INDEX. 



957 



magnetic observations, 28 ; on stan- 

 dards for use in electrical measure- 

 ments, 55 ; on the work of the 

 Differential Gravity Meter Committee, 

 72 ; on the desirability of further re- 

 search in the Antarctic regions, 316 ; 

 on electrolysis in its physical and 

 chemical bearings, 339 ; a simple hypo- 

 thesis for electro-magnetic induction 

 of incomplete circuits, with consequent 

 equations of electric motion in fixed 

 homogeneous or heterogeneous solid 

 matter, 567 ; on the transference of 

 electricity within a homogeneous solid 

 conductor, 570; five applications of 

 Fourier's law of diffusion, illustrated 

 by a diagram of curves with absolute 

 numerical values, 571. 



^Thomson (Prof. Sir W.) and Profs. 

 Ayrton and Perry, electrometric deter- 

 mination of 'r,' 616. 



♦Tibet, a new route from India to, by 

 Capt. W. J. Elwes, 741. 



Tidal obser\'atious in Canada, fourth re- 

 port of the Committee for promoting,27. 



Tiddeman (E. H.) on the erratic blocks 

 of Eng>Iand, Wales, and Ireland, 101. 



Tilden (Prof. W. A.) on the bibliography 

 of solution, 54 ; on the influence of 

 silicon on the properties of steel, 69 ; 

 on the nature of solution, 93 ; on iso- 

 meric naphthalene derivatives, 96 ; on 

 electrolysis in its physical and chemi- 

 cal bearings, 339; Address to the 

 Chemical Section by, 620. 



Tomkins (Rev. H. G.), notes on the geo- 

 graphy of the region from the Nile to 

 the Euphrates, as known to the ancient 

 Egyptians, 741 ; some account of the 

 ancient (prae-Roman) stronghold of 

 Worlebury, near Weston-super-Mare, 

 851 ; notes on the Hyksos or shepherd- 

 kings of Egypt, 856. 



Tomlinson (H.) on standards for use in 

 electrical measurements, 55. 



Tondini de Quarenghi (Dr. C), a sug- 

 gestion from the Bologna Academy of 

 Science towards an agreement on the 

 initial meridian for the universal hour, 

 618; on the general adoption of the 

 Gregorian calendar in relation with 

 that of the universal hour, 747. 



Topley (W.) on the circulation of under- 

 ground waters, 145 ; on the work of 

 the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee, 255 ; on the erosion of the sea- 

 coasts of England and Wales, 898. 



Totem clans and star worshifi, by G. St. 

 Clair, 848. 



Traill (Dr. A.) on the burning by light- 

 ning of a magnet on a generating 

 dynamo, 615. 



Transmission of motion and power, by 

 J. W, Pearse, 823. 



♦Transvaal, the, or South African Re- 

 public, by P. H. Ford, 745. 



Traquair (Dr.) on the provincial mu- 

 seums of the United Kingdom, 124 ; 

 on the researches on food-fishes at the 

 St. Andrews marine laboratory, 141. 



Trimen (Dr.) on the steps taken for 

 establishing a botanical station at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 421. 



Trouton (F.) and Prof. Fitzgerald on the 

 accuracy of Ohm's law in electrolytes, 

 341. 



"■Tubificidse, contributions to the ana- 

 tomy of the, by F. E. Beddard, 723. 



Tunis since the French protectorate, by 

 Col. Sir L. Playfair, 745. 



Turner (T.) on the influence of silicon 

 on the properties of steel, 69. 



Twenty-ton travelling crane, the applica- 

 tion of electricity to the working of a, 

 by W. Anderson, 808. 



Tylden-Wright (Mr.) on the circulation 

 of underground waters, 145. 



Tylor (Dr. E. B.) on the North-western 

 tribes of the dominion of Canada, 233 ; 

 on a method of investigating the de- 

 velopment of institutions, applied to 

 laws of marriage and descent, 840. 



Tytherington and Thornbury section, 

 Rev. H. H. Winwood on the, 658. 



Underground railway communication in 

 great cities, by Col. R. R. Hazard, 

 821. 



Underground waters in the permeable 

 formations of England and Wales, the 

 circulation of, and the quantity and 

 character of the water supplied to 

 various towns and districts trom these 

 formations, fourteenth report on the, 

 145. 



Underground waters of the permeable 

 formations of England, the replenish- 

 ment of the, J. B. Denton on, 797. 



Uniform nomenclature for the funda- 

 mental units of mechanics, report of 

 the Committee for considering the de- 

 sirability of introducing a, and for co- 

 operating with other bodies engaged 

 in similar work, 27. 



United States, the revenue system of the, 

 by Dr. A. Shaw, 763. 



Universal hour, the general adoption of 

 the Gregorian calendar in relation with 

 that of the. Dr. C. Tondini de Quarenghi 

 on, 747. 



, the initial meridian for the, a sug- 

 gestion from the Bologna Academy of 

 Science towards an agreement on, by 

 Dr. C. Tondini de Quarenghi, 618. 



Ussher (W. A. E.), some points of inte- 

 rest in the geology of Somerset, 659 ; 

 the Watcombe terra- cotta clay, 672. ' 



