INDEX. 



923. 



Dahshur, the desert from, to Ain Eaian, 

 by Capt. C. Surtees, 801. 



Darwin (Prof. G. H.) on the work of the 

 Differential Gravity Meter Committee, 

 41 ; on the best means of comparing 

 and reducing magnetic observations, 

 320, 



Davey (H.), expansive working in direct- 

 acting pumping engines, 880. 



Davis (J. W.) on the prehistoric inhabit- 

 ants of the British Islands, 1(58 ; on the 

 discovery and excavation of an ancient 

 sea-beach, near Bridlington Quay, 

 containing mammalian remains, 694. 



Dawkins (Prof. W. Boyd) on the herds 

 of wild cattle in Chartley Park and 

 other parks in Great Britain, 135 ; on 

 the prehistoric inhabitants of the 

 British Islands, 168; on the erratic 

 blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 

 236 ; on the work of the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee, 459 ; on the geo- 

 graphy of the British Isles in the car- 

 boniferous period, 684 ; on the struc- 

 ture of the millstone grit of the 

 Pennine chain, 686 ; on the phyllites of 

 the Isle of Man, 700 ; on the present 

 state of the Channel tunnel, and on 

 the boring at Shakespeare Cliff, near 

 Dover, 722 ; *the beginning of the 

 geography of Great Britain, 803. 



Dawson (Dr. G. M.) on the North- 

 western tribes of the dominion of 

 Canada, 173. 



Dawson (Sir J. W.) on new facts relating 

 to Eozoon Canadense, 702. 



Dawson (Capt. W. J.) on the depth of 

 permanently frozen soil in the Polar 

 regions, 152. 



*Denis (Prof.), graphic illustrations of 

 the fall of prices in Belgium, France, 

 and England, 832. 



Dennett (K. E.), a visit to Diogo Cao's 

 ' Padrao ' at the mouth of the Congo, 

 799. 



De Eance (C. E.) on the erratic blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, 236 ; 

 on the circulation of underground 

 waters, 358. 



Devonian rocks, the, of West Somerset, 

 on the borders of the trias, by W. A. 

 E. Ussher, 720. 



Dewar (Prof.) on standards of light, 47. 



Diamond, the matrix of the, by Prof. 

 H. C. Lewis, 720. 



Diazoamido-compounds, the mixed, Drs. 

 Noeltingand Binder on the constitution 

 of, 643. 



Dickson (H. N.) on the hygrometry of 

 Ben Mevis, 694. 



Differential gravity meter, a good, report 

 of the Committee for inviting designs 

 for, in supersession of the pendulum, 

 41. 



* Diffraction bands near the edge of the 

 shadow of an obstacle. Prof. G. F. 

 Fitzgerald on the, 584. 



ZHnosauria, the classification of the, by 

 Prof. H. G. Seeley, 698. 



*Dinotherium, deux especes, trouvees en 

 Espagne, notice du, by Prof. Vilanova, 

 717. 



Diogo Cao's ' Padrao ' at the mouth of the 

 Congo, a visit to, by E. E. Dennett, 799. 



Disappearance of native plants from 

 their local habitats, report on the, 130. 



♦Dispersion equivalents and constitu- 

 tional formulas, by Dr. J. H. Glad- 

 stone, 660. 



Distribution by transformers and alter- 

 nate current machines, by C. H. W. 

 Biggs and W. H. Snell, 878. 



Distribution of wealth in Scotland, E. 

 Eichardson on the, 840. 



Dixon (Prof. H. B.) on the desirability 

 of combined action for the translation 

 of foreign memoirs, 41 ; on standards- 

 of light, 47 ; on electrolysis in its 

 physical and chemical bearings, 336. 



Douglas (J.) and Dr. T. S. Hunt, ther 

 Ronora earthquake of May 3, 1887, 

 712. 



Douglass (Sir J.) on standards of lights 

 47. 



Drought, what is a ? by G. J. Symons,, 

 869. 



Dunstan (Prof.) and T. S. Dymond, the 

 reduction-products of the nitro-parafiins- 

 and alkyl nitrites, 649. 



Durham (W.) on solution, 655. 



Dymond (T. S.) and Prof. Dunstan, the 

 reduction-products of the nitre-paraffins- 

 and alkyl nitrites, 649. 



Dynamics, elementary, the nomenclature 

 of, J. Walmsley on, 622. 



Dynamo machines, the general theory of,. 

 Dr. E. Hopkinson on, 612. 



Earthworms, recent researches on, by 

 Dr. W. B. Benham, 749. 



Echinodermata, the true nature and 

 function of the madreporic system 

 in, by Dr. M. Hartog, 736. 



♦Economic policy of the United States,, 

 the, by Prof. L. Levi, 829. 



Economic Science and Statistics, Address 

 by Dr. E. Giffen to the Section of, 806. 



♦Economics, the position of, in Holland^ 

 Prof. Greven on, 852. 



, practical, on the application of 



physics and biology to, by P. Geddes,. 

 841. 



Edgeworth (F. Y.) on the best methods 

 of ascertaining and measuring varia- 

 tions in the value of the monetary- 

 standard, 247, 254. 



♦Eetvelde (M. van), notice sur I'etat in-> 

 dependant du Congo, 798. 



