256 



REPORT — 1872. 



Highlands, North-west, W. Jolly on the 

 discovery of fossils in certain remote 

 parts of the, 238. 



Hope (W.) on the treatment and utili- 

 zation of sewage, 135 ; on claims for 

 reward for inventions adopted by 

 Government, 243. 



Huggins (Dr.) on constructing and print- 

 ing catalogues of spectral raj^s an-anged 

 upon a scale of wave-numbers, 53. 



Hull (Prof.) on imderground tempera- 

 ture, 128. 



Inventions, report of the committee ap- 

 pointed to consider the mode in which 

 new, and claims for reward in respect 

 of adopted inventions are examined 

 and dealt with by the different de- 

 partments of Government, and to re- 

 port on the best means of removing 

 any real causes of dissatisfaction, as 

 well as of silencing unfoimded com- 

 plaints, 243. 



Inverness rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 207. 



Isle of Man rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 

 200. 



Jeffreys (J. Gwyn), report on the Mol- 

 lusca of Europe compared with those 

 of Eastern North America, 302. 



Jolly (W.) on the discovery of fossils in 

 certain remote parts of the North-west 

 Highlands, 238. 



Kent's Cavern, Devonshire, eighth re- 

 port of the committee for exploriutr, 

 28. 



Kent rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 189. 



Kerry rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 208. 



Ivincardine rainfiill in 1870 and 1871, 

 205. 



King's county rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 

 209. 



Kirkcudbright rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 

 201. 



Lanark rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 203. 

 Lancashire rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 



197. 

 Laycock (Dr.) on the antagonism be- 

 tween the action of active substances, 



124. 

 Leach (Lieut. -Colonel) on the treatment 



and utilization of sewage, 135. 

 Leicestershire rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 



195. 

 Levi (Prof Leone) on a uniformity of 



weights and measures, 25. 

 Lincolnshire rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 



195. 



Lockyer (^J. Norman) on constructing 

 and printing catalogues of spectral 

 rays an-anged upon a scale of wave- 

 numbers, 53 ; an interim report on the 

 resvilts obtained by the British-Asso- 

 ciation eclipse expedition of 1871, 330. 



Londonderry rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 

 209. 



Lowne (Benjamin) on terato-embryo- 

 logical inquiries, 334. 



Lubbock (Sir John, Bart.) on the ex- 

 ploration of Kent's Cavem, 28. 



Lunar crater Plato, W. R. Birt on the 

 discussion of observations of streaks 

 of the, 245. 



objects suspected of change, re- 

 port of the committee for discussing 

 observations of, 245. 



Lyell (Sir Charles) on the exploration 

 of Kent's Cavern, 28 ; on underground 

 temperature, 128, 



Mackie (S. J.) on imderground tempera- 

 ture, 128. 



Mason (Hugh) on steam-boiler explo- 

 sions, 57. 



Maw (George) on miderground tempera- 

 ture, 128. 



Maxwell (Prof. J. Clerk) on under- 

 ground temperature, 128 ; on Siemens's 

 electrical-resistance pyrometer, 134. 



Measures, report on the best means of 

 providing for a uniformitj^ of weights 

 and, with reference to the interests of 

 science, 25. 



Merioneth rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 201. 



Merrifield (C. W.) on instruments for 

 measuring the speed of ships and cur- 

 rents, 17(5; on claims for reward for 

 inventions adopted by Government, 

 243. 



Meteoric aatronomy, papers relating to, 



showers, 79. 



Meteors, luminous, report of the com- 

 mittee on, 57 ; doubly observed, 59 ; 

 large, 60 ; observed in August 1871, 

 81 ; position of the radiant-point, 87 ; 

 general list of bolides and bright, 

 observed in 1871 and 1872, 110. 



Middlesex rainfall in 1870 and 1871, 

 188. 



Milne-Home (D.) on earthquakes in 

 Scotland, 240. 



Moab, geographical exploration of, 223. 



, Southern, report on the explora- 

 tion of, 210. 



MoUusca, report on the, of Europe com- 

 pared with those of Eastern North 

 America, 302. 



