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INDEX. 



from the ancient Egyptian pictures 

 and sculptures, 439. 



Boat-shaped graves in Syria, by G. St. 

 Clair, 900. 



*Bodies, natural, a new physiological 

 principle for the formation of, by Prof. 

 Jessen, 783. 



♦Bodies of man and animals, a new 

 geometry for the, by Prof. Jessen, 783. 



Bonney (Prof. T. 6.) on the desirability 

 of combined action for the translation 

 of foreign memoirs, 41 ; on the pro- 

 motion of the study of geography, 

 158 ; on the microscopical examina- 

 tion of the older rocks of Anglesey, 

 230 ; on the erratic blocks of England, 

 Wales, and Ireland, 236 ; preliminary 

 note on traverses of the western and 

 of the eastern Alps made during the 

 summer of 1887, 705 ; observations on 

 the rounding of pebbles by Alpine 

 rivers, with a note on their bearing 

 upon the origin of the Bunter conglo- 

 merate, 721. 



Bosjes pelvis, Prof. Cleland on the, 902. 



Bosnia, land tenure in, by Miss Irby, 837. 



Botly (W.) on the future of agriculture, 

 835. 



Bott (Dr. W.) on a new and rapid method 

 of testing beer and other alcoholic 

 liquors, 660. 



and Prof. H. Schwarz on the deri- 

 vatives and the constitution of the 

 pyrocresols, 669. 



Bottomley (J. T.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 206 ; on 

 electrolysis in its physical and chemi- 

 cal bearings, 336 ; on expansion with 

 rise of temperature in wires under 

 elongating stress, 620. 



Boulder-stones, the many remarkable, to 

 be found along the eastern margin of 

 the Wicklow mountains, note on a few 

 of, by Prof. E. Hull. 691. 



Boulders, foreign, in coal seams, M. Stir- 

 rup on, 686. 



Bourne (S.) on the teaching of science 

 in elementary schools, 163 ; on the best 

 methods of ascertaining and measuring 

 variations in the value of the mone- 

 tary standard, 247. 



Bovey (Prof. H. T.) on promoting tidal 

 observations in Canada, 31. 



Bower (Prof. F. O.) on the desirability 

 of combined action for the translation 

 of foreign memoirs, 41 ; on the steps 

 taken for establishing a botanical 

 station at Peradeniya, 96 ; *on fiagella 

 of calamus, 743 ; *on Cramer's gemmje 

 borne by Trichomanes alata, 761. 



Bowman (Dr. F. H.), the chemistry of the 

 cotton fibre, 641. 



Brady (H. B ) on the work of the British 

 Marine Area Committee, 95. 



•Braham (P.), apparatus for demonstrat- 

 ing the explosion of nitro-glycerine, 

 672. 



Brain, arteries of the base of the, by Prof. 

 B. C. A. Windle, 753. 



Bramwell (Sir P. J.) on the endurance 

 of metals under repeated and varying 

 stresses, and the proper working stresses 

 on railway bridges, &c., 424. 



•Brewer (F.), underground electrical 

 work in America, 882. 



Bridge (Prof.) on the herds of wild cattle 

 in Chartley Park and other parks in 

 Great Britain, 135. 



Brindley (W.), account of a recent visit to 

 the ancient porphyry quarries of Egypt, 

 801. 



British Association standard screw gauge, 

 W. H. Preece on the, 884. 



British Marine Area Committee, report of 

 the, 95. 



Brown (Prof. Crum) on meteorological 

 observations on Ben Nevis, 34 ; on elec- 

 trolysis in its physical and chemical 

 bearings, 336. 



Brown (J .) on electrolysis in its physical 

 and chemical bearings, 336. 



♦Brown (Capt. R. H.), the Bahr Yusuf, 

 801. 



Buchan (A.) on meteorological observa- 

 tions on Ben Nevis, 34 ; on the depth 

 of permanently frozen soil in the Polar 

 regions, 152 ; on the combination of 

 the Ordnance and Admiralty surveys, 

 and the production of a bathy-hypso- 

 graphical map of the British Islands, 

 160. 



Buchanan (J. Y.) on the depth of perma- 

 nently frozen soil in the Polar regions, 

 152 ; on the combination of the Ord- 

 nance and Admiralty surveys, and the 

 production of a bathy-hypsographical 

 map of the British Islands, 160. 



Buchheim (A.), note on the general theory 

 of anharmonics, 607. 



Buckland (Miss A. W.), tattooing, 904. 



Bunter conglomerate, note on the origin 

 of the, by Prof. T. G. Bonney, 721. 



♦Burma, the ruby mines of, by J. S. 

 Streeter, 803. 



Bury (H.) on the early stages in the de- 

 velopment of Antcdon rosacea, 735. 



Buys-Ballot (Dr.) on comparing and re- 

 ducing magnetic observations, 323, 324. 



Cae Gwyn Cave, the, North Wales, second 



report on the exploration of, 301. 

 *Cassalpineae, the morphology of some, 



Prof. Hartog on, 763. 

 ♦Calamus, flagella of. Prof. F. O. Bower 



on, 743. 

 Calcareous organisms, the mineralogical 



constitution of, V. Cornish and P. F. 



Kendall on, 700. 



