INDEX. 



939 



Catenaries, orbits, and curved rays, Prof. 

 J. D. Everett on the relations between, 

 581. 

 *Cats with an extra number of toes, here- 

 dity in, by E. B. Poulton, 707. 

 Celtic earthworks in Hampshire, in refer- 

 ence to the density of the Celtic popu- 

 lation, by T. W. Shore, 852. 

 Centres of finite twist and stretch, Prof. 



R. W. Genese on, 579. 

 Cephalopods and gasteropods, some 

 Devonian, Rev. G. F. Whidborne on, 

 680. 

 Chadwick (E.), the Malthusian theory, 

 777 ; amendments founded on experi- 

 ences submitted for the Local Govern- 

 ment Bill, 779. 

 ♦Chemical problems presented by living 



bodies, discussion on the, 631. 

 Chemical Section, Address by Prof. TV. 



A. Tilden to the, 620. 

 Chemistry, the present methods of teach- 

 ing, report on, 73. 

 Chemistry as a school subject, by Rev. A. 



Irving, 634. 

 Cherriman (Prof. J. B.) on promoting 



tidal observations in Canada, 27. 

 Chest-types, notes on, by Dr. G. \V. 



Hambleton, 849. 

 China, the flora of, report on our present 



knowledge of, 420. 

 ♦Chindwin river, Upper Burmah, explora- 

 tions on the, in 1886-87, by Col. Wood- 

 thorpe, 741. 

 Choptank river, Marj-land, U.S.A., notes 

 on the shell-mounds and ossuaries of 

 the, by Chev. R. E. Reynolds, 845. 

 Christie (W. H. M.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic 

 observations, 28. 

 Christmas Island, the natural history of, 



J. J. Lister on, 708. 

 Chrystal (Prof. G.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic 

 observations, 28 ; on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 55 ; on the 

 work of the Differential Gravity Meter 

 Committee, 72 ; on the marine biologi- 

 cal station at Granton, 319 ; on arrang- 

 iug an investigation of the seasonal 

 variations of temperature in lakes, 

 rivers, and estuaries, 336. 

 Cider, Somersetshire, by J. Higgins, 



759. 

 Clarke (Maj.-Gen. Sir A.), on the erosion 

 of the sea-coastsof England and Wales, 

 898. 

 Clarke (W.E.) on the migration of birds, 



146. 

 Clausius (Prof.), the authorship of electro- 

 lytic theory, 346. 

 Clayden (A. W.), perspective maps and 



common maps, 740. 

 Claypole (Prof. E. W.) on some recent 



investigations into the condition of the 

 interior of the earth, 669. 

 Cleghorn (Dr.) on the researches on food- 

 fishes at the St. Andrews marine 

 laboratory, 141. 

 Cleland (Prof.) on the researches on food- 

 fishes at the St. Andrews marine 

 laboratory, 141. 

 Click mill, the old Orkney, by Prof. A. 



Jamieson, 807. 

 Clock, an annual winding, with torsion 



pendulum, by W. H. Douglas, 823. 

 *Closed-chain formulse, J. E. Marsh on, 



631. 

 Clyde sea area, the salinity of the, by Dr. 



H. R. Mill, 738. 

 Coal and iron industries, the effect of 

 mining royalties on, by Prof. W. R. 

 Sorley, 755. 

 Codrington (Rev. R. H.), social regula- 

 tions in Melanesia, 843. 

 Collins (Dr. W. J.), the effect of various 

 substances upon the rate of secretion 

 and constitution of the bile, 728. 

 Colour-bUndness, Dr. K. Grossmann on, 



838. 

 Combustion in explosions, the incom- 

 pleteness of, by Prof. H. B. Dixon and 

 H. AV. Smith, 632. 

 Commercial statistics, by W. Botly, 



760. 

 ♦Competition, the tendency of, to result 



in monopoly, by Prof. Foxwell, 762. 

 ♦Concave gratings, recent progress in the 

 use of, for spectrum analysis, by Prof. 

 H. A. Rowland, 566. 

 Conder (Major C. R.), remarks on Mr. 

 Tomkins's paper on the geography of 

 the region from the Nile to the Eu- 

 phrates as known to the ancient 

 Egyptians, 743 ; on the early races of 

 Western Asia, 855. 

 Conduction of alloys and solid sulphides. 

 Dr. J. H. Gladstone and W. Hibbert on 

 the, 347. 

 Conservation of heat in volcanic chim- 

 neys. Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis on the, 

 666. 

 Constitutional characteristics, the, of 

 those who dwell in large towns, as re- 

 lating to degeneracy of race, by Dr. G. 

 B. Barron, 836. 

 Continental shelf, sea temperatures of 



the, by Dr. H. R. MiU, 739. 

 Contortions of strata, a probable cause 



of. Dr. C. Ricketts on, 684. 

 Contractile vacuole in plants and animals, 

 preliminary note on the functions and 

 homologies of the, by Prof. M. M. 

 Hartog, 714. 

 Copper, the rate of solution of, in acids, 



V. H. Veley on, 638. 

 Copper-tin alloys, the composition of, by 

 A. P. Laurie, 637. 



