1236 
gases, 901; on a specimen of almost 
unmagnetisable steel, 903; on the 
cooling of wires in air and in vacuum, 
904. 
Bourdillon (F. W.) on the erosion of the 
sea-coast between Langney (or Lang- 
ley) Point and Beachy Head, Sussex, 
413. 
Bourne (Prof. A. G.) on the modification 
of the trochal disc of the rotifera, 
1095 ; on budding in the oligocheta, 
1096. 
Bourne (8.) on the teaching of science 
in elementary schools, 692; on the use 
of index numbers in the investigation 
of trade statistics, 859. 
Bousfield (EH. C.) on the annelids of the 
genus Dero, 1097; *on some little 
known fresh-water annelids, 1098. 
Bovey (Prof. H. T.) on promoting tidal 
observations in Canada, 33. 
Bower (Prof. F. 0.) on the use of graphic 
representations of life-histories in the 
teaching of botany, 1057. 
Brace (Dr. De W. B.) on magnetic double 
circular refraction, 931. 
Brain in extinct animals, the size of the, 
Prof. O. C. Marsh on, 1065. 
Bramwell (Sir F.) on patent legislation, 
695. 
Branfill (Col. B. R.), notes on the physio- 
graphy of Southern India, 1124. 
Brazil, by C. Mackenzie, 1105. 
Brierley (J. T.) on some new vanadium 
compounds, 968. 
Bright star, the, in the great nebula in 
Andromeda, Dr. R. Copeland on, 935. 
*Brin (Messrs.), exhibition and descrip- 
tion of the apparatus employed in ob- 
taining oxygen and nitrogen from the 
atmosphere ; description of the method 
used inconverting atmospheric nitrogen 
into ammonia, 977. 
British Association standard gauge for 
small screws, E. Rigg on the, 1203. 
*British standard of value, the, D. Horton 
on, 1172. 
Bronchial syrinx of the cuculide and 
caprimulgide, F, E. Beddard on the, 
1101. 
Brown (Prof. A. Crum) on meteorological 
observations on Ben Nevis, 90; on 
chemical nomenclature, 262; *on 
kinetic theories of matter, 904. 
Brown (Dr. C.) on the International 
Forestry Exhibition, 1164. 
Bruce (Rev. W. 8.) on the flora of Banff- 
shire, 1087. 
Brunlees (J.) on patent legislation, 695. 
Bryozoa, cyclostomatous, (polyzoa) from 
Australia, A. W. Waters on, 660. 
——, fossil cheilostomatous, from Aldinga 
and the river Murray cliffs, South 
Australia, 664, 
INDEX. 
Buchan (A.) on meteorological observa- 
tions on Ben Nevis, 90; on the meteor- 
ology of Ben Nevis, 917; the annual 
rainfall of the British Islands, 923. 
Buchanan (J. Y.), * oceanic islands and 
shoals, 1136 ; * the depth and tempera- 
ture of some Scottish lakes, 1138. 
Buckland (Miss A. W.), American shell- 
work and its affinities, 1214. 
*Burnett (C. J.) on a galvanic battery, 
916. 
Cadastral Survey of India, the, by Lt.- 
Col. W. Barron, 1128. 
Cadell (H.M.), recent advances in West 
Lothian geology, 1037. 
Cae Gwyn bone cave, North Wales, Dr. H. 
Hicks on the, 1021. 
Caithness, the flora of, J. F. Grant on, 
1063. 
——, Central, rocks of, J. Gunn on, 
1030. 
Callionymus lyra, L. (the skulpin), the 
ova of, Prof. McIntosh on, 1073. 
Calorimeter, a new and simple form of, 
Prof. W. F. Barrett on, 938. 
Cameron (A. C. G.), notes on Fuller’s 
earth and its applications, 1039. 
Campbell (Sir G.) on the municipalisa- 
tion of the land, 1158 ; *the rule of the 
road from an anthropological point of 
view, 1215. 
Canada, tidal observations in, report of 
the Committee for promoting, 33. 
Capello (Senhor) on magnetic reductions, 
Capital, what is? by W. Westgarth, 1165. 
Capper (R.) on the deep sea channel into 
Swansea harbour, 1202. 
Carbutt (E. H.) on patent legislation, 
695. 
Carey (A. E.) on the erosion of the coast 
from Newhaven to Seaford, 436. 
Carnelly (Prof. T.), the periodic law, as 
illustrated incertain physical properties 
of organic compounds, 969; suggestions 
as to the cause of the periodic law and 
the nature of the chemical elements, 
969. 
Carpal bones in various cetaceans, Prof. 
Struthers on the, 1056. 
Carpmael (A.), on patent legislation, 
695. 
Carpmael (C.) on promoting tidal obser- 
vations in Canada, 33. 
Carpmael (C. H.) on comparing and re- 
ducing magnetic observations, 65. 
Carruthers (Mr.) on the exploration of 
New Guinea, 690. 
Carver (Rev. Canon) on the scientific ex- 
amination of the country in the vicinity 
of Mount Roraima in Guiana, 690. 
Casualties at sea, the diminution of, by 
Don A. de Marcoartu, 1201. 
