1234 
ing the viscosity of oils, 992; *on the 
action of water on lead, 993. 
Alps, the Central, preliminary note on 
some traverses of the crystalline district 
of the, by Prof. T. G. Bonney, 1027. 
America, the arctic coast of, overland ex- 
peditions to, Dr. J. Rae on, 1133. 
*____. British North, the depth of the per- 
manently frozen stratum of soilin, Gen. 
Sir J. H. Lefroy on, 1136. 
American evidences of eocene mammals 
of the ‘plastic clay’ period, by Sir R. 
Owen, 1033. 
American shell-work and its affinities, by 
Miss A. W. Buckland, 1214. 
*American system of oil pipe lines, the, 
by J. H. Harris, 1193. 
Amyl alcohol the action of nitrous gases 
upon, by J. Williams and M. H. Smith, 
992. 
Anesthetics, the direct action of, on the 
frog-heart, by J. McGregor-Robertson, 
1057. 
Anatomical method, the application of 
the, to the determination of the ma- 
terials of Linnean and other herbaria, 
Prof. L. Radlkofer on, 1080. 
*Ancient Monuments Act of 1882, Gen. 
Pitt-Rivers on the working of the, 1214. 
Anderson (Dr. T.), the volcanoes of 
Auvergne, 1017. 
Andromeda, the bright star in the great 
nebula in, Dr. R. Copeland on, 935. 
, the spectrum of the stella nova 
visible on the great nebula in, by Dr. 
W. Huggins, 935. 
Anemometers, kitewire-suspended, some 
results of observations with, up to 1,300 
feet above ground, or 1,800 feet above 
sea-level, in 1883-85, E. D. Archibald 
on, 919. 
Anemoscope, or wind vane, a new, speci- 
ally designed for the use of meteoro- 
logists, by G. M. Whipple, 926. 
*Annelids, some little known freshwater, 
BE. C. Bousfield on, 1098. 
Annelids of the genus Dero, E. C. Bous- 
field on the, 1097. 
Antarctic research, by Adm. Sir E. 
Ommanney, 1152. : 
Anthropological Section, Address by F. 
Galton to the, 1206. 
Anthropology, the scope of, and its rela- 
tion to the science of mind, by Dr. A. 
Bain, 1204. 
* Antiquarian find in Aberdeenshire, notes 
on a recent, by Dr. F. M. Moir, 1223. 
*Ants and bees, recent observations on 
the habits and instincts of, by Sir J. 
Lubbock, 1056. 
*Anurous amphibia, discovery of, in the 
Jurassic deposits of America, by Prof. 
O. C. Marsh, 1033. 
Arabia Petrzea, notice of an outline geo- 
INDEX. 
logical map of, by Prof. E. Hull, 
1015. 
Archibald (E. D.) on some results of 
observations with kitewire-suspended 
anemometers, up to 1,300 feet above 
ground, or 1,800 feet above sea-level, 
in 1883-85, 919. 
Arctic coast of America, overland expedi- 
tions to the, Dr. J. Rae on, 1133. 
Armstrong (Prof.) on chemical nomencla- 
ture, 262; Address by, to the Chemical 
Section, 945. 
*Ashton’s new power meter, Prof. H. 8. 
H. Shaw on, 1203. 
Assam, Upper, a trip from, into the 
Kampti country and the western branch 
of the Irrawady river, Lt.-Col. H. H. 
Godwin-Austen on a, 1126. 
Aston (T.) on patent legislation, 695. 
Atchison (A. T.) on patent legislation, 
695. 
Atmospheric electricity, Prof. C. Michie 
Smith on, 899. 
Atropine, the action of, on the secretion 
of the kidney: its evidence as to 
the mechanism of secretion, by J. 
McGregor-Robertson, 1075. 
*Australia, North-west, by J. G. Bartholo- 
mew, 1132. 
Autographic apparatus for machines for 
testing materials, by Prof. W. C. Un- 
win, 1199. 
Auvergne, the volcanoes of, by Dr. T. 
Anderson, 1017. 
Ayrton (Prof.) on standards for use in 
electrical measurements, 31; on stan- 
dards of white light, 61. 
Bailey (Major F.), the Indian forest 
school, 1104; the Indian forest survey, 
1121. 
Bain (Dr. A.), the scope of anthropology, 
and its relation to the science of mind, 
1204. 
Baird (Major A. W.), account of the 
levelling operations of the Great Tri- 
gonometrical Survey of India, 1123. 
Baker (B.), Address to the Mechanical 
Section by, 1182. 
Balena mysticetus, &c., the cervical ver- 
tebrze in the, Prof. Struthers on, 1103. 
Balenoptera musculus, account of the 
dissection of the rudimentary hind- 
limb of the, by Prof. Struthers, 1056. 
Banffshire, the flora of, Rev. W. S. Bruce 
on, 1087. 
Bantu tribes living round Lake Nyasa in 
Eastern Central Africa, notes on some 
of the, by Dr. R. Laws, 1227. 
Barium sulphate as a cementing material 
in sandstone, by Prof. F. Clowes, 
1038. 
Barlow (C.), the new Tay viaduct, 883. 
Barlow (W.), a theory of the connection 
