INDEX. 
tion of iron (phenomena occurring at 
a red heat), 145. 
Barrington (R. M.) on making a digest 
of the observations on the So salle of 
birds, 464. 
Bastable (Dr.C. F.), progressive iaeations 
918. 
Bates (H. W.) on the nomad tribes of 
Asia Minor and Northern Persia, 535. 
Bauerman (H.) on the volcanic pheno- 
mena of Vesuvius and its neighbour- 
hood, 397. 
Becker (Miss L.) on the teaching of 
science in elementary schools, 489. 
Beddoe (Dr.) on editing a new edition 
of ‘Anthropological Notes and Queries,’ 
547. 
Bell (A.) on the ‘manure’ gravels of 
Wexford, 410. 
Ben Nevis, meteorological observations 
on, report of the Committee for co- 
operating with the Scottish Meteoro- 
logical Society in making, 174. 
Bénier hot-air engine or motor, the, by E. 
Vernon, 953. 
Bent (J. T.) on the nomad tribes of Asia 
Minor and Northern Persia, 535; on 
exploration in North-eastern Cilicia, 
893; on the Yourouks of Asia Minor, 
970. 
*Berberin, the alkaloid, the constitution 
of, Prof. W. H. Perkin, jun., on, 785. 
Berry (A.), the pure theory of distribu- 
tion, 923. 
Bevan (H. J.), A. G. Green, and C. F. 
Cross, the action of light upon the 
diazo-compounds of primuline and de- 
hydrothiotoluidine: a method of pho- 
tographic dyeing and printing, 781. 
Bibliography of solution, fourth report on 
the, 310. 
Bibliography of spectroscopy, report on 
the, 261. 
Bidwell (S.) on electrolysis in its physical 
and chemical bearings, 138. 
Binnie (W.), account of experiments to 
determine the variations in size of 
drops with the interval between the 
fall of each, 731. 
_ Biological Section, Address by Prof. A. 
* 
é, 
M. Marshall to the, 826. 
*Bles (EH. J.) and Prof. A. M. Marshall on 
variability in development, 861. 
Bloxam (G. W.) on the nomad tribes of 
Asia Minor and Northern Persia, 535 ; 
on the natives of India, 547; on the 
anthropological measurements taken 
at Newcastle, 1889, 549; on the North- 
western tribes of the Dominion of 
Canada, 553. 
_ Boas (Dr. F.) on the Indians of British 
Columbia, 562. 
Bonar (J.), the value of labour in relation 
to economic theory, 917. 
987 
Bonney (Prof. T. G.) on the work of the 
Corresponding Societies Committee, 55; 
on the erratic blocks of England,Wales, 
and Ireland, 340; on the collection, 
preservation, and systematic registra- 
tion of photographs of geological in- 
terest in the United Kingdom, 429. 
*Boring of stone hammers, a suggestion 
as to the, by W. Horne, 980. 
Botanical station at Peradeniya, Ceylon, 
fourth report on the steps taken for 
establishing a, 470. 
*Botany, the “teaching of, discussion on, 
853. 
Bothamley (C. H.), the sulphur waters of 
Yorkshire, 779. 
—— and G. R. Thompson, the action of 
phosphorus trichloride on organic acids 
and on water, 784. 
Bottomley (J. T.) on standards for use in 
electrical measurements, 95; on elec- 
trolysis in its physical and chemical 
bearings, 138. 
Boulders and glaciated rock-surfaces of 
the Yorkshire coast, G. W. Lamplugh 
on the, 797. 
Bourne (S.) on the best methods of ascer- 
taining and measuring variations in 
the value of the monetary standard, 
485; on the teaching of science in 
elementary schools, 489; on the sta- 
tistical data available for determining 
the amount of the precious metals in 
use as money, &c., 498. 
*Bourne (W. F.), and J. Swinburne on 
testing iron, 753. 
Bovey (Prof. H. T.) on promoting tidal 
observations in Canada, 183. 
Bower (Prof.) on the steps taken for 
establishing a botanical station at 
Peradeniya, Ceylon, 470; *notes on 
phylloglossum, 867; *on the question 
of the phylogeny of ferns, ib. 
Boynton (T.) on an ancient sea-beach 
near Bridlington Quay, 375. 
Brazil, the physical geographical features 
of, in relation to their influence upon 
the development, or otherwise, of the 
industrial and commercial interests of 
the country, by J. W. Wells, 893. 
Brindley (W.) on the marbles and other 
ornamental rocks of the Mediterra- 
nean, 809. 
British Columbia, the ethnology of, H. 
Hale on, 553. 
, the Indians of, Dr. F’, Boas on, 562. 
Brown (Prof. Crum) on electrolysis in its 
physical and chemical bearings, 138 ; 
on meteorological observations on Ben 
Nevis, 174. 
Brown (J.) on electrolysis in its physical 
and chemical bearings, 138. 
Brown (J. T.), the orthophote, 778. 
Browne (R. G. M.) as to certain altera- 
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