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^super3atll^at€d saline solutions wlien 

 exposed to the open, 82. 

 Aldehyde, Dr. Reynolds on the action 



ot^ on the two primary ureas, 76. 

 iMexander (Colonel Sir J. E.) on sanitary 



measures for Scottish villages, 200. 

 *Algeria, Colonel Play fair on the hy- 

 drogi-aphical system of the freshwater 

 fish of, 134. 

 Alloy of silver and copper, W. C. Ro- 

 berts on the molecular arrangement 

 of the, employed for the British silver 

 coinage, 80. 

 Aluminous iron-ores of co, Antrim, Dr. 



Holden on the, 74. 

 America, Central, Capt. Biine on the 

 ruined cities of, 175. 



, North-west, Dr. E. Brown on the 



geographical distiibution of the floras 

 of, 128. 

 Ammonites, Rev. J. F. Blake on the 

 Yorkshire Lias, and the distribution 

 of its, 90 ; list of, in the author's cabi- 

 net, 91, 

 Anatomy of the stem of the screw-piue, 

 Fandcmus utilis, Prof. Thiselton Dyer 

 on the minute, 128. 

 Andi-ews (Prof), Address to the Che- 

 mical Section, 57 ; on the dichi-oism 

 of the vapoui- of iodine, 66 ; on the 

 action of heat on bromine, 06. 

 Audi-ewsite, Prof Maskelyue on, 75. 

 'Animalcules, Dr. J. Doug'aU on the rela- 

 tive powers of various substances in 

 preventing the generation of, or the 

 development of their genns, with spe- 

 cial reference to the germ-theoiy of 

 putrefaction, 124. 

 Authropolog}-, Prof Turner's Address to 

 the depai'tment of, 144. 



of Augusta Comte, J, Kaines on 



the, 153. 



of theMerse,Dr.Beddoe on the, 147. 



*Antiinony-ore, Pattison Muir on an, 



from New Zealand, 76. 

 Antrim, co., Dr. J. S. Holden on the 



aluminous iron-ores of, 74. 

 Ape, C. S. Wake on man and the, 162. 

 *Apjohn (Prof.), some remarks upon the 

 proximate analysis of saccharine mat- 

 ters, 66. 

 Ai'achnide, H. Woodward on the disco- 

 very of a new and very perfect, from 

 the ironstone of Dudley coal-field, 112. 

 Arbroath, Dr. A. Brovra on the mean 



temperature of, 50. 

 Arctic expedition, Dr. Copeland on the 



second German, 175. 

 *-— - expedition, Capt. Ward on the 

 American, 190. 



*Ai'ctic fauna, Dr. C. Liitken on some 

 additions to the, 133. 



*Ai1:ificial coronas, Prof. 0. Reynolds 

 on, 34. 



horizon, C. George on a self-re- 

 plenishing, 178, 



Asterokpis of the Old Red Sandstone, 

 J. INIiUer on the so-called hyoid plate 

 of the, 106. 



♦Atlantic, North, Prof, W^iUe Thom- 

 son on the palffiontological relations 

 of the faima of the, 134, 



Atlas range. Dr. Hooker on the ascent 

 of the, 179. 



Atmosphere, Prof. A. Buchanan on the 

 pressm-e of the, as an auxiliary force 

 in cari-ving on the cii-culation of the 

 blood, 137. 



, Prof Everett on the general cir- 

 culation and disti-ibution of the, 54. 



Atmospheric tides, the Rev. Prof ChaUis 

 on the mathematical theory of, 51. 



Azores, Dr. Buys Ballot on the impor- 

 tance of the, as a metereological sta- 

 tion, 49, 



Bacteria, Dr. B. Sanderson and Dr. 

 Fenier on the origin and distribution 

 of, in water, and the cu'cumstances 

 which detennine their existence in 

 the tissues and liquids of the living 

 body, 125. 



*Badakolan, report on, by Pandit Man- 

 phal, 184. 



Balfom- (Prof) on the cidtivation qf 

 Ipecacuanha in the Edinbm-gh Bo- 

 tanic Garden for transmission to India, 

 127. 



BaU (Prof. R. S.) on a model of a co- 

 noidal cubic surface called the "cy- 

 lindi-oid," which is presented in the 

 theory of the geometrical freedom of 

 a rigid body, 8 ; account of experi- 

 ments upon the resistance of air to the 

 motion of vortex-rings, 26. 



Ballot (Dr. Buys) on the importance of 

 the Azores as a meteorological station, 

 49. 



Banflshire, George Seton on the ille- 

 gitimacy of, 214. 



*Basque race, the Rev. W. Webster on 

 certain points concerning the origin 

 and relations of the, 102. 



*Ba3tian (Dr. Charlton) on some new 

 experiments relating to the origin of 

 life, 122. 



*Bath oolite, W. S. :NEtchell on the de- 

 nudation of the, 107. 



Becker (E. Lydia) on some maxims of 

 political economyas applied to the em- 



