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 1892 



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^^B'.R.S., President of the Section, 372 ; Messrs. Peach and 



^^BHorne on the Kadiolariin Chert of Arenig Age, 428 ; 



^^BPalseozoic Rocks, Prof. Sollas, Prof. Bonney, 428 ; 



^^BClacial Papers, Dr. Crosskey, Mr. Lomas, Mr. Bell, Messrs. 



^^m Peach and Home, 428 ; Palaeontological Papers, E. T. 



^^P Newton, M. Laurie, 428 ; Petrological Papers, Mr. Ussher, 



^» Mr, Goodchild, Mr. Harker, Mr. Teall, Mr. Somervail, 

 428 ; Landslips in the South Tyrol, Miss Ogilvie, 428 

 Section D (Z>VcA{j,^)— Opening Address by Prof. William 

 Rutherford, F. K.S., President of the Section, 342; Prof. 

 Waymouih Reid on Vital Absorption, 403 ; Prof. Rosen- 

 thal on Animal Heat and Physiological Caiorimetry, 403 ; 

 r)r. Lockhart Gillespie on Proteid-hydrochlorides, 403 ; Dr. 

 E, W. Carlier on the Hibernating Gland of the Hedgehog, 

 403 ; Dr. G. Mann on the Functions, Staining and Struc- 

 tures of Nuclei, 403 ; Dr. Henry C. McCook on the Social 

 Habits of Spiders, 403 ; Prof. A. Crum Brown on a Use of 

 the External Ear, 404 ; Prof. Lloyd Morgan, the Method 

 of Comparative Psychology, 404 ; J. E. S. Moore on the 

 Relationships and Role of the Archoplasmic Body during 

 Mitosis in the Larval Salamander, 404 ; Dr. G. Mann on 

 the Origin of Sex, 404 ; Dr. J. Beard on Larvae and their 

 Relations to Adult Forms, 404 ; Method of Recording 

 Curves of Muscular Contraction, Prof. McKendrick, 404 ; 

 rof. G. Fritsch on the Origin of the Electric Nerves in the 

 orpecio, Gymtiotus, Mormyriis and Malapterurus, 404 ; Dr. 

 J. Musgrove, the Blood-vessels and Lymphatics of the 

 Retina, 404 ; H. O. Forbes, Sab-fossil Bones of Extinct 

 Birds of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands, 404 ; Dr. 

 J. Clark on the Natural Relations between Temperature 

 and Protoplasmic Movements, 404 ; Dr. J. Clark, Experi- 



. ^ mental Observations on the Functions of the Nucleus in the 



■Vegetable Cell, 404 ; Dr. Francis Warner, Co-ordination 

 bf Cellular Growth and Action by Physical Forces, 404 ; 

 M. Louis Olivier, La Canalisation des Cellules et la con- 

 linuite de la Matiere Vivante chez les Vegetaux et les 

 Animaux, 404 ; Dr. John H. Wilson, some Albucas and 

 their Hybrids, 404; Prof. Mcintosh, F.R.S,, a Sketch of 

 the Scotch Fisheries, chiefly in their Scientific Aspects, 

 during the Decade 1882-92, 404 ; Prof. Ewart on our Sea 

 Fisheries, 404 ; E. W. L. Holt on the Destruction of Im- 

 mature Fish, 404 ; Dr. W. Rauisay Smith, the Food of 

 Fishes, 405 ; A. P. Swan, the Effect of Sea Water on the 

 Vitality of the Salmon Fungus, 405 ; Prof. E. G. Prince 

 on the Formation of Argenteous Matter in the Integument 

 of Teleosteans, 405 ; Prof. E, E. Prince, the Development 

 of the Pharyngeal Teeth in the Labridae, 405 ; Dr. Carlier 

 on the Skin of the Hedgehog, 405 ; G. Murray, Comparison 

 of the Marine Floras of the Warm Atlantic and Indian 

 Ocean, 405 ; Mr. Harold Wager on the Structure of 

 Cystopus caiididns, 405 ; Prof G. Gilson on the Affinity of 

 Nuclein for Iron and other Substances, 405 ; Dr. Arthur 

 Robinson's Observations on the Development of the Pos- 

 terior Cranial and Anterior Spinal Nerves in Mammals, 

 405 ; Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S , on the Geographical 

 Distribution of Ascidians, and on the Presence of Atrial 

 Tentacles in various Genera of Tunicata, with a Suggestion 

 as to their Function, 405 ; Dr. J. Symington on the Cere- 

 bral Commissures in the Marsupialia and Monotremata, 

 405 ; Prof. J. Playfair McMurrich, the Early Development 

 of the Isopods, 486 ; Prof. G. B. Howes and J. Harrison 

 on the Skeleton and Teeth of the Australian Dugong, 406 ; 

 Dr. H. G. McCook, Can Spiders Prognosticate Weather 

 Changes? 406; Observations on Secondary Tissues in 

 Monocotyledons, Dr. Scott and Mr. Brebner, 554 ; on the 

 Simplest Form of Moss, Prof. Goebel, 554 ; on the 

 Cause of Physiological Action at a Distance, Prof. L. 

 Errera, 555 ; Notes on the Morphology of the Spore-bear- 

 ing Members in the Vascular Cryptogams, Prof. F. O. 

 Bower, 555 ; on the Arrangement of Buds in Lemna Minor, 

 Miss Nina F. Layard, 555 ; on Tubercles on the Thallus of 

 Cystoclonium purpiirascens. Prof. F. Schmitz, 555 ; Cala- 

 mostachys Binneyana, Schimp, T. Hick, 555 ; Myeloxylon 

 from the Millstone Grit and Coal Measures, A. C. Se- 

 ward, 555 

 Section E (C6vc.;-a//^;/)— Opening Address by Prof. James 

 Geikie, F.R.S., President of the Section, 348; the First 

 Ascent of Oraefajcikull, F. W. W. Howell, 406; Dr. J. 

 Burgess on Place Names, 406 ; Effect of Rainfall in For- 

 mosa, John Thomson, 406 ; Lesser Tibet, Mrs. Bishop, 



Index 



406 ; the North Atlantic, the Prince of Monaco, 406 ; 

 Detailed Oceanography and Meteorology, 406 ; the Desert 

 of Atacama, Mrs. Lilly Grove, 406 ; Photography and Sur- 

 veying, Colonel Tanner, 407 ; Determination of Longitude 

 by Photography, Dr. H. Schlichter, 407 ; African Travels, 

 407; Industrial Resources of Nyasaland, John Buchanan, 



407 ; African Meteorology, 407 ; Piof Penck's Proposed 

 New Map of the Globe, 407 ; Recent Travels, Walker 

 Harris, 408 ; H. O. Forbts's Visit to the Chatham Islands, 



408 ; Sub section on Chemical Oceanography, J. Y. 

 Buchanan, 408 ; Prof. Pettersson on the Hydrography 

 of the Kattegat and Baltic, 408 ; Results of the Recent 

 Investigations on the Black Sea, Dr. Andrussoff, Russian 



408 



Section G {Mechanical Science) — Openin.{ Address by W. 



Cawthorne Unwin, F.R.S., President of the Section, 355 ; 



Electrical Lighting of Edinburgh, Prof George ForOcs, 



429 ; Disposal of Town Refuse, Prof. George Forbes, 429 ; 

 the Refuse destructor Question, G. Watson, 429; Absorp- 

 tion and Filteration of Sewage, R. F. Grantham, 429 ;. 

 Shield Tunneling in Loose Ground, G. F. Deacon, 429 ; 

 Proposed Ship Canal between the Forth and the Clyde, D. 

 A. Stevenson, 429 ; Mechanical System for the distribu- 

 tion of Parcels, D. Cunningham, 429 ; Electric Loco- 

 motives, Alexander Siemens, 429; a Tide- Motor, F. 

 Purdon and H. E. Walters, 429 ; Marine Machinery at 

 Glasgow, 430 ; Necessity for Connection between Stack 

 Pipes and Earth, W. H. Preece, F.R.S., 430; Power 

 Transmission by Alternating Current, Gisbert Kapp, 430 ; 

 New Design of Electric Locomotive, E. H. Woods, 430 ; 

 Ingenious Coin-counting Machine in the Royal Mint, Lieut. 

 W. B. Basset, 430 ; Anti-Friction Material for Bearings 

 used without Lubrication, Killingworth HeJges, 430; 

 Petroleum Engines for Fog Signalling, D. A. Stevenson, 



430 ; Influence of Acoustic Clouds, David Cunningham, 

 430 ; Sound-carrying Power of Water, A. R. Senneti, 

 430 ; on the Progress of the Dioptric Lens as used in 

 Lighthouse lllumina'ion, C. A. Sievenson, 431 ; Smoke 

 Prevention, A. R. Sennett, 431 ; Col. E. Dulier, 431 ;. 

 Investigation of the Phenomena which accompany the 

 Burning of Carbon and Phosphorus in Oxygen, H. 

 Brereton Baker, 431 ; Fire Extinction on board Ship, H. 

 C. Carver, 432 



Section H {Anthropology) — Opening Address by Alexander 

 Macalister, F.R.S., President of ihe Section, 378 ; E. W. 

 Brabook on the Organization of Local Anthropological 

 Research, 432 ; Rev. Frederick Smith on the Discovery of 

 the Common Occurrence of Palseolilhic Weapons in Scot- 

 land, 432 ; J. Graham Kerr, Weapons and Articles of 

 Clothing used by the Toba Indians of the "Gran Chaco," 

 432; J. Montgomerie Bell, " Pre-palaeolithic " Flints, 

 432 ; J. Theodore Bent on the Present Inhabitants of 

 Mashonaland and their Origin, 432 ; Prof. A. C. Haddon 

 on the Value of Art in Ethnology, 432; Dr. J. S. Phene 

 on the Similarity of certain Ancient Necropoleis in the 

 Pyrenees and in North Britain, 432 ; Dr. Manouvrier on 

 Anthropometric Identification, 432 ; Criminal Anthro- 

 pology, Dr. J. S. Clouston, 432 ; Dr. Benedikt, 433 ; 

 Coiffure of a Kanaka Labourer, Sir William Turner, 433 ;. 

 Prehensile Power of Infants, Dr. Louis Robinson, 433 ; 

 on the Contemporaneity of the Maori and the Moa, H. O. 

 Forbes, 433 ; Human Osteometry, Dr. Garson, Sir William. 

 Turner, 433 ; Observations as to the Physical Deviations 

 from the Normal as seen among 50,000 children. Dr. 

 Francis Warner, 433 ; on some Facial Characters of the 

 Ancient Egyptians, Prof A. -Macalister, 433 ; Ancient 

 Skeletons from Medum, Egypt, Dr. Garson, 433 

 British Colonies, Elementary Geography of the, Geo. M. 



Dawson, F.R.S., and Alexander Sutherland, loo 

 British Earthworms, New, Rev. Hilderic Friend, 621 

 British Guiana, Northwestern District of, Everard im Thurn,. 



234 

 British Insects, Sketches of. Rev. W. Houghton, 540 

 British Isles, Land and Freshwater Shells peculiar to the, T. D. 



A. Cockerell, 76; R. F. Scharff, 173 

 British Medical Association, Sixtieth Annual Meeting, 298 

 British Museum, the Tell el-Amarna Tablets in the, with Auto- 

 type Facsimiles, 49 

 British Museum, Improvements in Natural History Collection». 

 473 



