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Index 



[SuppUweni to Aature, 

 l^^ovember z^t 1894 



Branchiate 01igocha;te, another New, Frank E. Beddard, 



F.R.S., 20 

 Brauner (B.), Fluoplurabales and Free Fluorine, 22 

 Bread, Micro-or(;anisms and, Dr. Troitzl-e, 204 

 Brehoie (Dr.), the CuUivahle Land on Kilimanjaro, 305 

 Brinton (Dr. D. G.), the N.-itive Calendar of Central America 

 and Mexico, 206 ; on the .\ims of ihe .\meric.an Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, 485 ; Variations in the 

 Human Skeleton and their Causes, 487 ; Conclusions on the 

 Hieroglyph "pax," 487 

 British Association : Meeting at Oxford, 151, 270, 297, 

 338, 369, 400; Inaugural Address by the Most Hon. the 

 Marquis of Salisbury, F. R.S., Chancellor of the University 

 of Oxford, Presiden', 339 ; Conferences of the Delegates of 

 the C'lrresponding Societies, 461 

 Section A {Malhematiis and Physics) — Opening Address by 

 Prof. .\. \V. Rucker, F.R.S., President of the Section, 

 343 ; Lord Kelvin, P. R. S., and Mr. Maclean on some Pre- 

 liminary Experiments to 6nd if Suhtraciion of Water from 

 Air electrifies it, 406: Prof. Oliver Lodge, F. R. S., on 

 Photo-electric Leakage, 406 ; G. H. Bryan on the Present 

 State of Knowledge in Thermodynamics, 406; Prof. 

 Henrici on Integrators, Harmonic Analysers, and Inte- 

 graphs, and their Application to Physical and Engineering 

 Problems, 407 : Prof. Osborne Reyn ilJs on the Successive 

 Stages in the Motion of Water passing under gradu.illy 

 increasing Pressure through a Vertical Tube constricted in 

 the Middle, 407; Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., on Experiments 

 made to Delemiine the Minimum Current audible in the 

 Telephone, 407 ; on the Quantitative Theory of the Tele- 

 phone, 408 ; Prof. J. A. Ewing on an Apparatus for 

 Measuring Small S'rains, 40S ; F. G. Baily on Hysteresis 

 in Iron and .S'eel in a Rota'ing Magnetic Field, 408 ; 

 Prof .S. P. Thompson on the Magnetic Analogues of 

 well-known Propositions respecting Optical Images in 

 Plane Mirrors, 408 ; Prof. A. M. Mayer on Beats and 

 Beat Toni-s, 408 ; Prof. Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., on Max- 

 well's Theory of Light, 408 ; Prof. J. J. Thom-on on the 

 Velocity of the Cathode Ray«, 408 ; Prof. W. Forster on 

 the Di-placemenis of the Rotational Axis of the Earth, 

 409, 488 

 Section B (Chemistry) — Opening Address by Prof. H. B. 

 Dixon, F. R.S., Pre ident of the .Section, an Oxford 

 School of Chemists. 348 ; Prof. Clowes' Experiments on 

 the Proportions of Cartionic Acid in Air which are extinc- 

 tive to Flame, and which are irrespirable, 409 ; Dr. Lobry 

 <le Bruyn's Expt iments demonstrating Ihe Properties of 

 Free Hvdroxylamine. 409 ; Dr. Hcrnthslein on a New Bac- 

 terium which occurs in Slilk, 409 ; Prof. j. J. Thomson, 

 Experiments illustrating the Connection between Chemical 

 Change and E'ectrical Discharge through Gases, 409 ; 

 Brereton Baker, some Experiments on the Influence of 

 Moisture on Chemical Substances, 409; Dr. Ewan on the 

 Rate of Oxidation of Phosphorous Sulphur and Aldehyde, 

 409; Prof. ILirilcy on some New Methods of Spectrum 

 Analysis and some H-ssemer Flame .Spectra, 410 ; Lord 

 Kayleigh and Prof. Ramsay on the Existence of a New 

 Gas in Ihe Atmosphere, 410 ; Prof. koberls-Aus'en on 

 some Experiments on the Electrolysis of Glass, 

 410; Dr. J. H. Gladstone on the Rate of Progress 

 of Chemical Change, 410 ; Philip Hartog on the Dis- 

 tinction between Compounds and Homogeneous Mix- 

 tures, 410 ; Prof. J. A. Wanklyn on the Atomic Weight 

 of Carbon, 410 ; A. P. Laurie on the DifTusion of very 

 Dilute Solutinnsot Chlorine and Iodine, 410 ; Prof. J. W. 

 B'uhl on Tauliim'-ri'.m, 411 ; Dr. Caro on a Method of 

 Obtaining a New RhoHamine, 411 ; Drs. G. G. Henderson 

 and A. R. Ewing nnTclrarsenitcs, 41 1 ; Dr. J B. Cohen on 

 the Constitution of ihc Acid Amides, 411 ; Report of Ihe 

 CommiMcc uiion tne Action of Light ujion Dyed Colours, 



411 ; Dr. W. MeyerhnfTer on Orlain Phennmena of 

 Equilibrium during Ihc Evaporation of Salt Solutions, 411 



Section C (Geo/o^y) — Opening Address by L. Fletcher, 

 K.R.S., Pre-iih-m of ihc Section, 353 ; H. A. Miers on a 

 New .Melh'id of M-asiiring CryslaN, 411 ; Howard Fox, 

 Kcmarkalilr R .<k at Dinas Head in Cornwall, 412 ; Profs. 

 Green and W, HoyI Dawkins on Oxfordshire Geology, 412 ; 

 Plateau Im h nirnn of K-nt, 412 ; Pleistocene Geology, 



412 ; Dr. Hii k> on the .Slratifipd Gravels, .Samls, and 

 Clay of the Plateaux of IlendoD, Finchley, and Whetstone, 



412 ; E. P. Culverwell, an Examination of CroU's and 

 Ball's Theory of Ice Ages and Genial Ages, 413 ; Mont- 

 gomerie Ball on the Paleolithic Section at Wolvercote, 413 ; 

 Geologies and Deluges, Prof. Sollas, F.R..S., 505 



Section D (Biolog}') — Opening Address by Prof. I. Bayley 

 Balfour, F.R.S., President of Ihe Section, 371 ; Report of 

 Committees, 434 ; J. E. .S. Moore, Investigations on the 

 Reduction Division in Cartilaginous Fishes, 434 ; Prof. 

 Hubrecht on the Didermic Blas'ocyte in Mammalia, 434 : 

 W. Garstang on the Ancestry of iheChordata, 434 ; W. F.. 

 CoUinge on the Structure of the Integument in PoiyoJon, 

 434 ; Prof. Johnstone on .-Mga; which deposit Calcareous 

 Matter in their Tissues, 434 ; Prof. E. Van B' neden on 

 the Relations of Protoplasm. 434 ; Prof. Sirasburger on the 

 Periodic Variation in the Number of Chromosomes, 434 ; 

 Prof. Kay Lankester on Chlorophyll in An'mals, 434 ; 

 Prof. E. V'an Beneden on the Origin and Morphological 

 Signification of the Notochord, 434 ; Prof. Struthers on 

 the Carpus of the Greenland Riyht Whale, 434 ; Miss 

 Benson on the Fertilisation of Ch.alazogamic Amenliferaf, 

 434 ; Miss Periz on Hydroscopic Dispersal of Fruits in 

 Certain Labiatse, 434 ; Dr. O. Maas on Temperature as a 

 Factor in Ihe Distribution of Marine Animals, 434 ; Prof. 

 W. A. llerdman on the Marine Zoology of the Irish Sea, 

 434; Prof. D'Arcy Thompson on sume Difficulties of 

 Darwinism, 435 ; Prof. C. V. Riley on Social Insects and 

 Evolution, 435 ; Prof. Haycraft on the role of Sex in 

 Evolution, 435 ; Prof. Osborn on Certain Principles of 

 Progressively .\daptive Variations observed in Fossil 

 Series, 435 ; W. P. Pycraft on the Wing ii{ A'chctofteryx 

 viewed in Ihe light of that of some Modern Birds, 435 ; ■ 

 Prof. Douglas H. Campiiell on tlie Orign of the Sexual 

 Organs of the Pteridophytes, and Note- upon the Germina- 

 tion of the Spores of the Ophioglosve.x, 435 ; Prof. F. O. 

 Bower on Sterilisation and a Theory of the Slrobilus, 435 ; 

 Dr. W. B. Benham on the Blood of Mas;ehna, 435 ; ]. T. 

 Cunningham on the Si,;nificance of Diagnostic Characters 

 in the Pleuionectid,-c, 436 ; Dr. F. A. Dixey on the 

 Plantar .Surface in Infants, 436 ; W. E. Collinge on the 

 Relations of the Cranial Nerves to the Sensory Canal 

 .Sys'em, 436 ; Dr. H. B. Pollard on Cranial Skeletons of 

 South Anu-rican and African Siluroid F"ishes, 436 



Section E (Geography) — Opening .Vddress byCipt. W. J. 

 L. Wharlon, F.R.S., President of the Section, 377 ; 

 Ocean'graphical Observations, H. N. Dickson, 436 ; J. 

 V. Buchanan, F.K. S., on Researches carried out on 

 board the Prince of Monaco's Yacht in the Mediterranean 

 and North .\tlantic, 436; Dr, John Murray on the (Geo- 

 graphical and Balhymetrical Distribution of Organisns in 

 the Ocean, 436 ; Somers Clarke on the Geography of 

 Lower Nubia, 437 ; Norman Lockycr rn lie Projected 

 Nile Reservoir, 437; G. G. Chisho' '1 ■ Spelling of 



Geographical Names, 437 



Section G (Mechantcal Science) — O ■ ■ \ Iress by Prof. 

 .■\. B. W. Kennedy, F.R.S., Pii 1 1 the S ction, 



the Critical Side of Mechanical I'rair.in ;, 383; Sir 

 Frederick Bramwell on some Reminiscences ol Steam 

 Locomotion on Common Roads, 43S ; Prof. T. Claxton 

 Fidler on the Strength and Plastic Extensibility of Iron 

 and .Steel, 438 ; Sir .Vndrew Noble on Afeihods ihu have 

 been adopted for Measuring Pressures in the Bores of Guns, 

 438 ; B. Donkin on the most Economical Temperature for 

 Steam Engine Cylinders, 438 ; Prof. D. ,S. Capper on 

 Engineering Laboratory Instruments and their Calibration, 



438 

 Section H (Anthropology) — Opening Address by Sir. W. H. 

 Flower, F. R.S., President of the Section, 387 ; Dr. E. 1!. 

 Tylor on the Distribution of Mythical Beliefs as Evidence 

 in Ihe History of Culture, 439 ; Discussion on the Plate.au 

 Flinl Implements of North Kent, 439; Arthur Evans on 

 the Discovery of a new Ilicroglviihic Systim and Pre- 

 Phoenician Script in Crete, 439 ; Rev. (J. Hart well Jones 

 on the Relation between Ihe Body and Mind, as expressed 

 in Early Languages, Customs, and Myths, 440 ; I'tof. J. 

 Kollmann on Pygmies in Europe, 440 ; (General Pitt- 

 Rivers on the Explorations of British Caiips and a Long 

 Harrow near Ru^hmore, 440 ; Theodore B -nt on the 

 Natives of the Iladramut, 440 ; J. Gray on the Distribution 

 ofihe Picis in Biilain as indicated by Place. Names, 440 j 

 Prof. L. Manouvricr on Ihe Brain of a Young Fuegian, 



