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INDEX. 



Naples, ih. ; on the physiology of the 

 lymphatic system, 128. 



Larmor (J.) on electrolysis in its phy- 

 sical and chemical bearings, 223. 



Larval and post-larval stages of the sole 

 and other food-fishes, Prof. Mcintosh 

 on the, 618. 



Laurie (A. P.) on artists' colours, 541. 



Lead oxide, the volatilisation of, and 

 its action upon glass at low tempera- 

 tures, T. W. Hogg on, 534. 



Lebour (Prof. G. A.) on underground 

 temperature, 35 ; on the circulation 

 of underground waters, 71. 



* and J. Marley, sketch of the rise 



and progress of the Cleveland and 

 South Durham salt industry, and on 

 the extension of the Durham coal- 

 field, 580. 



Leeds (Dr. A. R.) on the bibliography of 

 solution, 53. 



Lefroy (Sir J. H.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 

 servations, 49 ; on the North-western 

 tribes of the dominion of Canada, 797. 



Left-leggedness, by W. K. Sibley, 776. 



*Leyden jars with multiple fracture, ex- 

 hibition of, by J. T. Bottomley and 

 Sir A. Campbell, 515. 



Liddell (A. R.), ships for the carriage of 

 petroleum, 738. 



* Light, the action of, on dry hydrogen 

 and chlorine, Prof. H. B. Dixon and 

 J. A. Harker on, 541. 



, ~, on the hydracids of the halo- 

 gens in presence of oxygen, second 

 report on, 59. 



Liehtning, dark flashes of, A. W. Clay- 

 den on, 507. 



, photographs of. Prof. L.Weber on, 



.507. 



♦Liquid films, the extensibility of. Lord 

 Rayleiffh on, 502. 



Liveing (Prof. G. D.) on eikonogen, a new 

 photographic developer, 533. 



Livi (Dr. R ), note on the development 

 of the wisdom-teeth, 773. 



Local industries, our, in their social and 

 pathological aspects, by Dr. T. Oliver, 

 639. 



Lodge (Prof. A.) on the possibility of 

 calculating tables of certain mathe- 

 matical functions, 28. 



Lodge (Dr. J.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 41 ; on elec- 

 trolysis in its physical and chemical 

 bearings, 223 ; on the failure of metal 

 sheets to screen off the electrostatic 

 action of a moving or varying charge, 

 510. 

 and R. T. Glazebrook on the deter- 

 mination of ' V ' by means of electric 

 oscillations, 497. 

 London (J. A.), the utilisation of fibrous 



peat for the manufacture of brown 

 paper, wrappers, and millboards, 737. 



Louisiade and d'Entrecasteaux Islands, 

 notes on the fauna of the, by B. H. 

 Thomson, 615. 



, the exploration of the, B. H. Thom- 

 son on, 668. 



Love (E. J.) on electrolysis in its physi- 

 cal and chemical bearings, 223. 



Lower Silurian felsites, the, of the south- 

 east of Ireland, Dr. F. H. Hatch on, 

 568. 



Lower Trias, the physiography of the, 

 by T. M. Reade, 566. 



Loxomma Allmanni, Huxley, from the 

 Northumberland coal-field, the spinal 

 column of, Dr. D. Embleton on, 580. 



Lubbock (Sir J.) on the teaching of 

 science in elementary schools, 131; 

 on the prehistoric inhabitants of the 

 British Islands, 318 ; on the shape of 

 the oak-leaf, 626 ; *on the leaves of 

 the Guelder rose, 627. 



Lugard (Capt.),Nyassaland and its com- 

 mercial possibilities, 665. 



Lumholtz (C), the present and future of 

 Queensland, 667. 



Lymphatic system, the physiology of the, 

 third report on, 128 ; the stromata of 

 tlie red corpuscles, ii. ; the aqueous 

 humour, 130. 



Macdonald (Rev. J.), the tribes of South 

 Africa, 795. 



MacGregor (Prof. J. G.) on promoting 

 tidal observations in Canada, 27. 



Mcintosh (Prof.), *note on the tarpon, 

 617; on the larval and post-larval 

 stages of the sole and other food-fishes, 

 618; notes on new and rare forms at 

 the St Andrews marine laboratory, ib. 



McLaren (Lord) on meteorological ob- 

 servations on Ben Nevis, 315. 



MacLaurin (Dr.), the British race in 

 Australia, 786. 



Maclean (M.) and M. Goto, electrification 

 of air by combustion, 506. 



McLeod (Prof. H.) on the bibliography 

 of solution, 53 ; on the influence of the 

 silent discharge of electricity on oxy- 

 gen and other gases, 54 ; on electro- 

 lysis in its physical and chemical bear- 

 ings, 223; on the present methods of 

 teaching chemistry, 228 ; on the biblio- 

 graphy of spectroscopy, 344 ; on the 

 black-bulb thermometer in vacuo, 505. 



Magnetic observations, fifth report of 

 the Committee for considering the 

 best means of comparing and reduc- 

 ing, 49. 



Magnetic state, the, and the geological 

 constitution of the British Isles, the 

 relations between, Profs. A. W. Riicker 

 and T. E. Thorpe on, 586. 



