INDEX II. 



173 



Dye-stuffs, Dr. W. Lauder Lindsay on 

 the present uses of lichens as, 38. 



Dynamo-magnetic machine, W. Ladd on 

 a new form of, 13. 



Earth, Dr. Julius Schvarez on the in- 

 ternal heat of the, 73. 



*Eckersley (J.) on J. R. Swan's im- 

 proved calcining- kilns, 153. 



Eclipse, total, of August 18, 1868, 

 Major J, F. Tennaut on the prepara- 

 tions for observing the, 5. 



*Education, Professor J. E. T. Rogers 

 on the funds available for developing 

 the machinery of, 145. 



Electric machines. Sir W. Thomson 

 on, founded on induction and convec- 

 tion, 18. 



Electricity, atmospheric, Dr. J. D. 

 Everett on the results of observations 

 of, at Kew Observatory and Windsor, 

 Nova Scotia, 20. 



Electricity, T. Stevenson on a proposal 

 to illuminate beacons and buoys by, 

 conveyed through submarine wires 

 connected with the shore, 14. 



Electrometers, Sir W. Thomson on a 

 series of, for comparative measiu'e- 

 nients tlu'ough gi-eat range, 16. 



Ellis (Henrj^ S.) on some niammalitan 

 remains from the submerged forest in 

 Barnstaple Baj', Devon, 59. 



Eminences, summits of, J. Yan-Norden 

 Bazalgette on the difficulty of obtain- 

 ing local information after reaching 

 the, from which extensive views are 

 obtained, 152. 



*Engineer, Scientific, W. W. Urquhart 

 on some of the difficulties the, meets 

 with in practice, 157. 



Engineering manufacture of Dundee, 

 James G. Orchar on the, 144. 



England, Professor Leone Levi on the 

 condition and progress of Scotland in 

 relation to L-eland and, 140. 



Entozoa, Dr. Oobbold on the, of the 

 common fowl and of game birds, in 

 their supposed relation to the gTouse- 

 disease, 80. 



Epiglottis, G. D. Gibb on vocal and 

 other influences upon mankind from 

 pendency of the, lOl. 



Epithelium, Professor Cleland on the, of 

 the cornea of the ox in relation to the 

 growth of stratified epithelium, 100. 



Equisetace;e, W. Carruthers on Calami- 

 teae and fossil, 58. 



*" Esker," Dr. R. Chambers on an, at 

 St. Fort, 58. 



Ethnography, ancient, IT. II. Howorth 



on some changes of surface affecting, 

 117. 

 -, Mrs. Lynn Linton on the, of the 



French Exhibition as represented by 

 national arts, 117. 



*Etlinology, John Crawfurd on the his- 

 tory and migration of sacchariferous 

 or sugar-yielding plants in reference 

 to, 114. 



Ethylidene, chloride of. Dr. Maxwell 

 Simpson on the formation of succinic 

 acid from, 42. 



Everett (Dr. J. D.) on the results of ob- 

 servations of atmospheric electricity 

 at Kew Observatory and at Windsor, 

 Nova Scotia, 20; on the results of 

 experiments on the rigidity of glass, 

 brass, and steel, 153. 



Exoccetus, Dr. CoUingwood on the 

 habits of the, 80. 



Fauna, marine. Dr. MTntosh on the 

 invertebrate, of St. Andrews, 92. 



*Fawcus (George) on the stowage of 

 ships' boats, 154. 



Fellows (F. P.) on the various methods 

 in which our coinage may be deci- 

 malized, the advantages and disad- 

 vantages of each, 138. 



Fernie (.lohn) on the iron and steel 

 shoNvn at the Paris Exhibition, 154. 



Ferns, E. J. Lowe on the abnormal form 

 of, 91. _ 



Films, liquid. Sir D. Brewster on 

 figures of equilibrium of, 6. 



of alcohol, volatile oils, and other 



fluids, Sir D. Brewster on the motion 

 and colours upon, 8. 



Firedamp in mines, G. Ansell on an 

 apparatus for indicating the pressiu-e 

 and amount of, 31. 



Fishes, fossil, C. W. Peach on, of the 

 old red sandstone of Caithness and 

 Sutherland, with notices of some new 

 to those counties, 72. 



*Fishing streams. Sir J. E. Alexander 

 on the preservation of, 77. 



Flame, Sir W. Thomson on volta-con- 

 vection by, 17. 



Flax, New-Zealand, Dr. W. Lauder 

 Lindsaj' on the obstacles to the utili- 

 zation of the, 141. 



Fletcher (A. E.) on a self-registering 

 perpetual aspirator, 32 ; on an ether 

 anemometer for measuring the speed 

 of air in flues and chimneys, 83. 



Flying-fish, Dr. CoUingwood on the 

 habits of, 80. 



Forbes (George) on the meteor shower 

 of August 1867, 20. 



