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INDEX. 



Light, the action of, on the hydracids of 

 halogens in presence of oxygen, report 

 on, 89. 



, ; on water colours, Dr. A. 



Kichardson on, 641. 



Light in an electrolytic liquid, is its 

 velocity influenced by an electric cur- 

 rent in the direction of propagation ? 

 by Lord Rayleigh, 341. 



Light or road railways, a few arguments 

 in favour of, by T. S. P. W. D'A. Sellon, 

 794. 



Lightning conductors, discussion on, 591. 



*Lily disease, a, by Prof. H. M. Ward, 

 702. 



Lister (J. J.) on the natural history of 

 Christmas Island, 708 ; on some points 

 in the natural history of the coral 

 fungia, 717. 



' Little Russia,' by E. D. Morgan, 740. 



Liveing (Prof.) and Prof. Dewar on the 

 absorption spectrum of oxygen, 576. 



♦Living bodies, the chemical problems 

 presented by, discussion on, 63 1. 



*Livingstone, Dr., and Lake Bangweolo, 

 by E. G. Ravenstein, 745. 



Lloyd (S.) on an improved canal lift, 

 797. 



Lobley (J. L.) on the causes of volcanic 

 action, 670. 



Local Government Bill, amendments 

 founded on experience submitted for 

 the, by E. Chadwick, 779. 



*Lockyer (J. N.), the spectra of meteor- 

 ites compared with the solar spectrum, 

 576. 



Locusts in Cyprus, S. Brown on, 716. 



Lodge (A.) on the desirability of intro- 

 ducing a uniform nomenclature for 

 the fundamental units of mechanics, 

 27. 



Lodge (Prof. O. J.) on the desirabihty 

 of introducing a uniform nomenclature 

 for the fundamental units of me- 

 chanics, 27 ; on standards for use in 

 electrical measurements, 55 ; on elec- 

 trolysis in its phj'sical and chemical 

 bearings, 339 ; on the measurement of 

 the length of electro-magnetic waves, 

 567 ; on the impedance of conductors 

 to Leyden-jar discharges, ib. 

 ♦Logarithmic law, the, and its connec- 

 tion with the atomic weights, Dr. G. J. 

 Stoney on, 630. 



^Logarithmic law of atomic weights. 

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

 662. 

 Long (Prof. J.), agricultural education, 



776. 

 LongstafI (G. B.), reasons for a quin- 

 quennial census, 769. 

 Love (A. E. H.), on the oscillations of a 

 rotating liquid spheroid and the genesis 

 of the moon, 562. 



Love (E. J.) on electrolysis in its physi- 

 cal and chemical bearings, 339. 



Lowe (E. J.) on the effects of the wea- 

 ther of 1888 on the animal and vege- 

 table kingdoms, 726. 



and Col. Jones, abnormal ferns, 



hybrids, and their parents, 713. 



*Lowrie (W.), the measurement of elec- 

 tricity in a house-to-house supply, 

 814. 



Lubbock (Sir J.) on the teaching of 

 science in elementarj'- schools, 164; 

 on the prehistoric inhabitants of the 

 British islands, 289 ; on the desira- 

 bility of further research in the Ant- 

 arctic regions, 316 ; *on the instincts 

 of solitary wasps and bees, 706. 



Luray, the caverns of, by Chev. R. E. 

 Reynolds, 662. 



Lymphatic system, the physiology of the, 

 second report on, 363. 



McClintock (Sir L.), on the desirability 

 of further research in the Antarctic 

 regions, 316. 



Macfarlane (Dr.) on the provincial mu- 

 seums of the United Kingdom, 124. 



MacGregor (Prof. J. G.) on promoting 

 tidal observations in Canada, 27; on 

 the desirability of introducing a uni- 

 form nomenclature for the fundamental 

 units of mechanics, ih. 



Mcintosh (Prof.) on the researches on 

 food-fishes at the St. Andrews marine 

 laboratory, 141, 



McKendrick (Prof.) on the researches on 

 food-fishes at the St. Andrews marine 

 laboratory, 141 ; on the marine bio- 

 logical station at Granton, 319. 



♦Mackenzie (Rev. J.), Bechuanaland and 

 the Land of Ophir, 745. 



♦Mackinder (H. J.), note on geographical 

 terminology, 746. 



Mackintosh (D.) on the erratic blocks of 

 England, Wales, and Ireland, 101. 



McLaren (Lord) on meteorological ob- 

 servations on Ben Nevis, 49. 



McLeod (Prof. H.) on the bibliography 

 of solution, 54 ; on the present methods 

 of teaching chemistry, 73 ; on electro- 

 lysis in its physical and chemical bear- 

 ings, 339. 



Madagascar, the flora of. Rev. R. Baron 

 on, 724. 



Magnetic disturbances at Fort Rae in 

 1882-83, by Major H. P. Dawson, 31. 



Magnetic observations, foiu-th report of 

 the Committee for considering the 

 best means of comparing and reduc- 

 ing, 28 ; results of a comparison be- 

 tween the wind values and declination 

 disturbances at the Kew Observatory, 

 by Prof. Balfour iStewart and W. L. 



