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INDEX. 



Foxwell (Prof. H. S.) on the best methods 

 of ascertaining and measuring varia- 

 tions in the value of the monetary 

 standard, 133 ; on the statistical data 

 available for determining the amount 

 of the precious metals in use as money, 

 &c., 164. 



Frankland (Prof. E.) on forming a uni- 

 form system of recording the results 

 of water analysis, 55 ; on electrolysis 

 in its physical and chemical bearings, 

 223. 



Frankland (G. C), Prof. P. F. Frankland, 

 and J. J. Fox, contributions to the 

 study of pure fermentations, 544. 



Frankland (Prof. P. F.) on forming a 

 uniform system of recording the re- 

 sults of water analysis, 55. 



, G. C. Frankland, and J. J. Fox, 



contributions to the study of pure 

 fermentations, 544. 



Fraser (Prof.) on photography as an aid 

 in anatomical, histological, and em- 

 bryological work, 639 ; on a new me- 

 thod of illustrating the topography of 

 the brain in relation to the external 

 surface of the head, 794. 



Fream (Prof. W.) on the effects of root- 

 section on the vitality of pasture 

 plants, 648 ; on the methods of fore- 

 casting the yield of crops, 703. 



Free paths, ray-curvatures, and brachis- 

 tochrones, on the relations between, 

 by Prof. J. D. Everett, 498. 



Friendly Islands, report on the steps 

 taken for the investigation of the 

 natural history of the, or of other 

 groups in the Pacific visited by H.M.S. 

 ' Egeria,' 113. 



Functional equivalency, the, of certain 

 parts of limbs. Prof. K. J. Anderson 

 on, 642. 



♦Fundamental units of mechanics, report 

 on the desirability of introducing a 

 uniform nomenclature for the, 516. 



Galloway (Mr.) on underground tem- 

 perature, 35. 



Galton (Sir D.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 71 ; on the work 

 of the Corresponding Societies Com- 

 mittee, 187 ; *chemin de fer glissant, 

 746. 



Galton (F.) on editing a new edition of 

 ' Anthropological Notes and Queries,' 

 186 ; on the work of the Corresponding 

 Societies Committee, 187 ; on the ad- 

 visability of assigning marks for 

 bodily efiSciency in the examination of 

 candidates for the public services, 471 ; 

 feasible experiments on the possibility 

 of transmitting acquired habits by 

 means of inheritance, 620 ; an instru- 

 ment for measuring reaction time, 784. 



*Gamgee (J.), the cardium, illustrating 

 the true nature of prime movers, 

 518. 



Gardiner (W.) on a new method of print- 

 ing photographic negatives, employing 

 living leaves in place of sensitive 

 paper, 519. 



Gardner (J. S.) on the Higher Eocene 

 beds of the Isle of Wight, 89. 



Garnett (Prof. W.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 41. 



Garson (Dr. J. G.) on the nomad tribes 

 of Asia Minor, 176; on the effects of 

 different occupations and employments 

 on the physical development of the 

 human body, 186 ; on editing a new 

 edition of ' Anthropological Notes and 

 Queries,' ib. ; on the work of the Cor- 

 responding Societies Committee, 187 ; 

 on the anthropological measurements 

 taken at Bath, 423 ; *exhibition of a 

 new anthropometric instrument speci- 

 ally designed for the use of travellers, 

 784. 



Gee (W. W. H.) and Dr. A. Harden, stereo- 

 metry, 516. 



and H. L. Terry, the specific heat of 



caoutchouc, 516. 



Geikie (Dr. A.) on underground tem- 

 perature, 35 ; on the origin and age of 

 some of the crystalline schists of Nor- 

 way, 567. 



Geikie (Prof. J.), Address to the Geo- 

 logical Section by, 551. 



•Geographical co-ordinates in the valley 

 of the Upper Nile, by E. G. Kavenstein, 

 668. 



Geographical Section, Address by Col. Sir 

 F. de Winton to the, 650. 



Geography, commercial, the physical 

 basis of, by Dr. H. E. Mill, 659. 



Geological constitution, the, and the 

 magnetic state of the British Isles, the 

 relations between, Profs. A. W. Riicker 

 and T. E. Thorpe on, 586. 



Geological Section, Address by Prof. J. 

 Geikie to the, 551. 



Geological Survey, the work of the, in 

 Northumberland and Durham, by W. 

 Topley, 597. 



Geology of Torres Straits, notes on the, 

 by Prof. A. C. Haddon, 587. 



*Gibsone (B. W.), the uses of the testa- 

 ceie or conchiferous molluscs in nature, 

 science, and the arts, 642. 



Giffen (R.) on the best methods of ascer- 

 taining and measuring variations in 

 the value of the monetary standard, 

 133 ; on the statistical data available 

 for determining the amount of the 

 precious metals in use as money, &c., 

 164. 



Gilson (Prof. G.), the secretion of silk by 

 the silkworm, 628. 



