INDEX. 
Botly (W.), agricultural statistics, 619 ; 
forestry, 621. 
Bourne (A. G.) *on the differences be- 
tween the males and females of the 
pearly nautilas, 528. 
‘Bourne (S.) on the workings of the pro- 
posed revised New Code, and of other 
legislation affecting the teaching of 
science in elementary schools, 309. 
Bower (F. 0.) on the relations of proto- 
plasm and cell-wall in the vegetable 
cell, 535. 
Brabrook (Mr.) on the work of the An- 
thropometric Committee, 253; on the 
facial characteristics of the races and 
principal crosses in the British Isles, 306. 
Braham (P.) on the action of currents of 
air between plates, 447. 
*Brain disturbance, some effects of, on 
the handwriting, Dr. W. H. Stone on, 
544. 
Bramwell (Sir F.) on patent legislation, 
316; on the determination of a gauge 
for the manufacture of various small 
screws, 318. 
Brigg (G.) on the exploration of Raygill 
fissure, Yorkshire, 133. 
*British navy, the, by Captain B, Pim, 657. 
Brown (Prof. Crum) on making meteoro- 
logical observations on Ben Nevis, 125 ; 
on chemical nomenclature, 127. 
Browne (W. R.) on the resistance of 
’ beams when strained beyond the elas- 
tic limit, 648. 
Brunlees (J.), Address by, to the Mecha- 
nical Section, 635. 
Buchan (Mr.) on making meteorogical 
observations on Ben Nevis, 125. 
Buckland (Miss A. W.), three golden 
cups, 565. 
Buckney (Mr.) on the determination of a 
gauge for the manufacture of various 
small screws, 318. 
Bunsen’s ice calorimeter, a modification 
of, Prof. Balfour Stewart on, 432. 
Byrom (J. R.), the fauna and flora of the 
Ashton-under-Lyne district, 541, 
Cain, the descendants of, C. 8S. Wake on, 
563. 
€aiculus, the most commodious and com- 
‘prehensive, Dr. E. Schréder on, 411. 
Canada, a brief chronological and statis- 
tical review of the past and present of, 
by C. Walford, 613. 
_, as it impresses and influences an 
emigrant, with notes on the North-west 
territory, by H. Moody, 612: 
Capper (R.), harbours of refuge, 658. 
Capron (J. R.) on some points in Lem- 
' strém’s recent ‘auroral experiments in 
Lapland, 439. f 
*Carbonic acid gas, explosion of—a de- 
' monstration, by H. B, Dixon, 459. 
663 
Carbutt (E. H.) on patent legislation, 316. 
Carpenter (Dr. W. B.) on the Scottish 
zoological station, 233; on the germ- 
theory of disease, considered from the 
natural-history point of view, 529; 
*the egg-capsules of the dog-whelk and 
their contents, 540. 
Carpenter (W. L.) on the conversion 
of oleic acid into palmitic acid, and 
fusions with caustic alkalies at high 
temperatures, 462; on the teaching of 
chemistry in elementary schools, 474; 
asystem of science demonstration in 
elementary schools, 627. 
—— and Prof. Balfour Stewart on ap- 
parent sun-spot inequalities of short 
period, 418. 
Carrington (Dr.) on the annelides of the 
Southport sands, 544. 
Cash (W.) on the fossil plants of Halifax, 
160. 
Cattle, foot and mouth disease of: its 
true history and remedy, by Rev. Dr. 
Ace, 620, 
*Cattle disease in South America, Dr. 
Roy on, 532. 
Caves in the carboniferous limestone in 
the south of Ireland, report on explora- 
tions in, 132. 
Cayley (Prof.) on mathematical tables,118. 
Cell contents, M. Ward on some, 537. 
Celt, German, and Slavonian, the words, 
their misinterpretation, and its results, 
Dr. R. G. Latham on, 567. 
*Chemical constitution and crystalline 
form, G. J. Stoney on the relation be- 
tween, 464. 
Chemical nomenclature, report on, 127. 
Chemical reaction, suggestions for com- 
puting the speed of, by Prof. R. B. 
Warder, 456. 
Chemical Section, Address by Dr. J. H. 
Gladstone to the, 448. 
*Chemical views on the constitution of 
matter, by Prof. A. W. Williamson, 459. 
Chemistry, the teaching of, in elementary 
schools, W. L. Carpenter on, 474. 
Children, pauper, the education of, indus- 
trially and otherwise, by Rev. J. O. 
Bevan, 629. ; 
Chinese, the’ southern, the advance of, 
H. 8. Hallett on, 598. 
Chloride of aluminium, the decomposing 
action exerted by, on hydrocarbons, 
‘Profs. C. Friedel and J. M. Crafts on, 
468. 
Chloritic marl of Ashwell, Herts, a 
boulder from the, H. G. Fordham on, 
505. f 
Chlorophyll in animals, the occurrence 
of, Dr. C. A. MacMunn on, 532.’ . 
*Chroriograph, the new, at Dunsink Ob- 
servatory, a specimen of the work of, 
by Prof. R. S. Ball, 400. 
