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REPORT 1870. 



PuUic thoroughfares, W. J. Cooper on 

 the purification of, by the application 

 of deliquescent chlorides, 53. 



Pijrola rotundifolia, T. Gibson on the 

 parasitic habits of, 116. 



Quartz implement from 8t. Georn^e's 

 Sound, Henry Woodward on a, 158. 



E ail way-axles, on Bowater's patent for 

 manufacturing, 210. 



■ reform, John Patterson on the rail- 

 way accounts for 1868 just issued by 

 the' Board of Trade, with suggestions 

 for, 197. 



Hallways of the future, R. F. Fairlie on 

 the gauge of the, 215. 



, narrow-gauge, J, B. Fell on the 



advantages of, 216. 



Rainfall, its variation with elevation of 

 the gauge, 0. Chambers on, 30. 



• of the United States, Prof. J. 



Henry on the, 36. 



Baukine (J. W. M.), an investigation of 

 the mathematical theory of combined 

 streams, 18 ; on the thermodynamic 

 acceleration and retardation of streams, 

 18. 



JRammculus aqnatilis, T. Gibson on ab- 

 normal petals on flowers of, 115. 



Rawlinson (Major-General Sir H.) on 

 the site of the terrestrial paradise, 172; 

 early traditions regarding the river 

 Oxus, 174. 



Eeade (Messrs.) and Goodison on the 

 construction of sewers in running- 

 sand, 222. 



Reade (W. Winwood) on a journey to 

 the upper waters of the Niger, 175. 



Readwin (T. A.) on a Merionethshire 

 gold-quartz crystal, and on some 

 stream gold recently found in the 

 river Mawddach, 84. 



Reciprocal decomposition, J. IT. Glad- 

 stone on, viewed with reference to 

 time, 57. 



Registration districts of England and 

 Wales, A. Ilaviland on a proposed 

 rearrangement of, for the purpose of 

 facilitating scientific inquiry, 193. 



Renals (E.) on mechanics' institutions 

 and the Elementary Education Bill, 

 200. 



Retardation of streams, J. W. M. Ran- 

 kine on the thermodynamic accele- 

 ration and, 18. 



Retina, J. Clerk Maxwell on colour- 

 vision at different points of the, 40. 



Reynolds (Prof. Osborne) on an oblique 

 propeller, 222, 



*Iihinodon typicm, T. J. IMoore on, a 

 rare shark lately added to the Froo 

 Museum, Liverpool, 121. 



Mihes spicatum, Prof. M. A. Lawson on, 

 120. 



*Richardson (Dr. B. W.), new physio- 

 logical researches on the efiects of 

 carbonic acid, 141. 



Ricketts (Charles) on sections of strata 

 between Huyton and St. Helens, 85. 



* on a wooden implement found in 



Bidston Moss, near Birkenhead, 157. 



Rifles, W. P. Marshall on the Martini- 

 Henry and Westley-Richards, 221. 



Roberts (W. Chandler) on the absorp- 

 tion of hydrogen by electro-deposited 

 iron, 62. 



Rock-snake, Indian, Sir W. EUiot on 

 the habits of the, 115. 



Rolleston (Prof), Address to the Biolo- 

 gical Section, 91. 



Roscoe (Prof. H. E.), Address to the 

 Chemical Section, 44. 



* on vanadium, illustrated by pre- 

 parations of its compounds, 63. 



Rose (Thomas) on the utilization of 

 fibrous cotton-seed, 200. 



*Rowett (Capt.) on ocean telegi-aphy, 

 224. 



Rowney (Prof.) and Prof. King on somo 

 points in the geology of Strath, Isle of 

 Skye, 78. 



Ruined cities of Central America, Capt. 

 Carmichael on the, 168. 



Rumney (Alderman R.) on the ash-pit 

 system of Manchester, 224. 



Russell (W. H. L.) on linear differential 

 equations, 16. 



Sabine (Robert) on pneumatic trans- 

 mission through timnels and pipe.'', 

 227. 



*Safetj'-lamp, W. E. Teale on a new, 

 220. 



Sailing, J. T. Towson on windward great 

 circle, 177. 



St. Helens, Charles Ricketts on sections 

 of strata between Huyton and, 85. 



Saline solutions, C. Tomlinson on tho 

 action of low temperatures on super- 

 saturated, 67. 



*Salt, double, J. B. Spence on the plic- 

 nomena of the cry.stallization of a, 

 03. 



, C. Tomlinson on a, invisible in its 



mother-liquor, 67. 



Salts, Peter Spence on an attempt to 

 determine the boiling point of the 

 saturated solutions of various, by boil- 

 ing with stenm of 100° C, 64. 



