INDEX II. 



279 



Electrical discharge in vacuo, J, P. Gas- 

 siot on the deposit of metals from the 

 negative terminal of an induction coil 

 during the, 38. 



Electrical quantity andresistance, Latimer 

 Clarke and Sir Charles Bright on the 

 formation of standards of, 37. 



Electricity, W. H.L. Russell on the theory 

 of, 9. 



Elsworth rock, and the clay above it, 

 Harry Seeley on the, 132. 



Embroidery manufacture of Scotland and 

 Ireland since 1857, John Strang on the 

 altered condition of the, 243. 



Engine, direct action, W. B. Johnson on 

 the, 263. 



Equations, differential, William Spottis- 

 woode on Petzval's asymptotic method 

 of solving, 10. 



Ether, on the resistance of the, to the 

 comets and planets, and on the rotation 

 of the latter, by J. S. Stuart Glennie, 13. 



Ethnology and physical geography, John 

 Crawfurd on the connexion between, 177. 



of Finnmark, L. Daaonthe, 193. 



Eustachian tube in man, J. Toynbee on 

 the action of the, 176. 



Evans (F. J.) on the effect produced on 

 the deviation of the compass by the 

 length and arrangement of the compass 

 needles ; and on a new mode of cor- 

 recting the quadrantal deviation, 4.5 ; 

 remarks on H.M.S. Warrior's com- 

 passes, 45. 



Eyes of animals, Prof. H. Miiller on the 

 existence and arrangement of the fovea 

 centralis retinae in the, 171. 



Fairbairn (William) on the temperature 

 of the earth's crust, as exhibited by 

 thermometrical returns obtained during 

 the sinking of the deep mine at Du- 

 kinfield, 53. 



Farr (Dr. W.) on the recent improvements 

 in the health of the British array, 219. 



P'awcett (Henry) on the method of Mr. 

 Darwin in his treatise on the origin of 

 species, 141 ; on the economical effects 

 of the recent gold discoveries, 269. 



Finnmark in Norway, ethnology of, L. 

 Daa on the, 193. 



j^ire-arms, elongated projectiles for rifled, 

 T. Aston on, 253. 



Fires, C. W. Siemens, on a system of tele- 

 graphic communication adopted in Ber- 

 lin in case of, 264. 



, J. F. Batenian on street-pipe ar- 

 rangements for extinguishing fires, 255. 



Fishes, Charles Robertson on the cervical 

 and occipital vertebras of osseous, 172. 



Fison (Mrs.) on sanitary improvements, 

 220. 



FitzRoy (Rear- Admiral) on tidal observa- 

 tions, 56. 



Flora of Manchester, L. H. Grindon on 

 the, 145. 



Fluids, Dr. Joule and Prof. W. Thomson 

 on the thermal effects of elastic, S3. 



Fog, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on the distribu- 

 tion of, around the British Isles, 57. 



Force, on the application of the principle 

 of the conservation of, to the mechani- 

 cal explanation of the correlation of 

 forces, 26. 



Foster (G. C.) on piperic and hydropi- 

 peric acids, 78. 



Functions, W. H . L. Russell on the cal- 

 culus of, 19. 



Fusiyama, R. Alcock's journey in the in- 

 terior of Japan, with the ascent of, 183. 



Galloway (Prof.) on the composition and 

 valuation of superphosphates, 79. 



Galvanic currents, oji spontaneous terres- 

 trial, 35. 



Garner (R.) on the encephalon of mam- 

 malia, 166. 



Gas-burners, J. J. GrifBn on the con- 

 struction of, for chemical use, 81. 



Gases, Dr. Andrews on the effect of great 

 pressures combined with cold on the 

 six non-condeusable, 76. 



, on the emission and absorption of 



rays of light by certain. Dr. J. fl. Glad- 

 stone on, 79. 



Gassiot (J. P.) on the deposit of metals 

 from the negative terminal of an induc- 

 tion coil dui-ing the electrical discharge 

 in vacuo, 38. 



Gauge, deep-sea pressure-, James Glaisher 

 on a, 59. 



Geography,physical, John Crawfurd on the 

 connexion between ethnology and, 177. 



Gibb (Dr. George D.) on the arrest of 

 puparial metamorphosis of Vanessa 

 Antiopa or Camberwell beauty, 143. 



Gilbert (Dr. J. H.) on some points in 

 connexion with the exhaustion of soils, 

 84. 



Gipsies, B. C, Smart on the English, and 

 their dialect, 199. 



Glacial motion, William Hopkins on the 

 theories of, 61. 



Glaciers, active and extinct, in South 

 Greenland, Colonel Shaffner on, 198. 



Gladstone (G.) on an aluminous mineral 

 from the upper chalk near Brighton, 79. 



Gladstone (Dr. J. H.) on the distribution 

 of fog around the British Isles, 57; on 

 the emission and absorption of rays of 



