INDEX II. 



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INDEX II. 



TO 



MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE 



SECTIONS. 



l_An asterisk (*) sifinifies that no abstract of the communication is given.'] 



*Aborig'ines of Australia, Jolin Cra-w- 

 furd on the animal and vegetable food 

 of the, 114. 



* , supposed, John Craufurd on the, 



of India, 114. 



xVcclimatization, plant-, J)v. "W. Lauder 

 Lindsay on, in Scotland, with special 

 reference to Tussac grass, 88. 



Accumulator, electrostatic. Sir W. Thom- 

 son on a self-acting, IG. 



Accumulator, Sir W. Thomson on a uni- 

 form-electric-current, 1 G. 



Acid, Dr. M. Simpson and [Dr. A. Gau- 

 tier on a compound formed by the di- 

 rect union of aldehyde and anhydrous 

 prussic, 40. 



, J. A. Wanldyn and E. Schenk on 



the synthesis of caproic, 4G. 



, succinic, Dr. Maxwell Simpson 



on the formation of, from chloride of 



ethylidene, 42. 



— . ' sulphurous, P. Spence on the 



economization of, in copper-smelting, 



43. 

 *Acids, Dr. Phipson on the phenomena 



which occur when magnetized steel 



is dissolved in, 14. 

 Africa, .1. J. Pratt on the colony of New 



Scotland in, 128. 

 , South-west, Thomas Baines on 



the ports of, 113. 

 Age, to what extent is lichen-growth a 



test of? 88. 

 Alcohol, Sir D. Brewster on the motion 



and colours upon films of, 8. 

 *Alexander (Sir James E.) on the pre- 



sen'ation of fishing-streams, 77. 

 *Algebraical equations. Rev. Prof. R. 



Harley on finite solutions of, 4. 



Allman (Prof.) on the structure of cer- 

 tain hydroid meduste, 77. 



Amblystegium confervoides. Dr. J. Fra- 

 ser on a moss new to Britain, 82. 



*Amnionia, P. T. Main and A. R. Cat- 

 ton on a new synthesis of, 40. 



* theory, Dr. W. B. Richardson on 



coagulation of the blood, a correction 

 of the, 103. 



Anderson (Lieut.), notes of a reconnois- 

 sance of some portions of Palestine, 

 made in 18G5-6G, 111. 



(Dr. Thomas), Address as Presi- 

 dent of the Chemical Section, 28. 



Anemometer (ether), A. E. Fletcher on 

 an, for measuring the speed of air in 

 flues and chimneys, 33. 



Aneroids, Dr. Balfour Stewart on the 

 error's of, 26. 



*Animal economy, Wentworth L. Scott 

 on the presence of quinine and other 

 alkaloids in the, 104. 



Animals, Dr. G. Robinson on certain 

 eftects of the concentrated solar rays 

 upon the tissues of living, immersed 

 in water, 103. 



Annelids, Ilebridean, Dr. Mcintosh on 

 Mr. J. G. Jeffieys's collection of, 92. 



Annelids, E. Ray Lankester on the boring 

 of limestones by certain, 85. 



, Dr. Mcintosh on the, 'of St. An- 

 drews, 92. 



Ansell (G.) on an apparatus for indi- 

 cating the pressure and anioimt of 

 firedamp in mines, 31. 



Ansted (Prof. D. T.), on the passage of 

 schists into granite in the island of 

 Corsica, 54 ; on the lagoons of Cor- 

 sica, 54, 112. 



