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INDEX. 



Bower (Prof.) on the steps taken for 

 establishing a botanical station at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 421 ; *on the mor- 

 phology of the pitcher of nepenthes, 

 702. 



Boynton (T.) on an ancient sea-beach 

 near Bridlington Quay, 328. 



Boys (C. V.) on the work of the Differen- 

 tial Gravity Meter Committee, 72. 



Brain (F.), electricity as applied to min- 

 ing, 815. 



Bramwell (Lord), Address to the Section 

 of Economic Science and Statistics by, 

 749. 



Bramwell (Sir F. J.) on the advisability 

 and possibility of establishing in other 

 parts of the country observations upon 

 the prevalence of earth tremors similar 

 to those now being made in Durham, 

 522. 



Bridge design, mechanical pathology 

 considered in its relation to, by G. H. 

 Thomson, 793. 



Bristol coal-field, the northern section 

 of the, by H. Cossham, 659. 



British Association and other standard 

 coils, on the permanence of the original 

 standards of resistance of the, by K. T. 

 Glazebrook and T. C. Fitzpatrick, 56. 



British mineral and thermal waters, a 

 list of works referring to, by W. H. 

 Dalton, 859. 



Brontoin rohustus, restoration of, from 

 the miocene of America, by Prof. 0. 

 C. Marsh, 706. 



Brown (Prof. Crum) on meteorological 

 observations on IJen Nevis, 49 ; on 

 electrolysis in its physical and chemi- 

 cal bearings, 339. 



Brown (J.) on electrolysis in its physical 

 and chemical bearings, 339 ; on figures 

 produced by electric action on photo- 

 graphic drj- plates, 565. 



Brown (S.) on locusts in Cyprus, 716. 



Buchan (Dr. A.) on meteorological obser- 

 vations on Ben Nevis, 49 ; on the 

 marine biological station at Granton, 

 319 ; on arranging an investigation of 

 the seasonal variations of temperature 

 in lakes, rivers, and estuaries, 326. 



Buchanan (J. Y.) on arranging an inves- 

 tigation of the seasonal variations of 

 temperature in lakes, rivers, and es- 

 tuaries, 32G. 



Buckland (Miss A. W.), necklaces in re- 

 lation to prehistoric commerce, 849 ; 

 the monument known as ' King Orry's 

 Grave ' compared with tumuli in Glou- 

 cestershire, 854. 



Suclilandium diluvii, Konig, a siluroid 

 fish from the London clay of Sheppey, 

 A. S. Woodward on, 679. 



Bund (J. W. W.), the Severn watershed, 

 799. 



Burning by lightning of a magnet on a 

 generating dynamo. Dr. A. Traill on 

 the, 615. 



C.G.S. units of measurement, W. H. 

 Preece on the, 616. 



Callaway (Dr. C.), further notes on the 

 origin of the crystalline schists of 

 Malvern and Anglesey, 653 ; sketch of 

 the geology of the crystalline axis of 

 the Malvern Hills, 654. 



*Cameroons, the, by E. H. Johnston, 

 745. 



Canada, tidal observations in, fourth re- 

 port of the Committee for promoting, 

 27. 



Canal lift, an improved, S. Lloyd on, 

 797. 



Canary islands, the ancient inhabitants 

 of the, by J. H. Stone, 851. 



Caoutchouc and other colloids, the mole- 

 cular weight of. Dr. J. H. Gladstone 

 and W. Hibbert on, 640. 



*Cape Guardafui, sea temperatures in 

 the neighbourhood of, by Lieut.-Gen. 

 Strachey, 738. 



Carbonic acid in the atmosphere, the re- 

 lation of the percentage of, to the life 

 and growth of plants, Kev. A. Irving on, 

 661. 



Carboniferous rocks, the lower, of Glou- 

 cestershire, E. Wethered on, 657. 



Carnot theorem, the, and the efficiency 

 of steam at high pressures, by W. W. 

 Beaumont, 820. 



Carpenter (W. L.) on the desirability of 

 introducing a uniform nomenclature 

 for the fundamental units of mechanics, 



27 ; on the best means of comparing 

 and reducing magnetic observations, 



28 ; comparison of Gassner's dry cells 

 with Leclanche's, 566. 



and Prof. Balfour Stewart, results 



of a comparison between the wind 

 values and declination disturbances at 

 the Kew Observatory, 28. 



Carpmael (C.) on promoting tidal obser- 

 vations in Canada, 27 ; on the best 

 means of comparing and reducing 

 magnetic observations, 28. 



Carruthers (W.) on the flora of the 

 Bahamas, 361 ; on our present know- 

 ledge of the flora of China, 420 : on 

 the steps taken for establishing a 

 botanical station at Peradeniya, Ceylon, 

 421 ; on the present state of our know- 

 ledge of the zoology and botany of the 

 West India islands, and on the steps 

 taken to investigate ascertained de- 

 ficiencies in the fauna and flora, 437. 



Cash (W.) on the flora of the carboni- 

 ferous rocks of Lancashire and West 

 Yorkshire, 150 ; on an ancient sea- 

 beach near Bridlington Quay, 328. 



