INDEX. 



871 



Foster (Prof, M.) on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at Naples, 

 254 ; *on the physical and physiologi- 

 cal theories of colour-vision, 526. 



Fothergill (J. R.), forced draught, 803. 



Foussereau (M.) and E. Bouty on the 

 employment of alternating currents 

 for measuring liquid resistances, 356. 



Foswell (Prof.) on the regulation of 

 wages by means of sliding scales, 282. 



Fractionation, chemical, W. Crookes on 

 the methods of, 583. 



Fractionation of vttria, W. Crookes on 

 the, 587. 



Frankland (Prof.) on electrolysis in its 

 physical and chemical bearings, 308. 



Frankland (Dr. P. F.), the multiplica- 

 tion and vitality of certain micro- 

 organisms, pathogenic and otherwise, 

 702; the distribution of micro-organ- 

 isms in the air of town, country, and 

 buildings, 701. 



Fream (Prof. W.), colonial agriculture 

 and its influence on British farming, 758. 



Freezing as an aid to the sinking of 

 foundations, by O. Keichenbach, 799. 



*Freshfield (D. W.) on the place of geo- 

 graphy in national education, 729. 



Frog's vertebral column, some abnor- 

 malities in, Prof. Howes on, 692. 



Fruit-farming, the results of an experi- 

 ment in, by Yen. Archdeacon Lea, 757. 



Fnel calorimetry, by B. H. Thwaite. 536. 



*Fundamental invariants of algebraic 

 forms, report of the Committee for 

 calculating, 538. 



Fungous diseases, two, of plants, by 

 W. B. Grove, 700. 



Furnaces for the manufacture of glass 

 and steel on the open-hearth, by J. 

 Head, 800. 



Galton (Capt. D.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 235 ; on the en- 

 durance of metals under repeated and 

 varying stresses, and the proper work- 

 ing stresses on railway bridges, &c., 

 284 ; on the work of the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee, 285. 



Galton (F.) on the combination of the 

 Ordnance and Admiralty surveys, and 

 the production of a bathy-h3'psogra- 

 phical map of the British Isles, 277 ; 

 on the work of the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee, 285. 



*Galvanometer and thermopile combined, 

 by Prof. G. Forbes, 527. 



Gardner (J. S.) on the fossil plants of the 

 tertiary and secondary beds of the 

 United Kingdom, 241. 



Garnett (Prof. W.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 145. 



Garson (Dr. J. G.) on the prehistoric race 

 in the Greek islands, 284 ; on the work 



of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee, 285; on crania and other 

 bones from Bowls's barrow, 841. 



Gases, the preservation of, over mercury, 

 H. B. Dixon on, 583. 



Gas-lighting by incandescence, the Wels- 

 bach system of, by C. W. Cooke, 823. 



Geddes (P.) on the nature and causes of 

 variation in plants, 695 ; on the theory 

 of sex, heredity, and reproduction, 

 708 ; on the application of physical 

 science to economics, 783. 



Genese (Prof. R. W.) on a geometrical 

 transformation, 538 ; on the sum of the 

 ?«"' powers of the terms of an arith- 

 metical progression, 540. 



Geographical Section, Address by Maj.- 

 Gen. Sir F. J.Goldsmid to the, 712. 



*Geography, the place of, in national 

 education, D. W. Freshfield on, 729. 



Geological Section, Address by Prof. T. G. 

 Bonney to the, 601. 



Geology of the Arctic and Atlantic 

 basins. Sir J. W. Dawson on the rela- 

 tions of the, 638. 



Geology of the Birmingham distric*^, 

 Prof. C. Lapworth on the, 621. 



Geology of the newly discovered gold- 

 lields in Kimberley, Western Australia, 

 E. T. Hardman on the, 645. 



Geometrical transformation. Prof. E. W. 

 Genese on a, 538. 



Geysers of the Kotorua district. North 

 Island of New Zealand, E. W. Bucke 

 on the, 644. 



Gibbs (Prof. J. Willard), electrochemical 

 thermodynamics, 388. 



Gibbs (Prof. Wolcott) on wave-length 

 tables of the spectra of the elements, 

 167. 



Girder bridges, the design of, some points 

 for the consideration of English engi- 

 neers with reference to, W. Shelford 

 and A. H. Shield on, 472. 



Glacial erratics of Leicestershire and 

 Warwickshire, Kev. W. Tuckwell on 

 the, 627. 



Glacial phenomena of the Midland dis- 

 trict. Dr. Crosskey on the, 224. 



Glaciation of North America, Great 

 Britain, and Ireland, comparative 

 studies upon the, by Prof. H. C. Lewis, 

 632. 



Gladstone (Dr. J. H.) on the teaching of 

 science in elementary schools, 278 ; on 

 electrolysis in its physical and chemical 

 bearings, 308 ; * the essential oils, a 

 study in optical chemistry, 699. 



Glaisher (J.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 235. 



Glazebrook (R. T.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 145. 



and T. C. Fitzpatrick on the values 



of some standard resistance coils, 147. 



