

 the Oxidation of Essential Oils, 465. 

 Section C ( Geology, d^v. ) — Opening Address by the President, 

 Dr. Thomas Wright, F.R.S.E., 350 ; J. M'Murtrie on the 

 Mountain Limestone at Luckington, 406 ; Mr. Stoddart on 

 Auriferous Limestone at Walton, 406 ; Prof. Hughes on the 

 Classification of the Sedimentary Rocks, 406 ; Prof. Hebert 

 on Undulations in the Chalk of North France, 407 ; Mr. 

 Sanders on Fossil Bones from the Rhoetic beds of Aust 

 Cliff, 407 ; Papers and Discussion on the Glacial Period, 

 407 ; Prof. A. H. Green on the Millstone Grit of Derby- 

 shire and Yorkshire, 407 

 Section D {Biology).— O^^mrvg Address by Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 F.R.S., President, 374, 407 



Department of Anthropology. — Address by Dr. G. Rolleston, 

 F.R.S., 382 ; Col. Lane Fox and Dr. G. Rolleston on Ex- 

 cavations in Cissbury Camp, 418 ; Miss A. W. Buckland 

 on Rhabdomancy and Belomancy, 443 ; Mr. John Evans on 

 Symbols for Archceological Maps, 443 ; Mr. Hyde Clarke 

 on Prehistoric Names of Weapons, 443 ; Mr. Hyde Clarke 

 on Prehistoric Culture in India and Africa, 443 ; Dr. Phene 

 on the Prehistoric Inhabitants of the Mendip Hills, 443 ; 

 Mr. D. Mackmtosh on Anthropology, Sociology, and Na- 

 tionality, 443 ; Sir Walter Elliot on the Original Locality 

 of the Population of India, 465 ; Mr. Bertram Hartshorne 

 on the Weddas of Ceylon, 465 ; Dr. Leitner on his Travels 

 in Central Asia, 465 ; Prof. Rolleston on the Applicability 

 of Historical Evidence to Ethnological Inquiries, 466 ; Prof. 

 Rawlinson on the Ethnography of the Cimbri, 466 ; Mr. 

 W. S. Vaux on the Origin of the Maori Race, 466 ; Rev. 

 W. Gill on the Origin of the South Sea Islanders, 466 

 Department of Anatomy and Physiology. — Address by Prof. 

 Cleland, F.R.S., 413; H. B. Brady on New Micro- 

 photographs, 417 ; Dr. Martyn on the Anatomy of the 

 Skin, 417 ; Dr. M'Kendrick and Prof. Dewar on Chinoline 

 and Pyridine Bases, 417; W. J. Cooper on Physiological 

 Effects of Drinking- Waters, 442 j T. G. P. Ilallett on the 

 Conservation of Forces, 442 

 Department of Zoology and Botany, — Prof. Newton on Orni- 

 thological Investigation, 412 ; Dr. C. T. Hudson on the 

 Rotifera, 413; P. P. Carpenter on the Chitonidce, 413; 

 Dr. Hector on Moa Bones in New Zealand, 441 ; Dr. Car- 

 penter on Comatula, 441 ; Dr. I. Bayley Balfour on the 

 Flora and Geology of the Mascarene Islands, 441 ; Prof. 

 Williamson on Fossil Seeds in Coal, 442 ; Prof. Balfour on 

 Rare Plants from Scotland, 442 

 Section E {Geography). — Address by Lieutenant-General R. 

 Strachey, F.K.S., President, 419 



British India ; Bibliography of the Zoology of, 380 ; Dr. J. D. 

 Hooker's Flora of, 3 



British Medical Association, 175, 280, 298 



British Museum : Biological Department of the, 74 ; Salaries at, 

 135, 146; Thames Valley Remains at, 427 



British Rainfall, Report on by J. A. Symonds, 437 



Broca (M.), Lectures on Craniology, 96 



Bromide of Silver, Sensitiveness of, 446 



Broun (John A.), Trevandrum Magnetic Observations, 163, 186 



Brown (Dr. J. Croumbie), " Reboisement en France," 15 



Brush's "Determinative Mineralogy," C. A. Burghardt, 183 



Brussels : Academic Royale, History, &c., of, 175 ; International 

 Congress of Physicians at, 461 ; International Medical Con- 

 gress, 502 



Buchan and Mitchell on Influence of Weather on Mortality, 280, 

 281 



Buckland (A. W.), Rhabdomancy and Belomancy, 443 



Buckton (G. B.), Memoir on the Aphides, 387 



Buenos Ayres, " Anales del Museo Publico," 145 



'• Bulletin de I'Academie Royale des Sciences de Belgique," 138, 

 566 



" Bulletin de la Societe d'Acclimatation de Pari<:," 98, 199, 547, 



567 

 " Bulletin de la Societe d' Anthropologic de Paris," 78, 428, 567 

 " Bulletin de la Societe Impcriale de Naturalistes de Moscow," 



359 

 Bunsen's Ice- calorimeter and Radiation of the Sun, 189 

 Burbury (S. H.), Equilibrium of Temperature in a Vertical 



Column of Gas, 107 

 Burghardt (C. A.), Brush's " Determinative Mineralogy," 183 

 Burmah, Siam and Cochin, Bibliography of the Zoology of, 380 

 Burmeister (Dr.), "'Anales del Museo Publico, "145 

 Burton (Capt), Exploration of Iceland, 319; on the Italian 



African Expedition, 153 ; " Ultima Thuie," 509 

 Butterflies of North America : Wm. H. Edwards on, 300 ; Dr. 



Weismann on the Dimorphism of, 127 ; the Dark Argus, by 



J. Hodgkin, jun., 187 



" Ciesar's Camp," Wimbledon, Demolition of, 298 



Calculus of Probabilities, A. Meyer on, 359 



Calcutta Botanical Gardens, Report of, S41 ; Zoological 



Gardens at, 53. 

 California, Academy of Sciences, 568 ; Exploring Party in, 



262 ; Prehistoric Remains on Islands off, 195 ; Silkworms' 



eggs from, 54 

 Callard's "Antiquity of Man," 196 



