INDEX. 



879 



Prehistoric man, remains of, in Manitoba, 

 by C. N. Bell, 845. 



Prehistoric race in the Greek islands, 

 report on the, 284. 



*Preshevalski's travels in Tibet, E. D. 

 Morgan on, 734. 



Prestwich (Prof.) on the erratic blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, 223 ; 

 on the circulation of underground 

 waters, 235 ; on the erosion of the sea- 

 coasts of England and Wales, 847. 



Primary batteries, by A. E. Upward, 813. 



Prince (E. E.), points in the development 

 of the pectoral fin and girdle in tele- 

 osteans, 6!)7. 



*Pringle (A.) on some probable new ele- 

 ments, 577. 



Problems now being investigated by the 

 officers of the Geological Survey of 

 Ireland, chiefly in co. Donegal, notes 

 on some of the, by Prof. E. Hull, 660. 



Proportional mortality, by B. Latham, 

 780. 



Protection of insects from their enemies 

 by means of an unpleasant taste or 

 smell, some experiments upon the, by 

 E. B. Poulton, G94. 



Protection of life and property from 

 lightning, W. McGregor on the, r>o6. 



Provincial museums, their work and 

 value, F. T. Mott on, 686. 



Pryer (W. B.), British North Borneo, 733. 



Public land policy of the United States, 

 the, by W. C. Ford, 761. 



Quartic surface with twelve nodes, a form 

 of. Prof. Caylc}- on, 540. 



*Piadius vector in the absolute orbit of 

 the planets. Prof. Gj'lden on the de- 

 termination of the, 542. 



Rae (Dr. J.) on the depth of the per- 

 manently frozen soil in the Polar 

 regions, 271 ; proposed new route to 

 the great prairie lands of north-west 

 Canada, rid Hudson's Strait and Bay, 

 728. 



Eaian Basin, further explorations in the, 

 by C. Whitehouse, 730. 



Railway couplings, a suggested improve- 

 ment in, by W. P. Marshall, 802. 



Ramsay (Prof. W.) on vapour pressiwes 

 and refractive indices of salt solutions, 

 204 ; on the investigation of certain 

 physical constants of solution, especially 

 the expansion of saline solutions, 207 ; 

 on the influence of the silent discharge 

 of electricity on oxygen and other 

 gases, 2 13 ; on electrolysis in its physical 

 and chemical bearings, 308. 



and Dr. S. Young on the nature of 



liquids, 579. 



Raasome (A.), the manufacture of slack 



barrels by machinery on the English 



and American systems, 817. 

 Ravenstein (E. G.) on the combination of 



the Ordnance and Admiralty surveys, 



and the production of a bathj--hypso- 



graphical map of the British Isles, 



277. 

 Rawson (Sir R.) on the work of the 



Corresponding Societies Committee, 



285. 

 Rawson (VV. S.), comparison of the 



Harcourt and Methven photometric 



standards, 535. 

 Raygill fissure in Lothersdale, Yorkshire, 



the exploration of the, J. W. Davis on, 



469. 

 Rayleigh (Lord) on standards of light, 



39 ; on standards for use in electrical 



measm-ements, 145 ; on electrolj'sis in 



its physical and chemical bearings, 



308 ; *on the physical and physiological 



theories of colour-vision, 526 ; * on the 



intensity of reflection from glass and 



other surfaces, 527 ; * on an experiment 



showing that a divided electric current 



may be greater in both branches than 



in the mains, ib. 

 Red chalk, a bed of, in the lower chalk 



of Suffolk, note on, by A. J. Jukes- 

 Brown, 664. 

 Redman (J. B.) on the erosion of the 



sea-coasts of England and Wales, 847. 

 Rees (J. D.), North China and Corea, 



734. 

 ♦Reflection, the intensity of, from glass 



and other surfaces, Lord Rayleigh on, 



527. 

 Reichenbach (O.), freezing as an aid to 



the sinking of foundations, 799. 

 Reinold (Prof.) on electrolysis in its 



physical and chemical bearings, 308. 

 Resistance coils, some standard, R. T. 



Glazebrook and T. C. Fitzpatrick on 



the values of, 147. 

 Rh^tic formation in Warwickshire, the- 



range, extent, and fossils of the, Rev. 



P. B. Brodie on, 629. 

 Rheostat, Wheatstone's, Sir W. Thomson's 



improved, by J. T. Bottomley, 547. 

 Richardson (J.), the compound steam 



engine, 807. 

 Rifle barrels, recent improvements in 



the manufacture of, by A. Greenwood, 



821. 

 Rigg (A.) on a new high-speed steam or 



hydraulic engine, 808. 

 Ripper (W.), technical instruction in 



elementary schools, 749. 

 River entrances, by Dr. H. R. Mill, 731. 

 *River Niger and Central Sudan sketches, 



by J. Thomson, 736. 

 River systems of South India, the, by 



Gen. F. H. Rundall, 734. 

 Roberts (I.) on the circulation of under- 



