INDEX. 



953 



the prevalence of earth tremors similar 

 to those now being made in Durham, 

 622 ; on the erosion of the sea-coasts 

 of England and Wales, 898. 



Price (L. L.), the relations between slid- 

 ing scales and economic theory, 523. 



Probyn (L. C), the effects on Indian ex- 

 ports of the fall in the gold price of 

 silver, 768. 



Provincial museums of the United King- 

 dom, further report on the, 124. 



Pyrocresols, further researches on the, by 

 Dr. W. Bott and J. B. Miller, 642. 



Quartz, a specimen of, from Australia, 

 exhibiting curious optical properties, 

 Dr. P. Frazer on, 655. 



Quinquennial census, reasons for a, by 

 G. B. Longstaff, 769. 



Baian and Fayum basins, the, by Cope 

 Whitehouse, 746. 



Railway communication, underground, 

 in great cities, by Col. K. E. Hazard, 

 821. 



Railways, light or road, a few argu- 

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

 Sellon, 794. 



Raiyan project for the storage of Nile 

 flood, the, by Cope Whitehouse, 799. 



Ramsay (Prof. W.) on the bibliography 

 of solution, 54 ; on the nature of solu- 

 tion, 93 ; on electrolysis in its physical 

 and chemical bearings, 339 ; *ou the 

 behaviour of water under great provo- 

 cation from heat, 562. 



♦Ravenstein (E. G.), Dr. Livingstone and 

 Lake Bangweolo, 745. 



Rawson (Sir R.) on the effects of diflFer- 

 ent occupations and employments on 

 the physical development of the human 

 body, 100 ; on the work of the Corre- 

 sponding Societies Committee, 255. 



Rayleigh (Prof. Lord) on standards of 

 light, 39 ; on standards for use in elec- 

 trical measurements, 55'; on electrolysis 

 in its physical and chemical bearings, 

 339 ; is the velocity of light in an elec- 

 trolytic liquid influenced by an electric 

 current in the direction of propagation ? 

 341. 



Recurring decimals and Fermat'stheorem, 

 Prof. E. W. Genese on, 580. 



*Red Sea, meteorological conditions of 

 the, by Lieut.-Gen. Strachey, 738. 



Redman (J. B.) on the erosion of the 

 sea-coasts of England and Wales, 

 898. 



Rees (W. L.), associative economics ap- 

 plied to colonisation, 752. 



Reid (C.) on an ancient sea-beach near 

 Bridlington Quay, 328. 



Reid (C.) and H. N. Ridley, fossil arctic 

 plants from the lacustrine deposit at 

 Hoxne, in SufTolk, 674. 



Reinold (Prof.) on electrolysis in its 

 physical and chemical bearings, 339. 



Revenue system of the United States, the, 

 by Dr. A. Shaw, 763. 



Revolving sails, or air-propellers, by H. 

 C. Vogt, 820. 



Reynolds (Prof. J. E.) on some new sili- 

 con compounds, 640; on some new 

 thiocarbamide compounds, ib. 



Reynolds (Chev. R. E.), the caverns of 

 Lui-ay, 662 ; notes on the shell-mounds 

 and ossuaries of the Choptank river, 

 Maryland, U.S.A., 845. 



Richards (Adm. Sir G. H.) on the 

 desirability of further research in the 

 Antarctic regions, 316. 



Richardson (Dr. A.) on the action of 

 light on the hydracids of halogens 

 in presence of oxygen, 89 ; on the 

 action of light on water colours, 641. 



Richarz (Dr. F.) on the polarisation of 

 smaU electrodes in dilute sulphuric 

 acid, 350. 



Ricketts (Dr. C.) on a probable cause of 

 contortions of strata, 684. 



Ridley (H. N.) and C. Reid, fossil arctic 

 plants from the lacustrine deposit at 

 Hoxne, in Suffolk, 674. 



River of Joseph, the, the Fayum and 

 Eaian basins, by Cope Whitehouse, 

 746. 



Roberts (C.) on the effects of different 

 occupations and employments on the 

 physical development of the human 

 body, 100. 



Roberts (I.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 145 ; |on arranging an 

 investigation of the seasonal variations 

 of temperature in lakes, rivers, and 

 estuaries, 326 ; 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. 



Roberts-Austen (Prof. W. C.) on the in- 

 fluence of silicon on the properties of 

 steel, 69 ; on electrolysis in its physi- 

 cal and chemical bearings, 339. 

 Eoscoe (Sir H. E.) on the teaching of 



science in elementary schools, 164. 

 Rotating liquid spheroid, on the oscilla- 

 tions of a, and the genesis of the moon, 

 by A. E. H. Love, 562. 

 *Rotation of a dynamo, on controlling 



the direction of, by A. Winter, 824. 

 Rowland (Prof. H. A.), ^recent progress 

 in the use of concave gratings for 

 spectrum analysis, 566 ; *on a modifica- 

 tion of Maxwell's equations of electro- 

 magnetic waves, 617. 



