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INDEX. 



Dynamic metamorphism of Skiddaw 

 slates, bj^ J. E. Marr, 568. 



E.M.F. produced by an abrupt variation 

 of temperature at the point of contact 

 of two portions of the same metal, 

 Prof. H. Stroud on the, 501. 



Early Egyptian art, hyiDothesis of a 

 European origin of, by Rev. J. Wilson, 

 778. 



Earthquake and volcanic phenomena of 

 Japan, ninth report on the, 295. 



Economic science, the Comtist criticism 

 of, by Rev. Dr. Cunningham, 462 



Economic Science and Statistics, Address 

 by Prof. F. Y. Edgeworth to the Sec- 

 tion of, 671. 



Ede (Rev. W. M.), a national pension 

 fund, 715. 



Edgeworth (Prof. F. Y.) on the best 

 methods of ascertaining and measur- 

 ing variations in the value of the 

 monetary standard, 133; on the statis- 

 tical data available for determining 

 the amount of the precious metals in 

 use as money, &c., 164 ; Address to the 

 Section of Economic Science and Sta- 

 tistics, 671. 



*Egypt, wind-action in, by W. M. F. 

 Petrie, 663. 



Eighth true rib in man, the occasional, 

 and its possible relationship to right- 

 handedness, by Prof. D. J. Cunning- 

 ham, 777. 



Eikonogen, a new photographic de- 

 veloper. Prof. G. D. Liveing on, 533. 



*Elasmobranch fishes, the modifications 

 of electric organs in. Prof. J. C. Ewart 

 on, 627. 



Electric launches on the Thames, by G. 

 Forbes, 741. 



Electric light, the, as a means of attract- 

 ing marine animals. Prof. W. A. Herd- 

 man on, 633. 



• , the, precautions to be adopted when 



supplied by means of accumulators, by 

 K. Hedges, 740. 



*Electric organs in elasmobranch fishes, 

 Prof. J. 0. Ewart on the modifications 

 of, 627. 



Electrical measurements, report of the 

 Committee for constructing and issuing 

 practical standards for use in, 41. 



Electrical traction, Series (Northfleet 

 tramways), by E. Manville, 742. 



*Electricity, the distribution of, from 

 accumulators, by Maj.-Gen. Webber, 

 740. 



, the influence of the silent discharge 



of, on oxygen and other gases, report 

 on, 54. 

 -, the passage of, through gases, by 



Prof. A. Schuster, 510. 



Electrification, the discharge of ,by flames, 

 A. M. Worthington on, 225. 



Electrification of air by combustion, by 

 M. Maclean and M. Goto, 506. 



*Electro-chemical solution of metals. 

 Prof. S. P. Thompson on a phenome- 

 non in the, 512. 



*Electro-cbemistry and electrolysis, re- 

 port on the present state of our know- 

 ledge in, by W. N. Shaw, 510. 



Electrolysis, the purification of sewage 

 and water contaminated with organic 

 matter by, by W. Webster, 745. 



Electrolysis in its physical and chemical 

 bearings, fourth report on, 223. 



*Electro]ysisandelectro-chemistry,report 

 on the present state of our knowledge 

 in, by W. N.Shaw, 510. 



* Electro-magnets, sparkless. Prof. S. P, 

 Thompson on, 515. 



Electrostatic action of a moving or vary- 

 ing charge, the failure of metal sheets 

 to screen ofE the, Prof. O. J. Lodge on, 

 510. 



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

 paring and reducing magnetic obser- 

 vations, 49. 



Embleton (Dr. D.) on the spinal column 

 of Loxomnia Allmanni, Huxley, from 

 the Northumberland coal-field, 580. 



*Engledue (Lt.-Col. W. J.), the Hopcraft 

 smokeless furnace, 751. 



Epinasty and hyponasty. Prof. S. H. 

 Vines on, 645. 



Erratic blocks of England, Wales, and 

 Ireland, seventeenth report on the,115. 



*Eryth'mia litlio»pcrma, the biology of, 

 by M. C. Potter, 648. 



♦Esquimaux, the, by Dr. F. Nansen, 788. 



Estuaries, model. Prof. O. Rej-nolds on, 

 328. 



, the action of waves and currents on 



the beds and foreshores of, report on 

 the investigation of, by means of work- 

 ing models, 327. 



*Ethei-, the relation of the, to space, Dr. 

 G. J. Stoney on, 504. 



Etheridge (R.) on the fossil phyllopoda 

 of the paleozoic rocks, 63 ; on the 

 ' manure ' gravels of Wexford, 92 ; 

 on the earthquake and volcanic pheno- 

 mena of Japan, 295. 



Ethnological significance of the beech, 

 the, by Rev. Canon I. Taylor, 782. 



Ethnology, the study of, in India, by H. 

 H. Risley, 785. 



, North American, by H. Hale, 797. 



European origin of early Egyptian art, 

 hypothesis of a, by Rev. J. Wilson, 

 778. 



Evans (Dr. J.) on the work of the Corre- 

 sponding Societies Committee, 187 ; 

 on the prehistoric inhabitants of the 

 British Islands, 318; 



