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REPORT 1870. 



INDEX II. 



TO 



MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE 



SECTIONS. 



[_An asterisk (*) signifies that no chs, 



•Abnormal conditions due to accidental 

 causes, Dr. Brown Sequard on the ap- 

 parent transmission of, 134. 



*Acid, phosphoric, J. Ilargreaves on the 

 separation from iron-furnace cinder of, 

 for manurial purposes, 60. 



, phosphoric, Dr. MofTatt on the 



quantity of, excreted from the sj'stem 

 in connexion "with atmospheric condi- 

 tions, Gl. 

 -, sulphuric, Thomas Fairley on the 



distillation of, 55. 

 sulphurous, Dr. 



Gerland on the 

 action of, in aqueous solution, on phos- 

 phates and other compounds, 5G. 



*Adam8, Dr. Leith on newly discovered 

 species of elephants, 69. 



^ther, queries respecting, by Charles 

 Brooke, 36. 



Africa, Central, Colonel Grant on the 

 vegetable products of, 117, 229. 



* , South, Prof. J. Tennant on the 



diamonds of, 88. 



Western, Sir John I^iibbock on 



stone implements from, 154. 

 African, South, gold-tields, Sir J. Swin- 

 burne on the, 176. 

 Age of the Wealden, John W. Judd on 



the, 77. 

 Air, .Tames Glaisher on the temperature 



of the, at 4 ft., 22 ft., and 50 ft. above 



the ground, 33. 

 * pollution from chemical works, 



A. E. Hetcher on, 56. 

 Albumen, Dr. Goodman on, and its 



transformation into fibrins by the 



agency of water, 139. 

 •Alexander (Colonel Sir James) on the 



effects of the pollution of rivers on the 



supply of fish, 109. 

 •Alizarine, artificial, W. H. Perkins on, 



01. 



tract of the communication is given.'] 



Allen (J. Fenwick) on the alloys of cop- 

 per, tin, zinc, lead, and other metals 

 with manganese, 50. 



Alps, D. T. Ansted on the great tunnel 

 through the, 09. 



America, Central, Captain Carniichael 

 on the ruined cities of, 168. 



* , North, Lord Milton on railway- 

 routes across, and the physical aspects 

 of the country, 172. 



, North, Dr. C. C. Parry on the de- 



sert flora of, 122. 



American isthmus, General W. Heine 

 on lines for a ship-canal across the, 

 170. 



*Anchor-sponge, Dr. J. E. Gray on the 

 Portuguese, 117. 



Anemometer, J. J. Hall on a new elec- 

 tro-magnetic, and the mode of using 

 it in registering the velocity and pres- 

 sure of the wind, 35. 



Animals, Dr. Grierson on variation of 

 colouring in, 140. 



Annelids, Dr. M'Intosh on certain, 

 dredged in the expedition of H.M.S. 

 ' Porcupine ' (1869), 121. 



Ansted (D. T.), notes of a recent visit to 

 the great tunnel through the Alps, and 

 of several points of geological inte- 

 rest suggested by the condition of the 

 works in their present nearly complete 

 state, 69. 



Antholithes, W. Carruthers on an, dis- 

 covered by C. W. Peach, 72. 



Anthropology of Lancashire, Dr. Jolui 

 Beddoe on the, 143. 



Applied science, communication respect- 

 ing a resolution of the committee of 

 Section B on the proposed school of, 

 by Government, 68. 



•Aquarium, T. J. Moore on the ' Morti- 

 mer ' ship, 121. 



