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INDEX. 



Effective consumption and effective prices 

 in their economical and statistical re- 

 lations, by Hyde Clarke, 832. 

 Egypt, Mr. Flinders Petrie's collection 

 of ethnographic types in, remarks on, 

 by Kev. H. G. Tomkins, 450, 899 ; by 

 Dr. I. Taylor, 907. 

 *Egyptian monuments, notes on the 

 accuracy of the sculptures and paint- 

 ings of races on the, by W. M. F. 

 Petrie, 899. 

 Egyptian pictures and sculptures, the 

 ancient, report of the conxmittee for 

 obtaining racial photographs from, 

 439. 

 Electric balances, new, by Sir W. Thom- 

 son, 582. 

 Electric current, the action of an, in 

 hastening the formation of lagging 

 compounds, by Dr. J. H. Gladstone, 

 344. 

 Electric current meter. Prof. G. A. 



Forbes on an, 564. 

 Electric endosmose and other allied 

 phenomena, the theory of. Prof. H. 

 Lamb on, 495. 

 Electric lighting, &c., underground con- 

 ductors for, by Prof. G. Forbes, 875. 

 Electrical contacts, reinforcing, so as 

 to increase their reliability, by E. W. 

 SerreU, jun., 881. 

 Electrical measurements, report of the 

 Committee for constructing and issuing 

 practical standards for use in, 206. 

 *Electrical measuring instruments, com- 

 pensation of, for temperature errors, 

 by J. Swinburne, 621. 

 * Electrical work, underground, in 



America, by F. Brewer, 882. 

 Electricity, the action of the silent dis- 

 charge of, on oxygen and other gases, 

 report on, 42. 



, conduction of, through gases, by 



Prof. A. Schuster, 580. 



, atmospheric, observations of, by 



Prof. L. Weber, 592. 

 Electro-calorimetry, a null method in, 

 by Prof. W. Stroud and W. W. H. Gee, 

 581. 

 *Electro-deposition of alloys. Prof. S. P. 



Thompson on the, 590. 

 *Electro-deposition of platinum, the 

 industrial, Prof. S. P. Thompson on, 

 590. 

 Electrolysis, comparison between the 

 views of Dr. Arrhenius and Prof. 

 Armstrong on, by Prof. O. Lodge, 351 ; 

 reply thereto, by Prof. Armstrong, 354. 

 Electrolysis and electro-convection. 

 Prof. G. Wiedemann on some points 

 in, 347. 

 jKlectrolysis and electrolytic polarisa- 

 tion, experiments on, by W. W. H. 

 Gee, H. Holden, and C. H. Lees, 589. 



Electrolysis in its physical and chemical 



bearings, second report on, 336. 

 •Electrolysis of a solution of ammonic 



sulphate, Prof. McLeod on the, 621. 

 ♦Electrolysis of water, further researches 

 concerning the, by Prof, von Helm- 

 holtz, 589. 

 Electrolytes, Ohm's law in, G. F. Fitz- 

 gerald and F. Trouton on, 345. 

 ♦Electrolytic conduction, the action of 

 the solvent in, T. C. Fitzpatrick on, 

 590. 

 Electrolytic decomposition, the possible, 

 of certain alloys, experiments on, by 

 Prof. W. C. Roberts-Austen, 341. 

 Elementary education, food as an aid to, 



by G. H. Sargant, 851. 

 ElUs (W.) on the best means of com- 

 paring and reducing magnetic observa- 

 tions, 320. 

 E. M. F. of a single cell, on the applica- 

 tion of the centi-ampere or the deci- 

 ampere balance for the measurement 

 of the, by Prof. Sir W. Thomson, 610. 

 Endurance of metals, the, under repeated 

 and varj'ing stresses, and the proper 

 working stresses on railway bridges 

 and other structures subject to varying 

 loads, report on, 424. 

 Entoptic vision, the normal phenomena 

 of, distinguished from those produced 

 by mechanical causes, by Miss B. 

 Lindsay, 779. 

 Eozoou Canadense, on new facts relating 



to, by Sir J. VV. Dawson, 702. 

 Erratic blocks of England, Wales, and 



Ireland, fifteenth report on the, 236. 

 Etheridge (B.) on the fossil phyllopoda 

 of the palajozoic rocks, 60 ; on the 

 ' manure ' gravels of Wexford, 209 ; 

 on the volcanic phenomena of Japan, 

 212. 

 *Ethnic type of the inhabitants of the 

 Evolena valley in Switzerland, note on 

 the, by Mrs. Knight, 914. 

 Ethnographic types in Egypt, 1887, re- 

 marks on Mr. Flinders Petrie's collec- 

 tion of, by Rev. H. G. Tomkins, 450. 

 Eudrilus, on the development of the 



ovum in, by F. E. Beddard, 771. 

 *Eurhodine and saffranine classes of 

 colouring matters, the constitution 

 and relationship of the, and their con- 

 nection with other groups of organic 

 compounds, by Dr. O. N. Witt, 642. 

 Eitrypterxis, a new species of, from the 

 lower carboniferous shales, Eskdale, 

 Scotland, Dr. H. Woodward on, 696. 

 Evans (Dr. J.) on the prehistoric in- 

 habitants of the British Islands, 168 ; 

 on the work of the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee, 459. 

 Everett (Prof.) on standards for use in 

 electrical measurements, 206. 



