INDEX. 



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Everett (Prof. J. D.) on underground 

 temperature, 35 ; on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 41 ; on 

 the relations between ray-curvatures, 

 brachistochrones, and free paths, 498. 



♦Ewart (Miss) on floral contrivances in 

 the genus Thesium, 649. 



Ewart (Prof. J. C.) on the occupation of 

 a table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 95 ; *on the modifications of 

 electric organs in elasmobranch fishes, 

 627 ; *observations on the migration of 

 fishes, ib. 



Bwing (Prof. J. A.) on magnetic vis- 

 cosity in iron, 497; on hysteresis in 

 the relation of strain to stress, 502. 



♦Explosion of a mixture of hydrogen, 

 chlorine, and oxygen, by Prof. H. B. 

 Dixon, 541. 



Export and import duties, the incidence 

 and effects of, by C. F. Bastable, 440. 



•Extensibility of liquid films. Lord Ray- 

 leigh on the, 502. 



Extinct pleiocene feline (Felis breinros- 

 fris) new to Great Britain, discovery 

 of an, by Dr. R. Laing, 582. 



Fauna of the Louisiade and d'Entre- 

 casteaux Islands, notes on the, by B. 

 H. Thomson, 615. 



Felkin (Dr. R. W.), the normal tempera- 

 ture of Soudanese, negroes, and Euro- 

 peans in tropical Africa, 787 ; the 

 differences of sensibility between 

 Europeans and negroes, and the effects 

 of education in increasing the sensi- 

 bility of negroes, il>. 



Fasting (Gen.) on the absorption spectra 

 of pure compounds, 227. 



Fibrous peat, the utilisation of, for the 

 manufacture of brown paper, wrapjiers, 

 and millboards, by J. A. London, 737. 



Fire-making in North Borneo, by S. B. 

 J. Skertchly, 795. 



♦Fishes, certain congenital abnormalities 

 in, Prof. B. C. A. Windle on, C.IG. 



* , the migration of, observations on, 



by Prof. J. C. Ewart, 627. 



Fitzgerald (Prof. G. F.) on the molecu- 

 lar phenomena connected with the 

 magnetisation of iron, 33 ; on standards 

 for use in electrical measurements, 41 ; 

 on arranging an investigation of the 

 seasonal variations of totupcrature in 

 lakes, rivers, and estuaries, 44 ; on 

 electrolysis in its physical and chemi- 

 cal bearings, 223. 



Fleming (Dr. J. A.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 41 ; on 

 electrolysis in its physical and chemi- 

 cal bearings, 223. 



Flood levels and river volumes, records 

 of, by C. E. De Ranee, 748. 



Flora of China, third report on our pre- 

 sent knowledge of the, 112. 



Flora of the carboniferous rocks of Lan- 

 cashire and West Yorkshire, report on 

 the, 69. 



♦Floral contrivances in the genus The- 

 sium, Miss Ewart on, 1)49. 



Flower (Prof.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of the zoology and 

 botany of the West India Islands, and 

 on the steps taken to investigate as- 

 certained deficiencies in the fauna and 

 flora, 93; on editing a new edition of 

 ' Anthropological Notes and Queries,' 

 186. 



Forbes (Mr.) on our present knowledge 

 of the flora of China, 112. 



Forbes (G.), electric launches on the 

 Thames, 741. 



and W. H. Preece, a new thermo- 



metric scale, 514. 



Forecasting the yield of crops. Prof. W. 

 Fream on the methods of, 703. 



Fossil fishes, the, of the Devonian rocks 

 of Scaumenac Bay and Campbellton, 

 Canada, Dr. R. H. Traquair on, 584. 



Fossil footprints on the lower carbo- 

 niferous sandstones of Northumber- 

 land near Otterburn, notes on the 

 numerous newly discovered, by Aid. 

 T. P. Barkas, 565. 



Fossil phyllopoda of the palaeozoic rocks, 

 seventh report on the, 63. 



Fossil plants of the coal-measures, on 

 the present state of the inquiry into 

 the organisation of the, by Prof. W. 

 C. Williamson, 69. 



Fossils in the crystalline schists of the 

 Lepontine Alps, the alleged occurrence 

 of, preliminary note on, by Prof. T. 

 G. Bonney, 571. 



Foster (Dr. C. Le Neve) on undergrouncJ 

 temperature, 35. 



Foster (Prof. G. C.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 41 ; on 

 electrolysis in its physical and chemi- 

 cal bearings, 223. 



Foster (Prof. M.) on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 95 ; on the steps taken for 

 investigating the natural history of 

 the Friendly Islands, or other groups 

 in the Pacific visited by H.M.S. 

 ♦Egeria,' 113 ; on the steps taken for 

 establishing a botanical station at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 114; on the phy- 

 siology of the lymphatic system, 

 128. 



Fowler (G. H.) on the development of 

 the oviduct and connected structures 

 in certain fresh-water tcleostei, 95. 



Fox (J. J.), Prof. P. F. Frankland, and 

 G. C. Fninkland, contributions to the 

 study of pure fermentations, 644, 





