662 
Arizona, notes on the territory of, by Dr. 
L. Forbes, 590. 
Armstrong (Prof. H. E.) on isomeric 
naphthalene derivatives, 132. 
Artisans, the education of, Dr. G. B. 
Barron on, 627. 
*Asbestos, some experiments on, by M. 
W. Williams, 470. 
Ashton-under-Lyne district, the fauna 
and flora of the, by J. R. Byrom, 541. 
Asia, Russian Central, a journey in, in- 
cluding Kulja, Bokhara, and Khiva, by 
Rev. Dr. Lansdell, 592. 
Astronomical experiments at high eleva- 
tions in the Andes, note on some re- 
cent, by R. Copeland, 436. 
Atchison (A. T.) on patent legislation, 316. 
Athabasea district of the Canadian 
north-west territory, Rev. E. Petitot 
on the, 599. 
*Atomic volumes, critical points and 
pressures and their relation to, Prof. 
Dewar on, 464. 
Attractive influence of the sun and moon 
causing tides, and the variations in at- 
mospheric pressure and rainfall causing 
oscillations in the underground water in 
porous strata, I. Roberts on the, 405. 
Auroral experiments in Lapland, Lem- 
strém’s recent, J. R. Capron on, 439. 
Axon (W. E. A.) on the number of the 
deaf and dumb in the world, 616. 
Ayrton (Prof.) on standards for use in 
electrical measurements, 41 ; on fixing 
a standard of white light, 127. 
Baber (EH, C.), curiosities of travel on the 
Tibetan frontier, 599. 
Bailey (T. G.) and Prof. A. Schuster on 
the absorption spectrum of didymium 
chloride, 400. 
Baily (W. H.) on the tertiary flora of the 
north of Ireland, 209; some additional 
notes on Anthracosaurus Hdgei (Baily 
sp.), a large sauro-batrachian from the 
Lower Coal Measures, Jarrow colliery, 
near Castlecomer, co. Kilkenny, 496. 
Baker (H. B.) on the alleged direct union 
of nitrogen and hydrogen, 467. 
Balance, a delicate, suggestions for facili- 
tating the use of, by Prof. Lord Ray- 
leigh, 401. 
Balfour (Dr. T. G.) on the work of the 
Anthropometric Committee, 253. 
Ball (Prof. R. §.), *a specimen of the 
work of the new chronograph at Dun- 
sink Observatory, 400; on a funda- 
mental theorem in the dynamics of 
non-Euclidian space, 406; ona geo- 
metrical illustration of a dynamical 
problem, 407. 
Ball (Prof. V.) on explorations in caves 
in the carboniferous limestone in the 
south of Ireland, 132. 
INDEX. 
Barlow (W. H.) on patent legislation, 316. 
Barometric pressure, the influence of, on 
the discharge of water from springs, 
B. Latham on, 495. 
Barrington (R, M.) on the migration of 
birds, 229. 
Barron (Dr. G. B.) on a human skull 
found near Southport, 562; on the 
education of artisans, 627. 
Barrow-in-Furness, &c., the growth of, 
by Hyde Clarke, 623. 
——, a comparison of, in 1836 and 1883, 
by Hyde Clarke, 631. 
Basalt apparently overlying post-glacial 
beds, co, Antrim, W. J. Knowles on, 497. 
Bate (C. Spence), Archeastacus Wille- 
mesti, anew genus of Mryonida, 511. 
Beaumont (W. W.) and C. H. W. Biggs, 
secondary batteries and the economical 
generation of steam for electrical pur- 
poses, 652. 
Beck (Mr.) on the determination of a 
gauge for the manufacture of various 
small screws, 318. 
Becker (Miss L. EH.) on the workings of 
the proposed revised New Code, and of 
other legislation affecting the teaching 
of science in elementary schools, 309. 
Beddoe (Dr. J.) on the work of the 
Anthropometric Committee, 253; on 
the facial characteristics of the races 
and principal crosses in the British 
Isles, 306 ; the Germanic and Rhetian 
elements in Switzerland, 574. 
Ben Nevis, meteorological observations 
on, report of the Committee for co- 
operating with the Scottish Meteoro- 
logical Society in making, 125, 
Bevan (Rey. J. O.) the education of 
pauper children, industrially and other- 
wise, 629. 
Biggs (C. H. W.) and W. W. Beaumont, 
secondary batteries and the economical 
generation of steam for electrical pur- 
poses, 652. 
Biological Section, Address by Prof. E. 
Ray Lankester to the, 512. 
Bisulphide of carbon, the application of, 
to the scouring of wool, by Prof. W. 
Ramsay, 462. 
Black (Dr. W. G.), description of a marine 
anemometer, 422. 
Blake (Prof. J. F.) on the pre-Cambrian 
igneous rocks of St. David’s, 507. 
Bolometry, experiments in, by Prof. S. P. 
Thompson, 401. 
Bonney (Prof. T. G.) on the erratic 
blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 
136 ; on a supposed case of metamor- 
phism in an Alpine rock of carbonifer- 
ous age, 507; note on the nagel-flue 
of the Rigi and Rossberg, ib. 
Borness. Cave, Kirkeudbrightshire, the, 
_by A. R. Hunt, 561. 
