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INDEX. 



Ancient sea-beach, an, near Bridlington 

 Qua)', report on, 328. 



Anderson (Prof. R. J.) on the occupation 

 of the table at the zoological station 

 at Naples, 157. 



Anderson (Dr. T.), the volcanoes of the 

 Two Sicilies, 663. 



and Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis on the 



late eruption in the island of Vulcano, 

 664. 



Anderson (W.) on the application of 

 electricity to the working of a 20-ton 

 travelling crane, 808. 



Anglesey, the crystalline schists of. Dr. 

 G. Callaway on the origin of, 653. 



, the older rocks of, report on the 

 microscopic structure of, 367. 



Annual winding clock, an, with torsion 

 pendulum, by W. H. Douglas, 823. 



Antarctic regions, third report of the 

 Committee for drawing attention to 

 the desirability of further research in 

 the, 316. 



Anthropological Section, Address by 

 Lieut.-Gen. Pitt- Rivers to the, 825. 



Anthropometric laboratory at Manches- 

 ter, observations made in the, by G. 

 W. Bloxam and Dr. J. G. Garson, 854. 



Antilles, the nucleal ranges of the, 

 archsean characters of the rocks of, by 

 Dr. P. Frazer, 654. 



Archaean characters of the rocks of the 

 nucleal ranges of the Aatilles, by Dr. 

 P. Frazer, 654. 



Archa;an time, a review of the alleged 

 evidence of life on the earth in, by 

 Rev. A. Irving, 679. 



Armstrong (Prof. H. E.) on the present 

 methods of teaching chemistry, 73 ; on 

 isomeric naphthalene derivatives, 96 ; 

 on the teaching of science in elemen- 

 tary schools, 164 ; on electrolysis in 

 its physical and chemical bearings, 339 ; 

 note on Dr. Arrhenius's reply to his 

 criticisms regarding the dissociation 

 theory of electrolysis, 355. 



Armstrong's, Prof., criticisms regarding 

 the dissociation theory of electrolysis, 

 reply to, by S. Arrhenius, 352 ; note 

 thereon, by Prof. H. E, Armstrong, 

 355. 

 Arrhenius (S.), reply to Prof. Armstrong's 

 criticisms regarding the dissociation 

 theoryof electrolysis, 352 ; note thereon 

 by Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 355. 

 Asia,Western, the early races of, bj' Major 



C. R. Conder, 855. 

 Asia Minor, discoveries in,bj' J. T. Bent, 



856. 

 Associative economics applied to coloni- 

 sation, by W. L. Rees, 762. 

 •Assurance, old age, and sickness, for the 

 mercantile and professional classes, by 

 F. Norfolk, 780. 



*Atlas Mountains, notes from the, by J, 

 Thomson, 745. 



Atomic weight of oxygen, Dr. A. Scott 

 on the, 631. 



♦Atomic weights, the logarithmic law of. 

 Dr. G. J. Stoney on the proof of, 562. 



* , the logarithmic law and its con- 

 nection with the, by Dr. G. J. Stonej-, 

 C30. 



Australian message-sticks and messen- 

 gers, by A. W. Ho Witt, 842. 



Automatic fire-damp detector, J. W. 

 Swan on an, 817. 



Ayrton (Prof.) on standards for use in 

 electrical measurements, 55. 



* and Profs. Sir W. Thomson and 



Perry, electrometric determination of 

 'r,'616. 



Azorean archipelago, the recent volcanic 

 structure of the, O. H. Howarth on, 

 671. 



Babbage (the late Charles, F.R.S.), on the 

 mechanical arrangements of the ana- 

 lytical engine of, by Maj.-Gen. H. P. 

 Babbage, 616. 



Bahamas, the flora of the, report on, 

 361. 



Baker (J. G.) on the flora of the Baha- 

 mas, 361. 



Bale (F.), recovery of the ammonia and 

 chlorine in the ammonia-soda process, 

 638. 



Balfour (Prof. B.) on the steps taken for 

 establishing a botanical station at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 421. 



Ball (J.) on our present knowledge of 

 the flora of China, 420. 



Ball (Sir R. S.) on the desirability of in- 

 troducing a uniform nomenclature for 

 the fundamental units of mechanics, 

 27. 



Ball (Prof. V.) on the provincial museum* 

 of the United Kingdom, 124. 



Banking statistics, by W. Botly, 760. 



Barber (C. A.) on the development of the 

 bulb in Laminaria bulbota, 710 ; on 

 Pachytheca, a Silurian alga of doubtful 

 affinities, 711. 



Baron (Rev. R.) on the flora of Madagas- 

 car, 724. 



Barrington (R. M.) on the migration of 

 birds, 146. 



Barron (Dr. G. B.), the constitutional 

 characteristics of those who dwell in 

 large towns, as relating to degeneracy 

 of race, 836. 



Barry (J. W.), the Barry docks, 795. 



Barry docks, the, by J. W. Barry, 795. 



Bassani (Prof. F.), notes of some re- 

 searches on the fossil fishes of Chiavon, 

 Vicentino (stratum of Sotzka, lower 

 miocene), 675. 



