INDEX. 



947 



Johnson (Prof. A.) on promoting tidal 

 observations in Canada, 27. 



♦Johnston (H. H.), the Cameroons, 745. 



Johnston-Lavis (Dr. H. J.) on the vol- 

 canic phenomena of Vesuvius and its 

 neighbourhood, 320 ; on the conserva- 

 tion of heat in volcanic chimneys, 666 ; 

 on a mass containing metallic iron 

 found on Vesuvius, 667 ; on the occur- 

 rence of leucite at Etna, 609. 



and Dr. T. Anderson on the late 



eruption in the island of Vulcano, 664. 



Joly (J.) *on a hydrostatic balance, 564 ; 

 on the meldometer, ib. ; on a diffusion 

 photometer, 578 ; on reading electri- 

 cally meteorological instruments dis- 

 tant from the observer, 589 ; on the 

 formation of crystals of calcium oxide 

 and magnesium oxide in the oxyhydro- 

 gen flame, 634 ; on the temperature at 

 which beryl is decolorised, 684 ; on 

 the occurrence of iolite in the granite 

 of CO. Dublin, 685. 



Jones (Col.) and E. J. Lowe, abnormal 

 ferns, hybrids, and their parents, 713. 



Jones (F.) on the present methods of 

 teaching chemistry, 73. 



Jones (Pri)f. T. R.) on the fossil phyllo- 

 poda of the pateozoic rocks, 173. 



Jordan, recent explorations east of the, 

 by Capt. A. M. Mantell, 743. 



Judd (Pruf.) on the advisability and pos- 

 sibility of establishing in other parts 

 of the country observations upon the 

 prevalence of earth tremors similar to 

 those now being made in Durham, 

 522. 



♦Kakongo, through, by Q. E. Dennett, 

 745. 



Kew corrections for mercury thermo- 

 meters, some accurate charts of, W. 

 N. Shaw on, 590. 



'King Orry's grave,' the monument 

 known as, compared with tumuli in 

 Gloucestershire, by Miss A. W. Buck- 

 land, 854. 



Kleiber (J.) on the errors of the argu- 

 ment of statistical tables, 618. 



Knott (Prof. C. G.) on the recent mag- 

 netic survey of Japan, 588. 



*Lake Bangweolo and Dr. Livingstone, 

 by E. G. Ravenstein, 745. 



Lamb (Prof.) on the desirability of in- 

 troducing a uniform nomenclature for 

 the fundamental units of mechanics, 

 27. 



Lamlnaria hulhosa, the development of 

 the bulb in, C. A. Barber on, 710. 



Lamislugh (G. AV.) on an ancient sea- 

 beach near Bridlington Quay, 328. 



Langley (Prof. J. W.), proposed inter- 

 national standards to control the ana- 

 lysis of iron and steel, 640. 

 Lankester (Prof. Ray) on arrangement.s 

 for assisting the Marine Biological 

 Association laboratory at Plymouth, 

 94 ; on the researches on food fishes 

 at the St. Andrews marine laboratory, 

 141 ; on the occupation of a table at 

 the zoological station at Naples, 150 ; 

 on the development of the oviduct and 

 connected structures in certain fresh- 

 water teleostei, 338 ; on the physiology 

 of the lymphatic system, 363. 

 Larmor (J.) on the desirability of intro- 

 ducing a uniform nomenclature for 

 the fundamental units of mechanics, 

 27 ; on electrolysis in its physical and 

 chemical bearings, 339. 

 Laurie (A. P.), the composition of copper- 

 tin alloys, 637. 

 Leasehold enfranchisement, by C. Harri- 

 son, 770. 

 Lebour (Prof. G. A.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 145 ; on tha ad- 

 visability and possibility of establish- 

 ing in other parts of the country 

 observations upon the prevalence of 

 earth tremors similar to those now 

 being made in Durham, 522. 

 Leclanche's cells, comparison of, with 

 Gassner's dry cells, by W. L. Carpen- 

 ter, 566. 

 Leeds (Dr. A. R.) on the bibliography of 



solution, 54. 

 Lefroy (Gen. Sir J. H.) on the best 

 means of comparing and reducing 

 magnetic observations, 28 ; on the 

 work of the Differential Gravity Meter 

 Committee, 72 ; on the North-western 

 tribes of the dominion of Canada, 

 233. 

 *Lesseps (F. de), le canal de Panama, 



738. 

 Lesser Antilles, botanical bibliography 

 of the, by W. B. Hemsley, 438, 



, zoological bibliography of the, by 



D. ShariD, 438. 

 Leucite, the occurrence of, at Etna, Dr. 



H. J. Johnston-Lavis on, 669. 

 Leyden-jar discharges, the impedance of 

 conductors to, Prof. O. J. Lodge on, 

 567. 

 Licences proposed to be transferred in 

 aid of local expenditure, R. H. Inglis 

 Palgrave on the distribution of, 764. 

 Life on the earth in archsan time, a re- 

 view of the alleged evidence of, by 

 Rev. A. Irving, 679. 

 Light, standards of, fourth report on, 39 ; 

 photometric comparison of candles, 

 the pentane standard, the new pentane 

 lamp, and the amyl-acetate lamp, 41 ; 

 incandescent platinum, 47. 



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