INDEX. 



937 



Bassett (A. B.), waves in a viscous liquid, 

 5G3. 



♦Bath, the vital and commercial statistics 

 of, by F. Norfolk, 780. 



Bath oolite, the extension of the, under 

 London, as shown by a deep boring at 

 Streatham, W. Whitaker on, 656. 



Bauerman (H.) on the volcanic pheno- 

 mena of Vesuvius and its neighbour- 

 hood, ,S20. 



Baynes (R. E.) on the desirability of in- 

 troducing a uniform nomenclature for 

 the fundamental units of mechanics, 

 27. 



Beaumont (W. W.), the efficiency of 

 steam at high pressures and the Carnot 

 theorem, 820. 



•Bechuanaland and the Land of Ophir, 

 by Eev. J. Mackenzie, 745. 



Becker (Miss L.) on the teaching of 

 science in elementary schools, 164. 



•Beddard (F. E.), contributions to the 

 anatomy of the Tubificida, 723. 



Beddoe (Dr. J.) on the effects of different 

 occupations and employments on the 

 physical development of the human 

 body, 100 ; the physique of the Swiss 

 as influenced by race and by media, 

 837 ; on human bones discovered by 

 Gen. Pitt-Rivers at Woodcuts, Rother- 

 ley, &c., 839. 



Beds exposed in the Southampton new 

 dock excavation, by T. W. Shore, 672. 



Bedson (Prof. P. P.) on photographing 

 hydrogen and chlorine bulbs by aid of 

 the flash of light which caused their 

 explosion, 633. 



*Bees and wasps, solitary, the instincts 

 of. Sir J. Lubbock on, 706. 



Bell (A.) on the * manure ' gravels of 

 Wexford, 133. 



Bell (Prof. F. J.) on the echinodermata 

 of the Sea of Bengal, 718. 



Ben Nevis, meteorological observations 

 on, report of the Committee for co- 

 operating with the Scottish Meteoro- 

 logical Society in making, 49. 



Bent (J. T.) on the prehistoric race in 

 the Greek islands, 99 ; sun-myths in 

 modem Hellas, 850; discoveries in 

 Asia Minor, 856. 



•Benzene, the constitution of, Van't 

 HoS's hypothesis and, J. E. Marsh on, 

 631. 



Beryl, the temperature at which it is 

 decolorised, J. Joly on, 684. 



Bidwell (S.) on electrolysis in its physical 

 and chemical bearings, 339. 



Bile, the rate of secretion and constitu- 

 tion of the, the effect of various sub- 

 stances upon, by Dr. W. J. Collins, 

 728. 



Biological Section, Address by W. T. 

 Thiselton-Dyer to the, 686. 



Blackburn (Miss H.), Irishwomen's in- 

 dustries, 772. 



Blake (Prof. J. F.) on the microscopic 

 structure of the older rocks of Angle- 

 sey, 367. 



Blapi mortisaga (Coleoptera), the odori- 

 ferous apparatus of the, by Prof. G. 

 Gibson, 727. 



Bloxam (G. W.) on the prehistoric race 

 in the Greek islands, 99 ; on the effects 

 of different occupations and employ- 

 ments ou the ph)'sical development of 

 the human body, 100 ; on the North- 

 western tribes of the dominion of 

 Canada, 233. 



and Dr. J. G. Garson, observations 



made in the anthropometric laboratory 

 at Manchester, 854. 



* Blume,7ibachia Hieroiiymi, Urban, the 

 contrivances for the seed protection 

 and distribution in, W. Gardiner on, 

 716. 



Boats, ice, the disengaging of, E. J. Hill 

 on, 807. 



*Bolland (Col. J. H.), photographic and 

 photozincographic processes employed 

 in the Ordnance Survey, 746, 



Bonghi (Signer), I'organisation et la 

 Btatistiquedel'enseignement technique 

 secondaire en Italic, 774. 



Bonney (Prof. T. G.) on the erratic blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, 101 ; 

 on the microscopic structure of the 

 older rocks of Anglesey, 367 ; on a 

 boulder of granitoid gneiss or gneissoid 

 granite in the Halifax hard-bed coal, 

 661. 



Botly (W.), agricultural, commercial, 

 industrial, and banking statistics 

 760. 



Bott (Dr. W), the determination of 

 vapour-deniities at high temperatures 

 and under reduced pressure, 632. 



and J. B. Miller, further researches 



on the pyrocresols, 642. 



Bottomley (J. T.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 65 ; on 

 electrolysis in its physical and chemi- 

 cal bearings, 339. 



*Boulder-clay, a high level, in the Mid- 

 lands, by Dr. H. W. Crosskey, 656. 



Bourne (S.) on the teaching of science 

 in elementary schools, 164 ; on the 

 best method of ascertaining and mea- 

 suring variations in the value of the 

 monetary standard, 181 ; on the itatis- 

 tical data available for determining 

 the amount of the precious metals iu 

 use as money, &c., 219 ; index-numbers 

 as illustrating the progressive exports 

 of British produce and manufactures, 

 536. 



Bovey (Prof. H. T.) on promoting tidal 

 observations in Canada, 27. 



