672 
Ulrome, in Holderness, Yorkshire, J. 
W. Davis on a, 567. 
*Pim (Capt. B.), the British navy, 657. 
Pitt-Rivers (Lieut.-Gen.) on the ‘ Lough- 
ton’ or ‘Cowper’s’ Camp, 243; on 
the work of the Anthropometric Com- 
mittee, 253; on the facial characteris- 
tics of the races and principal crosses 
in the British Isles, 306. 
Plant (J.) on the erratic blocks of Eng- 
land, Wales, and Ireland, 136; on the 
circulation of underground waters, 147. 
Pollution of rivers, the evils arising from 
the, Gen. Sir J. E. Alexander on, 605. 
Polymorphism of alcyonaria, Prof. M. 
Marshall on the, 529. 
Polynesians, the, and their origin, by 
C. S. Wake, 573. 
*Polyzoa, the budding of, Prof. A. C. 
Haddon on, 429. 
Poulton (E. B.) on heredity in cats with 
an abnormal number of toes, 543. 
Pre-Cambrian igneous rocks of St. David's, 
Prof. J. F. Blake on the, 507. 
Preece (W. H.) on standards for use in 
electrical measurements, 41 ; on fixing 
a standard of white light, 127; on the 
determination of a gauge for the manu- 
facture of various small screws, 318; 
on telegraphic intercommunication, 
650. 
Pre-historic remains of Britain, the minor, 
local science societies and, by R. Mel- 
dola, 571. 
Prestwich (Prof. J.) on underground tem- 
perature, 45; on the erratic blocks of 
England, Wales, and Ireland, 136; on 
the circulation of underground waters, 
147. 
Price (J. E.) on the work of the Anthro- 
pometric Committee, 253. 
Prismatic spectrum, the length of the, as 
a test of chemical purity, by Dr. J. H. 
Gladstone, 461. 
Protoplasm, the continuity of the, 
through the walls of vegetable cells, 
W. Gardiner on, 534. 
and cell wall, the relations of, in 
the vegetable cell, F. O. Bower, on, 535. 
Protoplasmic continuity in the Floridezx, 
T. Hick on, 547. 
Protoplasts, the intercellular connection 
of, Prof. W. Hillhouse on, 535. 
Pye-Smith (Dr.) on the Scottish zoolo- 
gical station, 233; on the influence of 
bodily exercise on the elimination of 
nitrogen, 242. 
Radiation, total, the dependence of, on 
temperature, Sir W. Siemens on, 425. 
Rae (E.) on Kairwan, 591. 
Railway tunnels, long, the construction 
and ventilation of, T. R. Crampton on, 
647. 
INDEX. 
Ramsay (A.) on local scientific societies, 
318 
Ramsay (Sir A. C.) on underground tem- 
perature, 45. 
Ramsay (Prof. W.), the application of 
bisulphide of carbon to the scouring of 
wool, 462. 
Ravenstein (E. G.) on the Somali and 
Galla countries, 595. 
Rawson (Sir R. W.), on the work of the 
Anthropometric Committee, 253. 
Raygill fissure, Yorkshire, report on the 
exploration of, 133. 
Rayleigh (Prof. Lord) on standards for use 
in electrical measurements, 41; on fix- 
ing a standard of white light, 127 ; sug- 
gestions for facilitating the use ofa 
delicate balance, 401; on the imperfec- 
tion of the galvanometer as a test of 
the evanescence of a transient current, 
444, 
Reckenzaun (A.) on electric launches, 650. 
Reseda, the nectar gland of, Prof. A. 
8. Wilson on, 537. 
Resistance of beams, the, when strained 
beyond the elastic limit, W. R. 
Browne on, 648. 
Reynolds (Prof. 0.)* on the equations of 
motion and the boundary conditions 
of viscous fluids, 401; on the use of 
the term stability in the literature of 
naval architecture, 631. 
Rhinoceros group, the origin and de- 
velopment of the, W. B. Scott and H. 
F. Osborne on, 528, 
Rigg (E.) on the determination of a 
gauge for the manufacture of various 
small screws, 318. 
*River-worms, new British, by Prof. E. 
Ray Lankester, 541. 
Roberts (C.) on the work of the Anthro- 
pometric Committee, 253, 
Roberts (I.) on the circulation of under- 
ground waters, 147; on the attractive 
influence of the sun and moon causing 
tides, and the variations in atmo- 
spheric pressure and rainfall causing 
oscillations in the underground water 
in porous strata, 405. 
Roberts (Prof. W. C.) on a case of rapid 
diffusion of molten metals, 402; on 
the mobility of gold and silver in 
molten lead, 464. 
Robinson (W. B.) on the effect of alco- 
holic drinks on length of human life, 
620. 
Roscoe (Prof. H. E.) on meteoric dust, 
126; on chemical nomenclature, 127 ; 
on the workings of the proposed re- 
vised New Code, and of other legisla- 
tion affecting the teaching of science 
in elementary schools, 309. 
— and Prof. Balfour Stewart on the heat 
of the sunshine atthe Kew Observatory, 
